YOUNGE. New Act Creates the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community School Facility Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and the University of Illinois' Urban School Improvement Program shall implement an Illinois Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community School Facility Improvement Program (EZ/EC program) to de- velop and demonstrate mechanisms to attract federal resources and private sector investments to administer the program and support the repair, renovation, and improvement of school buildings and facilities in communities designated under federal law or regulations as Empower- ment Zones and Enterprise Communities. Specifies types of demonstra- tion methods that employ federal EZ/EC incentives to leverage private investment in support of improving school buildings and facilities. Provides for implementation of the EZ/EC program in conjunction with schools in communities located in Chicago, East St. Louis, and Spring- field. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs) An estimate of the amount of contractual assistance required to implement and administer this program cannot be made at this time. Therefore, a reasonable estimate of the fiscal impact of HB 2520 on the Department cannot be made at this time. FEB-23-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-23-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-23-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-27-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE COMM BUSS DEV MAR-13-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-13-2001 H COMMITTEE COMM BUSS DEV MAR-16-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary