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Public Act 096-0739 |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||
Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 605-25, 605-550, 605-675, and | ||||
605-810 and by adding Section 605-725 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 605/605-25) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a)
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Sec. 605-25.
Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional | ||||
products and
services; International and Promotional Fund.
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(a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and
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accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental | ||||
entities, for
profit
organizations, and
nonprofit associations | ||||
in
association with or as consideration for the provision of | ||||
various
promotional products and services
through its tourism, | ||||
films production promotion, and international
business | ||||
promotion programs. The
Director may establish and collect | ||||
nominal charges for premiums
and other promotional materials | ||||
produced or acquired as part of the
Department's activities | ||||
authorized under the Illinois Promotion Act from
individuals | ||||
and not-for-profit organizations
intending to use those | ||||
premiums and promotional materials for
purposes
consistent | ||||
with the provisions of the Illinois Promotion Act, provided,
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however, that other State agencies shall be charged no more | ||
than the cost
of the premium or promotional material to the | ||
Department.
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(b) The Director may collect cost reimbursement monies from | ||
films and
media
production entities for police and related | ||
production security services in
amounts determined by the | ||
provider of the security services and
agreed to
by the | ||
production entity. The reimbursements shall
result only from | ||
the
agreed costs of planned police and security services to be | ||
rendered to film
and media production sites in the State of | ||
Illinois.
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(c) The Director may establish and collect cost-sharing | ||
assessments and
fees
and accept gifts, grants, and awards from | ||
private businesses, trade
associations, other governmental | ||
entities, and individuals desiring to
participate in and | ||
support the development and conduct of overseas trade,
catalog, | ||
and distributor shows and activities and to purchase | ||
informational
materials to foster export sales of Illinois | ||
products and services as part
of the Department's international | ||
business programs.
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(d) All money
received
pursuant
to this Section , except as | ||
provided in subsection (e), shall be deposited into the | ||
International and
Promotional Fund
within the State treasury | ||
which is hereby created; monies within the Fund
shall be | ||
appropriated only for expenditure pursuant to this Section.
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(e) The Department may contract with a vendor for the |
production of a tourism travel guide. The Department may allow | ||
the vendor to sell and collect sales revenues, including | ||
in-kind exchanges, for advertisements placed in the travel | ||
guide. The Department may allow the vendor to retain any sales | ||
revenues it collects as its fee and to cover the costs of | ||
producing the travel guide. Any revenue due to the Department, | ||
after the vendor retains its share, shall be deposited into the | ||
International and Promotional Fund. | ||
(Source: P.A. 90-26, eff. 7-1-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(20 ILCS 605/605-550) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.71)
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Sec. 605-550.
Model domestic violence and sexual assault
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employee awareness and assistance policy.
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(a) The Department shall convene a task force including | ||
members of the
business community, employees, employee | ||
organizations, representatives from
the Department of Labor, | ||
and directors of domestic violence and sexual assault
programs, | ||
including representatives of statewide advocacy organizations | ||
for the
prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, to | ||
develop a model domestic
violence and sexual assault employee | ||
awareness and assistance policy for
businesses.
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The Department shall give due consideration to the | ||
recommendations of the
Governor, the President of the Senate, | ||
and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives for | ||
participation by any person on the task force, and shall
make | ||
reasonable efforts to assure regional balance in membership.
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(b) The purpose of the model employee awareness and | ||
assistance policy shall
be to provide businesses with the best | ||
practices, policies, protocols, and
procedures in order that | ||
they ascertain domestic violence and sexual assault
awareness | ||
in the workplace, assist affected employees, and provide a safe | ||
and
helpful working environment for employees currently or | ||
potentially experiencing
the effects of domestic violence or | ||
sexual assault. The model plan shall
include but not be limited | ||
to:
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(1) the establishment of a definite corporate policy | ||
statement recognizing
domestic violence and sexual assault | ||
as workplace issues as well as promoting
the need to | ||
maintain job security for those employees currently | ||
involved in
domestic violence or sexual assault disputes;
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(2) policy and service publication requirements, | ||
including posting these
policies and service availability | ||
pamphlets in break rooms, on bulletin boards,
and in | ||
restrooms, and transmitting them through other | ||
communication methods;
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(3) a listing of current domestic violence and sexual | ||
assault community
resources such as shelters, crisis | ||
intervention programs, counseling and case
management | ||
programs, and legal assistance and advocacy opportunities | ||
for
affected employees;
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(4) measures to ensure workplace safety including, | ||
where appropriate,
designated parking areas, escort |
services, and other affirmative safeguards;
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(5) training programs and protocols designed to | ||
educate employees and
managers in how to recognize, | ||
approach, and assist employees experiencing
domestic | ||
violence or sexual assault, including both victims and | ||
batterers; and
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(6) other issues as shall be appropriate and relevant | ||
for the task force
in developing the model policy.
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(c) The model policy shall be reviewed by the task force to | ||
assure
consistency with existing law and shall be made the | ||
subject of public hearings
convened by the Department | ||
throughout the State at places and at times which
are | ||
convenient for attendance by the public, after which the policy | ||
shall be
reviewed by the task force and amended as necessary to | ||
reflect concerns raised
at the hearings. If approved by the | ||
task force, the model policy shall be
provided as approved with | ||
explanation of its provisions to the Governor and the
General | ||
Assembly not later than one year after the effective date of | ||
this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. The | ||
Department shall make every
effort to notify businesses of the | ||
availability of the model domestic violence
and sexual assault | ||
employee awareness and assistance policy.
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(d) The Department, in consultation with the task force, | ||
providers of
services, the advisory council, the Department of | ||
Labor, and representatives
of statewide advocacy organizations | ||
for the prevention of domestic violence and
sexual assault, |
shall provide technical support, information, and | ||
encouragement
to businesses to implement the provisions of the | ||
model.
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(e) Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed to | ||
prevent businesses
from adopting their own domestic violence | ||
and sexual assault employee awareness
and assistance policy.
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(f) The Department may shall survey businesses within 4 | ||
years of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 91st | ||
General Assembly to determine the level
of model policy | ||
adoption amongst businesses and shall take steps necessary to
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promote the further adoption of such policy.
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(Source: P.A. 91-592, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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(20 ILCS 605/605-675) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.66)
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Sec. 605-675. Exporter award program. The Department may | ||
shall
establish and
operate, in cooperation with the Department | ||
of Agriculture and the Illinois
Finance Authority, an annual | ||
awards program to
recognize
Illinois-based exporters. In | ||
developing criteria for the awards, the
Department shall give | ||
consideration to the exporting efforts of small and
medium | ||
sized businesses, first-time exporters, and other appropriate
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categories.
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(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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(20 ILCS 605/605-725 new) | ||
Sec. 605-725. Incentive grants for the Metropolitan Pier |
and Exposition Authority. The Department and the Metropolitan | ||
Pier and Exposition Authority may enter into grant agreements | ||
to reimburse the Authority for incentives awarded by the | ||
Authority to attract large conventions, meetings, and trade | ||
shows to its facilities. The Department may reimburse the | ||
Authority only for incentives provided in consultation with the | ||
Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau for conventions, | ||
meetings, or trade shows that (i) the Authority certifies have | ||
registered attendance in excess of 10,000 individuals, (ii) but | ||
for the incentive, would not have used the facilities of the | ||
Authority, (iii) have been approved by the Chief Executive | ||
Officer of the Authority and the Chairman of the Authority at | ||
the time of the incentive, and (iv) have been approved by the | ||
Department. Reimbursements shall be made from amounts | ||
appropriated to the Department from the Metropolitan Pier and | ||
Exposition Authority Incentive Fund for those purposes. | ||
Reimbursements shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually. | ||
No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of the | ||
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall certify to the | ||
Department, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer the | ||
amounts provided during the previous calendar year as | ||
incentives for conventions, meetings, or trade shows that (i) | ||
have been approved by the Authority and the Department, (ii) | ||
demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000 | ||
individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not have | ||
used the facilities of the Authority for the convention, |
meeting, or trade show. The Department may audit the accuracy | ||
of the certification.
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(20 ILCS 605/605-810) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part)
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Sec. 605-810. Reemployment of former employees. When the | ||
Department is involved in developing a federal or State
funded | ||
training or retraining program for any employer, the Department | ||
may will
assist and encourage that employer in making every | ||
effort to reemploy
individuals previously employed at the | ||
facility. Further, the Department may
will provide a list of | ||
those employees to the
employer for
consideration
for | ||
reemployment and will report the results of this effort to the | ||
Illinois
Job Training Coordinating Council . This requirement | ||
shall be in effect
when all of the following conditions are | ||
met:
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(1) The employer is reopening, or is proposing to | ||
reopen, a
facility
that was last closed during the | ||
preceding 2 years.
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(2) A substantial number of the persons who were | ||
employed at
the
facility before its most recent closure | ||
remain unemployed.
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(3) The product or service produced by, or proposed to | ||
be
produced by,
the employer at the facility is | ||
substantially similar to the product or
service produced at | ||
the facility before its most recent closure.
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(Source: P.A. 90-454, eff. 8-16-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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Section 10. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development | ||
Act is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1105/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7408)
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Sec. 8. Illinois Coal Development Board.
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(a) There may shall be established as an advisory board to | ||
the
Department, the Illinois Coal
Development Board, | ||
hereinafter in this Section called the Board. The Board
shall | ||
be composed of the following voting members: the
Director of | ||
the
Department, who shall be Chairman thereof; the Deputy | ||
Director of the Bureau
of Business Development within the | ||
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; the President | ||
of the University of Illinois or his or her designee; the | ||
Director of
Natural
Resources or that Director's designee; the | ||
Director of the Office of Mines and
Minerals within the | ||
Department of Natural Resources;
4 members of the General | ||
Assembly (one each appointed by the President of
the Senate, | ||
the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House, and the | ||
House
Minority Leader); and 8
persons appointed by the | ||
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate,
including | ||
representatives of Illinois
industries that are involved in the | ||
extraction, utilization or transportation
of Illinois coal, | ||
persons representing financial or banking interests in the
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State, and persons experienced in international business and | ||
economic
development. These members shall be chosen from |
persons of recognized ability
and experience in their | ||
designated field. The members
appointed by the Governor shall | ||
serve
for terms of 4 years, unless otherwise provided in this | ||
subsection. The
initial terms of the original appointees shall | ||
expire on July 1, 1985, except
that the Governor shall | ||
designate 3 of the original appointees to serve initial
terms | ||
that shall expire on July 1, 1983. The initial term of the | ||
member
appointed by the Governor to fill the office created | ||
after July 1, 1985 shall
expire on July 1, 1989. The initial | ||
terms of the members appointed by the
Governor to fill the | ||
offices created by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall
expire on | ||
July 1, 1995, and July 1, 1997, as determined by the Governor.
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A member appointed by
a Legislative Leader shall serve for the | ||
duration of the General Assembly for
which he or she is | ||
appointed, so long as the member remains a member of that
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General Assembly.
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The Board may shall meet at least annually or at the call | ||
of the Chairman.
At any time the majority of the Board may | ||
petition the Chairman for a meeting
of the Board. Nine members | ||
of the Board shall constitute a
quorum. Members of the Board | ||
shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses incurred | ||
while performing their duties as members of the Board from
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funds appropriated to the Department for such purpose.
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(b) The Board shall provide advice and make recommendations | ||
on
the following Department powers and duties:
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(1) To develop an annual agenda which may include but |
is not limited to
research and methodologies conducted for | ||
the purpose of increasing the
utilization of Illinois' coal | ||
and other fossil fuel resources, with
emphasis on high | ||
sulfur coal, in the following areas: coal extraction,
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preparation and characterization; coal technologies | ||
(combustion,
gasification, liquefaction, and related | ||
processes); marketing;
public awareness and education, as | ||
those terms are used in the Illinois
Coal Technology | ||
Development Assistance Act; transportation; procurement of
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sites and issuance of permits; and environmental impacts.
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(2) To support and coordinate Illinois coal research, | ||
and to approve
projects consistent with the annual agenda | ||
and budget for coal research and
the purposes of this Act | ||
and to
approve the annual budget and operating plan
for | ||
administration of the Board.
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(3) To promote the coordination of available research | ||
information on the
production, preparation, distribution | ||
and uses of Illinois coal. The Board
shall advise the | ||
existing research institutions within the State on areas
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where research may be necessary.
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(4) To cooperate to the fullest extent possible with | ||
State and federal
agencies and departments, independent | ||
organizations, and other interested
groups, public and | ||
private, for the purposes of promoting Illinois coal
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resources.
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(5) To submit an annual report to the Governor and the |
General Assembly
outlining the progress and | ||
accomplishments made in the year, providing an
accounting | ||
of funds received and disbursed, reviewing the status of | ||
research
contracts, and furnishing other relevant | ||
information.
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(6) To focus on existing coal research efforts in | ||
carrying out its
mission; to make use of existing research
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facilities in Illinois or other institutions carrying out | ||
research on
Illinois coal; as far as practicable, to make
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maximum
use of
the research facilities available at the | ||
Illinois State Geological Survey of the University of | ||
Illinois,
the Coal Extraction and Utilization Research | ||
Center, the Illinois Coal
Development Park and | ||
universities and colleges located within
the State of | ||
Illinois; and to create
a
consortium or center which | ||
conducts, coordinates and supports coal research
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activities in the State of Illinois. Programmatic | ||
activities of such a
consortium or center shall be subject | ||
to approval by the Department and shall be
consistent with | ||
the purposes of this Act. The Department may
authorize
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expenditure of funds in support of the administrative and | ||
programmatic
operations of such a center or consortium | ||
consistent with its statutory
authority. Administrative | ||
actions undertaken by or for such a center or
consortium | ||
shall be subject to the approval of the Department.
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(7) To make a reasonable attempt, before initiating any |
research under
this Act, to avoid duplication of effort and | ||
expense by coordinating the
research efforts among various | ||
agencies, departments, universities or
organizations, as | ||
the case may be.
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(8) To adopt, amend and repeal rules, regulations and | ||
bylaws governing
the Board's organization and conduct of | ||
business.
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(9) To authorize the expenditure of monies from the | ||
Coal Technology
Development Assistance Fund, the Public | ||
Utility Fund and other funds in
the State Treasury | ||
appropriated to the Department, consistent with the
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purposes of this Act.
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(10) To seek, accept, and expend gifts or grants in any | ||
form, from any
public agency or from any other source. Such | ||
gifts and grants may be held
in trust by the Department and | ||
expended at the direction of the
Department and
in the | ||
exercise of the Department's powers and performance of
the | ||
Department's duties.
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(11) To publish, from time to time, the results of | ||
Illinois coal research
projects funded through the | ||
Department.
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(12) To authorize loans from appropriations from the | ||
Build Illinois
Bond Purposes Fund, the Build Illinois Bond | ||
Fund and the Illinois
Industrial Coal Utilization Fund.
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(13) To authorize expenditures of monies for coal | ||
development projects
under the authority of Section 13 of |
the General Obligation Bond Act.
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(c) The Board shall also provide advice and make | ||
recommendations on the following Department powers and duties:
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(1) To create and maintain thorough, current and | ||
accurate records on
all markets for and actual uses of coal | ||
mined in Illinois, and to make such
records available to | ||
the public upon request.
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(2) To identify all current and anticipated future | ||
technical,
economic, institutional, market, environmental, | ||
regulatory and other
impediments to the utilization of | ||
Illinois coal.
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(3) To monitor and evaluate all proposals and plans of | ||
public
utilities related to compliance with the | ||
requirements of Title IV of the
federal Clean Air Act | ||
Amendments of 1990, or with any other law which might
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affect the use of Illinois coal, for the purposes of (i) | ||
determining the
effects of such proposals or plans on the | ||
use of Illinois coal, and (ii)
identifying alternative | ||
plans or actions which would maintain or increase
the use | ||
of Illinois coal.
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(4) To develop strategies and to propose policies to | ||
promote
environmentally responsible uses of Illinois coal | ||
for meeting electric
power supply requirements and for | ||
other purposes.
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(5) (Blank).
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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-728, eff. date - See |
Sec. 999.)
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Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 5.723 as follows: | ||
(30 ILCS 105/5.723 new)
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Sec. 5.723. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority | ||
Incentive Fund.
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Section 20. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority | ||
Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 210/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 1225)
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Sec. 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority | ||
shall also have the
following rights and powers:
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(a) To accept from Chicago Park Fair, a corporation, an | ||
assignment of
whatever sums of money it may have received | ||
from the Fair and Exposition
Fund, allocated by the | ||
Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois,
and | ||
Chicago Park Fair is hereby authorized to assign, set over | ||
and transfer
any of those funds to the Metropolitan Pier | ||
and Exposition Authority. The
Authority has the right and | ||
power hereafter to receive sums as may be
distributed to it | ||
by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois
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from the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to the | ||
provisions of Sections 5,
6i, and 28 of the State Finance |
Act. All sums received by the Authority
shall be held in | ||
the sole custody of the secretary-treasurer of the
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Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board.
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(b) To accept the assignment of, assume and execute any | ||
contracts
heretofore entered into by Chicago Park Fair.
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(c) To acquire, own, construct, equip, lease, operate | ||
and maintain
grounds, buildings and facilities to carry out | ||
its corporate purposes and
duties, and to carry out or | ||
otherwise provide for the recreational,
cultural, | ||
commercial or residential development of Navy Pier, and to | ||
fix
and collect just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory | ||
charges for the use
thereof. The charges so collected shall | ||
be made available to defray the
reasonable expenses of the | ||
Authority and to pay the principal of and the
interest upon | ||
any revenue bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority
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shall be subject to and comply with the Lake Michigan and | ||
Chicago Lakefront
Protection Ordinance, the Chicago | ||
Building Code, the Chicago Zoning
Ordinance, and all | ||
ordinances and regulations of the City of Chicago
contained | ||
in the following Titles of the Municipal Code of Chicago:
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Businesses, Occupations and Consumer Protection; Health | ||
and Safety; Fire
Prevention; Public Peace, Morals and | ||
Welfare; Utilities
and Environmental Protection; Streets, | ||
Public Ways, Parks, Airports and
Harbors; Electrical | ||
Equipment and Installation; Housing and Economic
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Development (only Chapter 5-4 thereof); and Revenue and |
Finance (only so far
as such Title pertains to the | ||
Authority's duty to collect taxes on behalf
of the City of | ||
Chicago).
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(d) To enter into contracts treating in any manner with | ||
the objects and
purposes of this Act.
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(e) To lease any buildings to the Adjutant General of | ||
the State of
Illinois for the use of the Illinois National | ||
Guard or the Illinois
Naval Militia.
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(f) To exercise the right of eminent domain by | ||
condemnation proceedings
in the manner provided by the | ||
Eminent Domain Act,
including, with respect to Site B only, | ||
the authority to exercise quick
take condemnation by | ||
immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of the Eminent | ||
Domain Act, to acquire any privately
owned real or personal | ||
property and, with respect to Site B only, public
property | ||
used for rail transportation purposes (but no such taking | ||
of such
public property shall, in the reasonable judgment | ||
of the owner, interfere
with such rail transportation) for | ||
the lawful purposes of the Authority in
Site A, at Navy | ||
Pier, and at Site B. Just compensation for property taken
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or acquired under this paragraph shall be paid in money or, | ||
notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act and with | ||
the agreement of the owner of the
property to be taken or | ||
acquired, the Authority may convey substitute
property or | ||
interests in property or enter into agreements with the
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property owner, including leases, licenses, or |
concessions, with respect to
any property owned by the | ||
Authority, or may provide for other lawful forms
of just | ||
compensation to the owner. Any property acquired in | ||
condemnation
proceedings shall be used only as provided in | ||
this Act. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the City of | ||
Chicago shall have a right of first
refusal prior to any | ||
sale of any such property by the Authority to a third
party | ||
other than substitute property. The Authority shall | ||
develop and
implement a relocation plan for businesses | ||
displaced as a result of the
Authority's acquisition of | ||
property. The relocation plan shall be
substantially | ||
similar to provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance
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and Real Property Acquisition Act and regulations | ||
promulgated under that
Act relating to assistance to | ||
displaced businesses. To implement the
relocation plan the | ||
Authority may acquire property by purchase or gift or
may | ||
exercise the powers authorized in this subsection (f), | ||
except the
immediate vesting of title under Article 20 of | ||
the Eminent Domain Act, to acquire substitute private | ||
property within one mile
of Site B for the benefit of | ||
displaced businesses located on property being
acquired by | ||
the Authority. However, no such substitute property may be
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acquired by the Authority unless the mayor of the | ||
municipality in which the
property is located certifies in | ||
writing that the acquisition is consistent
with the | ||
municipality's land use and economic development policies |
and
goals. The acquisition of substitute property is | ||
declared to be for public
use. In exercising the powers | ||
authorized in this subsection (f), the
Authority shall use | ||
its best efforts to relocate businesses within the area
of | ||
McCormick Place or, failing that, within the City of | ||
Chicago.
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(g) To enter into contracts relating to construction | ||
projects which
provide for the delivery by the contractor | ||
of a completed project,
structure, improvement, or | ||
specific portion thereof, for a fixed maximum
price, which | ||
contract may provide that the delivery of the project,
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structure, improvement, or specific portion thereof, for | ||
the fixed maximum
price is insured or guaranteed by a third | ||
party capable of completing
the construction.
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(h) To enter into agreements with any person with | ||
respect to the use
and occupancy of the grounds, buildings, | ||
and facilities of the Authority,
including concession, | ||
license, and lease agreements on terms and conditions as
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the Authority determines. Notwithstanding Section 24, | ||
agreements with respect
to the use and occupancy of the | ||
grounds, buildings, and facilities of the
Authority for a | ||
term of more than one year shall be entered into in | ||
accordance
with the procurement process provided for in | ||
Section 25.1.
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(i) To enter into agreements with any person with | ||
respect to the
operation and management of the grounds, |
buildings, and facilities of the
Authority or the provision | ||
of goods and services on terms and
conditions as the | ||
Authority determines.
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(j) After conducting the procurement process provided | ||
for in Section 25.1,
to enter into one or more contracts to | ||
provide for the design and
construction of all or part of | ||
the Authority's Expansion Project grounds,
buildings, and | ||
facilities. Any contract for design and construction of the
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Expansion Project shall be in the form authorized by | ||
subsection (g), shall
be for a fixed maximum price not in | ||
excess of the funds that are authorized
to be made | ||
available
for those purposes during the term of the | ||
contract, and shall be entered
into before commencement of | ||
construction.
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(k) To enter into agreements, including project | ||
agreements with labor
unions, that the Authority deems | ||
necessary to complete the Expansion Project
or any other | ||
construction or improvement project in the most timely
and | ||
efficient manner and without strikes, picketing, or other | ||
actions that
might cause disruption or delay and thereby | ||
add to the cost of the project.
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(l) To provide incentives to organizations and | ||
entities that agree to make use of the grounds, buildings, | ||
and facilities of the Authority for conventions, meetings, | ||
or trade shows. The incentives may take the form of | ||
discounts from regular fees charged by the Authority, |
subsidies for or assumption of the costs incurred with | ||
respect to the convention, meeting, or trade show, or other | ||
inducements. The Authority shall be reimbursed by the | ||
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for | ||
incentives that qualify under the provisions of Section | ||
605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||
No later than February 15 of each year, the Chairman of | ||
the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall | ||
certify to the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||
Opportunity, the State Comptroller, and the State | ||
Treasurer the amounts provided during the previous | ||
calendar year as incentives for conventions, meetings, or | ||
trade shows that (i) have been approved by the Authority | ||
and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | ||
(ii) demonstrate registered attendance in excess of 10,000 | ||
individuals, and (iii) but for the incentive, would not | ||
have used the facilities of the Authority for the | ||
convention, meeting, or trade show. The Department of | ||
Commerce and Economic Opportunity may audit the accuracy of | ||
the certification. Subject to appropriation, on July 15 of | ||
each year the Comptroller shall order transferred and the | ||
Treasurer shall transfer into the Metropolitan Pier and | ||
Exposition Authority Incentive Fund from the General | ||
Revenue Fund the lesser of the amount certified by the | ||
Chairman or $10,000,000. No later than 30 days after the | ||
transfer, amounts in the Fund shall be paid by the |
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the | ||
Authority to reimburse the Authority for incentives paid to | ||
attract large conventions, meetings, and trade shows to its | ||
facilities in the previous calendar year as provided in | ||
Section 605-725 of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||
Illinois. Provided that all amounts certified by the | ||
Authority have been paid, on the last day of each fiscal | ||
year moneys remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to | ||
the General Revenue Fund. | ||
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the | ||
Authority to spend
the proceeds of any bonds or notes issued | ||
under Section 13.2 or any taxes
levied under Section 13 to | ||
construct a stadium to be leased to or used by
professional | ||
sports teams.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
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