Bill Text: IL HB0147 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that an area is separately qualified to become an enterprise zone if that area: (i) is located, wholly or partially, within a county that has a population that, according to the most-recent decennial census, is less than the population of the county according to the decennial census that occurred 40 years prior to the most recent decennial census; and (ii) satisfies any additional criteria established by rule of the Department consistent with the purposes of this Act. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0147 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0147-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 655/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (1) Except as provided in subsection (1.5), an
An area is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | qualified to become an enterprise zone which:
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| 10 | (a) is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area may | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | exclude wholly
surrounded territory within its boundaries;
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| 12 | (b) comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | more than 12
square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | is located within the
jurisdiction of 4 or more counties or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | municipalities, in total area,
exclusive of lakes and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | waterways;
however, in such cases where the enterprise zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | is a joint effort of
three or more units of government, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | two or more units of government if
situated in a township | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | which is divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or
more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | inhabitants, and where the certification has been in
effect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | at least one year, the total area shall comprise a minimum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | of
one-half square mile and not more than thirteen square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | miles in total area
exclusive of lakes and waterways;
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| 1 | (c) is a depressed area;
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| 2 | (d) satisfies any additional criteria established by | ||||||
| 3 | regulation of the
Department consistent with the purposes | ||||||
| 4 | of this Act; and
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| 5 | (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) | ||||||
| 6 | entirely within
the unincorporated
areas of a county, | ||||||
| 7 | except where reasonable need is established for such
zone | ||||||
| 8 | to cover portions of more than one municipality or county | ||||||
| 9 | or (3)
both comprises (i) all or part of a municipality and | ||||||
| 10 | (ii) an unincorporated
area of a county.
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| 11 | (1.5) An area is separately qualified to become an | ||||||
| 12 | enterprise zone if that area: (i) is located, wholly or | ||||||
| 13 | partially, within a county that has a population that, | ||||||
| 14 | according to the most-recent decennial census, is less than the | ||||||
| 15 | population of the county according to the decennial census that | ||||||
| 16 | occurred 40 years prior to the most recent decennial census; | ||||||
| 17 | and (ii) satisfies any additional criteria established by rule | ||||||
| 18 | of the
Department consistent with the purposes of this Act.
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| 19 | (2) Any criteria established by the Department or by law | ||||||
| 20 | which utilize the rate
of unemployment for a particular area | ||||||
| 21 | shall provide that all persons who
are not presently employed | ||||||
| 22 | and have exhausted all unemployment benefits
shall be | ||||||
| 23 | considered unemployed, whether or not such persons are actively
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| 24 | seeking employment.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 86-803.)
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| 26 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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