Bill Text: IL HB0285 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning assistance with exports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0285 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB0285-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB0285 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-615 was 20 ILCS 605/46.19e
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning assistance with exports.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 605-615 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-615) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19e)
Sec. 605-615. Assistance with exports. The The Department
shall have the following duties and responsibilities in regard
to the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois:
(1) To establish or cosponsor mentoring conferences,
utilizing experienced manufacturing exporters, to explain and
provide information to prospective export manufacturers and
businesses concerning the process of exporting to both domestic
and international opportunities.
(2) To provide technical assistance to prospective export
manufacturers and businesses seeking to establish domestic and
international export opportunities.
(3) To coordinate with the Department's Small Business
Development Centers to link buyers with prospective export
manufacturers and businesses.
(4) To promote, both domestically and abroad, products made
in Illinois in order to inform consumers and buyers of their

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high quality standards and craftsmanship.
(5) To provide technical assistance toward establishment
of export trade corporations in the private sector.
(6) To develop an electronic data base to compile
information on international trade and investment activities
in Illinois companies, provide access to research and business
opportunities through external data bases, and connect this
data base through international communication systems with
appropriate domestic and worldwide networks users.
(7) To collect and distribute to foreign commercial
libraries directories, catalogs, brochures, and other
information of value to foreign businesses considering doing
business in this State.
(8) To establish an export finance awareness program to
provide information to banking organizations about methods
used by banks to provide financing for businesses engaged in
exporting and about other State and federal programs to promote
and expedite export financing.
(9) To undertake a survey of Illinois' businesses to
identify exportable products and the businesses interested in
exporting.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-16,
eff. 6-28-01.)