Bill Text: IL HB0398 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department is authorized to create a Regional Economic Revitalization Competition Program for the purpose of making competitive grants for the economic development regions of the State in need of community and economic revitalization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0398 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0398-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 Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | amended by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 605-1020. Economic revitalization competition. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department is authorized to create a Regional Economic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Revitalization Competition Program for the purpose of making | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | competitive grants for the economic development regions of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | State in need of community and economic revitalization. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | competitive grant program shall support the revitalization of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | communities, job growth, and population sustainability. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Department shall adopt rules and make grants, subject to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | appropriation by the General Assembly, for this purpose.
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