Bill Text: IL HB0571 | 2009-2010 | 96th 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. Requires the Department to track and report monthly concerning Illinois' share of federal stimulus spending enacted in response to the economic recession that began in December 2007. Requires recommendations to maximize Illinois' share. Sets forth the requirements of the reports. Requires a final report at the conclusion of the federal stimulus packages or December 31, 2014, whichever occurs first. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2015. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 23-2)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0169 [HB0571 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0571-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0571 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan - Sidney H. Mathias - Sandy Cole - Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-952 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to track and report monthly concerning Illinois' share of federal stimulus spending enacted in response to the economic recession that began in December 2007. Requires recommendations to maximize Illinois' share. Sets forth the requirements of the reports. Requires a final report at the conclusion of the federal stimulus packages or December 31, 2014, whichever occurs first. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2015. Effective immediately.
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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 adding Section 605-952 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-952 new)
Sec. 605-952. Federal stimulus tracking.
(a) The Department shall track and report monthly on the
comparative success or non-success of the State of Illinois in
receiving shares of nationwide federal stimulus packages
enacted in response to the economic recession that began in
December 2007. A final report shall be filed at the conclusion
of all such federal stimulus packages or by December 31, 2014,
whichever occurs first.
(b) The reports shall track both enacted and proposed
federal stimulus packages and the share of federal stimulus
spending, based on federal reports or estimated as precisely as
possible, that has been or is expected to be transmitted to the
State of Illinois and persons and entities domiciled in
Illinois. The monthly reports shall delineate any required
matching funds required by the State to be eligible for federal
stimulus spending. The monthly reports shall also make

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recommendations (i) concerning ways in which Illinois could
intervene with the federal government to maximize its share of
federal stimulus spending and (ii) suggesting changes in
Illinois statutory and administrative law that could help to
maximize its share of federal stimulus spending.
(c) The reports shall be filed with the Governor, the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, the President and
Minority Leader of the Senate, and the executive director of
the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
(d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2015.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.