Bill Text: IL HB3032 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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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 the Interagency Military Base Support and Economic Development Committee.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0144 [HB3032 Detail]

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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 605-215 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-215)
Sec. 605-215. Interagency Military Base Support and
Economic Development Committee.
(a) To coordinate the State's activities on and to act as a
communications center for issues relating to current and former
military bases in the State, the Interagency Military Base
Support and Economic Development Committee is created as an
entity within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor:
Department.
(1) To preserve, protect, expand, and attract new
military missions, assets, and installations to the State
of Illinois.
(2) To encourage defense related businesses to expand
or relocate to the State of Illinois.
(3) To identify emerging trends and support the
long-term viability of the military and defense industry in
Illinois.

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(4) To assist Illinois communities who have been or
could be impacted by Federal Base Realignment and Closure
actions or other military realignments.
(5) To be an information clearinghouse by providing
military installation information and recommendations to
enhance the military value of Illinois defense
installations to the Governor, General Assembly,
congressional delegation, and State and Federal Government
officials.
(b) The Committee shall be composed of the following 7 ex
officio members or their designees: the Lieutenant Governor,
the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the
Secretary of Transportation, the Director of Natural
Resources, the Director of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Director of Revenue, and the Adjutant General of
the Department of Military Affairs. In addition, 4 members of
the General Assembly shall be appointed, one each appointed by
the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives. The chair and
vice-chairs vice-chair of the committee, in consultation with
the full Committee, shall appoint 10 8 public members to serve
as representatives from the counties, or adjoining counties, of
a current or former military base site as necessary to carry
out the work of the Commission. The chair and vice-chairs of
the Committee, in consultation with the other members of the

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Committee, shall also appoint up to 4 members having military
veteran or defense industry backgrounds from across the State
of Illinois. Public member appointees and veteran or defense
industry appointees shall serve 4-year terms; however, for the
initial terms of those members, half of them shall be appointed
for terms of 2 years as the Lieutenant Governor shall
determine.
(c) The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as chair of the
Committee, and the Director of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity and the Adjutant General of the Department of
Military Affairs shall serve as vice-chairs of the Committee,
serve as vice-chair and shall oversee the administration of the
Committee and its functions. Expenses necessary to carry out
the function of the Committee shall be shared among the
agencies represented on the Committee pursuant to an
interagency agreement and from funds appropriated for this
purpose or from existing funds within the budgets of those
agencies. General Assembly appointees shall serve for the
duration of the General Assembly in which the appointee is
appointed, but the appointee's term shall expire if the
appointee no longer remains a member of that General Assembly.
The Committee shall meet not less than quarterly. Any appointed
member of the Committee who fails to attend at least 3 meetings
in a year shall no longer be a member of the Committee, and his
or her replacement shall be appointed in the same manner as the
member being replaced for the remainder of that member's

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current term.
(d) Each member of the Committee must request reimbursement
from his or her individual agency for actual and necessary
expenses incurred while performing his or her duties as a
member of the Committee. Public members shall be reimbursed
from funds appropriated to the Department for that purpose.
(e) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations
to the Department on the following:
(1) The formation of a strategic plan for State and
local military base retention, realignment, and reuse
efforts.
(2) The issues impacting current and former military
bases in the State, including infrastructure requirements,
environmental impact issues, military force structure
possibilities, tax implications, property considerations,
and other issues requiring State agency coordination and
support.
(3) The status of community involvement and
participation in retention, realignment, and reuse efforts
and the community support for economic development before
and after a military base closing.
(4) The State's retention, realignment, and reuse
advocacy efforts on the federal level.
(5) The development of impact studies concerning the
closing of a base on the community, housing, the economy,
schools, and other public and private entities, including

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additional economic development ideas to minimize the
impact in the event of the base closing.
(6) The development of future economic expansion plans
for areas that are subject to closure or realignment.
(f) The Committee, in cooperation with the Department,
shall keep the Governor and General Assembly informed
concerning the progress of military base retention,
realignment, reuse, and economic development efforts in the
State.
(g) The Committee shall serve as the central information
clearinghouse for all military base reuse, retention, and
realignment activities. This shall include: (i) serving as a
liaison between the State and community organizations that
support the long-term viability of military bases; (ii)
communicating with the State's congressional delegation; and
(iii) generally coordinating with the public, governmental
bodies, and officials in communicating about the future of
military bases in the State.
(Source: P.A. 94-674, eff. 8-23-05.)