Bill Text: IL HB5101 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the term "community-based organization" also includes an entity that currently receives federal funding from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5101 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5101-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5101 Introduced , by Rep. Brandun Schweizer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 730/5-5
Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the term "community-based organization" also includes an entity that currently receives federal funding from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Energy Transition Act is amended by
changing Section 5-5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 730/5-5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 15, 2045)
Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Apprentice" means a participant in an apprenticeship
program approved by and registered with the United States
Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
"Apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship and
training program approved by and registered with the United
States Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training.
"Black, indigenous, and people of color" or "BIPOC" means
people who are members of the groups described in
subparagraphs (a) through (e) of paragraph (A) of subsection
(1) of Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities,
Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Community-based organization organizations" means an
organization that: (1) provides employment, skill development,
or related services to members of the community; (2) includes

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community colleges, nonprofits, and local governments; (3) has
at least one main operating office in the community or region
it serves; and (4) demonstrates relationships with local
residents and other organizations serving the community.
"Community-based organization" also means an entity that
currently receives federal funding from the federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, unless the text solely specifies a particular
Department.
"Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"Equity eligible contractor" or "eligible contractor"
means:
(1) a business that is majority-owned by equity
investment eligible individuals or persons who are or have
been participants in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network
Program, Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program,
Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, Illinois
Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or Clean Energy
Primes Contractor Accelerator Program;
(2) a nonprofit or cooperative that is
majority-governed by equity investment eligible
individuals or persons who are or have been participants
in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, Clean Energy
Contractor Incubator Program, Returning Residents Clean

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Jobs Training Program, Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, or Clean Energy Primes
Contractor Accelerator Program; or
(3) an equity investment eligible person or an
individual who is or has been a participant in the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program, Clean Energy Contractor
Incubator Program, Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training
Program, Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program,
or Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator Program and
who is offering personal services as an independent
contractor.
"Equity focused populations" means (i) low-income persons;
(ii) persons residing in equity investment eligible
communities; (iii) persons who identify as black, indigenous,
and people of color; (iv) formerly convicted persons; (v)
persons who are or were in the child welfare system; (vi)
energy workers; (vii) dependents of displaced energy workers;
(viii) women; (ix) LGBTQ+, transgender, or gender
nonconforming persons; (x) persons with disabilities; and (xi)
members of any of these groups who are also youth.
"Equity investment eligible community" and "eligible
community" are synonymous and mean the geographic areas
throughout Illinois which would most benefit from equitable
investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and
foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, the eligible
community means the following areas:

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(1) R3 Areas as established pursuant to Section 10-40
of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, where residents
have historically been excluded from economic
opportunities, including opportunities in the energy
sector; and
(2) Environmental justice communities, as defined by
the Illinois Power Agency pursuant to the Illinois Power
Agency Act, but excluding racial and ethnic indicators,
where residents have historically been subject to
disproportionate burdens of pollution, including pollution
from the energy sector.
"Equity investment eligible person" and "eligible person"
are synonymous and mean the persons who would most benefit
from equitable investments by the State designed to combat
discrimination and foster sustainable economic growth.
Specifically, eligible persons means the following people:
(1) persons whose primary residence is in an equity
investment eligible community;
(2) persons who are graduates of or currently enrolled
in the foster care system; or
(3) persons who were formerly incarcerated.
"Climate Works Hub" means a nonprofit organization
selected by the Department to act as a workforce intermediary
and to participate in the Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program. To qualify as a Climate Works Hub,
the organization must demonstrate the following:

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(1) the ability to effectively serve diverse and
underrepresented populations, including by providing
employment services to such populations;
(2) experience with the construction and building
trades;
(3) the ability to recruit, prescreen, and provide
preapprenticeship training to prepare workers for
employment in the construction and building trades; and
(4) a plan to provide the following:
(A) preparatory classes;
(B) workplace readiness skills, such as resume
preparation and interviewing techniques;
(C) strategies for overcoming barriers to entry
and completion of an apprenticeship program; and
(D) any prerequisites for acceptance into an
apprenticeship program.
(Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)