Bill Text: IL HB5310 | 2017-2018 | 100th 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 of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to award grants to local business groups to address and study small business concerns related to a change in the minimum wage. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5310 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5310-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5310 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to award grants to local business groups to address and study small business concerns related to a change in the minimum wage. 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 605-1025 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1025 new)
Sec. 605-1025. Grants to business groups. The Department
shall award grants to local business groups to address and
study small business concerns related to a change in the
minimum wage. Grants shall be used to research the potential
impact of phasing in a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by
calendar year 2023. Organizations awarded grants under this
Section shall submit an annual report to the Department that
includes the impact of raising the minimum wage on businesses
of different sizes, including the impact on business revenue
and sustainability. The Department shall combine all reports
and submit an inclusive report to the Governor and the General
Assembly by January 1 of each year, with the first report due
on January 1, 2019.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.