Bill Text: IL HB5675 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Creates the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act. Creates the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Pilot Program. Provides for the appointment, term of service, and compensation of entrepreneurs-in-residence. Requires the Director or Secretary of specified State agencies to appoint entrepreneurs-in-residence, and issue a report on the Program to the General Assembly and the Governor by January 1, 2023. Provides for the duties of appointed entrepreneurs-in-residence. Provides that an entrepreneur-in-residence shall report directly to his or her appointing authority. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2025. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5675 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5675-Engrossed.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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act.
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6 | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of the Program created | ||||||
7 | under this Act is to strengthen coordination between State | ||||||
8 | government and the private sector on issues relevant to | ||||||
9 | entrepreneurs and small business concerns, and to make State | ||||||
10 | government programs and operations simpler, easier to access, | ||||||
11 | more efficient, and more responsive to the needs of and issues | ||||||
12 | related to small business concerns and entrepreneurs.
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13 | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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14 | "Appointing authority" means the Governor, the Speaker of | ||||||
15 | the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the | ||||||
16 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Minority | ||||||
17 | Leader of the Senate, or the Director or Secretary of the | ||||||
18 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | ||||||
19 | Department of Transportation, the Department of Human | ||||||
20 | Services, the Department of Public Health, or the Department of | ||||||
21 | Central Management Services.
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22 | "Entrepreneur-in-residence" or |
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1 | "entrepreneurs-in-residence" means an individual or | ||||||
2 | individuals appointed to a position under this Act.
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3 | "Program" means the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Pilot | ||||||
4 | Program.
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5 | Section 15. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence Pilot Program.
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6 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), as many as 10 | ||||||
7 | individuals may be appointed to serve as | ||||||
8 | entrepreneurs-in-residence with State agencies, appointed 2 | ||||||
9 | each by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
10 | Representatives, the President of the Senate, the Minority | ||||||
11 | Leader of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader | ||||||
12 | of the Senate. These appointees shall have demonstrated success | ||||||
13 | in working with small business concerns and entrepreneurs, or | ||||||
14 | have successfully developed, invented, or created a product and | ||||||
15 | brought that product to the marketplace. | ||||||
16 | Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this subsection (a) | ||||||
17 | shall serve for a period of 2 years. A State agency shall | ||||||
18 | cooperate with any entrepreneur-in-residence appointed to | ||||||
19 | serve it as necessary to facilitate this Program. A person | ||||||
20 | appointed as an entrepreneur-in-residence under this | ||||||
21 | subsection (a) shall not be appointed to one of the State | ||||||
22 | agencies listed in subsection (b).
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23 | (b) Additionally, the Director or Secretary of the | ||||||
24 | following State agencies shall each appoint one | ||||||
25 | entrepreneur-in-residence for their respective State agency: |
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1 | (1) the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
2 | Opportunity; | ||||||
3 | (2) the Department of Transportation; | ||||||
4 | (3) the Department of Human Services; | ||||||
5 | (4) the Department of Public Health; and | ||||||
6 | (5) the Department of Central Management Services. | ||||||
7 | Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this subsection | ||||||
8 | (b) shall serve for a period of 5 years, beginning January 1, | ||||||
9 | 2019 and ending January 1, 2024, and have the same | ||||||
10 | qualifications as appointees under subsection (a).
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11 | (c) The Director or Secretary of a State agency under | ||||||
12 | subsection (b) shall, by January 1, 2023, issue a report to the | ||||||
13 | General Assembly and the Governor outlining findings and | ||||||
14 | recommendations, including, but not limited to, the successes | ||||||
15 | of the Program, recommendations to improve the Program, and any | ||||||
16 | other information that the Director or Secretary may deem | ||||||
17 | necessary and relevant. The report to the General Assembly | ||||||
18 | shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives | ||||||
19 | and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the | ||||||
20 | manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct. For the | ||||||
21 | purposes of this Section, success of the Program shall be | ||||||
22 | measured by the number of interactions, new businesses created, | ||||||
23 | the size of the new businesses, and how the new businesses have | ||||||
24 | grown since their inception.
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25 | (d) Entrepreneurs-in-residence appointed under this Act | ||||||
26 | shall serve without compensation, but may, at the discretion of |
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1 | the appointing authority, receive reasonable and necessary | ||||||
2 | expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.
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3 | (e) An entrepreneur-in-residence appointed under this Act | ||||||
4 | shall perform the following duties:
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5 | (1) assist the State agency in improving outreach to | ||||||
6 | small business concerns and entrepreneurs;
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7 | (2) provide recommendations on inefficient or | ||||||
8 | duplicative programs;
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9 | (3) provide recommendations to the appointing | ||||||
10 | authority on methods to improve Program efficiency at the | ||||||
11 | State agency;
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12 | (4) provide recommendations to the appointing | ||||||
13 | authority on new initiatives that may be instituted at the | ||||||
14 | State agency;
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15 | (5) facilitate meetings and forums to educate small | ||||||
16 | business concerns and entrepreneurs on programs or | ||||||
17 | initiatives of the State agency;
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18 | (6) facilitate in-service sessions with employees of | ||||||
19 | the State agency on needs and issues of interest to | ||||||
20 | entrepreneurs and small business concerns; and
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21 | (7) provide technical assistance or mentorship to | ||||||
22 | small business concerns and entrepreneurs in accessing | ||||||
23 | programs at the State agency.
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24 | (f) An entrepreneur-in-residence shall report directly to | ||||||
25 | his or her appointing authority.
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1 | Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
2 | 2025.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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