Bill Text: IL HB5858 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that, beginning in calendar year 2012 and in each calendar year thereafter, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify no more than 39 Enterprise Zones. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5858 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5858-Introduced.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 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5.3 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 655/5.3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 608)
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7 | Sec. 5.3. Certification of Enterprise Zones; Effective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | date.
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9 | (a) Approval of designated Enterprise Zones shall be made | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | by the
Department by certification of the designating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ordinance. The Department
shall promptly issue a certificate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | for each Enterprise Zone upon its
approval. The certificate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall be signed by the Director of the
Department, shall make | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | specific reference to the designating ordinance,
which shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the
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16 | Secretary of State. A certified copy of the Enterprise Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Certificate, or
a duplicate original thereof, shall be recorded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | in the office of recorder
of deeds of the county in which the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Enterprise Zone lies.
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20 | (b) An Enterprise Zone shall be effective upon its | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | certification. The
Department shall transmit a copy of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | certification to the Department
of Revenue, and to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | designating municipality or county.
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1 | Upon certification of an Enterprise Zone, the terms and | ||||||
2 | provisions of the
designating ordinance shall be in effect, and | ||||||
3 | may not be amended or repealed
except in accordance with | ||||||
4 | Section 5.4.
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5 | (c) An Enterprise Zone shall be in effect for 30 calendar | ||||||
6 | years, or for
a lesser number of years specified in the | ||||||
7 | certified designating ordinance.
Enterprise Zones shall | ||||||
8 | terminate at midnight of December 31 of the final
calendar year | ||||||
9 | of the certified term, except as provided in Section 5.4.
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10 | (d) No more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by | ||||||
11 | the Department
in calendar year 1984, no more than 12 | ||||||
12 | Enterprise Zones may be certified
by the Department in calendar | ||||||
13 | year 1985, no more than 13 Enterprise
Zones may be certified by | ||||||
14 | the Department in calendar year 1986, no
more than 15 | ||||||
15 | Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in
calendar | ||||||
16 | year 1987, and no more than 20 Enterprise Zones may be | ||||||
17 | certified
by the Department in calendar year 1990. Through | ||||||
18 | calendar year 2011 In other calendar years , no more
than 13 | ||||||
19 | Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department. Beginning | ||||||
20 | in calendar year 2012 and in each calendar year thereafter, the | ||||||
21 | Department may certify no more than 39 Enterprise Zones.
The | ||||||
22 | Department may also designate up to 8 additional Enterprise | ||||||
23 | Zones
outside the regular application cycle if warranted by the | ||||||
24 | extreme economic
circumstances as determined by the | ||||||
25 | Department. The Department may also
designate one additional | ||||||
26 | Enterprise Zone outside the regular application
cycle if an |
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1 | aircraft manufacturer agrees to locate
an aircraft | ||||||
2 | manufacturing facility in the proposed Enterprise Zone.
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3 | Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, no more than | ||||||
4 | 89 Enterprise Zones may be
certified by the Department for the | ||||||
5 | 10 calendar years commencing with 1983.
The 7 additional | ||||||
6 | Enterprise Zones authorized by Public Act
86-15 shall not lie | ||||||
7 | within municipalities or unincorporated areas of
counties that | ||||||
8 | abut or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant
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9 | to this Section prior to June 30, 1989. The 7 additional | ||||||
10 | Enterprise
Zones (excluding the additional Enterprise Zone | ||||||
11 | which may be designated
outside the regular application cycle) | ||||||
12 | authorized by Public Act 86-1030
shall not lie within | ||||||
13 | municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties
that abut or | ||||||
14 | are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to this
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15 | Section prior to February 28, 1990. Beginning in calendar year | ||||||
16 | 2004 and until
December 31, 2008, one additional enterprise | ||||||
17 | zone may be certified by the
Department. In any calendar year, | ||||||
18 | the
Department
may not certify more than 3 Zones located within | ||||||
19 | the same municipality. The
Department may certify Enterprise | ||||||
20 | Zones in each of the 10 calendar years
commencing with 1983. | ||||||
21 | The Department may not certify more than a total of
18 | ||||||
22 | Enterprise Zones located within the same county (whether within
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23 | municipalities or within unincorporated territory) for the 10 | ||||||
24 | calendar years
commencing with 1983. Thereafter, the | ||||||
25 | Department may not certify any
additional Enterprise Zones, but | ||||||
26 | may amend and rescind certifications of
existing Enterprise |
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1 | Zones in accordance with Section 5.4.
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2 | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i) the | ||||||
3 | county board of
any county in which a current military base is | ||||||
4 | located, in part or in whole, or
in which a military
base that | ||||||
5 | has been closed within 20 years of the effective date of this
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6 | amendatory Act of 1998 is located, in part or in whole, adopts | ||||||
7 | a designating
ordinance in accordance with Section 5 of this | ||||||
8 | Act to designate the military
base in that county as an | ||||||
9 | enterprise zone and (ii) the property otherwise
meets the
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10 | qualifications for an enterprise zone as prescribed in Section | ||||||
11 | 4 of this Act,
then the Department may certify the designating | ||||||
12 | ordinance or ordinances, as the
case may be.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-777, eff. 1-1-03; 93-436, | ||||||
14 | eff.
1-1-04.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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