Bill Text: IL SB2408 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Creates the Energy Transition Act. Includes provisions regarding: Regional Administrators; the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program; the Clean Jobs Curriculum; the Energy Transition Barrier Reduction Program; Energy Transition Navigators; the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program; the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program; the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program; the Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator Program; the Jobs and Environmental Justice Grant Program; and the Energy Workforce Advisory Council. Repeals the Act 24 years after the effective date. Creates the Energy Community Reinvestment Act. Includes provisions regarding: the Energy Transition Workforce Commission; the Energy Transition Community Grants; the Displaced Energy Workers Bill of Rights; the Displaced Energy Worker Dependent Transition Scholarship; an Energy Community Investment Report; and administrative review. Repeals the Act 24 years after the effective date. Creates the Community, Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act. Includes provisions regarding: the creation of Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plans; the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning process; and joint Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plans. Repeals the Act 24 years after the effective date. Creates the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act. Includes provisions regarding: the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund; the board of directors; powers and duties; primary responsibilities in early program development; executive director and fund management; and dissolution of the Fund. Repeals the Act 24 years after the effective date. Makes additional and conforming changes in: the Illinois Finance Authority Act; the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act; the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act; the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; the Electric Vehicle Act; the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act; the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; the Energy Efficient Building Act; the Illinois Power Agency Act; the State Finance Act; the Illinois Procurement Code; the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act; the Property Tax Code; the School Code; the Public Utilities Act; the Environmental Protection Act; the Alternate Fuels Act (and renames it the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act); the Illinois Vehicle Code; and the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-02-23 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush [SB2408 Detail]

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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Article 5. Energy Transition
Section 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
Energy Transition Act. As used in this Article, "this Act"
refers to this Article.
Section 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 organizations" means an organization
that: (1) provides employment, skill development, or related

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services to members of the community; (2) includes 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.
"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
Jobs Training Program, Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, or Clean Energy Primes

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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:
(1) R3 Areas as established pursuant to Section 10-40
of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, where residents

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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:
(1) the ability to effectively serve diverse and
underrepresented populations, including by providing

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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.
Section 5-10. Findings. The General Assembly finds that
the clean energy sector is a growing area of the economy in the
State of Illinois. The General Assembly further finds that
State investment in the clean energy economy in Illinois can
be a vehicle for expanding equitable access to public health,
safety, a cleaner environment, quality jobs, and economic
opportunity.
It is in the public policy interest of the State to ensure
that Illinois residents from communities disproportionately
impacted by climate change, communities facing coal plant or
coal mine closures, and economically disadvantaged communities

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and individuals experiencing barriers to employment have
access to State programs and good jobs and career
opportunities in growing sectors of the State economy. To
promote those interests in the growing clean energy sector,
the General Assembly hereby creates this Act to increase
access to and opportunities for education, training, and
support services these individuals need to succeed in the
labor market generally and the clean energy sector
specifically. The General Assembly further finds that the
programs included in this Act are essential to equitable,
statewide access to quality training, jobs, and economic
opportunities across the clean energy sector.
Section 5-15. Regional Administrators.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall select
3 unique Regional Administrators: one Regional Administrator
for coordination of the work in the Northern Illinois Program
Delivery Area, one Regional Administrator for coordination of
the work in the Central Illinois Program Delivery Area, and
one Regional Administrator for coordination of the work in the
Southern Illinois Program Delivery Area.
(b) The Regional Administrators shall have strong
capabilities, experience, and knowledge related to program
development and fiscal management; cultural and language
competency needed to be effective in their respective
communities to be served; expertise in working in and with

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BIPOC and environmental justice communities; knowledge and
experience in working with employer or sectoral partnerships,
if applicable, in clean energy or related sectors; and
awareness of industry trends and activities, workforce
development best practices, regional workforce development
needs, regional and industry employers, and community
development. The Regional Administrators shall demonstrate a
track record of strong partnerships with community-based
organizations and labor organizations.
(c) The Regional Administrators shall work together to
administer the implementation of the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program, the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program, the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program, and
the Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Program.
Section 5-20. Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "Program" means the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop
and, through Regional Administrators, administer the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program to create a network of 13
Program delivery Hub Sites with program elements delivered by
community-based organizations and their subcontractors
geographically distributed across the State including at least
one Hub Site located in or near each of the following areas:
Chicago (South Side), Chicago (Southwest and West Sides),

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Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign,
Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, and Alton.
(c) In admitting program participants, for each workforce
Hub Site, the Regional Administrators shall:
(1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows:
(A) dedicate at least one-third of program
placements to applicants who reside in a geographic
area that is impacted by economic and environmental
challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3
Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an
environmental justice community, as defined by the
Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic
indicators used by the agency unless and until the
constitutional basis for their inclusion in
determining program admissions is established. Among
applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference
shall be given to applicants who face barriers to
employment, such as low educational attainment, prior
involvement with the criminal legal system, and
language barriers; and applicants that are graduates
of or currently enrolled in the foster care system;
and
(B) dedicate at least two-thirds of program
placements to applicants that satisfy the criteria in
paragraph (1) or who reside in a geographic area that

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is impacted by economic or environmental challenges,
defined as an area that is either (i) an R3 Area, as
defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act, or (ii) an environmental
justice community, as defined by the Illinois Power
Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators used
by the agency unless and until the constitutional
basis for their inclusion in determining program
admissions is established. Among applicants that
satisfy these criteria, preference shall be given to
applicants who face barriers to employment, such as
low educational attainment, prior involvement with the
criminal legal system, and language barriers; and
applicants that are graduates of or currently enrolled
in the foster care system; and
(2) prioritize the remaining program placements for:
applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in
the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face
barriers to employment, including low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants who are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system, regardless of the applicant's area of residence.
The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect
the confidentiality of any personal information provided by
program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a

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formerly incarcerated person or foster care recipient;
however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish
aggregated data on the number of participants that were
formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as
that publication protects the identities of those persons.
Any person who applies to the program may elect not to
share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether
he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster
care system or was formerly convicted.
(d) Program elements for each Hub Site shall be provided
by a community-based organization. The Department shall
initially select a community-based organization in each Hub
Site and shall subsequently select a community-based
organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based
organizations delivering program elements outlined in
subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may
subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of
program elements, including, but not limited to,
administrative soft and hard skills for program participants,
delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or
provision of other support functions for program delivery
compliance.
(e) The Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Network shall:
(1) coordinate with Energy Transition Navigators: (i)
to increase participation in the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program and clean energy and related sector

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workforce and training opportunities; (ii) coordinate
recruitment, communications, and ongoing engagement with
potential employers, including, but not limited to,
activities such as job matchmaking initiatives, hosting
events such as job fairs, and collaborating with other Hub
Sites to identify and implement best practices for
employer engagement; and (iii) leverage community-based
organizations, educational institutions, and
community-based and labor-based training providers to
ensure program-eligible individuals across the State have
dedicated and sustained support to enter and complete the
career pipeline for clean energy and related sector jobs;
(2) develop formal partnerships, including formal
sector partnerships between community-based organizations
and entities that provide clean energy jobs, including
businesses, nonprofit organizations, and worker-owned
cooperatives, to ensure that Program participants have
priority access to employment training and hiring
opportunities; and
(3) implement the Clean Jobs Curriculum to provide,
including, but not limited to, training, certification
preparation, job readiness, and skill development,
including soft skills, math skills, technical skills,
certification test preparation, and other development
needed, to Program participants.
(f) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation

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from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
(g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly
reports, including program performance metrics by each Hub
Site to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery
Area. Program performance metrics include, but are not limited
to:
(1) demographic data, including racial, gender,
residency in eligible communities, and geographic
distribution data, on Program trainees entering and
graduating the Program;
(2) demographic data, including racial, gender,
residency in eligible communities, and geographic
distribution data, on Program trainees who are placed in
employment, including the percentages of trainees by race,
gender, and geographic categories in each individual job
type or category and whether employment is union,
nonunion, or nonunion via temporary agency;
(3) trainee job acquisition and retention statistics,
including the duration of employment (start and end dates
of hires) by race, gender, and geography;
(4) hourly wages, including hourly overtime pay rate,
and benefits of trainees placed into employment by race,
gender, and geography;
(5) percentage of jobs by race, gender, and geography
held by Program trainees or graduates that are full-time
equivalent positions, meaning that the position held is

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full-time, direct, and permanent based on 2,080 hours
worked per year (paid directly by the employer, whose
activities, schedule, and manner of work the employer
controls, and receives pay and benefits in the same manner
as permanent employees); and
(6) qualitative data consisting of open-ended
reporting on pertinent issues, including, but not limited
to, qualitative descriptions accompanying metrics or
identifying key successes and challenges.
(h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act,
the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review
and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and
Regional Administrators.
Section 5-25. Clean Jobs Curriculum.
(a) As used in this Section, "clean energy jobs", subject
to administrative rules, means jobs in the solar energy, wind
energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, solar thermal,
green hydrogen, geothermal, electric vehicle industries, other
renewable energy industries, industries achieving emission
reductions, and other related sectors including related
industries that manufacture, develop, build, maintain, or
provide ancillary services to renewable energy resources or
energy efficiency products or services, including the
manufacture and installation of healthier building materials
that contain fewer hazardous chemicals. "Clean energy jobs"

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includes administrative, sales, other support functions within
these industries and other related sector industries.
(b) The Department shall convene a comprehensive
stakeholder process that includes representatives from the
State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College
Board, the Department of Labor, community-based organizations,
workforce development providers, labor unions, building
trades, educational institutions, residents of BIPOC and
low-income communities, residents of environmental justice
communities, clean energy businesses, nonprofit organizations,
worker-owned cooperatives, other groups that provide clean
energy jobs opportunities, groups that provide construction
and building trades job opportunities, and other participants
to identify the career pathways and training curriculum needed
for participants to be skilled, work ready, and able to enter
clean energy jobs. The curriculum shall:
(1) identify the core training curricular competency
areas needed to prepare workers to enter clean energy and
related sector jobs;
(2) identify a set of required core cross-training
competencies provided in each training area for clean
energy jobs with the goal of enabling any trainee to
receive a standard set of skills common to multiple
training areas that would provide a foundation for
pursuing a career composed of multiple clean energy job
types;

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(3) include approaches to integrate broad occupational
training to provide career entry into the general
construction and building trades sector and any remedial
education and work readiness support necessary to achieve
educational and professional eligibility thresholds; and
(4) identify on-the-job training formats, where
relevant, and identify suggested trainer certification
standards, where relevant.
(c) The Department shall publish a report that includes
the findings, recommendations, and core curriculum identified
by the stakeholder group and shall post a copy of the report on
its public website. The Department shall convene the process
described to update and modify the recommended curriculum
every 3 years to ensure the curriculum contents are current to
the evolving clean energy industries, practices, and
technologies.
(d) Organizations that receive funding to provide training
under the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, including, but
not limited to, community-based and labor-based training
providers, and educational institutions must use the core
curriculum that is developed under this Section.
Section 5-30. Energy Transition Barrier Reduction Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "Program" means the Energy
Transition Barrier Reduction Program.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall create

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and administer an Energy Transition Barrier Reduction Program.
The Program shall be used to provide supportive services for
individuals impacted by the energy transition. Services
allowed are intended to help eligible individuals overcome
financial and other barriers to participation in the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program and the Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program.
(c) The Program shall be available to individuals eligible
for participation in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program
or Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program.
(d) The Department shall determine appropriate allowable
program costs, elements, and financial supports to reduce
barriers to successful participation in the Clean Jobs
Workforce Program and the Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program for individuals eligible for these
programs.
(e) Community-based organizations and other nonprofits
selected by the Department shall provide supportive services
described in this Section to eligible individuals
participating in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program and
Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program.
(f) The community-based organizations that provide support
services under this Section shall coordinate with the Energy
Transition Navigators to ensure eligible individuals have
access to these services.
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from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
Section 5-35. Energy Transition Navigators.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Community-based provider" means a not-for-profit
organization that has a history of serving low-wage or
low-skilled workers or individuals from economically
disadvantaged communities.
"Economically disadvantaged community" means areas of one
or more census tracts where the average household income does
not exceed 80% of the area median income.
(b) In order to engage eligible individuals to participate
in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, the Illinois
Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, Returning Residents
Clean Jobs Program, Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program,
and Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator Program and
utilize the services offered under the Energy Transition
Barrier Reduction Program, the Department shall, subject to
appropriation, contract with community-based providers to
serve as Energy Transition Navigators. Energy Transition
Navigators shall provide education, outreach, and recruitment
services to equity focused populations, prioritizing
individuals eligible for the Clean Jobs Workforce Network
Program or Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program,
to make sure they are aware of and engaged in the statewide and
local workforce development systems. Additional strategies may

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include, but are not limited to, recruitment activities and
events.
(c) For members of equity focused populations,
prioritizing individuals eligible for the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program or Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program, who may be interested in entrepreneurial pursuits,
Energy Transition Navigators may connect these individuals
with their area Small Business Development Center, Procurement
Technical Assistance Centers, or economic development
organization to engage in services, including, but not limited
to, business consulting, business planning, regulatory
compliance, marketing, training, accessing capital, government
bid, and certification assistance.
(d) Energy Transition Navigators shall engage equity
focused populations, prioritizing individuals eligible for the
Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program or Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, organizations working with these
populations, local workforce innovation boards, and other
relevant stakeholders to coordinate outreach initiatives to
promote information regarding programs and services offered
under the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, the Illinois
Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, and the Energy
Transition Barrier Reduction Program. Energy Transition
Navigators shall provide support where reasonable to
individuals and entities applying for these services and
programs.

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(e) Community education, outreach, and recruitment
regarding the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program, the
Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, and Energy
Transition Barrier Reduction Program shall be targeted to the
equity focused populations, prioritizing individuals eligible
for the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program or Illinois
Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program.
(f) Community-based providers shall partner with
educational institutions or organizations working with equity
focused populations, local employers, labor unions, and others
to identify members of equity focused populations in eligible
communities who are unable to advance in their careers due to
inadequate skills. Community-based providers shall provide
information and consultation to equity focused populations,
prioritizing individuals eligible for the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program or Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program, on various educational opportunities and supportive
services available to them.
(g) Community-based providers shall establish partnerships
with employers, educational institutions, local economic
development organizations, environmental justice
organizations, trades groups, labor unions, and entities that
provide jobs, including businesses and other nonprofit
organizations, to target the skill needs of local industry.
The community-based provider shall work with local workforce
innovation boards and other relevant partners to develop skill

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curriculum and career pathway support for disadvantaged
individuals in equity focused populations, prioritizing
individuals eligible for the Clean Jobs Workforce Network
Program or Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program,
that meets local employers' needs and establishes job
placement opportunities after training.
(h) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation
from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund. Priority in
awarding grants under this Section will be given to
organizations that also have experience serving populations
impacted by climate change.
(i) Each community-based organization that receives
funding from the Department as an Energy Transition Navigator
shall provide an annual report to the Department by April 1 of
each calendar year. The annual report shall include the
following information:
(1) a description of the community-based
organization's recruitment, screening, and training
efforts;
(2) the number of individuals who apply to,
participate in, and complete programs offered through the
Energy Transition Workforce Program, broken down by race,
gender, age, and location; and
(3) any other information deemed necessary by the
Department.

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Section 5-40. Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
develop, and through Regional Administrators administer, the
Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program. The goal of
the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program is to
create a network of hubs throughout the State that will
recruit, prescreen, and provide preapprenticeship skills
training, for which participants may attend free of charge and
receive a stipend, to create a qualified, diverse pipeline of
workers who are prepared for careers in the construction and
building trades and clean energy jobs opportunities therein.
Upon completion of the Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, the candidates will be connected to
and prepared to successfully complete an apprenticeship
program.
(b) Each Climate Works Hub that receives funding from the
Energy Transition Assistance Fund shall provide an annual
report to the Illinois Works Review Panel by April 1 of each
calendar year. The annual report shall include the following
information:
(1) a description of the Climate Works Hub's
recruitment, screening, and training efforts, including a
description of training related to construction and
building trades opportunities in clean energy jobs;
(2) the number of individuals who apply to,

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participate in, and complete the Climate Works Hub's
program, broken down by race, gender, age, and veteran
status;
(3) the number of the individuals referenced in
paragraph (2) of this subsection who are initially
accepted and placed into apprenticeship programs in the
construction and building trades; and
(4) the number of individuals referenced in paragraph
(2) of this subsection who remain in apprenticeship
programs in the construction and building trades or have
become journeymen one calendar year after their placement,
as referenced in paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall provide
funding to 3 Climate Works Hubs throughout the State,
including one to the Illinois Department of Transportation
Region 1, one to the Illinois Department of Transportation
Regions 2 and 3, and one to the Illinois Department of
Transportation Regions 4 and 5. The Department shall initially
select a community-based provider in each region and shall
subsequently select a community-based provider in each region
every 3 years.
(d) The Climate Works Hubs shall recruit, prescreen, and
provide preapprenticeship training to equity investment
eligible persons. This training shall include information
related to opportunities and certifications relevant to clean
energy jobs in the construction and building trades.

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(e) Funding for the Program is subject to appropriation
from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
(f) The Department shall adopt any rules deemed necessary
to implement this Section.
Section 5-45. Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program.
(a) As used in this Section, "community-based
organization" means a nonprofit organization, including an
accredited public college or university that:
(1) has a history of providing business-related
assistance and knowledge to help entrepreneurs start, run,
and grow their businesses;
(2) has knowledge of construction and clean energy
trades;
(3) demonstrates relationships with local residents
and other organizations serving the community; and
(4) demonstrates the ability to effectively serve
diverse and underrepresented populations.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
develop, and through the Regional Administrators, administer
the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program ("Program") to
create a network of 13 Program delivery Hub Sites with program
elements delivered by community-based organizations and their
subcontractors geographically distributed across the State,
including at least one Hub Site located in or near each of the
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West Sides), Waukegan, Rockford, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria,
Champaign, Danville, Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, and
Alton.
(c) In admitting program participants, for each Contractor
Incubator Hub Site the Regional Administrators shall:
(1) in each Hub Site where the applicant pool allows:
(A) dedicate at least one-third of program
placements to the owners of clean energy contractor
businesses and nonprofits who reside in a geographic
area that is impacted by economic and environmental
challenges, defined as an area that is both (i) an R3
Area, as defined pursuant to Section 10-40 of the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, and (ii) an
environmental justice community, as defined by the
Illinois Power Agency, excluding any racial or ethnic
indicators used by the agency unless and until the
constitutional basis for their inclusion in
determining program admissions is established. Among
applicants that satisfy these criteria, preference
shall be given to applicants who face barriers to
employment, such as low educational attainment, prior
involvement with the criminal legal system, and
language barriers; and applicants that are graduates
of or currently enrolled in the foster care system;
and
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placements to the owners of clean energy contractor
businesses and nonprofits that satisfy the criteria in
paragraph (1) or who reside in eligible communities.
Among applicants who live in eligible communities,
preference shall be given to applicants who face
barriers to employment, such as low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants that are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system; and
(2) prioritize the remaining program placements for:
applicants who are displaced energy workers as defined in
the Energy Community Reinvestment Act; persons who face
barriers to employment, including low educational
attainment, prior involvement with the criminal legal
system, and language barriers; and applicants who are
graduates of or currently enrolled in the foster care
system, regardless of the applicants' area of residence.
Consideration shall also be given to any current or past
participant in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program,
Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, or Returning
Residents Clean Energy Jobs Training Program.
The Department and Regional Administrators shall protect
the confidentiality of any personal information provided by
program applicants regarding the applicant's status as a
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however, the Department or Regional Administrators may publish
aggregated data on the number of participants that were
formerly incarcerated or foster care recipients so long as
that publication protects the identities of those persons.
Any person who applies to the program may elect not to
share with the Department or Regional Administrators whether
he or she is a graduate or currently enrolled in the foster
care system or was formerly convicted.
(d) Program elements at each Hub Site shall be provided by
a local community-based organization. The Department shall
initially select a community-based organization in each Hub
Site and shall subsequently select a community-based
organization in each Hub Site every 3 years. Community-based
organizations delivering program elements outlined in
subsection (e) may provide all elements required or may
subcontract to other entities for provision of portions of
program elements, including, but not limited to,
administrative soft and hard skills for program participants,
delivery of specific training in the core curriculum, or
provision of other support functions for program delivery
compliance.
(e) The Clean Energy Contractor Incubator Program shall:
(1) provide access to low-cost capital for small clean
energy businesses and contractors;
(2) provide support for obtaining financial assurance,
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services; insurance, permits, training and certifications;
business planning; and low-interest loans;
(3) train, mentor, and provide other support needed to
allow participant contractors to: (i) build their
businesses and connect to specific projects, (ii) register
as approved vendors, (iii) engage in approved vendor
subcontracting and qualified installer opportunities, (iv)
develop partnering and networking skills, (v) compete for
capital and other resources, and (vi) execute clean
energy-related project installations and subcontracts;
(4) ensure that participant contractors, community
partners, and potential contractor clients are aware of
and engaged in the Program;
(5) connect participant contractors with the
Department of Labor for resources, training, and technical
support on prevailing wage compliance;
(6) provide recruitment and ongoing engagement with
entities that hire contractors and subcontractors,
programs providing renewable energy resource-related
projects, incentive programs, and approved vendor and
qualified installer opportunities, including, but not
limited to, activities such as matchmaking, events, and
collaborating with other Hub Sites.
(f) Funding for the Program and independent evaluations as
described in subsection (h) are subject to appropriation from
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(g) The Department shall require submission of quarterly
reports including program performance metrics by each Hub Site
to the Regional Administrator of their Program Delivery Area.
Program performance metrics include, but are not limited to:
(1) demographic data including: race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors
applying, accepted into, and graduating from the Program;
(2) the number of projects completed by participant
contractors, alone or in partnership, by race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors;
(3) the number of partnerships with participant
contractors that are expected to result in contracts for
work by the participant contractor, by race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement for the owners of contractors;
(4) changes in participant contractors' business
revenue, by race, gender, geographic location, R3
residency, Environmental Justice Community residency,
foster care system participation, and justice-involvement
for the owners of contractors;
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contractors, by race, gender, geographic location, R3
residency, Environmental Justice Community residency,
foster care system participation, and justice-involvement;
(6) demographic data, including race, gender,
geographic location, R3 residency, Environmental Justice
Community residency, foster care system participation, and
justice-involvement, and average wage data, for new hires
by participant contractors;
(7) certifications held by participant contractors,
and number of participants holding each certification,
including, but not limited to, registration under the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
with Disabilities Act program and other programs intended
to certify BIPOC entities;
(8) the number of Program sessions attended by
participant contractors, aggregated by race; and
(9) indicators relevant for assessing the general
financial health of participant contractors.
(h) Within 3 years after the effective date of this Act,
the Department shall select an independent evaluator to review
and prepare a report on the performance of the Program and
Regional Administrators. The report shall be posted publicly.
Section 5-50. Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training
Program.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall develop

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and, in coordination with the Department of Corrections,
administer the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training
Program.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Commitment" means a judicially determined placement in
the custody of the Department of Corrections on the basis of a
conviction.
"Committed person" means a person committed to the
Department of Corrections.
"Community-based organization" means an organization that:
(1) provides employment, skill development, or related
services to members of the community;
(2) includes community colleges, nonprofits, and local
governments; and
(3) has a history of serving committed persons or
justice-involved persons.
"Correctional institution or facility" means a Department
of Corrections building or part of a Department of Corrections
building where committed persons are detained in a secure
manner.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"Discharge" means the end of a sentence or the final
termination of a detainee's physical commitment to and
confinement in the Department of Corrections.
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Training Program.
"Program Administrator" means, for each Program Delivery
Area, the administrator selected by the Department pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section.
"Returning resident" means any United States resident who
is: (i) 17 years of age or older; (ii) in the physical custody
of the Department of Corrections; and (iii) scheduled to be
re-entering society within 36 months.
(c) Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program.
(1) Connected services. The Program shall prepare
graduates to work in the clean energy and related sector
jobs as defined in Section 5-25.
(2) Recruitment of participants. The Program
Administrators shall, in coordination with the Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, educate committed
persons in both men's and women's correctional
institutions and facilities on the benefits of the Program
and how to enroll in the Program.
(3) Connection to employers. The Program
Administrators shall, with assistance from the Regional
Administrators, connect Program graduates with potential
employers in the clean energy jobs industries.
(4) Graduation. Participants who successfully complete
all assignments in the Program shall receive a Program
graduation certificate and any certifications or
credentials earned in the process.

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(5) Eligibility. A committed person in a correctional
institution or facility is eligible if the committed
person:
(i) is within 36 months of expected release;
(ii) consented in writing to participation in the
Program;
(iii) meets all Program and testing requirements;
(iv) is willing to follow all Program
requirements; and
(v) does not pose a safety and security risk for
the facility or any person.
The Department of Corrections shall have sole discretion
to determine whether a committed person's participation in the
Program poses a safety and security risk for the facility or
any person. The Department of Corrections shall determine
whether a committed person is eligible to participate in the
Program.
(d) Program entry and testing requirements. To enter the
Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, committed
persons must complete a simple application, undergo an
interview and coaching session, and must score a minimum of a
6.0 or above on the Test for Adult Basic Education or the
Illinois Community College Board approved assessment for
determining basic skills deficiency. The Returning Residents
Clean Jobs Training Program shall include a one-week
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and are interested in continuing the Program. Candidates that
successfully complete the orientation may continue to the full
Program.
(d-5) Training. Once approved for the new program,
candidates must receive essential employability skills
training as part of vocational or occupational training.
Training must lead to certifications or credentials that
prepare candidates for employment.
(e) Removal from the Program. The Department of
Corrections may remove a committed person enrolled in the
Program for violation of institutional rules; failure to
participate or meet expectations of the Program; failure of a
drug test; disruptive behavior; or for reasons of safety,
security, and order of the facility.
(f) Drug testing. A clean drug test is required to
complete the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program.
A drug test shall be administered at least once prior to
graduation. The Department of Corrections shall be responsible
for the drug testing of applicants.
(g) Curriculum.
(1) The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity shall design a curriculum for the Program that
is as similar as practical to the Clean Jobs Curriculum
and meets in-facility requirements. The curriculum shall
focus on preparing graduates for employment in the clean
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The Program shall include structured hands-on activities
in correctional institutions or facilities, including
classroom spaces and outdoor spaces, to instruct
participants in the core curriculum established in this
Act. The Department and the Department of Corrections
shall work together to ensure all curriculum elements may
be available within Department of Corrections facilities.
(2) The Program Administrators shall collaborate to
create and publish a guidebook that allows for the
implementation of the curriculum and provides information
on all necessary and useful resources for Program
participants and graduates.
(h) Program administration.
(1) The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity shall select a Program Administrator for each
Program Delivery Area to administer and coordinate the
Program. The Program Administrators shall have strong
capabilities, experience, and knowledge related to program
development and economic management; cultural and language
competency needed to be effective in the communities to be
served; committed persons or justice-involved persons;
knowledge and experience in working with providers of
clean energy jobs; and awareness of clean energy and
related sector trends and activities, workforce
development best practices, regional workforce development
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The Program Administrator must pass a background check
administered by the Department of Corrections and be
approved by the Department of Corrections to work within a
secure facility prior to being hired by the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a Program delivery
area.
(2) The Program Administrators shall:
(i) coordinate with Regional Administrators and
the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program to ensure
that execution, performance, partnerships, marketing,
and Program access across the State consistent with
respecting regional differences;
(ii) work with community-based organizations
approved to provide industry-recognized credentials or
education institutions to deliver the Program;
(iii) collaborate to create and publish an
employer "Hiring Returning Residents" handbook that
includes benefits and expectations of hiring returning
residents, guidance on how to recruit, hire, and
retain returning residents, guidance on how to access
State and federal tax credits and incentives and State
and federal resources, guidance on how to update
company policies to support hiring and supporting
returning residents, and an understanding of the harm
in one-size-fits-all policies toward returning
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or more frequently if needed to ensure that its
contents are accurate. The handbook shall be made
available on the Department's website;
(iv) work with potential employers to promote
company policies to support hiring and supporting
returning residents via employee/employer liability,
coverage, insurance, bonding, training, hiring
practices, and retention support;
(v) provide services such as job coaching and
financial coaching to Program graduates to support
employment longevity; and
(vi) identify clean energy job opportunities and
assist participants in achieving employment. The
Program shall include at least one job fair; include
job placement discussions with clean energy employers;
establish a partnership with Illinois solar energy
businesses and trade associations to identify solar
employers that support and hire returning residents;
and involve the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity, Regional Administrators, and the Advisory
Council in finding employment for participants and
graduates in the clean energy and related sector
industries.
(3) The Department shall select community-based
organizations to provide Program elements at each
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competitively selected by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity. Community-based organizations
delivering the Program elements outlined may provide all
elements required or may subcontract to other entities for
the provision of portions of Program elements. All
contractors who have regular interactions with committed
persons, regularly access a Department of Corrections
facility, or regularly access a committed person's
personal identifying information or other data elements
must pass a Department of Corrections background check
prior to being approved to administer the Program elements
at a facility.
(4) The Department of Corrections shall aim to include
training in conjunction with other pre-release procedures
and movements. Delays in a workshop being provided shall
not cause delays in discharge.
(5) The Program Administrators may establish shortened
Returning Resident Clean Jobs Training Programs to prepare
and place graduates in the Clean Jobs Workforce Network
Program or the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program following the graduate's release from commitment.
Graduates of these programs shall receive training that
leads to certification or credentials designed to lead to
employment and shall be prioritized for placement in a
Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs training program or the Illinois
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(6) The Director of Corrections shall:
(i) Ensure that the wardens or superintendents of
all correctional institutions and facilities visibly
post information on the Program in an accessible
manner for committed individuals.
(ii) Identify the institutions and facilities
within the Department of Corrections that will offer
the Program. The determination of which facility will
offer the Program shall be based on available
programming space, staffing, population, facility
mission, security concerns, and any other relevant
factor in determining suitable locations for the
Program.
(i) Performance metrics.
(1) The Program Administrators shall collect data to
evaluate and ensure Program and participant success,
including:
(i) the number of returning residents who enrolled
in the Program;
(ii) the number of returning residents who
completed the Program;
(iii) the total number of individuals discharged;
(iv) the demographics of each entering and
graduating class;
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(vi) the recidivism rate of Program participants
at 3 and 5 years after release;
(vii) the candidates interviewed and hiring
status;
(viii) the graduate employment status, such as
hire date, pay rates, whether full-time, part-time, or
seasonal, and separation date; and
(ix) continuing education and certifications
gained by Program graduates.
(2) The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity shall publish an annual report containing
these performance metrics. Data may be disaggregated by
institution, discharge, or residence address of resident,
and other factors.
(j) Funding. Funding for the Program is subject to
appropriation from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
Funding may be made available from other lawful sources,
including donations, grants, and federal incentives.
(k) Access. The Program instructors and staff must pass a
background check administered by the Department of Corrections
prior to entering a Department of Corrections institution or
facility. The Warden or Superintendent shall have the
authority to deny a Program instructor or staff member entry
into an institution or facility for safety and security
concerns or failure to follow all facility procedures or
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the Program may be terminated or have his or her contract
canceled if the Program instructor or staff member is denied
entry into an institution or facility for safety and security
concerns.
Section 5-55. Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator
Program.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Approved vendor" means the definition of that term used
and as may be updated by the Illinois Power Agency.
"Minority business" means a minority-owned business as
defined in Section 2 of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Minority Business Enterprise certification" means the
certification or recognition certification affidavit from the
State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services
Business Enterprise Program or a program with equivalent
requirements.
"Program" means the Clean Energy Primes Contractor
Accelerator Program.
"Returning resident" has the meaning given to that term in
Section 5-50 of this Act.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
develop, and through a Primes Program Administrator and
Regional Primes Program Leads described in this Section,
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Program. The Program shall be administered in 3 program
delivery areas: the Northern Illinois Program Delivery Area
covering Northern Illinois, the Central Illinois Program
Delivery Area covering Central Illinois, and the Southern
Illinois Program Delivery Area covering Southern Illinois.
Prior to developing the Program, the Department shall solicit
public comments, with a 30-day comment period, to gather input
on Program implementation and associated community outreach
options.
(c) The Program shall be available to selected contractors
who best meet the following criteria:
(1) 2 or more years of experience in a clean energy or
a related contracting field;
(2) at least $5,000 in annual business; and
(3) a substantial and demonstrated commitment of
investing in and partnering with individuals and
institutions in equity investment eligible communities.
(c-5) The Department shall develop scoring criteria to
select contractors for the Program, which shall consider:
(1) projected hiring and industry job creation,
including wage and benefit expectations;
(2) a clear vision of strategic business growth and
how increased capitalization would benefit the business;
(3) past project work quality and demonstration of
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project development;
(5) willingness to assume risk;
(6) anticipated revenues from future projects;
(7) history of commitment to advancing equity as
demonstrated by, among other things, employment of or
ownership by equity investment eligible persons and a
history of partnership with equity focused community
organizations or government programs; and
(8) business models that build wealth in the larger
underserved community.
Applicants for Program participation shall be allowed to
reapply for a future cohort if they are not selected, and the
Primes Program Administrator shall inform each applicant of
this option.
(d) The Department, in consultation with the Primes
Program Administrator and Regional Primes Program Leads, shall
select a new cohort of participant contractors from each
Program Delivery Area every 18 months. Each regional cohort
shall include between 3 and 5 participants. The Program shall
cap contractors in the energy efficiency sector at 50% of
available cohort spots and 50% of available grants and loans,
if possible.
(e) The Department shall hire a Primes Program
Administrator with experience in leading a large
contractor-based business in Illinois; coaching and mentoring;
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investment eligible community members, organizations, and
businesses.
(f) The Department shall select 3 Regional Primes Program
Leads who shall report directly to the Primes Program
Administrator. The Regional Primes Program Leads shall be
located within their Program Delivery Area and have experience
in leading a large contractor-based business in Illinois;
coaching and mentoring; the Illinois clean energy industry;
developing relationships with companies in the Program
Delivery Area; and working with equity investment eligible
community members, organizations, and businesses.
(g) The Department may determine how Program elements will
be delivered or may contract with organizations with
experience delivering the Program elements described in
subsection (h) of this Section.
(h) The Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator Program
shall provide participants with:
(1) a 5-year, 6-month progressive course of one-on-one
coaching to assist each participant in developing an
achievable 5-year business plan, including review of
monthly metrics, and advice on achieving participant's
goals;
(2) operational support grants not to exceed
$1,000,000 annually to support the growth of participant
contractors with access to capital for upfront project
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amount of the grant shall be based on anticipated project
size and scope;
(3) business coaching based on the participant's
needs;
(4) a mentorship of approximately 2 years provided by
a qualified company in the participant's field;
(5) access to Clean Energy Contractor Incubator
Program services;
(6) assistance with applying for Minority Business
Enterprise certification and other relevant certifications
and approved vendor status for programs offered by
utilities or other entities;
(7) assistance with preparing bids and Request for
Proposal applications;
(8) opportunities to be listed in any relevant
directories and databases organized by the Department of
Central Management Services;
(9) opportunities to connect with participants in
other Department programs;
(10) assistance connecting with and initiating
participation in the Illinois Power Agency's Adjustable
Block program, the Illinois Solar for All Program, and
utility programs; and
(11) financial development assistance programs such as
zero-interest and low-interest loans with the Climate Bank
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Authority Act or a comparable financing mechanism. The
Illinois Finance Authority shall retain authority to
determine loan repayment terms and conditions.
(i) The Primes Program Administrator shall:
(1) collect and report performance metrics as
described in this Section;
(2) review and assess:
(i) participant work plans and annual goals; and
(ii) the mentorship program, including approved
mentor companies and their stipend awards; and
(3) work with the Regional Primes Program Leads to
publicize the Program; design and implement a mentorship
program; and ensure participants are quickly on-boarded.
(j) The Regional Primes Program Leads shall:
(1) publicize the Program; the budget shall include
funds to pay community-based organizations with a track
record of working with equity investment eligible
communities to complete this work;
(2) recruit qualified Program applicants;
(3) assist Program applicants with the application
process;
(4) introduce participants to the Program offerings;
(5) conduct entry and annual assessments with
participants to identify training, coaching, and other
Program service needs;
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and annually, and assessing progress toward meeting the
goals;
(7) establish a metric reporting system with each
participant and track the metrics for progress against the
contractor's work plan and Program goals;
(8) assist participants in receiving their Minority
Business Enterprise certification and any other relevant
certifications and approved vendor statuses;
(9) match participants with Clean Energy Contractor
Incubator Program offerings and individualized expert
coaching, including training on working with returning
residents and companies that employ them;
(10) pair participants with a mentor company;
(11) facilitate connections between participants and
potential subcontractors and employees;
(12) dispense a participant's awarded operational
grant funding;
(13) connect participants to zero-interest and
low-interest loans from the Climate Bank as established by
Article 850 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act or a
comparable financing mechanism;
(14) encourage participants to apply for appropriate
State and private business opportunities;
(15) review a participant's progress and make a
recommendation to the Department about whether the
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a Program graduate, and whether adjustments should be made
to a participant's grant funding, loans, and related
services;
(16) solicit information from participants, which
participants shall be required to provide, necessary to
understand the participant's business, including financial
and income information, certifications that the
participant is seeking to obtain, and ownership, employee,
and subcontractor data, including compensation, length of
service, and demographics; and
(17) other duties as required.
(k) Performance metrics. The Primes Program Administrator
and Regional Primes Program Leads shall collaborate to collect
and report the following metrics quarterly to the Department
and Advisory Council:
(1) demographic information on cohort recruiting and
formation, including racial, gender, geographic
distribution data, and data on the number and percentage
of R3 residents, environmental justice community
residents, foster care alumni, and formerly convicted
persons who are cohort applicants and admitted
participants;
(2) participant contractor engagement in other
Illinois clean energy programs such as the Adjustable
Block program, Illinois Solar for All Program, and the
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programs;
(3) retention of participants in each cohort;
(4) total projects bid, started, and completed by
participants, including information about revenue, hiring,
and subcontractor relationships with projects;
(5) certifications issued;
(6) employment data for contractor hires and industry
jobs created, including demographic, salary, length of
service, and geographic data;
(7) grants and loans distributed; and
(8) participant satisfaction with the Program.
The metrics in paragraphs (2), (4), and (6) shall be
collected from Program participants and graduates for 10 years
from their entrance into the Program to help the Department
and Program Administrators understand the Program's long-term
effect.
Data should be anonymized where needed to protect
participant privacy.
The Department shall make such reports publicly available
on its website.
(l) Mentorship Program.
(1) The Regional Primes Program Leads shall recruit,
and the Primes Program Administrator shall select, with
approval from the Department, private companies with the
following qualifications to mentor participants and assist
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(i) excellent standing with state clean energy
programs;
(ii) 4 or more years of experience in their field;
and
(iii) a proven track record of success in their
field.
(2) Mentor companies may receive a stipend, determined
by the Department, for their participation. Mentor
companies may identify what level of stipend they require.
(3) The Primes Program Administrator shall develop
guidelines for mentor company-mentee profit sharing or
purchased services agreements.
(4) The Regional Primes Program Leads shall:
(i) collaborate with mentor companies and
participants to create a plan for ongoing contact such
as on-the-job training, site walkthroughs, business
process and structure walkthroughs, quality assurance
and quality control reviews, and other relevant
activities;
(ii) recommend the mentor company-mentee pairings
and associated mentor company stipends for approval;
(iii) conduct an annual review of each mentor
company-mentee pairing and recommend whether the
pairing continues for a second year and the level of
stipend that is appropriate. The review shall also
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agreements adhere to the guidelines established by the
Primes Program Administrator.
(5) Contractors may request reassignment to a new
mentor company.
(m) Disparity study. The Program Administrator shall
cooperate with the Illinois Power Agency in the conduct of a
disparity study, as described in subsection (c-15) of Section
1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, and in the effectuation
of appropriate remedies necessary to address any
discrimination that such study may find. Potential remedies
shall include, but not be limited to, race-conscious remedies
to rapidly eliminate discrimination faced by minority
businesses and works in the industry this Program serves,
consistent with the law. Remedies shall be developed through
consultation with individuals, companies, and organizations
that have expertise on discrimination faced in the market and
potential legally permissible remedies for addressing it.
Notwithstanding any other requirement of this Section, the
Program Administrator shall modify program participation
criteria or goals as soon as the report has been published, in
such a way as is consistent with state and federal law, to
rapidly eliminate discrimination on minority businesses and
workers in the industry this Program serves by setting
standards for Program participation. This study will be paid
for with funds from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund or
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(n) Program budget.
(1) The Department may allocate up to $3,000,000
annually to the Primes Program Administrator for each of
the 3 regional budgets from the Energy Transition
Assistance Fund.
(2) The Primes Program Administrator shall work with
the Illinois Finance Authority and the Climate Bank as
established by Article 850 of the Illinois Finance
Authority Act or comparable financing institution so that
loan loss reserves may be sufficient to underwrite
$7,000,000 in low-interest loans in each of the 3 Program
delivery areas.
(3) Any grant and loan funding shall be made available
to participants in a timely fashion.
Section 5-60. Jobs and Environmental Justice Grant
Program.
(a) In order to provide upfront capital to support the
development of projects, businesses, community organizations,
and jobs creating opportunity for historically disadvantaged
populations, and to provide seed capital to support community
ownership of renewable energy projects, the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create and administer
a Jobs and Environmental Justice Grant Program. The grant
program shall be designed to help remove barriers to project,
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capital.
(b) The grant program shall provide grant awards of up to
$1,000,000 per application to support the development of
renewable energy resources as defined in Section 1-10 of the
Illinois Power Agency Act, and energy efficiency measures as
defined in Section 8-103B of the Public Utilities Act. The
amount of a grant award shall be based on a project's size and
scope. Grants shall be provided upfront, in advance of other
incentives, to provide businesses, organizations, and
community groups with capital needed to plan, develop, and
execute a project. Grants shall be designed to coordinate with
and supplement existing incentive programs, such as the
Adjustable Block program, the Illinois Solar for All Program,
the community renewable generation projects, and renewable
energy procurements as described in the Illinois Power Agency
Act, as well as utility energy efficiency measures as
described in Section 8-103B of the Public Utilities Act.
(c) The Jobs and Environmental Justice Grant Program shall
include 2 subprograms:
(1) the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program; and
(2) the Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant
Program.
(d) The Equitable Energy Future Grant Program is designed
to provide seed funding and pre-development funding
opportunities for equity eligible contractors.
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to businesses and nonprofit organizations for costs
related to the following activities and project needs:
(i) planning and project development, including
costs for professional services such as architecture,
design, engineering, auditing, consulting, and
developer services;
(ii) project application, deposit, and approval;
(iii) purchasing and leasing of land;
(iv) permitting and zoning;
(v) interconnection application costs and fees,
studies, and expenses;
(vi) equipment and supplies;
(vii) community outreach, marketing, and
engagement; and
(viii) staff and operations expenses.
(2) Grants shall be awarded to projects that most
effectively provide opportunities for equity eligible
contractors and equity investment eligible communities,
and should consider the following criteria:
(i) projects that provide community benefits,
which are projects that have one or more of the
following characteristics: (A) greater than 50% of the
project's energy provided or saved benefits low-income
residents, or (B) the project benefits not-for-profit
organizations providing services to low-income
households, affordable housing owners, or

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community-based limited liability companies providing
services to low-income households;
(ii) projects that are located in equity
investment eligible communities;
(iii) projects that provide on-the-job training;
(iv) projects that contract with contractors who
are participating or have participated in the Clean
Energy Contractor Incubator Program, Clean Energy
Primes Contractor Accelerator Program, or similar
programs; and
(v) projects employ a minimum of 51% of its
workforce from participants and graduates of the Clean
Jobs Workforce Network Program, Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, and Returning Residents
Clean Jobs Training Program.
(3) Grants shall be awarded to applicants that meet
the following criteria:
(i) are equity eligible contractors per the equity
accountability systems described in subsection (c-10)
of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act, or
meet the equity building criteria in paragraph (9.5)
of subsection (g) of Section 8-103B of the Public
Utilities Act; and
(ii) provide demonstrable proof of a historical or
future, and persisting, long-term partnership with the
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(e) The Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant Program
shall be designed to support the pre-development and
development of community solar projects that promote community
ownership and energy sovereignty.
(1) Grants shall be awarded to applicants that best
demonstrate the ability and intent to create community
ownership and other local community benefits, including
local community wealth building via community renewable
generation projects. Grants shall be prioritized to
applicants for whom:
(i) the proposed project is located in and
supporting an equity investment eligible community or
communities; and
(ii) the proposed project provides additional
benefits for participating low-income households.
(2) Grant funds shall be awarded to support project
pre-development work and may also be awarded to support
the development of programs and entities to assist in the
long-term governance, management, and maintenance of
community solar projects, such as community solar
cooperatives. For example, funds may be awarded for:
(i) early stage project planning;
(ii) project team organization;
(iii) site identification;
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(v) procurement and contracting;
(vi) customer outreach and enrollment;
(vii) preliminary site assessments;
(viii) development of cooperative or community
ownership model; and
(ix) development of project models that allocate
benefits to equity investment eligible communities.
(3) Grant recipients shall submit reports to the
Department at the end of the grant term on the activities
pursued under their grant and any lessons learned for
publication on the Department's website so that other
energy sovereignty projects may learn from their
experience.
(4) Eligible applicants shall include community-based
organizations, as defined in the Illinois Power Agency's
long-term renewable resources procurement plan, or
technical service providers working in direct partnership
with community-based organizations.
(5) The amount of a grant shall be based on a projects'
size and scope. Grants shall allow for a significant
portion, or the entirety, of the grant value to be made
upfront, in advance of other incentives, to ensure
businesses and organizations have the capital needed to
plan, develop, and execute a project.
(f) The application process for both subprograms shall not
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knowledge, and shall be able to be completed on less than 4
standard letter-sized pages.
(g) These grant subprograms may be coordinated with
low-interest and no-interest financing opportunities offered
through the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund.
(h) The grant subprograms may have a budget of up to
$34,000,000 per year. No more than 25% of the allocated budget
shall go to the Community Solar Energy Sovereignty Grant
Program.
Section 5-65. Energy Workforce Advisory Council.
(a) The Energy Workforce Advisory Council is hereby
created within the Department.
(b) The Council shall consist of the following voting
members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate, chosen to ensure diverse geographic
representation:
(1) two members representing trade associations
representing companies active in the clean energy
industries;
(2) two members representing a labor union;
(3) one member who has participated in the workforce
development programs created under this Act;
(4) two members representing higher education;
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(6) two members representing local workforce
innovation boards;
(7) two residents of environmental justice
communities;
(8) three members from community-based organizations
in environmental justice communities and community-based
organizations serving low-income persons and families;
(9) two members who are policy or implementation
experts on small business development, contractor
incubation, or small business lending and financing needs;
(10) two members who are policy or implementation
experts on workforce development for populations and
individuals such as low-income persons and families,
environmental justice communities, BIPOC communities,
formerly convicted persons, persons who are or were in the
child welfare system, energy workers, gender nonconforming
and transgender individuals, and youth; and
(11) two representatives of clean energy businesses,
nonprofit organizations, or other groups that provide
clean energy.
The President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each
appoint 2 nonvoting members of the Council.
(c) The Council shall:
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support priorities beyond current federal, State, local,
and private programs and resources;
(2) advise and produce recommendations for further
federal, State, and local programs and activities;
(3) fulfill other duties determined by the Council to
further the success of the Workforce Hubs, Incubators, and
Returning Residents Programs;
(4) review program performance metrics;
(5) provide recommendations to the Department on the
administration of the following programs:
(i) the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program;
(ii) the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship
Program;
(iii) the Clean Energy Contractor Incubator
Program;
(iv) the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training
Program; and
(v) the Clean Energy Primes Contractor Accelerator
Program;
(6) recommend outreach opportunities to ensure that
program contracting, training, and other opportunities are
widely publicized;
(7) participate in independent program evaluations;
and
(8) assist the Department by providing insight into
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by residents, businesses, and institutions within their
respective communities.
(d) The Council shall conduct its first meeting within 30
days after all members have been appointed. The Council shall
meet quarterly after its first meeting. Additional hearings
and public meetings are permitted at the discretion of the
members. The Council may meet in person or through video or
audio conference. Meeting times may be varied to accommodate
Council member schedules.
(e) Members shall serve without compensation and shall be
reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance
of their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose.
Section 5-90. Repealer. This Act is repealed 24 years
after the effective date of this Act.
Section 5-95. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is
amended by changing Sections 801-1, 801-5, 801-10, and 801-40
and adding Article 850 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3501/801-1)
Sec. 801-1. Short Title. Articles 801 through 850 845 of
this Act may be cited as the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
References to "this Act" in Articles 801 through 850 845 are
references to the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
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(20 ILCS 3501/801-5)
Sec. 801-5. Findings and declaration of policy. The
General Assembly hereby finds, determines and declares:
(a) that there are a number of existing State authorities
authorized to issue bonds to alleviate the conditions and
promote the objectives set forth below; and to provide a
stronger, better coordinated development effort, it is
determined to be in the interest of promoting the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of all the people of the
State to consolidate certain of such existing authorities into
one finance authority;
(b) that involuntary unemployment affects the health,
safety, morals and general welfare of the people of the State
of Illinois;
(c) that the economic burdens resulting from involuntary
unemployment fall in part upon the State in the form of public
assistance and reduced tax revenues, and in the event the
unemployed worker and his family migrate elsewhere to find
work, may also fall upon the municipalities and other taxing
districts within the areas of unemployment in the form of
reduced tax revenues, thereby endangering their financial
ability to support necessary governmental services for their
remaining inhabitants;
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(e) that protection against involuntary unemployment, its
economic burdens and the spread of economic stagnation can
best be provided by promoting, attracting, stimulating and
revitalizing industry, manufacturing and commerce in the
State;
(f) that the State has a responsibility to help create a
favorable climate for new and improved job opportunities for
its citizens by encouraging the development of commercial
businesses and industrial and manufacturing plants within the
State;
(g) that increased availability of funds for construction
of new facilities and the expansion and improvement of
existing facilities for industrial, commercial and
manufacturing facilities will provide for new and continued
employment in the construction industry and alleviate the
burden of unemployment;
(h) that in the absence of direct governmental subsidies
the unaided operations of private enterprise do not provide
sufficient resources for residential construction,
rehabilitation, rental or purchase, and that support from
housing related commercial facilities is one means of
stimulating residential construction, rehabilitation, rental
and purchase;
(i) that it is in the public interest and the policy of
this State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the
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borrowing money by units of local government, and for the
financing of their respective public improvements and other
governmental purposes within the State from proceeds of bonds
or notes issued by those governmental units; and to assist
local governmental units in fulfilling their needs for those
purposes by use of creation of indebtedness;
(j) that it is in the public interest and the policy of
this State to the extent possible, to reduce the costs of
indebtedness to taxpayers and residents of this State and to
encourage continued investor interest in the purchase of bonds
or notes of governmental units as sound and preferred
securities for investment; and to encourage governmental units
to continue their independent undertakings of public
improvements and other governmental purposes and the financing
thereof, and to assist them in those activities by making
funds available at reduced interest costs for orderly
financing of those purposes, especially during periods of
restricted credit or money supply, and particularly for those
governmental units not otherwise able to borrow for those
purposes;
(k) that in this State the following conditions exist: (i)
an inadequate supply of funds at interest rates sufficiently
low to enable persons engaged in agriculture in this State to
pursue agricultural operations at present levels; (ii) that
such inability to pursue agricultural operations lessens the
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needs of the citizens of this State; (iii) that such inability
to continue operations decreases available employment in the
agricultural sector of the State and results in unemployment
and its attendant problems; (iv) that such conditions prevent
the acquisition of an adequate capital stock of farm equipment
and machinery, much of which is manufactured in this State,
therefore impairing the productivity of agricultural land and,
further, causing unemployment or lack of appropriate increase
in employment in such manufacturing; (v) that such conditions
are conducive to consolidation of acreage of agricultural land
with fewer individuals living and farming on the traditional
family farm; (vi) that these conditions result in a loss in
population, unemployment and movement of persons from rural to
urban areas accompanied by added costs to communities for
creation of new public facilities and services; (vii) that
there have been recurrent shortages of funds for agricultural
purposes from private market sources at reasonable rates of
interest; (viii) that these shortages have made the sale and
purchase of agricultural land to family farmers a virtual
impossibility in many parts of the State; (ix) that the
ordinary operations of private enterprise have not in the past
corrected these conditions; and (x) that a stable supply of
adequate funds for agricultural financing is required to
encourage family farmers in an orderly and sustained manner
and to reduce the problems described above;
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Illinois, the conduct and increase of their commerce, the
protection and enhancement of their welfare, the development
of continued prosperity and the improvement of their health
and living conditions it is essential that all the people of
the State be given the fullest opportunity to learn and to
develop their intellectual and mental capacities and skills;
that to achieve these ends it is of the utmost importance that
private institutions of higher education within the State be
provided with appropriate additional means to assist the
people of the State in achieving the required levels of
learning and development of their intellectual and mental
capacities and skills and that cultural institutions within
the State be provided with appropriate additional means to
expand the services and resources which they offer for the
cultural, intellectual, scientific, educational and artistic
enrichment of the people of the State;
(m) that in order to foster civic and neighborhood pride,
citizens require access to facilities such as educational
institutions, recreation, parks and open spaces, entertainment
and sports, a reliable transportation network, cultural
facilities and theaters and other facilities as authorized by
this Act, and that it is in the best interests of the State to
lower the costs of all such facilities by providing financing
through the State;
(n) that to preserve and protect the health of the
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financing for health facilities should be provided through the
State; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State,
in the interest of promoting the health, safety, morals and
general welfare of all the people of the State, to address the
conditions noted above, to increase job opportunities and to
retain existing jobs in the State, by making available through
the Illinois Finance Authority, hereinafter created, funds for
the development, improvement and creation of industrial,
housing, local government, educational, health, public purpose
and other projects; to issue its bonds and notes to make funds
at reduced rates and on more favorable terms for borrowing by
local governmental units through the purchase of the bonds or
notes of the governmental units; and to make or acquire loans
for the acquisition and development of agricultural
facilities; to provide financing for private institutions of
higher education, cultural institutions, health facilities and
other facilities and projects as authorized by this Act; and
to grant broad powers to the Illinois Finance Authority to
accomplish and to carry out these policies of the State which
are in the public interest of the State and of its taxpayers
and residents;
(o) that providing financing alternatives for projects
that are located outside the State that are owned, operated,
leased, managed by, or otherwise affiliated with, institutions
located within the State would promote the economy of the
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commerce, industry, and economy of the people of the State by
creating employment opportunities in the State and lowering
the cost of accessing healthcare, private education, or
cultural institutions in the State by reducing the cost of
financing or operating those projects; and
(p) that the realization of the objectives of the
Authority identified in this Act including, without
limitation, those designed (1) to assist and enable veterans,
minorities, women and disabled individuals to own and operate
small businesses; (2) to assist in the delivery of
agricultural assistance; and (3) to aid, assist, and encourage
economic growth and development within this State, will be
enhanced by empowering the Authority to purchase loan
participations from participating lenders; .
(q) that climate change threatens the health, welfare, and
prosperity of all the residents of the State;
(r) combating climate change is necessary to preserve and
enhance the health, welfare, and prosperity of all the
residents of the State;
(s) that the promotion of the development and
implementation of clean energy is necessary to combat climate
change and is hereby declared to be the policy of the State;
and
(t) that designating the Authority as the "Climate Bank"
to aid in all respects with providing financial assistance,
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implement equitable clean energy opportunities in the State to
mitigate or adapt to the negative consequences of climate
change in an equitable manner will further the clean energy
policy of the State.
(Source: P.A. 100-919, eff. 8-17-18.)
(20 ILCS 3501/801-10)
Sec. 801-10. Definitions. The following terms, whenever
used or referred to in this Act, shall have the following
meanings, except in such instances where the context may
clearly indicate otherwise:
(a) The term "Authority" means the Illinois Finance
Authority created by this Act.
(b) The term "project" means an industrial project, clean
energy project, conservation project, housing project, public
purpose project, higher education project, health facility
project, cultural institution project, municipal bond program
project, PACE Project, agricultural facility or agribusiness,
and "project" may include any combination of one or more of the
foregoing undertaken jointly by any person with one or more
other persons.
(c) The term "public purpose project" means (i) any
project or facility, including without limitation land,
buildings, structures, machinery, equipment and all other real
and personal property, which is authorized or required by law
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reconstructed, replaced or maintained by any unit of
government or any other lawful public purpose, including
provision of working capital, which is authorized or required
by law to be undertaken by any unit of government or (ii) costs
incurred and other expenditures, including expenditures for
management, investment, or working capital costs, incurred in
connection with the reform, consolidation, or implementation
of the transition process as described in Articles 22B and 22C
of the Illinois Pension Code.
(d) The term "industrial project" means the acquisition,
construction, refurbishment, creation, development or
redevelopment of any facility, equipment, machinery, real
property or personal property for use by any instrumentality
of the State or its political subdivisions, for use by any
person or institution, public or private, for profit or not
for profit, or for use in any trade or business, including, but
not limited to, any industrial, manufacturing, clean energy,
or commercial enterprise that is located within or outside the
State, provided that, with respect to a project involving
property located outside the State, the property must be
owned, operated, leased or managed by an entity located within
the State or an entity affiliated with an entity located
within the State, and which is (1) a capital project or clean
energy project, including, but not limited to: (i) land and
any rights therein, one or more buildings, structures or other
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hereafter acquired, and whether or not located on the same
site or sites; (ii) all appurtenances and facilities
incidental to the foregoing, including, but not limited to,
utilities, access roads, railroad sidings, track, docking and
similar facilities, parking facilities, dockage, wharfage,
railroad roadbed, track, trestle, depot, terminal, switching
and signaling or related equipment, site preparation and
landscaping; and (iii) all non-capital costs and expenses
relating thereto or (2) any addition to, renovation,
rehabilitation or improvement of a capital project or a clean
energy project, or (3) any activity or undertaking within or
outside the State, provided that, with respect to a project
involving property located outside the State, the property
must be owned, operated, leased or managed by an entity
located within the State or an entity affiliated with an
entity located within the State, which the Authority
determines will aid, assist or encourage economic growth,
development or redevelopment within the State or any area
thereof, will promote the expansion, retention or
diversification of employment opportunities within the State
or any area thereof or will aid in stabilizing or developing
any industry or economic sector of the State economy. The term
"industrial project" also means the production of motion
pictures.
(e) The term "bond" or "bonds" shall include bonds, notes
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certificates and/or other evidences of indebtedness
representing an obligation to pay money, including refunding
bonds.
(f) The terms "lease agreement" and "loan agreement" shall
mean: (i) an agreement whereby a project acquired by the
Authority by purchase, gift or lease is leased to any person,
corporation or unit of local government which will use or
cause the project to be used as a project as heretofore defined
upon terms providing for lease rental payments at least
sufficient to pay when due all principal of, interest and
premium, if any, on any bonds of the Authority issued with
respect to such project, providing for the maintenance,
insuring and operation of the project on terms satisfactory to
the Authority, providing for disposition of the project upon
termination of the lease term, including purchase options or
abandonment of the premises, and such other terms as may be
deemed desirable by the Authority, or (ii) any agreement
pursuant to which the Authority agrees to loan the proceeds of
its bonds issued with respect to a project or other funds of
the Authority to any person which will use or cause the project
to be used as a project as heretofore defined upon terms
providing for loan repayment installments at least sufficient
to pay when due all principal of, interest and premium, if any,
on any bonds of the Authority, if any, issued with respect to
the project, and providing for maintenance, insurance and
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(g) The term "financial aid" means the expenditure of
Authority funds or funds provided by the Authority through the
issuance of its bonds, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness or from other sources for the development,
construction, acquisition or improvement of a project.
(h) The term "person" means an individual, corporation,
unit of government, business trust, estate, trust, partnership
or association, 2 or more persons having a joint or common
interest, or any other legal entity.
(i) The term "unit of government" means the federal
government, the State or unit of local government, a school
district, or any agency or instrumentality, office, officer,
department, division, bureau, commission, college or
university thereof.
(j) The term "health facility" means: (a) any public or
private institution, place, building, or agency required to be
licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act; (b) any public or
private institution, place, building, or agency required to be
licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized
Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
Care Act, or the MC/DD Act; (c) any public or licensed private
hospital as defined in the Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code; (d) any such facility exempted from such
licensure when the Director of Public Health attests that such
exempted facility meets the statutory definition of a facility
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service institution, place, building, or agency which the
Director of Public Health attests is subject to certification
by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
under the Social Security Act, as now or hereafter amended, or
which the Director of Public Health attests is subject to
standard-setting by a recognized public or voluntary
accrediting or standard-setting agency; (f) any public or
private institution, place, building or agency engaged in
providing one or more supporting services to a health
facility; (g) any public or private institution, place,
building or agency engaged in providing training in the
healing arts, including, but not limited to, schools of
medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy
or nursing, schools for the training of x-ray, laboratory or
other health care technicians and schools for the training of
para-professionals in the health care field; (h) any public or
private congregate, life or extended care or elderly housing
facility or any public or private home for the aged or infirm,
including, without limitation, any Facility as defined in the
Life Care Facilities Act; (i) any public or private mental,
emotional or physical rehabilitation facility or any public or
private educational, counseling, or rehabilitation facility or
home, for those persons with a developmental disability, those
who are physically ill or disabled, the emotionally disturbed,
those persons with a mental illness or persons with learning
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alcohol, drug or substance abuse diagnosis, counseling
treatment or rehabilitation facility, (k) any public or
private institution, place, building or agency licensed by the
Department of Children and Family Services or which is not so
licensed but which the Director of Children and Family
Services attests provides child care, child welfare or other
services of the type provided by facilities subject to such
licensure; (l) any public or private adoption agency or
facility; and (m) any public or private blood bank or blood
center. "Health facility" also means a public or private
structure or structures suitable primarily for use as a
laboratory, laundry, nurses or interns residence or other
housing or hotel facility used in whole or in part for staff,
employees or students and their families, patients or
relatives of patients admitted for treatment or care in a
health facility, or persons conducting business with a health
facility, physician's facility, surgicenter, administration
building, research facility, maintenance, storage or utility
facility and all structures or facilities related to any of
the foregoing or required or useful for the operation of a
health facility, including parking or other facilities or
other supporting service structures required or useful for the
orderly conduct of such health facility. "Health facility"
also means, with respect to a project located outside the
State, any public or private institution, place, building, or
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above, provided that such project is owned, operated, leased
or managed by a participating health institution located
within the State, or a participating health institution
affiliated with an entity located within the State.
(k) The term "participating health institution" means (i)
a private corporation or association or (ii) a public entity
of this State, in either case authorized by the laws of this
State or the applicable state to provide or operate a health
facility as defined in this Act and which, pursuant to the
provisions of this Act, undertakes the financing, construction
or acquisition of a project or undertakes the refunding or
refinancing of obligations, loans, indebtedness or advances as
provided in this Act.
(l) The term "health facility project", means a specific
health facility work or improvement to be financed or
refinanced (including without limitation through reimbursement
of prior expenditures), acquired, constructed, enlarged,
remodeled, renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped, with
funds provided in whole or in part hereunder, any accounts
receivable, working capital, liability or insurance cost or
operating expense financing or refinancing program of a health
facility with or involving funds provided in whole or in part
hereunder, or any combination thereof.
(m) The term "bond resolution" means the resolution or
resolutions authorizing the issuance of, or providing terms
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includes, where appropriate, any trust agreement, trust
indenture, indenture of mortgage or deed of trust providing
terms and conditions for such bonds.
(n) The term "property" means any real, personal or mixed
property, whether tangible or intangible, or any interest
therein, including, without limitation, any real estate,
leasehold interests, appurtenances, buildings, easements,
equipment, furnishings, furniture, improvements, machinery,
rights of way, structures, accounts, contract rights or any
interest therein.
(o) The term "revenues" means, with respect to any
project, the rents, fees, charges, interest, principal
repayments, collections and other income or profit derived
therefrom.
(p) The term "higher education project" means, in the case
of a private institution of higher education, an educational
facility to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, remodeled,
renovated, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any
combination thereof.
(q) The term "cultural institution project" means, in the
case of a cultural institution, a cultural facility to be
acquired, constructed, enlarged, remodeled, renovated,
improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof.
(r) The term "educational facility" means any property
located within the State, or any property located outside the
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State, it must be owned, operated, leased or managed by an
entity located within the State or an entity affiliated with
an entity located within the State, in each case constructed
or acquired before or after the effective date of this Act,
which is or will be, in whole or in part, suitable for the
instruction, feeding, recreation or housing of students, the
conducting of research or other work of a private institution
of higher education, the use by a private institution of
higher education in connection with any educational, research
or related or incidental activities then being or to be
conducted by it, or any combination of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, any such property suitable for
use as or in connection with any one or more of the following:
an academic facility, administrative facility, agricultural
facility, assembly hall, athletic facility, auditorium,
boating facility, campus, communication facility, computer
facility, continuing education facility, classroom, dining
hall, dormitory, exhibition hall, fire fighting facility, fire
prevention facility, food service and preparation facility,
gymnasium, greenhouse, health care facility, hospital,
housing, instructional facility, laboratory, library,
maintenance facility, medical facility, museum, offices,
parking area, physical education facility, recreational
facility, research facility, stadium, storage facility,
student union, study facility, theatre or utility.
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located within the State, or any property located outside the
State, provided that, if the property is located outside the
State, it must be owned, operated, leased or managed by an
entity located within the State or an entity affiliated with
an entity located within the State, in each case constructed
or acquired before or after the effective date of this Act,
which is or will be, in whole or in part, suitable for the
particular purposes or needs of a cultural institution,
including, without limitation, any such property suitable for
use as or in connection with any one or more of the following:
an administrative facility, aquarium, assembly hall,
auditorium, botanical garden, exhibition hall, gallery,
greenhouse, library, museum, scientific laboratory, theater or
zoological facility, and shall also include, without
limitation, books, works of art or music, animal, plant or
aquatic life or other items for display, exhibition or
performance. The term "cultural facility" includes buildings
on the National Register of Historic Places which are owned or
operated by nonprofit entities.
(t) "Private institution of higher education" means a
not-for-profit educational institution which is not owned by
the State or any political subdivision, agency,
instrumentality, district or municipality thereof, which is
authorized by law to provide a program of education beyond the
high school level and which:
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a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the
recognized equivalent of such a certificate;
(2) Provides an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree, or provides an educational
program, admission into which is conditioned upon the
prior attainment of a bachelor's degree or its equivalent,
for which it awards a postgraduate degree, or provides not
less than a 2-year program which is acceptable for full
credit toward such a degree, or offers a 2-year program in
engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological
sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work
as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in
engineering, scientific, or other technological fields
which require the understanding and application of basic
engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or
knowledge;
(3) Is accredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association or, if not so
accredited, is an institution whose credits are accepted,
on transfer, by not less than 3 institutions which are so
accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred
from an institution so accredited, and holds an unrevoked
certificate of approval under the Private College Act from
the Board of Higher Education, or is qualified as a
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(4) Does not discriminate in the admission of students
on the basis of race or color. "Private institution of
higher education" also includes any "academic
institution".
(u) The term "academic institution" means any
not-for-profit institution which is not owned by the State or
any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality, district
or municipality thereof, which institution engages in, or
facilitates academic, scientific, educational or professional
research or learning in a field or fields of study taught at a
private institution of higher education. Academic institutions
include, without limitation, libraries, archives, academic,
scientific, educational or professional societies,
institutions, associations or foundations having such
purposes.
(v) The term "cultural institution" means any
not-for-profit institution which is not owned by the State or
any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality, district
or municipality thereof, which institution engages in the
cultural, intellectual, scientific, educational or artistic
enrichment of the people of the State. Cultural institutions
include, without limitation, aquaria, botanical societies,
historical societies, libraries, museums, performing arts
associations or societies, scientific societies and zoological
societies.
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of an agricultural facility or an agribusiness, any lender,
any person, firm or corporation controlled by, or under common
control with, such lender, and any person, firm or corporation
controlling such lender.
(x) The term "agricultural facility" means land, any
building or other improvement thereon or thereto, and any
personal properties deemed necessary or suitable for use,
whether or not now in existence, in farming, ranching, the
production of agricultural commodities (including, without
limitation, the products of aquaculture, hydroponics and
silviculture) or the treating, processing or storing of such
agricultural commodities when such activities are customarily
engaged in by farmers as a part of farming and which land,
building, improvement or personal property is located within
the State, or is located outside the State, provided that, if
such property is located outside the State, it must be owned,
operated, leased, or managed by an entity located within the
State or an entity affiliated with an entity located within
the State.
(y) The term "lender" with respect to financing of an
agricultural facility or an agribusiness, means any federal or
State chartered bank, Federal Land Bank, Production Credit
Association, Bank for Cooperatives, federal or State chartered
savings and loan association or building and loan association,
Small Business Investment Company or any other institution
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including, but without limitation to, insurance companies,
credit unions and mortgage loan companies. "Lender" also means
a wholly owned subsidiary of a manufacturer, seller or
distributor of goods or services that makes loans to
businesses or individuals, commonly known as a "captive
finance company".
(z) The term "agribusiness" means any sole proprietorship,
limited partnership, co-partnership, joint venture,
corporation or cooperative which operates or will operate a
facility located within the State or outside the State,
provided that, if any facility is located outside the State,
it must be owned, operated, leased, or managed by an entity
located within the State or an entity affiliated with an
entity located within the State, that is related to the
processing of agricultural commodities (including, without
limitation, the products of aquaculture, hydroponics and
silviculture) or the manufacturing, production or construction
of agricultural buildings, structures, equipment, implements,
and supplies, or any other facilities or processes used in
agricultural production. Agribusiness includes but is not
limited to the following:
(1) grain handling and processing, including grain
storage, drying, treatment, conditioning, mailing and
packaging;
(2) seed and feed grain development and processing;
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preparation, canning and packaging;
(4) processing of livestock and livestock products,
dairy products, poultry and poultry products, fish or
apiarian products, including slaughter, shearing,
collecting, preparation, canning and packaging;
(5) fertilizer and agricultural chemical
manufacturing, processing, application and supplying;
(6) farm machinery, equipment and implement
manufacturing and supplying;
(7) manufacturing and supplying of agricultural
commodity processing machinery and equipment, including
machinery and equipment used in slaughter, treatment,
handling, collecting, preparation, canning or packaging of
agricultural commodities;
(8) farm building and farm structure manufacturing,
construction and supplying;
(9) construction, manufacturing, implementation,
supplying or servicing of irrigation, drainage and soil
and water conservation devices or equipment;
(10) fuel processing and development facilities that
produce fuel from agricultural commodities or byproducts;
(11) facilities and equipment for processing and
packaging agricultural commodities specifically for
export;
(12) facilities and equipment for forestry product
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wood chip operations, timber harvesting operations, and
manufacturing of prefabricated buildings, paper, furniture
or other goods from forestry products;
(13) facilities and equipment for research and
development of products, processes and equipment for the
production, processing, preparation or packaging of
agricultural commodities and byproducts.
(aa) The term "asset" with respect to financing of any
agricultural facility or any agribusiness, means, but is not
limited to the following: cash crops or feed on hand;
livestock held for sale; breeding stock; marketable bonds and
securities; securities not readily marketable; accounts
receivable; notes receivable; cash invested in growing crops;
net cash value of life insurance; machinery and equipment;
cars and trucks; farm and other real estate including life
estates and personal residence; value of beneficial interests
in trusts; government payments or grants; and any other
assets.
(bb) The term "liability" with respect to financing of any
agricultural facility or any agribusiness shall include, but
not be limited to the following: accounts payable; notes or
other indebtedness owed to any source; taxes; rent; amounts
owed on real estate contracts or real estate mortgages;
judgments; accrued interest payable; and any other liability.
(cc) The term "Predecessor Authorities" means those
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(dd) The term "housing project" means a specific work or
improvement located within the State or outside the State and
undertaken to provide residential dwelling accommodations,
including the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of
lands, buildings and community facilities and in connection
therewith to provide nonhousing facilities which are part of
the housing project, including land, buildings, improvements,
equipment and all ancillary facilities for use for offices,
stores, retirement homes, hotels, financial institutions,
service, health care, education, recreation or research
establishments, or any other commercial purpose which are or
are to be related to a housing development, provided that any
work or improvement located outside the State is owned,
operated, leased or managed by an entity located within the
State, or any entity affiliated with an entity located within
the State.
(ee) The term "conservation project" means any project
including the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation,
maintenance, operation, or upgrade that is intended to create
or expand open space or to reduce energy usage through
efficiency measures. For the purpose of this definition, "open
space" has the definition set forth under Section 10 of the
Illinois Open Land Trust Act.
(ff) The term "significant presence" means the existence
within the State of the national or regional headquarters of
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of entities where a significant amount of the business
functions are performed for such entity or group of entities.
(gg) The term "municipal bond issuer" means the State or
any other state or commonwealth of the United States, or any
unit of local government, school district, agency or
instrumentality, office, department, division, bureau,
commission, college or university thereof located in the State
or any other state or commonwealth of the United States.
(hh) The term "municipal bond program project" means a
program for the funding of the purchase of bonds, notes or
other obligations issued by or on behalf of a municipal bond
issuer.
(ii) The term "participating lender" means any trust
company, bank, savings bank, credit union, merchant bank,
investment bank, broker, investment trust, pension fund,
building and loan association, savings and loan association,
insurance company, venture capital company, or other
institution approved by the Authority which provides a portion
of the financing for a project.
(jj) The term "loan participation" means any loan in which
the Authority co-operates with a participating lender to
provide all or a portion of the financing for a project.
(kk) The term "PACE Project" means an energy project as
defined in Section 5 of the Property Assessed Clean Energy
Act.
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is substantially free (90% or more) of carbon dioxide
emissions by design or operations, or that otherwise
contributes to the reduction in emissions of environmentally
hazardous materials or reduces the volume of environmentally
dangerous materials.
(mm) The term "clean energy project" means the
acquisition, construction, refurbishment, creation,
development or redevelopment of any facility, equipment,
machinery, real property, or personal property for use by the
State or any unit of local government, school district, agency
or instrumentality, office, department, division, bureau,
commission, college, or university of the State, for use by
any person or institution, public or private, for profit or
not for profit, or for use in any trade or business, which the
Authority determines will aid, assist, or encourage the
development or implementation of clean energy in the State, or
as otherwise contemplated by Article 850.
(nn) The term "Climate Bank" means the Authority in the
exercise of those powers conferred on it by this Act related to
clean energy or clean water, drinking water, or wastewater
treatment.
(oo) "equity investment eligible community" and "eligible
community" mean the geographic areas throughout Illinois that
would most benefit from equitable investments by the State
designed to combat discrimination. Specifically, the eligible
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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, where residents have historically been subject
to disproportionate burdens of pollution, including
pollution from the energy sector.
(pp) "Equity investment eligible person" and "eligible
person" mean the persons who would most benefit from equitable
investments by the State designed to combat discrimination.
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.
(qq) "Environmental justice community" means the
definition of that term based on existing methodologies and
findings used and as may be updated by the Illinois Power
Agency and its program administrator in the Illinois Solar for
All Program.
(Source: P.A. 100-919, eff. 8-17-18; 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)

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(20 ILCS 3501/801-40)
Sec. 801-40. In addition to the powers otherwise
authorized by law and in addition to the foregoing general
corporate powers, the Authority shall also have the following
additional specific powers to be exercised in furtherance of
the purposes of this Act.
(a) The Authority shall have power (i) to accept grants,
loans or appropriations from the federal government or the
State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or, in the
case of clean energy projects, any not-for-profit
philanthropic or other charitable organization, public or
private, to be used for the operating expenses of the
Authority, or for any purposes of the Authority, including the
making of direct loans of such funds with respect to projects,
and (ii) to enter into any agreement with the federal
government or the State, or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, in relationship to such grants, loans or
appropriations.
(b) The Authority shall have power to procure and enter
into contracts for any type of insurance and indemnity
agreements covering loss or damage to property from any cause,
including loss of use and occupancy, or covering any other
insurable risk.
(c) The Authority shall have the continuing power to issue
bonds for its corporate purposes. Bonds may be issued by the
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of any interest deemed necessary on such bonds, of the costs of
issuance of such bonds, of any premium on any insurance, or of
the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit or other similar
documents, may provide for the funding of the reserves deemed
necessary in connection with such bonds, and may provide for
the refunding or advance refunding of any bonds or for
accounts deemed necessary in connection with any purpose of
the Authority. The bonds may bear interest payable at any time
or times and at any rate or rates, notwithstanding any other
provision of law to the contrary, and such rate or rates may be
established by an index or formula which may be implemented or
established by persons appointed or retained therefor by the
Authority, or may bear no interest or may bear interest
payable at maturity or upon redemption prior to maturity, may
bear such date or dates, may be payable at such time or times
and at such place or places, may mature at any time or times
not later than 40 years from the date of issuance, may be sold
at public or private sale at such time or times and at such
price or prices, may be secured by such pledges, reserves,
guarantees, letters of credit, insurance contracts or other
similar credit support or liquidity instruments, may be
executed in such manner, may be subject to redemption prior to
maturity, may provide for the registration of the bonds, and
may be subject to such other terms and conditions all as may be
provided by the resolution or indenture authorizing the
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issued by the Authority may bring suits at law or proceedings
in equity to compel the performance and observance by any
person or by the Authority or any of its agents or employees of
any contract or covenant made with the holders of such bonds
and to compel such person or the Authority and any of its
agents or employees to perform any duties required to be
performed for the benefit of the holders of any such bonds by
the provision of the resolution authorizing their issuance,
and to enjoin such person or the Authority and any of its
agents or employees from taking any action in conflict with
any such contract or covenant. Notwithstanding the form and
tenor of any such bonds and in the absence of any express
recital on the face thereof that it is non-negotiable, all
such bonds shall be negotiable instruments. Pending the
preparation and execution of any such bonds, temporary bonds
may be issued as provided by the resolution. The bonds shall be
sold by the Authority in such manner as it shall determine. The
bonds may be secured as provided in the authorizing resolution
by the receipts, revenues, income and other available funds of
the Authority and by any amounts derived by the Authority from
the loan agreement or lease agreement with respect to the
project or projects; and bonds may be issued as general
obligations of the Authority payable from such revenues, funds
and obligations of the Authority as the bond resolution shall
provide, or may be issued as limited obligations with a claim
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as the bond resolution shall provide. The Authority may grant
a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security
interest in such rights, revenues, income, or amounts and may
grant a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or
security interest in any reserves, funds or accounts
established in the resolution authorizing the issuance of
bonds. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest
for the benefit of the holders of the Authority's bonds shall
be valid and binding from the time the bonds are issued without
any physical delivery or further act, and shall be valid and
binding as against and prior to the claims of all other parties
having claims against the Authority or any other person
irrespective of whether the other parties have notice of the
pledge, assignment, lien or security interest. As evidence of
such pledge, assignment, lien and security interest, the
Authority may execute and deliver a mortgage, trust agreement,
indenture or security agreement or an assignment thereof. A
remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such
agreement by the Authority may be by mandamus proceedings in
any court of competent jurisdiction to compel the performance
and compliance therewith, but the agreement may prescribe by
whom or on whose behalf such action may be instituted. It is
expressly understood that the Authority may, but need not,
acquire title to any project with respect to which it
exercises its authority.
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Authority may adopt rules and regulations prescribing the
procedures by which persons may apply for assistance under
this Act. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the
Authority, prior to the filing of any formal application, from
conducting preliminary discussions and investigations with
respect to the subject matter of any prospective application.
(e) The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase,
lease, gift or otherwise any property or rights therein from
any person useful for its purposes, whether improved for the
purposes of any prospective project, or unimproved. The
Authority may also accept any donation of funds for its
purposes from any such source. The Authority shall have no
independent power of condemnation but may acquire any property
or rights therein obtained upon condemnation by any other
authority, governmental entity or unit of local government
with such power.
(f) The Authority shall have power to develop, construct
and improve either under its own direction, or through
collaboration with any approved applicant, or to acquire
through purchase or otherwise, any project, using for such
purpose the proceeds derived from the sale of its bonds or from
governmental loans or grants, and to hold title in the name of
the Authority to such projects.
(g) The Authority shall have power to lease pursuant to a
lease agreement any project so developed and constructed or
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as may be appropriate to further the purposes of this Act and
to maintain the credit of the Authority. Any such lease may
provide for either the Authority or the approved tenant to
assume initially, in whole or in part, the costs of
maintenance, repair and improvements during the leasehold
period. In no case, however, shall the total rentals from any
project during any initial leasehold period or the total loan
repayments to be made pursuant to any loan agreement, be less
than an amount necessary to return over such lease or loan
period (1) all costs incurred in connection with the
development, construction, acquisition or improvement of the
project and for repair, maintenance and improvements thereto
during the period of the lease or loan; provided, however,
that the rentals or loan repayments need not include costs met
through the use of funds other than those obtained by the
Authority through the issuance of its bonds or governmental
loans; (2) a reasonable percentage additive to be agreed upon
by the Authority and the borrower or tenant to cover a properly
allocable portion of the Authority's general expenses,
including, but not limited to, administrative expenses,
salaries and general insurance, and (3) an amount sufficient
to pay when due all principal of, interest and premium, if any
on, any bonds issued by the Authority with respect to the
project. The portion of total rentals payable under clause (3)
of this subsection (g) shall be deposited in such special
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construction funds, debt service and other funds as provided
by any resolution, mortgage or trust agreement of the
Authority pursuant to which any bond is issued.
(h) The Authority has the power, upon the termination of
any leasehold period of any project, to sell or lease for a
further term or terms such project on such terms and
conditions as the Authority shall deem reasonable and
consistent with the purposes of the Act. The net proceeds from
all such sales and the revenues or income from such leases
shall be used to satisfy any indebtedness of the Authority
with respect to such project and any balance may be used to pay
any expenses of the Authority or be used for the further
development, construction, acquisition or improvement of
projects. In the event any project is vacated by a tenant prior
to the termination of the initial leasehold period, the
Authority shall sell or lease the facilities of the project on
the most advantageous terms available. The net proceeds of any
such disposition shall be treated in the same manner as the
proceeds from sales or the revenues or income from leases
subsequent to the termination of any initial leasehold period.
(i) The Authority shall have the power to make loans, or to
purchase loan participations in loans made, to persons to
finance a project, to enter into loan agreements or agreements
with participating lenders with respect thereto, and to accept
guarantees from persons of its loans or the resultant
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(j) The Authority may fix, determine, charge and collect
any premiums, fees, charges, costs and expenses, including,
without limitation, any application fees, commitment fees,
program fees, financing charges or publication fees from any
person in connection with its activities under this Act.
(k) In addition to the funds established as provided
herein, the Authority shall have the power to create and
establish such reserve funds and accounts as may be necessary
or desirable to accomplish its purposes under this Act and to
deposit its available monies into the funds and accounts.
(l) At the request of the governing body of any unit of
local government, the Authority is authorized to market such
local government's revenue bond offerings by preparing bond
issues for sale, advertising for sealed bids, receiving bids
at its offices, making the award to the bidder that offers the
most favorable terms or arranging for negotiated placements or
underwritings of such securities. The Authority may, at its
discretion, offer for concurrent sale the revenue bonds of
several local governments. Sales by the Authority of revenue
bonds under this Section shall in no way imply State guarantee
of such debt issue. The Authority may require such financial
information from participating local governments as it deems
necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this
subsection (1).
(m) The Authority may make grants to any county to which
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the financing of capital development, construction and
renovation of new or existing facilities for hospitals and
health care facilities under that Act. Such grants may only be
made from funds appropriated for such purposes from the Build
Illinois Bond Fund.
(n) The Authority may establish an urban development
action grant program for the purpose of assisting
municipalities in Illinois which are experiencing severe
economic distress to help stimulate economic development
activities needed to aid in economic recovery. The Authority
shall determine the types of activities and projects for which
the urban development action grants may be used, provided that
such projects and activities are broadly defined to include
all reasonable projects and activities the primary objectives
of which are the development of viable urban communities,
including decent housing and a suitable living environment,
and expansion of economic opportunity, principally for persons
of low and moderate incomes. The Authority shall enter into
grant agreements from monies appropriated for such purposes
from the Build Illinois Bond Fund. The Authority shall monitor
the use of the grants, and shall provide for audits of the
funds as well as recovery by the Authority of any funds
determined to have been spent in violation of this subsection
(n) or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder. The
Authority shall provide technical assistance with regard to
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Authority shall file an annual report to the General Assembly
concerning the progress of the grant program.
(o) The Authority may establish a Housing Partnership
Program whereby the Authority provides zero-interest loans to
municipalities for the purpose of assisting in the financing
of projects for the rehabilitation of affordable multi-family
housing for low and moderate income residents. The Authority
may provide such loans only upon a municipality's providing
evidence that it has obtained private funding for the
rehabilitation project. The Authority shall provide 3 State
dollars for every 7 dollars obtained by the municipality from
sources other than the State of Illinois. The loans shall be
made from monies appropriated for such purpose from the Build
Illinois Bond Fund. The total amount of loans available under
the Housing Partnership Program shall not exceed $30,000,000.
State loan monies under this subsection shall be used only for
the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing buildings
containing 4 or more dwelling units. The terms of any loan made
by the municipality under this subsection shall require
repayment of the loan to the municipality upon any sale or
other transfer of the project. In addition, the Authority may
use any moneys appropriated for such purpose from the Build
Illinois Bond Fund, including funds loaned under this
subsection and repaid as principal or interest, and investment
income on such funds, to make the loans authorized by
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limitations provided in this subsection.
(p) The Authority may award grants to universities and
research institutions, research consortiums and other
not-for-profit entities for the purposes of: remodeling or
otherwise physically altering existing laboratory or research
facilities, expansion or physical additions to existing
laboratory or research facilities, construction of new
laboratory or research facilities or acquisition of modern
equipment to support laboratory or research operations
provided that such grants (i) be used solely in support of
project and equipment acquisitions which enhance technology
transfer, and (ii) not constitute more than 60 percent of the
total project or acquisition cost.
(q) Grants may be awarded by the Authority to units of
local government for the purpose of developing the appropriate
infrastructure or defraying other costs to the local
government in support of laboratory or research facilities
provided that such grants may not exceed 40% of the cost to the
unit of local government.
(r) In addition to the powers granted to the Authority
under subsection (i), and in all cases supplemental to it, the
Authority may establish a direct loan program to make loans
to, or may purchase participations in loans made by
participating lenders to, individuals, partnerships,
corporations, or other business entities for the purpose of
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of this Act. For the purposes of such program and not by way of
limitation on any other program of the Authority, including,
without limitation, programs established under subsection (i),
the Authority shall have the power to issue bonds, notes, or
other evidences of indebtedness including commercial paper for
purposes of providing a fund of capital from which it may make
such loans. The Authority shall have the power to use any
appropriations from the State made especially for the
Authority's direct loan program, or moneys at any time held by
the Authority under this Act outside the State treasury in the
custody of either the Treasurer of the Authority or a trustee
or depository appointed by the Authority, for additional
capital to make such loans or purchase such loan
participations, or for the purposes of reserve funds or
pledged funds which secure the Authority's obligations of
repayment of any bond, note or other form of indebtedness
established for the purpose of providing capital for which it
intends to make such loans or purchase such loan
participations. For the purpose of obtaining such capital, the
Authority may also enter into agreements with financial
institutions, participating lenders, and other persons for the
purpose of administering a loan participation program, selling
loans or developing a secondary market for such loans or loan
participations. Loans made under the direct loan program
specifically established under this subsection (r), including
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which the Authority purchases a participation, may be in an
amount not to exceed $600,000 and shall be made for a portion
of an industrial project which does not exceed 50% of the total
project. No loan may be made by the Authority unless approved
by the affirmative vote of at least 8 members of the board. The
Authority shall establish procedures and publish rules which
shall provide for the submission, review, and analysis of each
direct loan and loan participation application and which shall
preserve the ability of each board member and the Executive
Director, as applicable, to reach an individual business
judgment regarding the propriety of each direct loan or loan
participation. The collective discretion of the board to
approve or disapprove each loan shall be unencumbered. The
Authority may establish and collect such fees and charges,
determine and enforce such terms and conditions, and charge
such interest rates as it determines to be necessary and
appropriate to the successful administration of the direct
loan program, including purchasing loan participations. The
Authority may require such interests in collateral and such
guarantees as it determines are necessary to protect the
Authority's interest in the repayment of the principal and
interest of each loan and loan participation made under the
direct loan program. The restrictions established under this
subsection (r) shall not be applicable to any loan or loan
participation made under subsection (i) or to any loan or loan
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(s) The Authority may guarantee private loans to third
parties up to a specified dollar amount in order to promote
economic development in this State.
(t) The Authority may adopt rules and regulations as may
be necessary or advisable to implement the powers conferred by
this Act.
(u) The Authority shall have the power to issue bonds,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness, which may be used to
make loans to units of local government which are authorized
to enter into loan agreements and other documents and to issue
bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness for the
purpose of financing the protection of storm sewer outfalls,
the construction of adequate storm sewer outfalls, and the
provision for flood protection of sanitary sewage treatment
plans, in counties that have established a stormwater
management planning committee in accordance with Section
5-1062 of the Counties Code. Any such loan shall be made by the
Authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 820-5 to
820-60 of this Act. The unit of local government shall pay back
to the Authority the principal amount of the loan, plus annual
interest as determined by the Authority. The Authority shall
have the power, subject to appropriations by the General
Assembly, to subsidize or buy down a portion of the interest on
such loans, up to 4% per annum.
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Aid Code.
(w) Moral Obligation. In the event that the Authority
determines that monies of the Authority will not be sufficient
for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds
during the next State fiscal year, the Chairperson, as soon as
practicable, shall certify to the Governor the amount required
by the Authority to enable it to pay such principal of and
interest on the bonds. The Governor shall submit the amount so
certified to the General Assembly as soon as practicable, but
no later than the end of the current State fiscal year. This
subsection shall apply only to any bonds or notes as to which
the Authority shall have determined, in the resolution
authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes, that this
subsection shall apply. Whenever the Authority makes such a
determination, that fact shall be plainly stated on the face
of the bonds or notes and that fact shall also be reported to
the Governor. In the event of a withdrawal of moneys from a
reserve fund established with respect to any issue or issues
of bonds of the Authority to pay principal or interest on those
bonds, the Chairperson of the Authority, as soon as
practicable, shall certify to the Governor the amount required
to restore the reserve fund to the level required in the
resolution or indenture securing those bonds. The Governor
shall submit the amount so certified to the General Assembly
as soon as practicable, but no later than the end of the
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approval from the Governor for any bonds and notes to be issued
under this Section. In addition to any other bonds authorized
to be issued under Sections 825-60, 825-65(e), 830-25 and
845-5, the principal amount of Authority bonds outstanding
issued under this Section 801-40(w) or under 20 ILCS 3850/1-80
or 30 ILCS 360/2-6(c), which have been assumed by the
Authority, shall not exceed $150,000,000. This subsection (w)
shall in no way be applied to any bonds issued by the Authority
on behalf of the Illinois Power Agency under Section 825-90 of
this Act.
(x) The Authority may enter into agreements or contracts
with any person necessary or appropriate to place the payment
obligations of the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or
in part on any interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other
basis desired by the Authority, including without limitation
agreements or contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap
agreements", "forward payment conversion agreements", and
"futures", or agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows
or a series of payments, or agreements or contracts, including
without limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
"options", "puts", or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread,
or similar exposure; provided that any such agreement or
contract shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money
and shall not be taken into account under Section 845-5 of this
Act or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
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(y) The Authority shall publish summaries of projects and
actions approved by the members of the Authority on its
website. These summaries shall include, but not be limited to,
information regarding the:
(1) project;
(2) Board's action or actions;
(3) purpose of the project;
(4) Authority's program and contribution;
(5) volume cap;
(6) jobs retained;
(7) projected new jobs;
(8) construction jobs created;
(9) estimated sources and uses of funds;
(10) financing summary;
(11) project summary;
(12) business summary;
(13) ownership or economic disclosure statement;
(14) professional and financial information;
(15) service area; and
(16) legislative district.
The disclosure of information pursuant to this subsection
shall comply with the Freedom of Information Act.
(z) Consistent with the findings and declaration of policy
set forth in item (j) of Section 801-5 of this Act, the
Authority shall have the power to make loans to the Police
Officers' Pension Investment Fund authorized by Section

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22B-120 of the Illinois Pension Code and to make loans to the
Firefighters' Pension Investment Fund authorized by Section
22C-120 of the Illinois Pension Code. Notwithstanding anything
in this Act to the contrary, loans authorized by Section
22B-120 and Section 22C-120 of the Illinois Pension Code may
be made from any of the Authority's funds, including, but not
limited to, funds in its Illinois Housing Partnership Program
Fund, its Industrial Project Insurance Fund, or its Illinois
Venture Investment Fund.
(Source: P.A. 100-919, eff. 8-17-18; 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)
(20 ILCS 3501/Art. 850 heading new)
ARTICLE 850
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(20 ILCS 3501/850-5 new)
Sec. 850-5. Climate Bank. The General Assembly designates
the Authority as the Climate Bank to aid in all respects with
providing financial assistance, programs, and products to
finance and otherwise develop and facilitate opportunities to
develop clean energy and provide clean water, drinking water,
and wastewater treatment in the State. Nothing in this Section
shall be deemed to supersede powers and regulatory duties
conferred to other State agencies or governmental units.
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Sec. 850-10. Powers and duties.
(a) The Authority shall have the powers enumerated in this
Act to assist in the development and implementation of clean
energy in the State. The powers enumerated in this Article
shall be in addition to all other powers of the Authority
conferred in this Act, including those related to clean energy
and the provision of clean water, drinking water, and
wastewater treatment. The powers of the Authority to issue
bonds, notes, and other obligations to finance loans
administered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
under the Public Water Supply Loan Program or the Water
Pollution Control Loan Program or other similar programs shall
not be limited or otherwise affected by this amendatory Act of
the 102nd General Assembly.
(b) In its role as the Climate Bank of the State, the
Authority shall have the power to: (i) administer programs and
funds appropriated by the General Assembly for clean energy
projects in eligible communities and environmental justice
communities or owned by eligible persons, (ii) support
investment in the clean energy and clean water, drinking
water, and wastewater treatment, (iii) support and otherwise
promote investment in clean energy projects to foster the
growth, development, and commercialization of clean energy
projects and related enterprises, and (iv) stimulate demand
for clean energy and the development of clean energy projects.
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power of the Authority set forth in this Section or any other
provisions of the general statutes, the Authority shall have
and may exercise the following powers in furtherance of or in
carrying out its clean energy powers and purposes:
(1) To enter into joint ventures and invest in and
participate with any person, including, without
limitation, government entities and private corporations,
engaged primarily in the development of clean energy
projects, provided that members of the Authority or
officers may serve as directors, members, or officers of
any such business entity, and such service shall be deemed
to be in the discharge of the duties or within the scope of
the employment of any such member or officer, or Authority
or officers, as the case may be, so long as such member or
officer does not receive any compensation or direct or
indirect financial benefit as a result of serving in such
role.
(2) To utilize funding sources, including, but not
limited to:
(A) funds repurposed from existing programs
providing financing support for clean energy projects,
provided any transfer of funds from such existing
programs shall be subject to approval by the General
Assembly and shall be used for expenses of financing,
grants, and loans;
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energy purposes;
(C) charitable gifts, grants, and contributions as
well as loans from individuals, corporations,
university endowment funds, and philanthropic
foundations for clean energy projects or for the
provision of clean water, drinking water, and
wastewater treatment; and
(D) earnings and interest derived from financing
support activities for clean energy projects financed
by the Authority.
(3) To enter into contracts with private sources to
raise capital.
(d) The Authority may finance working capital, refinance
outstanding indebtedness of any person, and otherwise assist
in the investment of equity from any source, public or
private, in connection with clean energy projects or any other
projects authorized by this Act.
(e) The Authority may assess reasonable fees on its
financing activities to cover its reasonable costs and
expenses, as determined by the Authority.
(f) The Authority shall make information regarding the
rates, terms and conditions for all of its financing support
transactions available to the public for inspection, including
formal annual reviews by both a private auditor and the
Comptroller, and providing details to the public on the
Internet, provided public disclosure shall be restricted for

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patentable ideas, trade secrets, and proprietary or
confidential commercial or financial information, disclosure
of which may cause commercial harm to a nongovernmental
recipient of such financing support and for other information
exempt from public records disclosure pursuant to Section
1-210.
(20 ILCS 3501/850-15 new)
Sec. 850-15. Purposes; Climate Bank. In its role as the
Climate Bank for the State, the Authority shall consider the
following purposes:
(1) the distribution of the benefits of clean energy
in an equitable manner, including by evaluating benefits
to eligible communities and equity investment eligible
persons;
(2) making clean energy accessible to all, especially
eligible persons, through financing opportunities and
grants for minority-owned businesses, as defined in the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
with Disabilities Act, and for low-income communities,
eligible communities, environmental justice communities,
and the businesses that serve these communities; and
(3) accelerating the investment of private capital
into clean energy projects in a manner reflective of the
geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, and income-level
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Article 10. Energy Community Reinvestment Act
Section 10-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as
the Energy Community Reinvestment Act. References in this
Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
Section 10-5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that,
as part of putting Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy,
the State of Illinois should ensure a just transition to that
goal, providing support for the transition of Illinois'
communities and workers impacted by closures or reduced use of
fossil fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, or coal mines
by allocating new economic development resources for business
tax incentives, workforce training, site clean-up and reuse,
and local tax revenue replacement.
The General Assembly finds and declares that the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of this State are dependent
upon a healthy economy and vibrant communities; that the
closure of fossil fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, and
coal mines across this State have a significant impact on
their surrounding communities; that the expansion of renewable
energy creates job growth and contributes to the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of this State; that the
continual encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of
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continuous partnership between government and the renewable
energy sector; and that there are certain areas in this State
that have lost, or will lose, jobs due to the closure of fossil
fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, and coal mines and
need the particular attention of government, labor, and the
residents of Illinois to help attract new investment into
these areas and directly aid the local community and its
residents.
Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this Act to
explore ways of stimulating the growth of new private
investment, including renewable energy investment, in this
State and to foster job growth in areas impacted by the closure
of coal energy plants, coal mines, and nuclear energy plants.
Section 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless
the context otherwise requires:
"Agencies" or "State agencies" has the same meaning as
"State agencies" under Section 1-7 of the Illinois State
Auditing Act.
"Commission" means the Energy Transition Workforce
Commission created in Section 10-15.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
"Displaced energy worker" means an energy worker who has
lost employment, or is anticipated by the Department to lose
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operation or closure of a fossil fuel power plant, nuclear
power plant, or coal mine.
"Energy worker" means a person who has been employed
full-time for a period of one year or longer, and within the
previous 5 years, at a fossil fuel power plant, a nuclear power
plant, or a coal mine located within the State of Illinois,
whether or not they are employed by the owner of the power
plant or mine. Energy workers are considered to be full-time
if they work at least 35 hours per week for 45 weeks a year or
the 1,820 work-hour equivalent with vacations, paid holidays,
and sick time, but not overtime, included in this computation.
Classification of an individual as an energy worker continues
for 5 years from the latest date of employment or the effective
date of this Act, whichever is later.
"Environmental justice communities" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and
the most recent Commission-approved long-term renewable
resources procurement plan of the Illinois Power Agency.
"Investor-owned electric generating plant" means an
electric generating unit or fossil fuel-fired unit that has a
nameplate capacity or serves a generator that has a nameplate
capacity greater than 25Mwe and that produces electricity,
including, but not limited to, coal-fired, coal-derived,
oil-fired, natural gas-fired, and cogeneration units.
"Local labor market area" means an economically integrated
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within a reasonable distance of their places of residence or
can readily change jobs without changing their places of
residence.
"Low-income" means persons and families whose income does
not exceed 80% of area median income, adjusted for family size
and revised every 2 years.
"Renewable energy enterprise" means a company that is
engaged in the production, manufacturing, distribution, or
development of renewable energy resources and associated
technologies.
"Renewable energy project" means a project conducted by a
renewable energy enterprise for the purpose of generating
renewable energy resources or energy storage.
"Renewable energy resources" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
"Rule" has the meaning set forth in Section 1-70 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Section 10-15. Energy Transition Workforce Commission.
(a) The Energy Transition Workforce Commission is hereby
created within the Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity.
(b) The Commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
(2) the Director of Labor, or his or her designee, who
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(3) 5 members appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, of which at least one
shall be a representative of a local labor organization,
at least one shall be a resident of an environmental
justice community, at least one shall be a representative
of a national labor organization, and at least one shall
be a representative of the administrator of workforce
training programs created by this Act. Designees shall be
appointed within 60 days after a vacancy; and
(4) the 3 Regional Administrators selected under
Section 5-15 of the Energy Transition Act.
(c) Members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties from funds
appropriated for that purpose. The Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative support to
the Commission.
(d) Within 240 days after the effective date of this Act,
and in consultation with the Department of Revenue and the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Commission shall produce
an Energy Transition Workforce Report regarding the
anticipated impact of the energy transition and a
comprehensive set of recommendations to address changes to the
Illinois workforce during the period of 2020 through 2050, or
a later year. The report shall contain the following elements,
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(1) Information related to the impact on current
workers, including:
(A) a comprehensive accounting of all employees
who currently work in fossil fuel energy generation,
nuclear energy generation, and coal mining in the
State; upon receipt of the employee's written
authorization for the employer's release of such
information to the Commission, this shall include
information on their location, employer, salary
ranges, full-time or part-time status, nature of their
work, educational attainment, union status, and other
factors the Commission finds relevant;
(B) the anticipated schedule of closures of fossil
fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, and coal
mines across the State; when information is
unavailable to provide exact data, the report shall
include approximations based upon the best available
information; and
(C) an estimate of worker impacts due to scheduled
closures, including layoffs, early retirements, salary
changes, and other factors the Commission finds
relevant.
(2) Information regarding impact on communities and
local governments, including:
(A) changes in the revenue for units of local
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had a closure or reduction in operation of a fossil
fuel power plant, nuclear power plant, coal mine, or
related industry;
(B) environmental impacts in areas that currently
or recently have had fossil fuel power plants, coal
mines, nuclear power plants, or related industry; and
(C) economic impacts of the energy transition,
including, but not limited to, the supply chain
impacts of the energy transition shift toward new
energy sources across the State.
(3) Information on emerging industries and State
economic development opportunities in regions that have
historically been the site of fossil fuel power plants,
nuclear power plants, or coal mining.
(e) The Department shall periodically review its findings
in the developed reports and make modifications to the report
and programs based on new findings. The Department shall
conduct a comprehensive reevaluation of the report, and
publish a modified version, on each of the following years
following initial publication: 2023; 2027; 2030; 2035; 2040;
and any year thereafter which the Department determines is
necessary or prudent.
Section 10-20. Energy Transition Community Grants.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
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award grants to promote economic development in eligible
communities.
(b) Funds shall be made available from the Energy
Transition Assistance Fund to the Department to provide these
grants.
(c) Communities eligible to receive these grants must meet
one or more of the following:
(1) the area contains a fossil fuel or nuclear power
plant that was retired from service or has significantly
reduced service within 6 years before the application for
designation or will be retired or have service
significantly reduced within 6 years following the
application for designation;
(2) the area contains a coal mine that was closed or
had operations significantly reduced within 6 years before
the application for designation or is anticipated to be
closed or have operations significantly reduced within 6
years following the application for designation; or
(3) the area contains a nuclear power plant that was
decommissioned, but continued storing nuclear waste before
the effective date of this Act.
(d) Local units of governments in eligible areas may join
with any other local unit of government, economic development
organization, local educational institutions, community-based
groups, or with any number or combination thereof to apply for
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(e) To receive grant funds, an eligible community must
submit an application to the Department, using a form
developed by the Department.
(f) For grants awarded to counties or other entities that
are not the city that hosts or has hosted the investor-owned
electric generating plant, a resolution of support for the
project from the city or cities that hosts or has hosted the
investor-owned electric generating plant is required to be
submitted with the application.
(g) Grants must be used to plan for or address the economic
and social impact on the community or region of plant
retirement or transition.
(h) Project applications shall include community input and
consultation with a diverse set of stakeholders, including,
but not limited to: Regional Planning Councils, where
applicable; economic development organizations; low-income or
environmental justice communities; educational institutions;
elected and appointed officials; organizations representing
workers; and other relevant organizations.
(i) Grant costs are authorized to procure third-party
vendors for grant writing and implementation costs, including
for guidance and opportunities to apply for additional
federal, State, local, and private funding resources. If the
application is approved for pre-award, one-time reimbursable
costs to apply for the Energy Transition Community Grant are
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(j) Units of local government that are taxing authorities
for a nuclear plant that was decommissioned before January 1,
2021 shall receive grants in proportional shares of $15 per
kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at such a facility, less
any payments made to such communities from the federal
government based on the amount of waste stored at a
decommissioned nuclear plant and any property tax payments.
Section 10-25. Displaced Energy Workers Bill of Rights.
(a) The Department, in collaboration with the Department
of Employment Security, shall have the authority to implement
the Displaced Energy Workers Bill of Rights, and shall be
responsible for the implementation of the Displaced Energy
Workers Bill of Rights programs and rights created under this
Section. For purposes of this Section, "closure" means the
permanent shutdown of an electric generating unit or coal
mine. The Department shall provide the following benefits to
displaced energy workers listed in paragraphs (1) through (4)
of this subsection:
(1) Advance notice of power plant or coal mine
closure.
(A) The Department shall notify all energy workers
of the upcoming closure of any qualifying facility as
far in advance of the scheduled closing date as it can.
The Department shall engage the employer and energy
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deactivation notice being filed by the plant owner to
the Regional Transmission Organization of
jurisdiction, within 30 days of the announced closure
of a coal mine, within 30 days of a WARN notice being
filed with the Department, or within 30 days of an
announcement or requirement of cessation of operations
of a plant or mine from another authoritative source,
whichever is first.
(B) In providing the advance notice described in
this paragraph (1), the Department shall take
reasonable steps to ensure that all displaced energy
workers are educated on the various programs available
through the Department to assist with the energy
transition.
(2) Education on programs. The Department shall take
reasonable steps to ensure that all displaced energy
workers are educated on the various programs available
through the Department to assist with the energy
transition, including, but not limited to, the Illinois
Dislocated Worker and Rapid Response programs. The
Department will develop an outreach strategy, workforce
toolkit and quick action plan to deploy when closures are
announced. This strategy will include identifying any
additional resources that may be needed to aid worker
transitions that would require contracting services.
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consultation to displaced energy workers on various
employment and educational opportunities available to
them, supportive services, and advise workers on which
opportunities meet their skills, needs, and preferences.
(A) Available services will include reemployment
services, training services, work-based learning
services, and financial and retirement planning
support.
(B) The Department will provide skills matching as
part of career counseling services to enable
assessment of the displaced energy worker's skills and
map those skills to emerging occupations in the region
or nationally, or both, depending on the displaced
worker's preferences.
(C) For energy workers who may be interested in
entrepreneurial pursuits, the Department will connect
these individuals with their area Small Business
Development Center, procurement technical assistance
centers, and economic development organization to
engage in services, including, but not limited to,
business consulting, business planning, regulatory
compliance, marketing, training, accessing capital,
and government bid certification assistance.
(4) Financial planning services. Displaced energy
workers shall be entitled to services as described in the
energy worker programs in this subsection, including

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financial planning services.
(b) Plant owners and the owners of coal mines located in
Illinois shall be required to comply with the requirements set
out in this subsection (b). The owners shall be required to
take the following actions:
(1) Provide written notice of deactivation or closure
filing with the Regional Transmission Organization of
jurisdiction to the Department within 48 hours, if
applicable.
(2) Provide employment information for energy workers;
90 days prior to the closure of an electric generating
unit or mine, the owners of the power plant or mine shall
provide energy workers information on whether there are
employment opportunities provided by their employer.
(3) Annually report to the Department on announced
closures of qualifying facilities. The report must include
information on expected closure date, number of employees,
planning processes, services offered for employees (such
as training opportunities) leading up to the closure,
efforts made to retain employees through other employment
opportunities within the company, and any other
information that the Department requires in order to
implement this Section.
(4) Ninety days prior to closure date, provide a final
closure report to the Department that includes expected
closure date, number of employees and salaries, transition

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support the company is providing to employee and
timelines, including assistance for training
opportunities, transportation support or child care
resources to attend training, career counseling, resume
support, and others. The closure report will be made
available to the chief elected official of each municipal
and county government within which the employment loss,
relocation, or mass layoff occurs. It shall not be made
publicly available.
(5) Ninety days prior to closure date, provide job
descriptions for each employee at the plant or mine to the
Department and the entity providing career and training
counseling.
(6) Ninety days prior to closure date, make available
to the Department and the entity providing career and
training counseling any industry-related certifications
and on-the-job training the employee earned to allow union
training programs, community colleges, or other
certification programs to award credit for life
experiences in order to reduce the amount of time to
complete training, certificates, or degrees for the
dislocated employee.
Section 10-30. Displaced Energy Worker Dependent
Transition Scholarship.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the benefits of this Section

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shall be administered by and paid for out of funds made
available to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
(b) Any natural child, legally adopted child, or stepchild
of an eligible displaced energy worker who possesses all
necessary entrance requirements shall, upon application and
proper proof, be awarded a transition scholarship consisting
of the equivalent of one calendar year of full-time
enrollment, including summer terms, to the State-supported
Illinois institution of higher learning of his or her choice.
(c) As used in this Section, "eligible displaced energy
worker" means an energy worker who has lost employment due to
the reduced operation or closure of a fossil fuel power plant
or coal mine.
(d) Full-time enrollment means 12 or more semester hours
of courses per semester, or 12 or more quarter hours of courses
per quarter, or the equivalent thereof per term. Scholarships
utilized by dependents enrolled in less than full-time study
shall be computed in the proportion which the number of hours
so carried bears to full-time enrollment.
(e) Scholarships awarded under this Section may be used by
a child without regard to his or her age. The holder of a
Scholarship awarded under this Section shall be subject to all
examinations and academic standards, including the maintenance
of minimum grade levels, that are applicable generally to
other enrolled students at the Illinois institution of higher
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(f) An applicant is eligible for a scholarship under this
Section when the Commission finds the applicant:
(1) is the natural child, legally adopted child, or
stepchild of an eligible displaced energy worker; and
(2) in the absence of transition scholarship
assistance, will be deterred by financial considerations
from completing an educational program at the
State-supported Illinois institution of higher learning of
his or her choice.
(g) Funds may be made available from the Energy Transition
Assistance Fund to the Commission to provide these grants.
(h) The scholarship shall only cover tuition and fees at
the rates offered to students residing within the State or in
the district, but shall not exceed the cost equivalent of one
calendar year of full-time enrollment, including summer terms,
at the University of Illinois. The Commission shall determine
the grant amount for each student.
Section 10-40. Energy Community Reinvestment Report.
Beginning 365 days after the effective date of this Act, and at
least once each calendar year thereafter, the Department shall
create or commission the creation of a report on the energy
worker and transition programs created in this Act and publish
the report on its website. The report shall, at a minimum,
contain information on program metrics, the demographics of
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modifications to the services provided by the Department under
these programs.
Section 10-70. Administrative review. All final
administrative decisions, including, but not limited to,
funding allocation and rules issued by the Department under
this Act are subject to judicial review under the
Administrative Review Law. No action may be commenced under
this Section prior to 60 days after the complainant has given
notice in writing of the action to the Department.
Section 10-90. Repealer. This Act is repealed 24 years
after the effective date of this Act.
Article 15. Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act
Section 15-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as
the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act.
References in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
Section 15-5. Findings. The General Assembly makes the
following findings:
(1) The health, welfare, and prosperity of Illinois
residents require that Illinois take all steps possible to
combat climate change, address harmful environmental
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maximize quality job creation in the emerging clean energy
economy, ensure affordable utility service, equitable and
affordable access to transportation, and clean, safe, and
affordable housing.
(2) The achievement of these goals will depend on
strong community engagement to ensure that programs and
policy solutions meet the needs of disparate communities.
(3) Ensuring that these goals are met without adverse
impacts on utility bill affordability, housing
affordability, and other essential services will depend on
the coordination of policies and programs within local
communities.
Section 15-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Alternative energy improvement" means the installation or
upgrade of electrical wiring, outlets, or charging stations to
charge a motor vehicle that is fully or partially powered by
electricity; photovoltaic, energy storage, or thermal
resource; or any combination thereof.
"Disadvantaged worker" means an individual who is defined
as: (1) being homeless; (2) being a custodial single parent;
(3) being a recipient of public assistance; (4) lacking a high
school diploma or high school equivalency; (5) having a
criminal record or other involvement in the criminal justice
system; (6) suffering from chronic unemployment; (7) being
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veteran.
"Energy efficiency improvement" means equipment, devices,
or materials intended to decrease energy consumption or
promote a more efficient use of electricity, natural gas,
propane, or other forms of energy on property, including, but
not limited to:
(1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
or heating and cooling distribution systems;
(2) storm windows and doors, multi-glazed windows and
doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
window and door systems, and additional glazing,
reductions in glass area, and other window and door system
modifications that reduce energy consumption;
(3) automated energy control systems;
(4) high efficiency heating, ventilating, or
air-conditioning and distribution system modifications or
replacements;
(5) caulking, weather-stripping, and air sealing;
(6) replacement or modification of lighting fixtures
to reduce the energy use of the lighting system;
(7) energy controls or recovery systems;
(8) day lighting systems;
(9) any energy efficiency project, as defined in
Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act; and
(10) any other installation or modification of
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cost-saving measure by the governing body.
"Energy project" means the installation or modification of
an alternative energy improvement, energy efficiency
improvement, or water use improvement, or the acquisition,
installation, or improvement of a renewable energy system that
is affixed to a stabilized existing property, including new
construction.
"Environmental justice communities" means the proposed
definition of that term based on existing methodologies and
findings used by the Illinois Power Agency and its
Administrator in its Illinois Solar for All Program.
"Equity investment eligible community" or "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, eligible
communities shall be defined as the following areas:
(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, where residents have historically been subject
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pollution from the energy sector.
"Equity investment eligible person" or "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 person" means the following people:
(1) a person whose primary residence is in an equity
investment eligible community;
(2) a person who is a graduate of or currently
enrolled in the foster care system; or
(3) a person who was formerly incarcerated.
"Governing body" means the county board or board of county
commissioners of a county, the city council of a municipality,
or the board of trustees of a village.
"Local Employment Plan" means a bidding option that public
agencies may include in requests for proposals to incentivize
bidders to voluntarily plan to retain and create high-skilled
local manufacturing jobs; invest in preapprenticeship,
apprenticeship, and training opportunities; and develop
family-sustaining career pathways into clean energy industries
for disadvantaged workers in a specified local area. The Local
Employment Plan only applies to work that is not financed with
federal money.
"Local unit of government" means a county, municipality,
or village.
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restoration, or improved land management actions that increase
carbon storage or avoid greenhouse gas emissions on natural
and working lands.
"Nature-based approaches for climate adaptation" means
actions that preserve, enhance, or expand functions provided
by nature that increase capacity to manage adverse conditions
created or exacerbated by climate change. "Nature-based
approaches for climate adaptation" includes, but is not
limited to, the restoration of native ecosystems, especially
floodplains; installation of bioswales, rain gardens, and
other green stormwater infrastructure; and practices that
increase soil health and reduce urban heat island effects.
"Public agency" means the State of Illinois or any of its
government bodies and subdivisions, including the various
counties, townships, municipalities, school districts,
educational service regions, special road districts, public
water supply districts, drainage districts, levee districts,
sewer districts, housing authorities, and transit agencies.
"Renewable energy resource" includes energy and its
associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits
from wind energy, solar thermal energy, geothermal energy,
photovoltaic cells and panels, biodiesel, anaerobic digestion,
and hydropower that does not involve new construction or
significant expansion of hydropower dams. For purposes of this
Act, landfill gas produced in the State is considered a
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not include the incineration or burning of any solid material.
"Renewable energy system" means a fixture, product,
device, or interacting group of fixtures, products, or devices
on the customer's side of the meter that use one or more
renewable energy resources to generate electricity, and
specifically includes any renewable energy project, as defined
in Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
"U.S. Employment Plan" means a bidding option that public
agencies may include in requests for proposals to incentivize
bidders to voluntarily plan to retain and create high-skilled
U.S. manufacturing jobs; invest in preapprenticeship,
apprenticeship, and training opportunities; and develop
family-sustaining career pathways into clean energy industries
for disadvantaged workers throughout the U.S. The U.S.
Employment Plan only applies to work financed with federal
Money.
"Water use improvement" means any fixture, product,
system, device, or interacting group thereof for or serving
any property that has the effect of conserving water resources
through improved water management, efficiency, or thermal
resource.
Section 15-15. Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plans;
creation.
(a) Pursuant to the procedures in Section 15-20, a local
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and Jobs Plans and identify boundaries and areas covered by
the Plans.
(b) Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plans are intended
to aid local governments in developing a comprehensive
approach to combining different energy, climate, and jobs
programs and funding resources to achieve complementary
impact. An effective planning process may:
(1) help communities discover ways that their local
government, businesses, and residents can control their
energy use and lower their bills;
(2) ensure a cost-effective transition away from
fossil fuels in the transportation sector;
(3) expand access to workforce development and job
training opportunities for disadvantaged workers in the
emerging clean energy economy;
(4) incentivize the creation and retention of quality
Illinois jobs (when federal funds are not involved) in the
emerging clean energy economy;
(5) incentivize the creation and retention of quality
U.S. jobs in the emerging clean energy economy;
(6) promote economic development through improvements
in community infrastructure, transit, and support for
local business;
(7) improve the health of Illinois communities,
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integration of distributed energy resources;
(8) enable greater customer engagement, empowerment,
and options for energy services, and ultimately reduce
utility bills for Illinoisans;
(9) bring the benefits of grid modernization and the
deployment of distributed energy resources to economically
disadvantaged communities and eligible communities
throughout Illinois;
(10) support existing Illinois policy goals promoting
energy efficiency, demand response, and investments in
renewable energy resources;
(11) enable communities to better respond to extreme
heat and cold emergencies;
(12) explore opportunities to expand and improve
recreational amenities, wildlife habitat, flood
mitigation, agricultural production, tourism, and similar
co-benefits by deploying natural climate solutions and
nature-based approaches for climate adaptation; and
(13) ensure eligible persons, minorities, women,
people with disabilities, and veterans meaningfully
participate in the transition to a clean energy economy.
(c) A Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plan may include
discussion of:
(1) the demographics of the community, including
information on the mix of residential and commercial areas
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training, including an examination of the average utility
bills paid within the community by class and zip code, the
percentage and locations of individuals requiring energy
assistance, and participation of community members in
other assistance programs;
(2) an examination of the community's energy use, for
electricity, natural gas, transportation, and other fuels;
(3) the geography of the community, including the
amount of green space, brownfield sites, farmland,
waterways, flood zones, heat islands, areas for potential
development, location of critical infrastructure such as
emergency response facilities, health care and education
facilities, and public transportation routes;
(4) information on economic development opportunities,
commercial usage, and employment opportunities;
(5) the current status of zero emission vehicles
operated by or on behalf of public agencies within the
community; and
(6) other topics deemed applicable by the community.
(d) A Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plan may address
the following areas:
(1) distributed energy resources, including energy
efficiency, demand response, dynamic pricing, energy
storage, and solar (thermal, rooftop, and community);
(2) building codes, both commercial and residential;
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(4) transit options, including individual car
ownership, ridesharing, buses, trains, bicycles, and
pedestrian walkways;
(5) community assets related to extreme heat and cold
emergencies, such as cooling and warming centers;
(6) public agency procurements of zero emission,
electric vehicles; and
(7) networks of natural resources and infrastructure.
(e) A Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plan may
conclude with proposals to:
(1) increase the use of electricity as a
transportation fuel at multi-unit dwellings;
(2) maximize the system-wide benefits of
transportation electrification;
(3) direct public agencies to implement tools, such as
the U.S. Employment Plan or a Local Employment Plan, to
incentivize manufacturers in clean energy industries to
create and retain quality jobs and invest in training,
workforce development, and apprenticeship programs in
connection to a major contract;
(4) test innovative load management programs or rate
structures associated with the use of electric vehicles by
residential customers to achieve customer fuel cost
savings relative to gasoline or diesel fuels and to
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resources in the community;
(6) significantly expand the percentage of net-zero
housing and net-zero buildings in the community;
(7) improve utility bill affordability;
(8) increase mass transit ridership;
(9) decrease vehicle miles traveled;
(10) reduce local emissions of greenhouse gases, NOx,
SOx, particulate matter, and other air pollutants;
(11) improve community assets that help residents
respond to extreme heat and cold emergencies; and
(12) expand opportunities for eligible persons,
minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans
to meaningfully participate in the transition to a clean
energy economy.
(f) A Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Plan may be
administered by one or more program administrators or the
local unit of government.
Section 15-20. Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs
Planning process.
(a) An effective planning process shall engage a diverse
set of stakeholders in local communities, including:
environmental justice organizations; economic development
organizations; faith-based nonprofit organizations;
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developers, and owners; elected and appointed officials; and
representatives reflective of each local community.
(b) An effective planning process shall engage individual
members of the community to the extent possible to ensure that
the Plans receive input from as diverse a set of perspectives
as possible.
(c) Plan materials and meetings related to the Plan shall
be translated into languages that reflect the makeup of the
local community.
(d) The planning process shall be conducted in an ethical,
transparent fashion, and continually review its policies and
practices to determine how best to meet its objectives.
(e) The Community, Energy, and Climate Plans shall take
into account other applicable or relevant economic development
plans, such as a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy,
developed by a local unit of government, economic development
organization, or Regional Planning Council.
Section 15-25. Joint Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs
Plans. A local unit of government may join with any other local
unit of government, or with any public or private person, or
with any number or combination thereof, under the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, by contract or otherwise as
may be permitted by law, for the implementation of a Community
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Section 15-90. Repealer. This Act is repealed 24 years
after the effective date of this Act.
Article 20. Illinois Clean Energy
Jobs and Justice Fund Act
Section 20-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as
the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act. References in this
Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
Section 20-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to
promote the health, welfare, and prosperity of all the
residents of this State by ensuring access to financial
products that allow Illinois residents and businesses to
invest in clean energy. Furthermore, the Clean Energy Jobs and
Justice Fund, is designed to fill the following purposes:
(1) ensure that the benefits of the clean energy
economy are equitably distributed;
(2) make clean energy accessible to all through the
provision of innovative financing opportunities and grants
for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and other
contractors of color, and for low-income, environmental
justice, and BIPOC communities and the businesses that
serve these communities;
(3) prioritize the provision of public and private
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contractors of color, and to businesses serving
low-income, environmental justice, and BIPOC communities;
(4) accelerate the flow of private capital into clean
energy markets;
(5) assist low-income, environmental justice, and
BIPOC community utility customers in paying for solar and
energy efficiency upgrades through energy cost savings;
(6) increase access to no-cost and low-cost loans for
MBE and other contractors of color;
(7) develop financing products designed to compensate
for historical and structural barriers preventing
low-income, environmental justice, and BIPOC communities
from accessing traditional financing;
(8) leverage private investment in clean energy
projects and in projects developed by MBEs and other
contractors of color; and
(9) pursue financial self-sustainability through
innovative financing products.
Section 20-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"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.
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Jobs and Justice Fund.
"Contractor of color" means a business entity that is at
least 51% owned by one or more BIPOC persons, or in the case of
a corporation, at least 51% of the corporation's stock is
owned by one or more BIPOC persons, and the management and
daily business operations of which are controlled by one or
more of the BIPOC persons who own it. A contractor of color may
also be a nonprofit entity with a board of directors composed
of at least 51% BIPOC persons or a nonprofit entity certified
by the State of Illinois to be minority-led.
"Environmental justice communities" means the definition
of that term based on existing methodologies and findings used
by the Illinois Power Agency and its Administrator of the
Illinois Solar for All Program.
"Fund" means the Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund.
"Low-income" means households whose income does not exceed
80% of Area Median Income (AMI), adjusted for family size and
revised every 5 years.
"Low-income community" means a census tract where at least
half of households are low-income.
"Minority-owned business enterprise" or "MBE" means a
business certified as such by an authorized unit of government
or other authorized entity in Illinois.
"Municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated
town.
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corporation, either domestic or foreign, company, association,
limited liability company, joint stock company, or association
and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal
representative thereof.
Section 20-15. Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund.
(a) Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this
Act, there shall be incorporated a nonprofit corporation to be
known as the "Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund".
(b) The Fund shall not be an agency or instrumentality of
the State Government.
(c) The full faith and credit of the State of Illinois
shall not extend to the Fund.
(d) The Fund shall:
(1) Be an organization described in subsection (c) of
Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
exempt from taxation under subsection (a) of Section 501
of that Code;
(2) Ensure that no part of the income or assets of the
Fund shall inure to the benefit of any director, officer,
or employee, except as reasonable compensation for
services or reimbursement for expenses; and
(3) Not contribute to or otherwise support any
political party or candidate for elective office.
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(a) The Fund shall be managed by, and its powers,
functions, and duties shall be exercised through, a Board to
be composed of 11 members. The initial members of the Board
shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate within 60 days after the effective date of this
Act. Members of the Board shall be broadly representative of
the communities that the Fund is designed to serve. Of such
members:
(1) at least one member shall be selected from each of
the following geographic regions in the State: northeast,
northwest, central, and southern;
(2) at least 2 members shall have experience in
providing energy-related services to low-income,
environmental justice, or BIPOC communities;
(3) at least one member shall own or be employed by an
MBE or BIPOC-owned business focused on the deployment of
clean energy;
(4) at least one member shall be a policy or
implementation expert in serving low-income, environmental
justice or BIPOC communities or individuals, including
environmental justice communities, BIPOC communities,
formerly convicted persons, persons who are or were in the
child welfare system, displaced energy workers, gender
nonconforming and transgender individuals, or youth; and
(5) at least one member shall be from a
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support racially and socioeconomically diverse
environmental justice communities.
(a-5) The terms of the initial members of the Board shall
be as follows:
(1) 5 members appointed and confirmed shall have
initial 5-year terms;
(2) 3 members appointed and confirmed shall have
initial 4-year terms; and
(3) 3 members appointed and confirmed shall have
initial 3-year terms.
(b) Subsequent composition and terms.
(1) Except for the selection of the initial members of
the Board for their initial terms under paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) of this Section, the members of the Board
shall be elected by the members of the Board.
(2) A member of the Board shall be disqualified from
voting for any position on the Board for which such member
is a candidate.
(3) All members elected pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of this Section shall have a term of 5
years.
(c) The members of the Board shall be broadly
representative of the communities that the Fund is designed to
serve and shall collectively have expertise in environmental
justice, energy efficiency, distributed renewable energy,
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transportation, and climate resilience. Of such members:
(1) not fewer than 2 shall be selected from each of the
following geographic regions in the State: northeast,
northwest, central, and southern;
(2) not fewer than 2 shall be from an MBE or
BIPOC-owned business focused on the deployment of clean
energy;
(3) not fewer than 2 shall be from a community-based
organization with a specific mission to support racially
and socioeconomically diverse environmental justice
communities; and
(4) not fewer than 2 shall be from an organization
specializing in providing energy-related services to
low-income, environmental justice, or BIPOC communities.
(5) Members of the Board can fulfill multiple
criteria, such as representing the southern region and an
MBE or BIPOC-owned business focused on the deployment of
clean energy.
(d) No officer or employee of the State or any other level
of government may be appointed or elected as a member of the
Board.
(e) Seven members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(f) The Board shall adopt, and may amend, such bylaws as
are necessary for the proper management and functioning of the
Fund. Such bylaws shall include designation of officers of the
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(g) No person who is an employee in any managerial or
supervisory capacity, director, officer or agent or who is a
member of the immediate family of any such employee, director,
officer, or agent of any public utility is eligible to be a
director. No director may hold any elective position, be a
candidate for any elective position, be a State public
official, be employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission, or
be employed in a governmental position exempt from the
Illinois Personnel Code.
(h) No director, nor member of his or her immediate family
shall, either directly or indirectly, be employed for
compensation as a staff member or consultant of the Fund.
(i) The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once
every 3 months on such dates and at such places as it may
determine. Meetings may be held by teleconference or
videoconference. Special meetings may be called by the
president or by a majority of the directors upon at least 7
days' advance written notice. The act of the majority of the
directors, present at a meeting at which a quorum is present,
shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the act of a
greater number is required by this Act or bylaws. A summary of
the minutes of every Board meeting shall be made available to
each public library in the State upon request and to
individuals upon request. Board of Directors meeting minutes
shall be posted on the Fund's website within 14 days after
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(j) A director may not receive any compensation for his or
her services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses,
including travel expenses incurred in the discharge of duties.
The Board shall establish standard allowances for mileage,
room and meals and the purposes for which such allowances may
be made and shall determine the reasonableness and necessity
for such reimbursements.
(k) In the event of a vacancy on the Board, the Board of
Directors shall appoint a temporary member, consistent with
the requirements of the Board composition, to serve the
remainder of the term for the vacant seat.
(l) The Board shall adopt rules for its own management and
government, including bylaws and a conflict of interest
policy.
(m) The Board of Directors of the Fund shall adopt written
procedures for:
(1) adopting an annual budget and plan of operations,
including a requirement of Board approval before the
budget or plan may take effect;
(2) hiring, dismissing, promoting, and compensating
employees of the Fund, including an affirmative action
policy and a requirement of Board approval before a
position may be created or a vacancy filled;
(3) acquiring real and personal property and personal
services, including a requirement of Board approval for
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(4) contracting for financial, legal, bond
underwriting and other professional services, including
requirements that the Fund (i) solicit proposals at least
once every 3 years for each such service that it uses, and
(ii) ensure equitable contracting with diverse suppliers;
(5) issuing and retiring bonds, bond anticipation
notes, and other obligations of the Fund; and
(6) awarding loans, grants and other financial
assistance, including (i) eligibility criteria, the
application process and the role played by the Fund's
staff and Board of Directors, and (ii) ensuring racial
equity in the awarding of loans, grants, and other
financial assistance.
(n) The Board shall develop a robust set of metrics to
measure the degree to which the program is meeting the
purposes set forth in Section 20-5 of this Act, and especially
measuring adherence to the racial equity purposes set forth
there, and a reporting format and schedule to be adhered to by
the Fund officers and staff. These metrics and reports shall
be posted quarterly on the Fund's website.
(o) The Board of Directors has the responsibility to make
program adjustments necessary to ensure that the Clean Energy
Jobs and Justice Fund is meeting the purposes set forth in this
Act. Fund officers and staff and the Board of Directors are
responsible for ensuring capital providers and Fund officers
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state and federal standards for ethics and predatory lending
practices and shall immediately remove any offending products
and sponsoring organizations from Fund participation.
(p) The Board shall issue annually a report reviewing the
activities of the Fund in detail and shall provide a copy of
such report to the joint standing committees of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy and
commerce. The report shall be published on the Fund's website
within 3 days after its submission to the General Assembly.
Section 20-25. Powers and duties.
(a) The Fund shall endeavor to perform the following
actions, but is not limited to these specified actions:
(1) Develop programs to finance and otherwise support
clean energy investment and projects as determined by the
Fund in keeping with the purposes of this Act.
(2) Support financing or other expenditures that
promote investment in clean energy sources in order to (i)
foster the development and commercialization of clean
energy projects, including projects serving low-income,
environmental justice, and BIPOC communities, and (ii)
support project development by MBE and other contractors
of color.
(3) Prioritize the provision of public and private
capital for clean energy investment to MBEs and other
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low-income, environmental justice, and BIPOC communities.
(4) Provide access to grants, no-cost, and low-cost
loans to MBEs and other contractors of color, including
those participating in the Clean Energy Primes Contractor
Accelerator Program.
(5) Provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans, loan guarantees or debt and equity
investments, as approved in accordance with written
procedures.
(6) Assume or take title to any real property, convey
or dispose of its assets and pledge its revenues to secure
any borrowing, convey or dispose of its assets and pledge
its revenues to secure any borrowing, for the purpose of
developing, acquiring, constructing, refinancing,
rehabilitating or improving its assets or supporting its
programs, provided each such borrowing or mortgage, unless
otherwise provided by the Board or the Fund, shall be a
special obligation of the Fund, which obligation may be in
the form of bonds, bond anticipation notes, or other
obligations that evidence an indebtedness to the extent
permitted under this Act to fund, refinance and refund the
same and provide for the rights of holders thereof, and to
secure the same by pledge of revenues, notes and mortgages
of others, and which shall be payable solely from the
assets, revenues and other resources of the Fund and such
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contributed to by the State.
(7) Contract with community-based organizations to
design and implement program marketing, communications,
and outreach to potential users of the Fund's products,
particularly potential users in low-income, environmental
justice, and BIPOC communities. These contracts shall
include funding to ensure that the contracted
community-based organizations provide materials and
outreach support, including payments for time and
expenses, to other community organizations, professional
organizations, and subcontractors that have an interest in
the Fund's financial products.
(8) Collect the following data and perform monthly and
quarterly reporting to the Board in accordance with the
reporting format and schedule developed by the Board of
Directors:
(A) baseline data on capital sources or providers,
loan recipients, projects funded, loan terms, and
other relevant financial data;
(B) diversity and equity data, including race,
gender, socioeconomic, and geographic region; and
(C) program administration and servicing data.
These reports shall be published to the Fund's website
monthly and quarterly. Reports published to the
website may be anonymized to protect the data of
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(9) Have the purposes as provided by resolution of the
Fund's Board of Directors, which purposes shall be
consistent with this Section and Section 20-5 of this Act.
No further action is required for the establishment of the
Fund, except the adoption of a resolution for the Fund.
(b) In addition to, and not in limitation of, any other
power of the Fund set forth in this Section or any other
provision of the general statutes, the Fund shall have and may
exercise the following powers in furtherance of or in carrying
out its purposes:
(1) have perpetual succession as a body corporate and
to adopt bylaws, policies, and procedures for the
regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
(2) make and enter into all contracts and agreements
that are necessary or incidental to the conduct of its
business;
(3) invest in, acquire, lease, purchase, own, manage,
hold, sell, and dispose of real or personal property or
any interest therein;
(4) borrow money or guarantee a return to investors or
lenders;
(5) hold patents, copyrights, trademarks, marketing
rights, licenses, or other rights in intellectual
property;
(6) employ such assistants, agents, and employees as
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appropriate personnel practices and policies, including
those relating to hiring, promotion, compensation and
retirement, and engage consultants, attorneys, financial
advisers, appraisers, and other professional advisers as
may be necessary or desirable;
(7) invest any funds not needed for immediate use or
disbursement pursuant to investment policies adopted by
the Fund's Board of Directors;
(8) procure insurance against any loss or liability
with respect to its property or business of such types, in
such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable;
(9) enter into joint ventures and invest in, and
participate with any person, including, without
limitation, government entities and private corporations,
in the formation, ownership, management and operation of
business entities, including stock and nonstock
corporations, limited liability companies and general or
limited partnerships, formed to advance the purposes of
the Fund, provided members of the Board of Directors or
officers or employees of the Fund may serve as directors,
members or officers of any such business entity, and such
service shall be deemed to be in the discharge of the
duties or within the scope of the employment of any such
director, officer or employee, as the case may be, so long
as such director, officer or employee does not receive any
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in such role; and
(10) all other acts necessary or convenient to carry
out the purposes of this Act.
(c) Before making any loan, loan guarantee, or such other
form of financing support or risk management for a clean
energy project, the Fund shall develop standards to govern the
administration of the Fund through rules, policies, and
procedures that specify borrower eligibility, terms, and
conditions of support, and other relevant criteria, standards,
or procedures.
(d) Funding sources specifically authorized include, but
are not limited to:
(1) funds repurposed from existing programs providing
financing support for clean energy projects, provided any
transfer of funds from such existing programs shall be
subject to approval by the General Assembly and shall be
used for expenses of financing, grants, and loans;
(2) any federal funds that can be used for the
purposes specified in this Act;
(3) charitable gifts, grants, contributions, as well
as loans from individuals, corporations, university
endowment funds, and philanthropic foundations; and
(4) earnings and interest derived from financing
support activities for clean energy projects backed by the
Fund.
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sources to raise capital.
(f) The Fund may assess reasonable fees on its financing
activities to cover its reasonable costs and expenses, as
determined by the Board.
(g) The Fund shall make information regarding the rates,
terms and conditions for all of its financing support
transactions available to the public for inspection, including
formal annual reviews by both a private auditor conducted
pursuant this Section and the Comptroller, and provide details
to the public on the Internet, provided public disclosure
shall be restricted for patentable ideas, trade secrets,
proprietary or confidential commercial or financial
information, disclosure of which may cause commercial harm to
a nongovernmental recipient of such financing support and for
other information exempt from public records disclosure.
(h) The powers enumerated in this Section shall be
interpreted broadly to effectuate the purposes established in
this Section and shall not be construed as a limitation of
powers.
Section 20-30. Primary responsibilities in early program
development.
(a) Consistent with the goals of this Act, the Fund has the
authority to pursue a broad range of financial products and
services. In early development of products and services
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its initial set of investment initiatives:
(1) a solar lease, power-purchase agreement, or
loan-to-own product specifically designed to complement
and grow the Illinois Solar for All Program;
(2) direct capitalization of contractors of color
participating in or graduating from the workforce and
business development programs established in the Energy
Transition Act;
(3) providing direct capitalization of community-based
projects in environmental justice communities through
upfront grants. Project applications should provide a
community benefit, align with environmental justice
communities, be in support of this Act's contractor and
workforce development goals, and support upfront planning,
development, and start up costs that often are not covered
prior to applying for program incentives and other loan
products;
(4) providing loan loss reserve products to secure
stable and low-interest financing for individual projects
and portfolios consistent with the goals of this Act that
would be otherwise unable to receive financing; and
(5) offering financing and administrative services for
municipal utilities and rural electric cooperatives to
create their own version of the on-bill Equitable Energy
Upgrade Program such as the Pay As You Save program
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Section 20-35. Executive director and fund management.
(a) The executive director hired by the Board shall have
the same qualifications as a director pursuant to subsections
(d), (g), and (h) of Section 20-20 of this Act. The executive
director may not be a candidate for the Board of Directors
while serving as executive director. The executive director
must have 5 or more years of experience in equitable and
inclusive financing serving racially and socioeconomically
diverse communities.
(b) To hire the executive director, the Board shall adhere
to any applicable State or federal law prohibiting
discrimination in employment.
(c) The Board shall require all applicants for the
position of executive director of the Fund to file a financial
statement consistent with requirements established by the
Board. The Board shall require the executive director to file
a current statement annually.
(d) The Fund shall be administered by the executive
director and the staff and overseen by the Board of Directors.
Fund officers and staff shall receive training in how to best
provide services and support to low-income, environmental
justice, and BIPOC communities and on supporting borrowers
with loan applications, loan underwriting, and loan services.
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dissolved under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act.
Section 20-90. Repealer. This Act is repealed 24 years
after the effective date of this Act.
Article 90.
Section 90-1. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
finds and declares:
(1) The overall objectives of regulation of the
electric utility industry in this State, as expressed by
the General Assembly in the Illinois Power Agency Act and
the Public Utilities Act, include the provision of
adequate, efficient, reliable, environmentally safe, and
least-cost utility services at prices that accurately
reflect the long-term cost of such services and that are
equitable to all citizens.
(2) For many years, a significant portion of the
electricity consumed by consumers and businesses in this
State, particularly in the downstate region, has been
produced by large coal-fueled electric generating stations
located in the downstate region. However, in recent years,
the prices for electric generating capacity and energy
available to coal-fueled electric generating stations
located in the downstate region of this State have been
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located within the downstate region to remain in
operation, and have placed other electric generating
stations at risk of closure. Changes in environmental
regulations and, significantly, increasing concerns about
the effects of carbon emissions on the climate, have also
contributed to the retirement of coal-fueled generating
stations in the downstate region. As a result, the vast
majority of the coal-fueled generation located in
Illinois, and particularly in the downstate region, has
recently been retired or will be retired by no later than
the end of 2027.
(3) Reliable electric service at all times is
essential to the functioning of a modern economy and of
society in general. The health, welfare, and prosperity of
Illinois citizens, including the attractiveness of the
State of Illinois to business and industry, requires the
availability of sufficient electric generating capacity,
including energy storage capacity, to meet the demands of
consumers and businesses in this State at all times.
However, to a significant extent, electricity, when
generated, cannot be stored for future use in any
significant amount relative to the total amount of
electricity that existing generating facilities can
produce. Rather, for the most part, electricity must be
produced instantaneously at the time and in the amount
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The development of energy storage facilities provides some
opportunity to store some amounts of electricity for use
at later times; but energy storage facilities with
sufficient capacity to deliver electricity to meet the
demands of consumers in this State, 24 hours per day, 7
days per week on every day of the year, have not yet been
built.
(4) Both the Midcontinent Independent System Operator,
Inc., which is the independent transmission system
operator for downstate Illinois, and its Independent
Market Monitor, have expressed concerns about the
sufficiency of electric generating resources in downstate
Illinois over the next several years, due primarily to the
announced and anticipated retirements of coal-fueled
electric generating facilities and concerns about how
quickly and extensively new wind and solar generating
facilities will be placed into service. Concerns have also
been expressed, based on the intermittent nature of wind
and solar generating facilities, as to whether the grid
can operate reliably without sufficient dispatchable
generation resources or significant additions of energy
storage facilities to balance the output of renewable
generating facilities. The General Assembly believes that
the State cannot afford to find itself in a situation of
insufficient electric generating resources to meet the
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hours a day, 7 days a week. Thus, consistent with the
overall objectives of the regulation of the electric
utility industry in this State and the interests of the
State in protecting the health and welfare of its
residents, regulation should ensure that sufficient
generating resources, including energy storage resources,
are available to enable the electric utility grid to meet
the demands of Illinois electricity consumers at all
times.
(5) Through previous enactments beginning in 2007, the
General Assembly has provided financial incentives for the
construction and operation of wind, solar, and other types
of renewable energy facilities to serve load in Illinois.
In such enactments, the General Assembly has recognized
that providing opportunities to enter into long-term
contracts for the purchase of renewable energy credits
from renewable energy facilities creates incentives, and
in fact is necessary, for the construction and operation
of such resources. Developers typically cannot,
financially, develop new, large-scale renewable energy
generating resources without having secured long-term
contracts for the renewable energy credits that the new
facilities will produce.
(6) The permitting and siting of new wind and solar
generating facilities in Illinois are subject to local
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there has been strong opposition to the siting and
construction of new utility-scale wind and solar
generating facilities, which in turn has resulted in the
denial of, or withdrawal of requests for, necessary
approvals for some projects and the enactment of local
zoning ordinances imposing requirements and restrictions
that increase the costs and reduce the economic
attractiveness of such projects. This has resulted in
delay or cancellation of a number of renewable energy
projects. This experience demonstrates the advantages of
targeting the installation of new utility-scale renewable
energy facilities at sites that are already suitable for
installation of such facilities and can be readily
permitted.
(7) In light of the intermittent nature of many types
of renewable energy facilities, such as wind and solar
generation, the installation and operation of electricity
storage facilities in conjunction with the installation
and operation of renewable generation facilities can
enhance the value of renewable energy resources to the
electric grid.
(8) The sites of many of the large coal-fueled
electric generating stations located in the downstate
region of this State that have recently been retired or
announced for retirement, or are at risk of retirement,
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which make them suitable potential sites for development
of new renewable energy generating facilities and
electricity storage facilities. This infrastructure and
other characteristics include large amounts of available
land situated at a suitable distance from populated areas,
suitable levels of exposure to sunlight, and high voltage
interconnections to nearby bulk electric system
transmission grid facilities at strategic locations.
Development of these generating plant sites for
large-scale renewable energy generating facilities,
particularly photovoltaic facilities which require large
amounts of space, and electricity storage facilities, can
help advance this State's objective of increasing the
portion of the State's total electricity usage that is
supplied by zero emission resources, and reducing the
proportion of the electricity produced in this State that
is produced by carbon-emitting resources, while supporting
the reliability of electric service in the downstate
region. Accordingly, the General Assembly finds that it is
in the public interest to encourage the redevelopment of
the sites of retired and still-operating coal-fueled
electric generating stations as locations for renewable
energy generating facilities and electricity storage
facilities.
(9) Many, if not all, of the coal-fueled electric
generating plants in this State that have recently been

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retired or announced for retirement, or are at near-term
risk of retirement, were at one time owned, at whole or in
part, by a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of
the Public Utilities Act and were thereby devoted to
public service and the public use in Illinois, with their
costs paid for by rates paid by public utility ratepayers
in Illinois. The General Assembly finds that it is
appropriate to provide incentives to the owners of the
sites of coal-fueled electric generating facilities in
this State that were once owned by public utilities, to
repurpose those sites in a manner that continues to
benefit the public by providing for the generation of
carbon-free, non-emitting electricity and reliable bulk
electric service.
(10) The General Assembly finds it is appropriate for
the State of Illinois to establish a program to provide
incentives for the installation and operation of new
renewable energy facilities, along with energy storage
facilities, at the sites of retired and at-risk
coal-fueled electric generating facilities in this State,
to help expedite the transition of this State's electric
generation fleet to lower-emitting resources while
ensuring the availability of sufficient electric energy
resources to meet the demands of residential and business
electricity consumers in this State.
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of the program established in subsection (c-5) of Section
1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act is to incentivize
and support conversion and development of unused (or to be
unused) sites of recently retired and soon to-be-retired
coal-fueled power plants in this State to productive new
uses as sites for the generation and provision of
electricity from renewable energy facilities and energy
storage facilities, thereby contributing to the State's
efforts to reduce carbon emissions from facilities in this
State and increase the production of the State's
electricity needs from clean energy resources. The
provisions of this Act also will support the reliability
of the bulk power grid in this State by incentivizing and
supporting installation of new generating facilities and
energy storage facilities at locations on the grid where
synchronous generation was formerly located.
Section 90-3. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding 5-45.9 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.9 new)
Sec. 5-45.9. Emergency rulemaking; Multi-Year Integrated
Grid Plans. To provide for the expeditious and timely
implementation of Section 16-105.17 of the Public Utilities
Act, emergency rules implementing Section 16-105.17 of the
Public Utilities Act may be adopted in accordance with Section

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5-45 by the Illinois Commerce Commission. The adoption of
emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is
deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and
welfare.
This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
Section 90-5. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act is
amended by adding Section 1-121 and by changing Sections
4A-102 and 4A-103 as follows:
(5 ILCS 420/1-121 new)
Sec. 1-121. Public utility. "Public utility" has the
meaning provided in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act.
(5 ILCS 420/4A-102) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102)
Sec. 4A-102. The statement of economic interests required
by this Article shall include the economic interests of the
person making the statement as provided in this Section. The
interest (if constructively controlled by the person making
the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement. Campaign receipts shall not be included in this
statement.
(a) The following interests shall be listed by all
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(1) The name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization or individual professional
practice in which the person making the statement was
an officer, director, associate, partner or
proprietor, or served in any advisory capacity, from
which income in excess of $1200 was derived during the
preceding calendar year;
(2) The nature of professional services (other
than services rendered to the unit or units of
government in relation to which the person is required
to file) and the nature of the entity to which they
were rendered if fees exceeding $5,000 were received
during the preceding calendar year from the entity for
professional services rendered by the person making
the statement.
(3) The identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from
which a capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized in
the preceding calendar year.
(4) The name of any unit of government which has
employed the person making the statement during the
preceding calendar year other than the unit or units
of government in relation to which the person is
required to file.
(5) The name of any entity from which a gift or
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the aggregate in excess of $500, was received during
the preceding calendar year.
(b) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f), item (l), item
(n), and item (p) of Section 4A-101:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business in the State of Illinois, in
which an ownership interest held by the person at the
date of filing is in excess of $5,000 fair market value
or from which dividends of in excess of $1,200 were
derived during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed;
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income of in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year, if the entity does
business in the State of Illinois. No time or demand
deposit in a financial institution, nor any debt
instrument need be listed.
(3) The identity of any compensated lobbyist with
whom the person making the statement maintains a close
economic association, including the name of the
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matters which are the object of the lobbying activity,
and describing the general type of economic activity
of the client or principal on whose behalf that person
is lobbying.
(c) The following interests shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (c) and item (e) of
Section 4A-101.5:
(1) The name and instrument of ownership in any
entity doing business with a unit of local government
in relation to which the person is required to file if
the ownership interest of the person filing is greater
than $5,000 fair market value as of the date of filing
or if dividends in excess of $1,200 were received from
the entity during the preceding calendar year. (In the
case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed
by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
(2) Except for professional service entities, the
name of any entity and any position held therein from
which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during
the preceding calendar year if the entity does
business with a unit of local government in relation
to which the person is required to file. No time or
demand deposit in a financial institution, nor any
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(3) The name of any entity and the nature of the
governmental action requested by any entity which has
applied to a unit of local government in relation to
which the person must file for any license, franchise
or permit for annexation, zoning or rezoning of real
estate during the preceding calendar year if the
ownership interest of the person filing is in excess
of $5,000 fair market value at the time of filing or if
income or dividends in excess of $1,200 were received
by the person filing from the entity during the
preceding calendar year.
(d) The following interest shall also be listed by
persons listed in items (a) through (f) of Section 4A-101:
the name of any spouse or immediate family member living
with such person employed by a public utility in this
State and the name of the public utility that employs such
person.
For the purposes of this Section, the unit of local
government in relation to which a person is required to file
under item (e) of Section 4A-101.5 shall be the unit of local
government that contributes to the pension fund of which such
person is a member of the board.
(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 8-9-19.)
(5 ILCS 420/4A-103) (from Ch. 127, par. 604A-103)
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by this Article to be filed with the Secretary of State or
county clerk shall be filled in by typewriting or hand
printing, shall be verified, dated, and signed by the person
making the statement and shall contain substantially the
following:
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
INSTRUCTIONS:
You may find the following documents helpful to you in
completing this form:
(1) federal income tax returns, including any related
schedules, attachments, and forms; and
(2) investment and brokerage statements.
To complete this form, you do not need to disclose
specific amounts or values or report interests relating either
to political committees registered with the Illinois State
Board of Elections or to political committees, principal
campaign committees, or authorized committees registered with
the Federal Election Commission.
The information you disclose will be available to the
public.
You must answer all 6 questions. Certain questions will
ask you to report any applicable assets or debts held in, or
payable to, your name; held jointly by, or payable to, you with
your spouse; or held jointly by, or payable to, you with your

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minor child. If you have any concerns about whether an
interest should be reported, please consult your department's
ethics officer, if applicable.
Please ensure that the information you provide is complete
and accurate. If you need more space than the form allows,
please attach additional pages for your response. If you are
subject to the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, your
ethics officer must review your statement of economic
interests before you file it. Failure to complete the
statement in good faith and within the prescribed deadline may
subject you to fines, imprisonment, or both.
BASIC INFORMATION:
Name:........................................................
Job title:...................................................
Office, department, or agency that requires you to file this
form:........................................................
Other offices, departments, or agencies that require you to
file a Statement of Economic Interests form: ................
Full mailing address:........................................
Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
QUESTIONS:
1. If you have any single asset that was worth more than
$10,000 as of the end of the preceding calendar year and is
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to, you with your spouse, or held jointly by, or payable to,
you with your minor child, list such assets below. In the case
of investment real estate, list the city and state where the
investment real estate is located. If you do not have any such
assets, list "none" below.
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2. Excluding the position for which you are required to
file this form, list the source of any income in excess of
$7,500 required to be reported during the preceding calendar
year. If you sold an asset that produced more than $7,500 in
capital gains in the preceding calendar year, list the name of
the asset and the transaction date on which the sale or
transfer took place. If you had no such sources of income or
assets, list "none" below.
Source of Income / Name of Date Sold (if applicable)
Asset
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
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3. Excluding debts incurred on terms available to the
general public, such as mortgages, student loans, and credit

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card debts, if you owed any single debt in the preceding
calendar year exceeding $10,000, list the creditor of the debt
below. If you had no such debts, list "none" below.
List the creditor for all applicable debts owed by you,
owed jointly by you with your spouse, or owed jointly by you
with your minor child. In addition to the types of debts listed
above, you do not need to report any debts to or from financial
institutions or government agencies, such as debts secured by
automobiles, household furniture or appliances, as long as the
debt was made on terms available to the general public, debts
to members of your family, or debts to or from a political
committee registered with the Illinois State Board of
Elections or any political committee, principal campaign
committee, or authorized committee registered with the Federal
Election Commission.
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4. List the name of each unit of government of which you or
your spouse were an employee, contractor, or office holder
during the preceding calendar year other than the unit or
units of government in relation to which the person is
required to file and the title of the position or nature of the
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Name of Unit of Government Title or Nature of Services
............................... ...............................
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5. If you maintain an economic relationship with a
lobbyist or if a member of your family is known to you to be a
lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State
of Illinois, list the name of the lobbyist below and identify
the nature of your relationship with the lobbyist. If you do
not have an economic relationship with a lobbyist or a family
member known to you to be a lobbyist registered with any unit
of government in the State of Illinois, list "none" below.
Name of Lobbyist Relationship to Filer
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
6. List the name of each person, organization, or entity
that was the source of a gift or gifts, or honorarium or
honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500
received during the preceding calendar year and the type of
gift or gifts, or honorarium or honoraria, excluding any gift
or gifts from a member of your family that was not known to be
a lobbyist registered with any unit of government in the State
of Illinois. If you had no such gifts, list "none" below.
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7. List the name of any spouse or immediate family member
living with the person making this statement employed by a
public utility in this State and the name of the public utility
that employs the relative.
Name and Relation Public Utility
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any attachments) has been examined by me and to the
best of my knowledge and belief is a true, correct and complete
statement of my economic interests as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act. I understand that the penalty for
willfully filing a false or incomplete statement is a fine not
to exceed $2,500 or imprisonment in a penal institution other
than the penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
imprisonment."
Printed Name of Filer:.......................................
Date:........................................................
Signature:...................................................
If this statement of economic interests requires ethics

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officer review prior to filing, the applicable ethics officer
must complete the following:
CERTIFICATION OF ETHICS OFFICER REVIEW:
"In accordance with law, as Ethics Officer, I reviewed
this statement of economic interests prior to its filing."
Printed Name of Ethics Officer:..............................
Date:........................................................
Signature:...................................................
Preferred e-mail address (optional):.........................
STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST
(TYPE OR HAND PRINT)
.............................................................
(name)
.............................................................
(each office or position of employment for which this
statement is filed)
.............................................................
(full mailing address)
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
The interest (if constructively controlled by the person
making the statement) of a spouse or any other party, shall be
considered to be the same as the interest of the person making
the statement.
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If additional space is needed, please attach supplemental
listing.
1. List the name and instrument of ownership in any entity
doing business in the State of Illinois, in which the
ownership interest held by the person at the date of filing is
in excess of $5,000 fair market value or from which dividends
in excess of $1,200 were derived during the preceding calendar
year. (In the case of real estate, location thereof shall be
listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
description.) No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution, nor any debt instrument need be listed.
Business Entity Instrument of Ownership
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
2. List the name, address and type of practice of any
professional organization in which the person making the
statement was an officer, director, associate, partner or
proprietor or served in any advisory capacity, from which
income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding
calendar year.
Name Address Type of Practice
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3. List the nature of professional services rendered
(other than to the State of Illinois) to each entity from which
income exceeding $5,000 was received for professional services
rendered during the preceding calendar year by the person
making the statement.
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4. List the identity (including the address or legal
description of real estate) of any capital asset from which a
capital gain of $5,000 or more was realized during the
preceding calendar year.
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5. List the identity of any compensated lobbyist with whom
the person making the statement maintains a close economic
association, including the name of the lobbyist and specifying
the legislative matter or matters which are the object of the
lobbying activity, and describing the general type of economic
activity of the client or principal on whose behalf that
person is lobbying.
Lobbyist Legislative Matter Client or Principal
.................... .................... .....................
.................... .................... .....................
6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State
of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived
during the preceding calendar year other than for professional

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services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof
shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal
description). No time or demand deposit in a financial
institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.
Entity Position Held
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
............................... ...............................
7. List the name of any unit of government which employed
the person making the statement during the preceding calendar
year other than the unit or units of government in relation to
which the person is required to file.
.............................................................
.............................................................
8. List the name of any entity from which a gift or gifts,
or honorarium or honoraria, valued singly or in the aggregate
in excess of $500, was received during the preceding calendar
year.
.............................................................
VERIFICATION:
"I declare that this statement of economic interests
(including any accompanying schedules and statements) has been
examined by me and to the best of my knowledge and belief is a
true, correct and complete statement of my economic interests
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understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the
penitentiary not to exceed one year, or both fine and
imprisonment."
................ ..........................................
(date of filing) (signature of person making the statement)
(Source: P.A. 95-173, eff. 1-1-08.)
Section 90-10. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
Act is amended by changing Section 5-50 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/5-50)
Sec. 5-50. Ex parte communications; special government
agents.
(a) This Section applies to ex parte communications made
to any agency listed in subsection (e).
(b) "Ex parte communication" means any written or oral
communication by any person that imparts or requests material
information or makes a material argument regarding potential
action concerning regulatory, quasi-adjudicatory, investment,
or licensing matters pending before or under consideration by
the agency. "Ex parte communication" does not include the
following: (i) statements by a person publicly made in a
public forum; (ii) statements regarding matters of procedure
and practice, such as format, the number of copies required,

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the manner of filing, and the status of a matter; and (iii)
statements made by a State employee of the agency to the agency
head or other employees of that agency.
(b-5) An ex parte communication received by an agency,
agency head, or other agency employee from an interested party
or his or her official representative or attorney shall
promptly be memorialized and made a part of the record.
(c) An ex parte communication received by any agency,
agency head, or other agency employee, other than an ex parte
communication described in subsection (b-5), shall immediately
be reported to that agency's ethics officer by the recipient
of the communication and by any other employee of that agency
who responds to the communication. The ethics officer shall
require that the ex parte communication be promptly made a
part of the record. The ethics officer shall promptly file the
ex parte communication with the Executive Ethics Commission,
including all written communications, all written responses to
the communications, and a memorandum prepared by the ethics
officer stating the nature and substance of all oral
communications, the identity and job title of the person to
whom each communication was made, all responses made, the
identity and job title of the person making each response, the
identity of each person from whom the written or oral ex parte
communication was received, the individual or entity
represented by that person, any action the person requested or
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disclosure shall also contain the date of any ex parte
communication.
(d) "Interested party" means a person or entity whose
rights, privileges, or interests are the subject of or are
directly affected by a regulatory, quasi-adjudicatory,
investment, or licensing matter. For purposes of an ex parte
communication received by either the Illinois Commerce
Commission or the Illinois Power Agency, "interested party"
also includes: (1) an organization comprised of 2 or more
businesses, persons, nonprofit entities, or any combination
thereof, that are working in concert to advance public policy
advocated by the organization, or (2) any party selling
renewable energy resources procured by the Illinois Power
Agency pursuant to Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
Act and Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
(e) This Section applies to the following agencies:
Executive Ethics Commission
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Power Agency
Educational Labor Relations Board
State Board of Elections
Illinois Gaming Board
Health Facilities and Services Review Board
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission
Illinois Labor Relations Board
Illinois Liquor Control Commission

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Pollution Control Board
Property Tax Appeal Board
Illinois Racing Board
Illinois Purchased Care Review Board
Department of State Police Merit Board
Motor Vehicle Review Board
Prisoner Review Board
Civil Service Commission
Personnel Review Board for the Treasurer
Merit Commission for the Secretary of State
Merit Commission for the Office of the Comptroller
Court of Claims
Board of Review of the Department of Employment Security
Department of Insurance
Department of Professional Regulation and licensing boards
under the Department
Department of Public Health and licensing boards under the
Department
Office of Banks and Real Estate and licensing boards under
the Office
State Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees
Judges Retirement System Board of Trustees
General Assembly Retirement System Board of Trustees
Illinois Board of Investment
State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees
Teachers Retirement System Officers Board of Trustees

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(f) Any person who fails to (i) report an ex parte
communication to an ethics officer, (ii) make information part
of the record, or (iii) make a filing with the Executive Ethics
Commission as required by this Section or as required by
Section 5-165 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
violates this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-31, eff. 6-30-09.)
Section 90-15. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 605-1075 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1075 new)
Sec. 605-1075. Energy Transition Assistance Fund.
(a) The General Assembly hereby declares that management
of several economic development programs requires a
consolidated funding source to improve resource efficiency.
The General Assembly specifically recognizes that properly
serving communities and workers impacted by the energy
transition requires that the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity have access to the resources required for
the execution of the programs for workforce and contractor
development, just transition investments and community
support, and the implementation and administration of energy
and justice efforts by the State.
(b) The Department shall be responsible for the

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administration of the Energy Transition Assistance Fund and
shall allocate funding on the basis of priorities established
in this Section. Each year, the Department shall determine the
available amount of resources in the Fund that can be
allocated to the programs identified in this Section, and
allocate the funding accordingly. The Department shall, to the
extent practical, consider both the short-term and long-term
costs of the programs and allocate funding so that the
Department is able to cover both the short-term and long-term
costs of these programs using projected revenue.
The available funding for each year shall be allocated
from the Fund in the following order of priority:
(1) for costs related to the Clean Jobs Workforce
Network Program, up to $21,000,000 annually prior to June
1, 2023 and $24,333,333 annually thereafter;
(2) for costs related to the Clean Energy Contractor
Incubator Program, up to $21,000,000 annually;
(3) for costs related to the Clean Energy Primes
Contractor Accelerator Program, up to $9,000,000 annually;
(4) for costs related to the Barrier Reduction
Program, up to $21,000,000 annually;
(5) for costs related to the Jobs and Environmental
Justice Grant Program, up to $34,000,000 annually;
(6) for costs related to the Returning Residents Clean
Jobs Training Program, up to $6,000,000 annually;
(7) for costs related to Energy Transition Navigators,

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up to $6,000,000 annually;
(8) for costs related to the Illinois Climate Works
Preapprenticeship Program, up to $10,000,000 annually;
(9) for costs related to Energy Transition Community
Support Grants, up to $40,000,000 annually;
(10) for costs related to the Displaced Energy Worker
Dependent Scholarship, upon request by the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission, up to $1,100,000 annually;
(11) up to $10,000,000 annually shall be transferred
to the Public Utilities Fund for use by the Illinois
Commerce Commission for costs of administering the changes
made to the Public Utilities Act by this amendatory Act of
the 102nd General Assembly;
(12) up to $4,000,000 annually shall be transferred to
the Illinois Power Agency Operations Fund for use by the
Illinois Power Agency; and
(13) for costs related to the Clean Energy Jobs and
Justice Fund, up to $1,000,000 annually.
The Department is authorized to utilize up to 10% of the
Energy Transition Assistance Fund for administrative and
operational expenses to implement the requirements of this
Act.
(c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, each electric
utility serving more than 500,000 customers in the State shall
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delivered during the 12 months ending on the immediately
preceding May 31. By October 31, 2021 and each October 31
thereafter, each electric utility serving more than 500,000
customers in the State shall report to the Department its
total kilowatt-hours of energy delivered during the 12 months
ending on the immediately preceding May 31.
(d) The Department shall, within 60 days after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
Assembly:
(1) determine the amount necessary, but not more than
$180,000,000, to meet the funding needs of the programs
reliant upon the Energy Transition Assistance Fund as a
revenue source for the period between the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
December 31, 2021;
(2) determine, based on the kilowatt-hour deliveries
for the 12 months ending May 31, 2021 reported by the
electric utilities under subsection (c), the total energy
transition assistance charge to be allocated to each
electric utility for the period between the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
December 31, 2021; and
(3) report the total energy transition assistance
charge applicable until December 31, 2021 to each electric
utility serving more than 500,000 customers in the State
and the Illinois Commerce Commission for purposes of

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filing the tariff pursuant to Section 16-108.30 of the
Public Utilities Act.
(e) The Department shall by November 30, 2021, and each
November 30 thereafter:
(1) determine the amount necessary, but not more than
$180,000,000, to meet the funding needs of the programs
reliant upon the Energy Transition Assistance Fund as a
revenue source for the immediately following calendar
year;
(2) determine, based on the kilowatt-hour deliveries
for the 12 months ending on the immediately preceding May
31 reported to it by the electric utilities under
subsection (c), the total energy transition assistance
charge to be allocated to each electric utility for the
immediately following calendar year; and
(3) report the energy transition assistance charge
applicable for the immediately following calendar year to
each electric utility serving more than 500,000 customers
in the State and the Illinois Commerce Commission for
purposes of filing the tariff pursuant to Section
16-108.30 of the Public Utilities Act.
(f) The energy transition assistance charge may not exceed
$180,000,000 annually. If, at the end of the calendar year,
any surplus remains in the Energy Transition Assistance Fund,
the Department may allocate the surplus from the fund in the
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(1) for costs related to the development of the
Stretch Energy Codes and other standards at the Capital
Development Board, up to $500,000 annually, at the request
of the Board;
(2) up to $7,000,000 annually shall be transferred to
the Energy Efficiency Trust Fund and Clean Air Act Permit
Fund for use by the Environmental Protection Agency for
costs related to energy efficiency and weatherization, and
costs of implementation, administration, and enforcement
of the Clean Air Act; and
(3) for costs related to State fleet electrification
at the Department of Central Management Services, up to
$10,000,000 annually, at the request of the Department.
Section 90-20. The Electric Vehicle Act is amended by
changing Section 15 and by adding Sections 40, 45, 50, 55, and
60 as follows:
(20 ILCS 627/15)
Sec. 15. Electric Vehicle Coordinator. The Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a person
within the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to serve as the Electric
Vehicle Coordinator for the State of Illinois. This person may
be an existing employee with other duties. The Coordinator
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electric vehicle charging-related electric vehicle related
policies and activities in Illinois, including, but not
limited to, the issuance of electric vehicle rebates for
consumers and electric vehicle charging rebates for
organizations and companies.
(Source: P.A. 97-89, eff. 7-11-11.)
(20 ILCS 627/40 new)
Sec. 40. Rulemaking; resources. The Agency shall adopt
rules as necessary and dedicate sufficient resources to
implement Sections 45 and 55.
(20 ILCS 627/45 new)
Sec. 45. Beneficial electrification.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to decrease
reliance on fossil fuels, reduce pollution from the
transportation sector, increase access to electrification for
all consumers, and ensure that electric vehicle adoption and
increased electricity usage and demand do not place
significant additional burdens on the electric system and
create benefits for Illinois residents.
(1) Illinois should increase the adoption of electric
vehicles in the State to 1,000,000 by 2030.
(2) Illinois should strive to be the best state in the
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(3) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles is
necessary to electrify the transportation sector,
diversify the transportation fuel mix, drive economic
development, and protect air quality.
(4) Accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles
will drive the decarbonization of Illinois' transportation
sector.
(5) Expanded infrastructure investment will help
Illinois more rapidly decarbonize the transportation
sector.
(6) Statewide adoption of electric vehicles requires
increasing access to electrification for all consumers.
(7) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles requires
increasing public access to charging equipment throughout
Illinois, especially in low-income and environmental
justice communities, where levels of air pollution burden
tend to be higher.
(8) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles and
charging equipment has the potential to provide customers
with fuel cost savings and electric utility customers with
cost-saving benefits.
(9) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles can
improve an electric utility's electric system efficiency
and operational flexibility, including the ability of the
electric utility to integrate renewable energy resources
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the operation of charging equipment.
(10) Widespread adoption of electric vehicles should
stimulate innovation, competition, and increased choices
in charging equipment and networks and should also attract
private capital investments and create high-quality jobs
in Illinois.
(b) As used in this Section:
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Beneficial electrification programs" means programs that
lower carbon dioxide emissions, replace fossil fuel use,
create cost savings, improve electric grid operations, reduce
increases to peak demand, improve electric usage load shape,
and align electric usage with times of renewable generation.
All beneficial electrification programs shall provide for
incentives such that customers are induced to use electricity
at times of low overall system usage or at times when
generation from renewable energy sources is high. "Beneficial
electrification programs" include a portfolio of the
following:
(1) time-of-use electric rates;
(2) hourly pricing electric rates;
(3) optimized charging programs or programs that
encourage charging at times beneficial to the electric
grid;
(4) optional demand-response programs specifically
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(5) incentives for electrification and associated
infrastructure tied to using electricity at off-peak
times;
(6) incentives for electrification and associated
infrastructure targeted to medium-duty and heavy-duty
vehicles used by transit agencies;
(7) incentives for electrification and associated
infrastructure targeted to school buses;
(8) incentives for electrification and associated
infrastructure for medium-duty and heavy-duty government
and private fleet vehicles;
(9) low-income programs that provide access to
electric vehicles for communities where car ownership or
new car ownership is not common;
(10) incentives for electrification in eligible
communities;
(11) incentives or programs to enable quicker adoption
of electric vehicles by developing public charging
stations in dense areas, workplaces, and low-income
communities;
(12) incentives or programs to develop electric
vehicle infrastructure that minimizes range anxiety,
filling the gaps in deployment, particularly in rural
areas and along highway corridors;
(13) incentives to encourage the development of
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proximity in order to reduce grid congestion;
(14) offer support to low-income communities who are
experiencing financial and accessibility barriers such
that electric vehicle ownership is not an option; and
(15) other such programs as defined by the Commission.
"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.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Coordinator" means the Electric Vehicle Coordinator.
"Electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively
powered by and refueled by electricity, must be plugged in to
charge, and is licensed to drive on public roadways. "Electric
vehicle" does not include electric motorcycles or hybrid
electric vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles that
are also equipped with conventional fueled propulsion or
auxiliary engines.
"Electric vehicle charging station" means a station that
delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle
into one or more electric vehicles.
"Environmental justice communities" means the definition
of that term based on existing methodologies and findings,
used and as may be updated by the Illinois Power Agency and its
program administrator in the Illinois Solar for All Program.

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"Equity investment eligible community" or "eligible
community" means 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, "eligible community" means the
following areas:
(1) areas where residents have been historically
excluded from economic opportunities, including
opportunities in the energy sector, as defined pursuant to
Section 10-40 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act; and
(2) areas where residents have been historically
subject to disproportionate burdens of pollution,
including pollution from the energy sector, as established
by environmental justice communities as defined by the
Illinois Power Agency pursuant to Illinois Power Agency
Act, excluding any racial or ethnic indicators.
"Equity investment eligible person" or "eligible person"
means the persons who would most benefit from equitable
investments by the State designed to combat discrimination and
foster sustainable economic growth. Specifically, "eligible
person" 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
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"Low-income" means persons and families whose income does
not exceed 80% of the state median income for the current State
fiscal year as established by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
"Make-ready infrastructure" means the electrical and
construction work necessary between the distribution circuit
to the connection point of charging equipment.
"Optimized charging programs" mean programs whereby owners
of electric vehicles can set their vehicles to be charged
based on the electric system's current demand, retail or
wholesale market rates, incentives, the carbon or other
pollution intensity of the electric generation mix, the
provision of grid services, efficient use of the electric
grid, or the availability of clean energy generation.
Optimized charging programs may be operated by utilities as
well as third parties.
(c) The Commission shall initiate a workshop process no
later than November 30, 2021 for the purpose of soliciting
input on the design of beneficial electrification programs
that the utility shall offer. The workshop shall be
coordinated by the Staff of the Commission, or a facilitator
retained by Staff, and shall be organized and facilitated in a
manner that encourages representation from diverse
stakeholders, including stakeholders representing
environmental justice and low-income communities, and ensures
equitable opportunities for participation, without requiring

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formal intervention or representation by an attorney.
The stakeholder workshop process shall take into
consideration the benefits of electric vehicle adoption and
barriers to adoption, including:
(1) the benefit of lower bills for customers who do
not charge electric vehicles;
(2) benefits to the distribution system from electric
vehicle usage;
(3) the avoidance and reduction in capacity costs from
optimized charging and off-peak charging;
(4) energy price and cost reductions;
(5) environmental benefits, including greenhouse gas
emission and other pollution reductions;
(6) current barriers to mass-market adoption,
including cost of ownership and availability of charging
stations;
(7) current barriers to increasing access among
populations that have limited access to electric vehicle
ownership, communities significantly impacted by
transportation-related pollution, and market segments that
create disproportionate pollution impacts;
(8) benefits of and incentives for medium-duty and
heavy-duty fleet vehicle electrification;
(9) opportunities for eligible communities to benefit
from electrification;
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be prioritized for electrification infrastructure
investment.
The workshops shall consider barriers, incentives,
enabling rate structures, and other opportunities for the bill
reduction and environmental benefits described in this
subsection.
The workshop process shall conclude no later than February
28, 2022. Following the workshop, the Staff of the Commission,
or the facilitator retained by the Staff, shall prepare and
submit a report, no later than March 31, 2022, to the
Commission that includes, but is not limited to,
recommendations for transportation electrification investment
or incentives in the following areas:
(i) publicly accessible Level 2 and fast-charging
stations, with a focus on bringing access to
transportation electrification in densely populated areas
and workplaces within eligible communities;
(ii) medium-duty and heavy-duty charging
infrastructure used by government and private fleet
vehicles that serve or travel through environmental
justice or eligible communities;
(iii) medium-duty and heavy-duty charging
infrastructure used in school bus operations, whether
private or public, that primarily serve governmental or
educational institutions, and also serve or travel through
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(iv) public transit medium-duty and heavy-duty
charging infrastructure, developed in consultation with
public transportation agencies; and
(v) publicly accessible Level 2 and fast-charging
stations targeted to fill gaps in deployment, particularly
in rural areas and along State highway corridors.
The report must also identify the participants in the
process, program designs proposed during the process,
estimates of the costs and benefits of proposed programs, any
material issues that remained unresolved at the conclusions of
such process, and any recommendations for workshop process
improvements. The report shall be used by the Commission to
inform and evaluate the cost effectiveness and achievement of
goals within the submitted Beneficial Electrification Plans.
(d) No later than July 1, 2022, electric utilities serving
greater than 500,000 customers in the State shall file a
Beneficial Electrification Plan with the Illinois Commerce
Commission for programs that start no later than January 1,
2023. The plan shall take into consideration recommendations
from the workshop report described in this Section. Within 45
days after the filing of the Beneficial Electrification Plan,
the Commission shall, with reasonable notice, open an
investigation to consider whether the plan meets the
objectives and contains the information required by this
Section. The Commission shall determine if the proposed plan
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considering if the plan is in the public interest and
determining appropriate levels of cost recovery for
investments and expenditures related to programs proposed by
an electric utility, the Commission shall consider whether the
investments and other expenditures are designed and reasonably
expected to:
(1) maximize total energy cost savings and rate
reductions so that nonparticipants can benefit;
(2) address environmental justice interests by
ensuring there are significant opportunities for residents
and businesses in eligible communities to directly
participate in and benefit from beneficial electrification
programs;
(3) support at least a 40% investment of make-ready
infrastructure incentives to facilitate the rapid
deployment of charging equipment in or serving
environmental justice, low-income, and eligible
communities; however, nothing in this subsection is
intended to require a specific amount of spending in a
particular geographic area;
(4) support at least a 5% investment target in
electrifying medium-duty and heavy-duty school bus and
diesel public transportation vehicles located in or
serving environmental justice, low-income, and eligible
communities in order to provide those communities and
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transportation opportunities, and a cleaner environment so
they can directly benefit from transportation
electrification efforts; however, nothing in this
subsection is intended to require a specific amount of
spending in a particular geographic area;
(5) stimulate innovation, competition, private
investment, and increased consumer choices in electric
vehicle charging equipment and networks;
(6) contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions
and meeting air quality standards, including improving air
quality in eligible communities who disproportionately
suffer from emissions from the medium-duty and heavy-duty
transportation sector;
(7) support the efficient and cost-effective use of
the electric grid in a manner that supports electric
vehicle charging operations; and
(8) provide resources to support private investment in
charging equipment for uses in public and private charging
applications, including residential, multi-family, fleet,
transit, community, and corridor applications.
The plan shall be determined to be cost-beneficial if the
total cost of beneficial electrification expenditures is less
than the net present value of increased electricity costs
(defined as marginal avoided energy, avoided capacity, and
avoided transmission and distribution system costs) avoided by
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in other customer energy costs, net revenue from all electric
charging in the service territory, and the societal value of
reduced carbon emissions and surface-level pollutants,
particularly in environmental justice communities. The
calculation of costs and benefits should be based on net
impacts, including the impact on customer rates.
The Commission shall approve, approve with modifications,
or reject the plan within 270 days from the date of filing. The
Commission may approve the plan if it finds that the plan will
achieve the goals described in this Section and contains the
information described in this Section. Proceedings under this
Section shall proceed according to the rules provided by
Article IX of the Public Utilities Act. Information contained
in the approved plan shall be considered part of the record in
any Commission proceeding under Section 16-107.6 of the Public
Utilities Act, provided that a final order has not been
entered prior to the initial filing date. The Beneficial
Electrification Plan shall specifically address, at a minimum,
the following:
(i) make-ready investments to facilitate the rapid
deployment of charging equipment throughout the State,
facilitate the electrification of public transit and other
vehicle fleets in the light-duty, medium-duty, and
heavy-duty sectors, and align with Agency-issued rebates
for charging equipment;
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electrification programs, including time-of-use rates and
their benefit for electric vehicle users and for all
customers, optimized charging programs to achieve savings
identified, and new contracts and compensation for
services in those programs, through signals that allow
electric vehicle charging to respond to local system
conditions, manage critical peak periods, serve as a
demand response or peak resource, and maximize renewable
energy use and integration into the grid;
(iii) optional commercial tariffs utilizing
alternatives to traditional demand-based rate structures
to facilitate charging for light duty, heavy duty, and
fleet electric vehicles;
(iv) financial and other challenges to electric
vehicle usage in low-income communities, and strategies
for overcoming those challenges, particularly in
communities and for people for whom car ownership is not
an option;
(v) methods of minimizing ratepayer impacts and
exempting or minimizing, to the extent possible,
low-income ratepayers from the costs associated with
facilitating the expansion of electric vehicle charging;
(vi) plans to increase access to Level 3 Public
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure to serve vehicles
that need quicker charging times and vehicles of persons
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regardless of whether those projects participate in
optimized charging programs;
(vii) whether to establish charging standards for type
of plugs eligible for investment or incentive programs,
and if so, what standards;
(viii) opportunities for coordination and cohesion
with electric vehicle and electric vehicle charging
equipment incentives established by any agency,
department, board, or commission of the State, any other
unit of government in the State, any national programs, or
any unit of the federal government;
(ix) ideas for the development of online tools,
applications, and data sharing that provide essential
information to those charging electric vehicles, and
enable an automated charging response to price signals,
emission signals, real-time renewable generation
production, and other Commission-approved or
customer-desired indicators of beneficial charging times;
and
(x) customer education, outreach, and incentive
programs that increase awareness of the programs and the
benefits of transportation electrification, including
direct outreach to eligible communities;
(e) Proceedings under this Section shall proceed according
to the rules provided by Article IX of the Public Utilities
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considered part of the record in any Commission proceeding
under Section 16-107.6 of the Public Utilities Act, provided
that a final order has not been entered prior to the initial
filing date.
(f) The utility shall file an update to the plan on July 1,
2024 and every 3 years thereafter. This update shall describe
transportation investments made during the prior plan period,
investments planned for the following 24 months, and updates
to the information required by this Section. Beginning with
the first update, the utility shall develop the plan in
conjunction with the distribution system planning process
described in Section 16-105.17, including incorporation of
stakeholder feedback from that process.
(g) Within 35 days after the utility files its report, the
Commission shall, upon its own initiative, open an
investigation regarding the utility's plan update to
investigate whether the objectives described in this Section
are being achieved. The Commission shall determine whether
investment targets should be increased based on achievement of
spending goals outlined in the Beneficial Electrification Plan
and consistency with outcomes directed in the plan stakeholder
workshop report. If the Commission finds, after notice and
hearing, that the utility's plan is materially deficient, the
Commission shall issue an order requiring the utility to
devise a corrective action plan, subject to Commission
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this Section. The Commission's order shall be entered within
270 days after the utility files its annual report. The
contents of a plan filed under this Section shall be available
for evidence in Commission proceedings. However, omission from
an approved plan shall not render any future utility
expenditure to be considered unreasonable or imprudent. The
Commission may, upon sufficient evidence, allow expenditures
that were not part of any particular distribution plan. The
Commission shall consider revenues from electric vehicles in
the utility's service territory in evaluating the retail rate
impact. The retail rate impact from the development of
electric vehicle infrastructure shall not exceed 1% per year
of the total annual revenue requirements of the utility.
(h) In meeting the requirements of this Section, the
utility shall demonstrate efforts to increase the use of
contractors and electric vehicle charging station installers
that meet multiple workforce equity actions, including, but
not limited to:
(1) the business is headquartered in or the person
resides in an eligible community;
(2) the business is majority owned by eligible person
or the contractor is an eligible person;
(3) the business or person is certified by another
municipal, State, federal, or other certification for
disadvantaged businesses;
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criteria for a certification program such as:
(A) certified under Section 2 of the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act;
(B) certified by another municipal, State,
federal, or other certification for disadvantaged
businesses;
(C) submits an affidavit showing that the vendor
meets the eligibility criteria for a certification
program such as those in items (A) and (B); or
(D) if the vendor is a nonprofit, meets any of the
criteria in those in item (A), (B), or (C) with the
exception that the nonprofit is not required to meet
any criteria related to being a for-profit entity, or
is controlled by a board of directors that consists of
51% or greater individuals who are equity investment
eligible persons; or
(E) ensuring that program implementation
contractors and electric vehicle charging station
installers pay employees working on electric vehicle
charging installations at or above the prevailing wage
rate as published by the Department of Labor.
Utilities shall establish reporting procedures for vendors
that ensure compliance with this subsection, but are
structured to avoid, wherever possible, placing an undue
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(i) Program data collection.
(1) In order to ensure that the benefits provided to
Illinois residents and business by the clean energy
economy are equitably distributed across the State, it is
necessary to accurately measure the applicants and
recipients of this Program. The purpose of this paragraph
is to require the implementing utilities to collect all
data from Program applicants and beneficiaries to track
and improve equitable distribution of benefits across
Illinois communities. The further purpose is to measure
any potential impact of racial discrimination on the
distribution of benefits and provide the utilities the
information necessary to correct any discrimination
through methods consistent with State and federal law.
(2) The implementing utilities shall collect
demographic and geographic data for each applicant and
each person or business awarded benefits or contracts
under this Program.
(3) The implementing utilities shall collect the
following information from applicants and Program or
procurement beneficiaries where applicable:
(A) demographic information, including racial or
ethnic identity for real persons employed, contracted,
or subcontracted through the program;
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(C) geographic location of the residency of real
persons or geographic location of the headquarters for
businesses; and
(D) any other information necessary for the
purpose of achieving the purpose of this paragraph.
(4) The utility shall publish, at least annually,
aggregated information on the demographics of program and
procurement applicants and beneficiaries. The utilities
shall protect personal and confidential business
information as necessary.
(5) The utilities shall conduct a regular review
process to confirm the accuracy of reported data.
(6) On a quarterly basis, utilities shall collect data
necessary to ensure compliance with this Section and shall
communicate progress toward compliance to program
implementation contractors and electric vehicle charging
station installation vendors.
(7) Utilities filing Beneficial Electrification Plans
under this Section shall report annually to the Illinois
Commerce Commission and the General Assembly on how
hiring, contracting, job training, and other practices
related to its Beneficial electrification programs enhance
the diversity of vendors working on such programs. These
reports must include data on vendor and employee
diversity.
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Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(20 ILCS 627/55 new)
Sec. 55. Charging rebate program.
(a) In order to substantially offset the installation
costs of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, beginning
July 1, 2022, and continuing as long as funds are available,
the Agency shall issue rebates, consistent with the
Commission-approved Beneficial Electrification Plans in
accordance with Section 45, to public and private
organizations and companies to install and maintain Level 2 or
Level 3 charging stations.
(b) The Agency shall award rebates or grants that fund up
to 80% of the cost of the installation of charging stations.
The Agency shall award additional incentives per port for
every charging station installed in an eligible community and
every charging station located to support eligible persons. In
order to be eligible to receive a rebate or grant, the
organization or company must submit an application to the
Agency and commit to paying the prevailing wage for the
installation project. The Agency shall by rule provide
application and other programmatic details and requirements,
including additional incentives for eligible communities. The
Agency may determine per port or project caps based on a review
of best practices and stakeholder engagement. The Agency shall
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or grants within 60 days of each application. The Agency may
not award rebates or grants to an organization or company that
does not pay the prevailing wage for the installation of a
charging station for which it seeks a rebate or grant.
(20 ILCS 627/60 new)
Sec. 60. Study on loss infrastructure funds and
replacement options. The Illinois Department of Transportation
shall conduct a study to be delivered to the members of the
Illinois General Assembly and made available to the public no
later than September 30, 2022. The study shall consider how
the proliferation of electric vehicles will adversely affect
resources needed for transportation infrastructure and take
into consideration any relevant federal actions. The study
shall identify the potential revenue loss and offer multiple
options for replacing those lost revenues. The Illinois
Department of Transportation shall collaborate with
organizations representing businesses involved in designing
and building transportation infrastructure, organized labor,
the general business community, and users of the system. In
addition, the Illinois Department of Transportation may
collaborate with other state agencies, including but not
limited to the Illinois Secretary of State and the Illinois
Department of Revenue.
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Section 90-23. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended
by changing Section 5.5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 655/5.5) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 609.1)
Sec. 5.5. High Impact Business.
(a) In order to respond to unique opportunities to assist
in the encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of
the private sector through large scale investment and
development projects, the Department is authorized to receive
and approve applications for the designation of "High Impact
Businesses" in Illinois subject to the following conditions:
(1) such applications may be submitted at any time
during the year;
(2) such business is not located, at the time of
designation, in an enterprise zone designated pursuant to
this Act;
(3) the business intends to do one or more of the
following:
(A) the business intends to make a minimum
investment of $12,000,000 which will be placed in
service in qualified property and intends to create
500 full-time equivalent jobs at a designated location
in Illinois or intends to make a minimum investment of
$30,000,000 which will be placed in service in
qualified property and intends to retain 1,500
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Illinois. The business must certify in writing that
the investments would not be placed in service in
qualified property and the job creation or job
retention would not occur without the tax credits and
exemptions set forth in subsection (b) of this
Section. The terms "placed in service" and "qualified
property" have the same meanings as described in
subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act; or
(B) the business intends to establish a new
electric generating facility at a designated location
in Illinois. "New electric generating facility", for
purposes of this Section, means a newly-constructed
electric generation plant or a newly-constructed
generation capacity expansion at an existing electric
generation plant, including the transmission lines and
associated equipment that transfers electricity from
points of supply to points of delivery, and for which
such new foundation construction commenced not sooner
than July 1, 2001. Such facility shall be designed to
provide baseload electric generation and shall operate
on a continuous basis throughout the year; and (i)
shall have an aggregate rated generating capacity of
at least 1,000 megawatts for all new units at one site
if it uses natural gas as its primary fuel and
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on or before December 31, 2004, or shall have an
aggregate rated generating capacity of at least 400
megawatts for all new units at one site if it uses coal
or gases derived from coal as its primary fuel and
shall support the creation of at least 150 new
Illinois coal mining jobs, or (ii) shall be funded
through a federal Department of Energy grant before
December 31, 2010 and shall support the creation of
Illinois coal-mining jobs, or (iii) shall use coal
gasification or integrated gasification-combined cycle
units that generate electricity or chemicals, or both,
and shall support the creation of Illinois coal-mining
jobs. The business must certify in writing that the
investments necessary to establish a new electric
generating facility would not be placed in service and
the job creation in the case of a coal-fueled plant
would not occur without the tax credits and exemptions
set forth in subsection (b-5) of this Section. The
term "placed in service" has the same meaning as
described in subsection (h) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act; or
(B-5) the business intends to establish a new
gasification facility at a designated location in
Illinois. As used in this Section, "new gasification
facility" means a newly constructed coal gasification
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transportation fuels derived from coal (which may
include, but are not limited to, methane, methanol,
and nitrogen fertilizer), that supports the creation
or retention of Illinois coal-mining jobs, and that
qualifies for financial assistance from the Department
before December 31, 2010. A new gasification facility
does not include a pilot project located within
Jefferson County or within a county adjacent to
Jefferson County for synthetic natural gas from coal;
or
(C) the business intends to establish production
operations at a new coal mine, re-establish production
operations at a closed coal mine, or expand production
at an existing coal mine at a designated location in
Illinois not sooner than July 1, 2001; provided that
the production operations result in the creation of
150 new Illinois coal mining jobs as described in
subdivision (a)(3)(B) of this Section, and further
provided that the coal extracted from such mine is
utilized as the predominant source for a new electric
generating facility. The business must certify in
writing that the investments necessary to establish a
new, expanded, or reopened coal mine would not be
placed in service and the job creation would not occur
without the tax credits and exemptions set forth in
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service" has the same meaning as described in
subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act; or
(D) the business intends to construct new
transmission facilities or upgrade existing
transmission facilities at designated locations in
Illinois, for which construction commenced not sooner
than July 1, 2001. For the purposes of this Section,
"transmission facilities" means transmission lines
with a voltage rating of 115 kilovolts or above,
including associated equipment, that transfer
electricity from points of supply to points of
delivery and that transmit a majority of the
electricity generated by a new electric generating
facility designated as a High Impact Business in
accordance with this Section. The business must
certify in writing that the investments necessary to
construct new transmission facilities or upgrade
existing transmission facilities would not be placed
in service without the tax credits and exemptions set
forth in subsection (b-5) of this Section. The term
"placed in service" has the same meaning as described
in subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act; or
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For purposes of this Section, "new wind power
facility" means a newly constructed electric
generation facility, or a newly constructed expansion
of an existing electric generation facility, placed in
service on or after July 1, 2009, that generates
electricity using wind energy devices, and such
facility shall be deemed to include all associated
transmission lines, substations, and other equipment
related to the generation of electricity from wind
energy devices. For purposes of this Section, "wind
energy device" means any device, with a nameplate
capacity of at least 0.5 megawatts, that is used in the
process of converting kinetic energy from the wind to
generate electricity; or
(E-5) the business intends to establish a new
utility-scale solar facility at a designated location
in Illinois. For purposes of this Section, "new
utility-scale solar power facility" means a newly
constructed electric generation facility, or a newly
constructed expansion of an existing electric
generation facility, placed in service on or after
July 1, 2021, that (i) generates electricity using
photovoltaic cells and (ii) has a nameplate capacity
that is greater than 5,000 kilowatts, and such
facility shall be deemed to include all associated
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facilities, and other equipment related to the
generation and storage of electricity from
photovoltaic cells; or
(F) the business commits to (i) make a minimum
investment of $500,000,000, which will be placed in
service in a qualified property, (ii) create 125
full-time equivalent jobs at a designated location in
Illinois, (iii) establish a fertilizer plant at a
designated location in Illinois that complies with the
set-back standards as described in Table 1: Initial
Isolation and Protective Action Distances in the 2012
Emergency Response Guidebook published by the United
States Department of Transportation, (iv) pay a
prevailing wage for employees at that location who are
engaged in construction activities, and (v) secure an
appropriate level of general liability insurance to
protect against catastrophic failure of the fertilizer
plant or any of its constituent systems; in addition,
the business must agree to enter into a construction
project labor agreement including provisions
establishing wages, benefits, and other compensation
for employees performing work under the project labor
agreement at that location; for the purposes of this
Section, "fertilizer plant" means a newly constructed
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fertilizer products for resale; for the purposes of
this Section, "prevailing wage" means the hourly cash
wages plus fringe benefits for training and
apprenticeship programs approved by the U.S.
Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training, health and welfare, insurance, vacations and
pensions paid generally, in the locality in which the
work is being performed, to employees engaged in work
of a similar character on public works; this paragraph
(F) applies only to businesses that submit an
application to the Department within 60 days after
July 25, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act
98-109) this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly; and
(4) no later than 90 days after an application is
submitted, the Department shall notify the applicant of
the Department's determination of the qualification of the
proposed High Impact Business under this Section.
(b) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses
pursuant to subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this Section shall
qualify for the credits and exemptions described in the
following Acts: Section 9-222 and Section 9-222.1A of the
Public Utilities Act, subsection (h) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act, and Section 1d of the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act; provided that these credits and exemptions
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minimum investments set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this
Section have been placed in service in qualified properties
and, in the case of the exemptions described in the Public
Utilities Act and Section 1d of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, the minimum full-time equivalent jobs or full-time
retained jobs set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this
Section have been created or retained. Businesses designated
as High Impact Businesses under this Section shall also
qualify for the exemption described in Section 5l of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The credit provided in
subsection (h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
shall be applicable to investments in qualified property as
set forth in subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this Section.
(b-5) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses
pursuant to subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(B-5), (a)(3)(C),
and (a)(3)(D) of this Section shall qualify for the credits
and exemptions described in the following Acts: Section 51 of
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9-222 and Section
9-222.1A of the Public Utilities Act, and subsection (h) of
Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act; however, the
credits and exemptions authorized under Section 9-222 and
Section 9-222.1A of the Public Utilities Act, and subsection
(h) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act shall not be
authorized until the new electric generating facility, the new
gasification facility, the new transmission facility, or the
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that a new electric generating facility whose primary fuel
source is natural gas is eligible only for the exemption under
Section 5l of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
(b-6) Businesses designated as High Impact Businesses
pursuant to subdivision (a)(3)(E) of this Section shall
qualify for the exemptions described in Section 5l of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; any business so designated as a
High Impact Business being, for purposes of this Section, a
"Wind Energy Business".
(b-7) Beginning on January 1, 2021, businesses designated
as High Impact Businesses by the Department shall qualify for
the High Impact Business construction jobs credit under
subsection (h-5) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
if the business meets the criteria set forth in subsection (i)
of this Section. The total aggregate amount of credits awarded
under the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of Public Act 101-9
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly) shall not
exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal year.
(c) High Impact Businesses located in federally designated
foreign trade zones or sub-zones are also eligible for
additional credits, exemptions and deductions as described in
the following Acts: Section 9-221 and Section 9-222.1 of the
Public Utilities Act; and subsection (g) of Section 201, and
Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
(d) Except for businesses contemplated under subdivision
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apply for designation as a High Impact Business must provide
the Department with the prospective plan for which 1,500
full-time retained jobs would be eliminated in the event that
the business is not designated.
(e) Except for new wind power facilities contemplated
under subdivision (a)(3)(E) of this Section, new proposed
facilities which apply for designation as High Impact Business
must provide the Department with proof of alternative
non-Illinois sites which would receive the proposed investment
and job creation in the event that the business is not
designated as a High Impact Business.
(f) Except for businesses contemplated under subdivision
(a)(3)(E) of this Section, in the event that a business is
designated a High Impact Business and it is later determined
after reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing as
provided under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, that
the business would have placed in service in qualified
property the investments and created or retained the requisite
number of jobs without the benefits of the High Impact
Business designation, the Department shall be required to
immediately revoke the designation and notify the Director of
the Department of Revenue who shall begin proceedings to
recover all wrongfully exempted State taxes with interest. The
business shall also be ineligible for all State funded
Department programs for a period of 10 years.
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designation if the participating business fails to comply with
the terms and conditions of the designation. However, the
penalties for new wind power facilities or Wind Energy
Businesses for failure to comply with any of the terms or
conditions of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act shall be only
those penalties identified in the Illinois Prevailing Wage
Act, and the Department shall not revoke a High Impact
Business designation as a result of the failure to comply with
any of the terms or conditions of the Illinois Prevailing Wage
Act in relation to a new wind power facility or a Wind Energy
Business.
(h) Prior to designating a business, the Department shall
provide the members of the General Assembly and Commission on
Government Forecasting and Accountability with a report
setting forth the terms and conditions of the designation and
guarantees that have been received by the Department in
relation to the proposed business being designated.
(i) High Impact Business construction jobs credit.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, a High Impact Business may
receive a tax credit against the tax imposed under subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act in an
amount equal to 50% of the amount of the incremental income tax
attributable to High Impact Business construction jobs credit
employees employed in the course of completing a High Impact
Business construction jobs project. However, the High Impact
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of the incremental income tax attributable to High Impact
Business construction jobs credit employees if the High Impact
Business construction jobs credit project is located in an
underserved area.
The Department shall certify to the Department of Revenue:
(1) the identity of taxpayers that are eligible for the High
Impact Business construction jobs credit; and (2) the amount
of High Impact Business construction jobs credits that are
claimed pursuant to subsection (h-5) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act in each taxable year. Any business
entity that receives a High Impact Business construction jobs
credit shall maintain a certified payroll pursuant to
subsection (j) of this Section.
As used in this subsection (i):
"High Impact Business construction jobs credit" means an
amount equal to 50% (or 75% if the High Impact Business
construction project is located in an underserved area) of the
incremental income tax attributable to High Impact Business
construction job employees. The total aggregate amount of
credits awarded under the Blue Collar Jobs Act (Article 20 of
Public Act 101-9 this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any State fiscal
year
"High Impact Business construction job employee" means a
laborer or worker who is employed by an Illinois contractor or
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High Impact Business construction job project.
"High Impact Business construction jobs project" means
building a structure or building or making improvements of any
kind to real property, undertaken and commissioned by a
business that was designated as a High Impact Business by the
Department. The term "High Impact Business construction jobs
project" does not include the routine operation, routine
repair, or routine maintenance of existing structures,
buildings, or real property.
"Incremental income tax" means the total amount withheld
during the taxable year from the compensation of High Impact
Business construction job employees.
"Underserved area" means a geographic area that meets one
or more of the following conditions:
(1) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20%
according to the latest federal decennial census;
(2) 75% or more of the children in the area
participate in the federal free lunch program according to
reported statistics from the State Board of Education;
(3) at least 20% of the households in the area receive
assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP); or
(4) the area has an average unemployment rate, as
determined by the Illinois Department of Employment
Security, that is more than 120% of the national
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of Labor, for a period of at least 2 consecutive calendar
years preceding the date of the application.
(j) Each contractor and subcontractor who is engaged in
and executing a High Impact Business Construction jobs
project, as defined under subsection (i) of this Section, for
a business that is entitled to a credit pursuant to subsection
(i) of this Section shall:
(1) make and keep, for a period of 5 years from the
date of the last payment made on or after June 5, 2021 (the
effective date of Public Act 101-9) this amendatory Act of
the 101st General Assembly on a contract or subcontract
for a High Impact Business Construction Jobs Project,
records for all laborers and other workers employed by the
contractor or subcontractor on the project; the records
shall include:
(A) the worker's name;
(B) the worker's address;
(C) the worker's telephone number, if available;
(D) the worker's social security number;
(E) the worker's classification or
classifications;
(F) the worker's gross and net wages paid in each
pay period;
(G) the worker's number of hours worked each day;
(H) the worker's starting and ending times of work
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(I) the worker's hourly wage rate; and
(J) the worker's hourly overtime wage rate;
(2) no later than the 15th day of each calendar month,
provide a certified payroll for the immediately preceding
month to the taxpayer in charge of the High Impact
Business construction jobs project; within 5 business days
after receiving the certified payroll, the taxpayer shall
file the certified payroll with the Department of Labor
and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; a
certified payroll must be filed for only those calendar
months during which construction on a High Impact Business
construction jobs project has occurred; the certified
payroll shall consist of a complete copy of the records
identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection (j), but
may exclude the starting and ending times of work each
day; the certified payroll shall be accompanied by a
statement signed by the contractor or subcontractor or an
officer, employee, or agent of the contractor or
subcontractor which avers that:
(A) he or she has examined the certified payroll
records required to be submitted by the Act and such
records are true and accurate; and
(B) the contractor or subcontractor is aware that
filing a certified payroll that he or she knows to be
false is a Class A misdemeanor.
A general contractor is not prohibited from relying on a

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certified payroll of a lower-tier subcontractor, provided the
general contractor does not knowingly rely upon a
subcontractor's false certification.
Any contractor or subcontractor subject to this
subsection, and any officer, employee, or agent of such
contractor or subcontractor whose duty as an officer,
employee, or agent it is to file a certified payroll under this
subsection, who willfully fails to file such a certified
payroll on or before the date such certified payroll is
required by this paragraph to be filed and any person who
willfully files a false certified payroll that is false as to
any material fact is in violation of this Act and guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
The taxpayer in charge of the project shall keep the
records submitted in accordance with this subsection on or
after June 5, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 101-9)
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly for a period
of 5 years from the date of the last payment for work on a
contract or subcontract for the High Impact Business
construction jobs project.
The records submitted in accordance with this subsection
shall be considered public records, except an employee's
address, telephone number, and social security number, and
made available in accordance with the Freedom of Information
Act. The Department of Labor shall accept any reasonable
submissions by the contractor that meet the requirements of

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this subsection (j) and shall share the information with the
Department in order to comply with the awarding of a High
Impact Business construction jobs credit. A contractor,
subcontractor, or public body may retain records required
under this Section in paper or electronic format.
(k) Upon 7 business days' notice, each contractor and
subcontractor shall make available for inspection and copying
at a location within this State during reasonable hours, the
records identified in this subsection (j) to the taxpayer in
charge of the High Impact Business construction jobs project,
its officers and agents, the Director of the Department of
Labor and his or her deputies and agents, and to federal,
State, or local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
(Source: P.A. 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-12-19.)
Section 90-24. The Department of Labor Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
1505-215 and by adding Section 1505-220 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1505/1505-215)
Sec. 1505-215. Bureau on Apprenticeship Programs and Clean
Energy Jobs ; Advisory Board.
(a) For purposes of this Section, "clean energy sector"
means solar energy, wind energy, energy efficiency, solar
thermal, green hydrogen, geothermal, and electric vehicle
industries and other renewable energy industries, industries

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achieving emission reductions, and related industries that
manufacture, develop, build, maintain, or provide ancillary
services to renewable energy resources or energy efficiency
products or services, including the manufacture and
installation of healthier building materials that contain
fewer hazardous chemicals.
(b) There is created within the Department