Bill Text: IL SB3033 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Industrial Development Assistance Law. Allows local school districts and community colleges to apply for and receive grants under the Act for the acquisition of land, construction of facilities, and purchase of equipment, dedicated solely to the instruction of occupations in manufacturing. Provides additional eligibility requirements for local school districts and community colleges applying for grants under the Act. Modifies the term "industrial development agency" to include local school districts and community colleges.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3033 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3033-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Industrial Development Assistance Law is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 720/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 893)
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7 | Sec. 3. Definitions. "Department" means the Department of | ||||||
8 | Commerce
and Economic Opportunity.
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9 | "Governing bodies" means, as to any county, municipality or | ||||||
10 | township,
the body empowered to enact ordinances or to adopt | ||||||
11 | resolutions for the
governance of such county, municipality or | ||||||
12 | township.
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13 | "Industrial development agency" means any nonprofit | ||||||
14 | corporation,
organization, association , or agency , including a | ||||||
15 | local school district or community college, which shall be | ||||||
16 | designated by proper
resolution of the governing body of any | ||||||
17 | county, concurred in by
resolution of the governing bodies of | ||||||
18 | municipalities or townships within
said county having in the | ||||||
19 | aggregate over 50% of the population of said
county, as | ||||||
20 | determined by the last preceding decennial United States
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21 | Census, as the agency authorized to make application to and | ||||||
22 | receive
grants from the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
23 | Opportunity
for the purposes specified in this Act. Any two or |
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1 | more counties may, by the
procedures provided in this Act, | ||||||
2 | designate a single industrial
development agency to represent | ||||||
3 | such counties for the purposes of this
Act.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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5 | (30 ILCS 720/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 896)
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6 | Sec. 6. Payment of grants to industrial development | ||||||
7 | agencies. | ||||||
8 | (a) Upon approval of each application and the making of a | ||||||
9 | grant by the
department in accordance therewith, the department | ||||||
10 | shall give notice to the
particular industrial development | ||||||
11 | agency of such approval and grant, and
shall direct the | ||||||
12 | industrial development agency to proceed with its proposed
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13 | promotional program as described in its application and to use | ||||||
14 | therefor
funds allocated by the industrial development agency | ||||||
15 | for such purpose. Upon
the furnishing of satisfactory evidence | ||||||
16 | to the department, on a quarterly
basis, that the particular | ||||||
17 | industrial development agency has so proceeded,
the grant | ||||||
18 | allocated to such industrial development agency shall be paid
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19 | over on such basis to the industrial development agency by the | ||||||
20 | department.
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21 | (b) In furtherance of the intent of this Act, a local | ||||||
22 | school district or community college may apply competitively | ||||||
23 | and receive a grant from the Department under this Act for the | ||||||
24 | acquisition of land, construction of facilities, and purchase | ||||||
25 | of equipment, dedicated solely to the instruction of |
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1 | occupations in manufacturing. To be eligible under this | ||||||
2 | subsection (b), a school district or community college shall, | ||||||
3 | in addition to other industrial development agency | ||||||
4 | requirements under this Act, demonstrate that it provides | ||||||
5 | instruction leading to industry-based certificates or degrees, | ||||||
6 | or both, and its application is supported in writing by not | ||||||
7 | less than 15 local manufacturing employers for high schools or | ||||||
8 | 25 manufacturing employers for community colleges. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 76-1961.)
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