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92_HB0282ham004
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 282
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 282, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended
6 by changing Section 5.3 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 655/5.3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 608)
8 Sec. 5.3. Certification of Enterprise Zones; Effective
9 date.
10 (a) Approval of designated Enterprise Zones shall be
11 made by the Department by certification of the designating
12 ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a certificate
13 for each Enterprise Zone upon its approval. The certificate
14 shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make
15 specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall
16 be attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the
17 Secretary of State. A certified copy of the Enterprise Zone
18 Certificate, or a duplicate original thereof, shall be
19 recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of the county in
20 which the Enterprise Zone lies.
21 (b) An Enterprise Zone shall be effective upon its
22 certification. The Department shall transmit a copy of the
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1 certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the
2 designating municipality or county.
3 Upon certification of an Enterprise Zone, the terms and
4 provisions of the designating ordinance shall be in effect,
5 and may not be amended or repealed except in accordance with
6 Section 5.4.
7 (c) An Enterprise Zone shall be in effect for 30
8 calendar years, or for a lesser number of years specified in
9 the certified designating ordinance. Enterprise Zones shall
10 terminate at midnight of December 31 of the final calendar
11 year of the certified term, except as provided in Section
12 5.4. In Vermilion County, however, an enterprise zone shall
13 be in effect for 30 calendar years or for a lesser number of
14 years specified in the certified designating ordinance. The
15 Whiteside County/Carroll County Enterprise Zone, however,
16 solely with respect to industrial purposes and uses, shall be
17 in effect for 30 calendar years or for a lesser number of
18 years specified in the certified designating ordinance.
19 (d) No more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by
20 the Department in calendar year 1984, no more than 12
21 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in
22 calendar year 1985, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be
23 certified by the Department in calendar year 1986, no more
24 than 15 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department
25 in calendar year 1987, and no more than 20 Enterprise Zones
26 may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1990. In
27 other calendar years, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be
28 certified by the Department. The Department may also
29 designate up to 8 additional Enterprise Zones outside the
30 regular application cycle if warranted by the extreme
31 economic circumstances as determined by the Department. The
32 Department may also designate one additional Enterprise Zone
33 outside the regular application cycle if an aircraft
34 manufacturer agrees to locate an aircraft manufacturing
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1 facility in the proposed Enterprise Zone. Notwithstanding
2 any other provision of this Act, no more than 89 Enterprise
3 Zones may be certified by the Department for the 10 calendar
4 years commencing with 1983. The 7 additional Enterprise Zones
5 authorized by Public Act 86-15 shall not lie within
6 municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut
7 or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to
8 this Section prior to June 30, 1989. The 7 additional
9 Enterprise Zones (excluding the additional Enterprise Zone
10 which may be designated outside the regular application
11 cycle) authorized by Public Act 86-1030 shall not lie within
12 municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut
13 or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to
14 this Section prior to February 28, 1990. Beginning in
15 calendar year 2002 and until December 31, 2006, a total of 5
16 additional enterprise zones may be certified by the
17 Department. In any calendar year, the Department may not
18 certify more than 3 Zones located within the same
19 municipality. The Department may certify Enterprise Zones in
20 each of the 10 calendar years commencing with 1983. The
21 Department may not certify more than a total of 18 Enterprise
22 Zones located within the same county (whether within
23 municipalities or within unincorporated territory) for the 10
24 calendar years commencing with 1983. Thereafter, the
25 Department may not certify any additional Enterprise Zones,
26 but may amend and rescind certifications of existing
27 Enterprise Zones in accordance with Section 5.4.
28 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i)
29 the county board of any county in which a current military
30 base is located, in part or in whole, or in which a military
31 base that has been closed within 20 years of the effective
32 date of this amendatory Act of 1998 is located, in part or in
33 whole, adopts a designating ordinance in accordance with
34 Section 5 of this Act to designate the military base in that
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1 county as an enterprise zone and (ii) the property otherwise
2 meets the qualifications for an enterprise zone as prescribed
3 in Section 4 of this Act, then the Department may certify the
4 designating ordinance or ordinances, as the case may be.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-657, eff. 7-30-98; 91-567, eff. 8-14-99;
6 91-937, eff. 1-11-01; revised 1-15-01.)".
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