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1 AN ACT concerning strategic planning.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 3. The Department of Commerce and Community
5 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by changing Section 605-75 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 605/605-75)
8 Sec. 605-75. Keep Illinois Beautiful.
9 (a) There is created the Keep Illinois Beautiful Program
10 Advisory Board consisting of 7 members appointed by the
11 Director of Commerce and Community Affairs. Of those 7, 4
12 shall be appointed from a list of at least 10 names submitted
13 by the boards of directors from the various certified
14 community programs. Each certified community program may
15 submit only one recommendation to be considered by the
16 Director. The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs or
17 his or her designee shall be a member and serve as Chairman.
18 The Board shall meet at least annually at the discretion of
19 the Chairman and at such other times as the Chairman or any 4
20 members consider necessary. Four members shall constitute a
21 quorum.
22 (b) The purpose of the Board shall be to assist local
23 governments and community organizations in:
24 (1) Educating the public about the need for
25 recycling and reducing solid waste.
26 (2) Promoting the establishment of recycling and
27 programs that reduce litter and other solid waste through
28 re-use and diversion.
29 (3) Developing local markets for recycled products.
30 (4) Cooperating with other State agencies and with
31 local governments having environmental responsibilities.
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1 (5) Seeking funding from governmental and
2 non-governmental sources.
3 (6) Beautification projects.
4 (c) The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
5 shall assist local governments and community organizations
6 that plan to implement programs set forth in subsection (b).
7 The Department shall establish guidelines for the
8 certification of local governments and community
9 organizations.
10 The Department may encourage local governments and
11 community organizations to apply for certification of
12 programs by the Board. However, the Department shall give
13 equal consideration to newly certified programs and older
14 certified programs.
15 (d) The Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund is created as a
16 special fund in the State treasury. Moneys from any public
17 or private source may be deposited into the Keep Illinois
18 Beautiful Fund. Moneys in the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund
19 shall be appropriated only for the purposes of this Section.
20 Pursuant to action by the Board, the Department of Commerce
21 and Community Affairs may authorize grants from moneys
22 appropriated from the Keep Illinois Beautiful Fund for
23 certified community based programs for up to 50% of the cash
24 needs of the program; provided, that at least 50% of the
25 needs of the program shall be contributed to the program in
26 cash, and not in kind, by local sources.
27 Moneys appropriated for certified community based
28 programs in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 population
29 shall be itemized separately and may not be disbursed to any
30 other community.
31 (e) On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
32 91st General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor shall transfer
33 to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the
34 Department shall receive, all assets and property possessed
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1 by the Lieutenant Governor under this Section and all
2 liabilities and obligations for which the Lieutenant Governor
3 was responsible under this Section. Nothing in this
4 subsection affects the validity of certifications and grants
5 issued under this Section before the effective date of this
6 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00;
8 91-853, eff. 7-1-00.)
9 Section 5. The State and Regional Development Strategy
10 Act is amended by changing Section 20-10 as follows:
11 (20 ILCS 695/20-10)
12 Sec. 20-10. Strategic Planning. The Department of
13 Commerce and Community Affairs may has the following powers:
14 By no later than February 1, 2000, the Department shall
15 prepare an economic development strategy for Illinois for the
16 period beginning on July 1, 2000 and ending on June 30, 2005,
17 and for the 4 years next ensuing. By no later than February
18 1, 2001 2000 and biennially annually thereafter, the
19 Department may shall make modifications in the economic
20 development strategy for the 4 years beginning on the next
21 ensuing July 1 as the modifications are warranted by changes
22 in economic conditions or by other factors, including changes
23 in policy, and shall prepare an economic development strategy
24 for the fifth year beginning after the next ensuing July 1.
25 In preparing the strategy and in making modifications to the
26 strategy, the Department may shall take cognizance of the
27 special economic attributes of the various component areas of
28 the State.
29 (1) The "component areas" shall be determined by
30 the Department after a county by county economic analysis
31 and may shall group counties that are close in
32 geographical proximity and share common economic traits
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1 such as commuting zones, labor market areas, or other
2 economically integrated regions.
3 (2) The strategy may shall recommend actions
4 specific legislative, administrative, and programmatic
5 action at both the State and area level for promoting
6 sustained economic growth at or above national rates of
7 economic growth while keeping the rate of unemployment
8 below national levels of unemployment.
9 (3) The strategy may shall include an assessment of
10 historical patterns of economic activity for the State as
11 a whole and by area, and projections of future economic
12 trends using for the State as a whole and by area.
13 national economic trends and projections for comparative
14 purposes shall be considered in the formulation of the
15 State and area projections. All assumptions made in the
16 formulation of the economic State and area projections
17 shall be clearly and explicitly set forth in the
18 strategy.
19 (4) The strategy may shall identify, for each area,
20 those community economic improvement characteristics that
21 most likely will positively influence whether the area
22 will exceed or fall below the rate of overall State
23 economic growth.
24 (5) The strategy may shall recommend actions
25 programmatic action to be taken to foster and promote
26 economic growth in specific areas, taking into account
27 indigenous the resources and prevalent economic factors
28 indigenous to the areas.
29 (A) The strategy may shall identify for the
30 State and each region the critical business
31 development approaches being considered or to be
32 considered. The approaches may include, but are not
33 limited to: investment recruitment, such as industry
34 attraction, expansion and retention; trade
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1 development efforts including international trade,
2 support for small businesses' efforts to export
3 products and services, tourism attraction and
4 development including cultural tourism; technology
5 development efforts including technology
6 commercialization and manufacturing modernization;
7 and business development efforts, including
8 entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education,
9 small business management assistance, and business
10 financing.
11 (B) The strategy may shall identify for the
12 State and each region the critical workforce
13 training and development approaches being considered
14 or to be considered. The approaches may include, but
15 are not limited to: customized job training,
16 retraining and skill upgrading, economic adjustment,
17 job creation and addressing labor shortages in areas
18 of high demand; the market for and quality of the
19 local labor force; the quality of the education and
20 workforce infrastructure; and related issues.
21 (C) The strategy may shall identify for the
22 State and each region the critical community
23 development approaches being considered or to be
24 considered. The approaches may include, but are not
25 limited to: community growth management such as
26 regional planning and smart growth; area
27 revitalization including brownfields redevelopment
28 and facility reuse; and family self-sufficiency such
29 as through housing conservation and economic
30 opportunity.
31 (D) The strategy may shall identify for the
32 State and each region the critical public facilities
33 development approaches being considered or to be
34 considered. The approaches may include, but are not
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1 limited to: local public services; the local,
2 regional, and State tax and regulatory climate; the
3 physical infrastructure, including communications
4 and transportation systems; the capacity of area
5 utilities; and the quality of public institutions
6 such as schools.
7 (E) The strategy may shall identify for the
8 State and each region the other critical marketplace
9 systems, including: the financial marketplace; the
10 competitive advantages of the area in terms of
11 natural resources, capital resources or technology
12 resources; and other factors affecting area
13 development.
14 (6) In preparing the strategy or modifications to
15 the strategy, the Department may shall work with State
16 agencies, boards, and commissions whose programs and
17 activities significantly affect economic activity in the
18 State including the Illinois Development Finance
19 Authority, the Department of Revenue, the Department of
20 Transportation, the Department of Employment Security,
21 the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural
22 Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other
23 agencies, boards, or commissions as appropriate. The
24 Directors of the agencies, boards, and commissions shall
25 provide the assistance to the Department as the Governor
26 deems appropriate.
27 (7) In preparing the strategy or the modifications
28 to the strategy strategies for the component areas, the
29 Department may shall consult with local and regional
30 economic development organizations, local elected
31 officials, community-based organizations, service
32 delivery providers, and other organizations whose
33 programs and activities significantly affect economic
34 activity in the area.
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1 (8) In preparing the economic development strategy
2 or the modifications to the strategy, the Department may
3 shall take into consideration any decisions or
4 recommendations related to programs, services, and
5 government regulations contained in the strategy that
6 have been rendered as a result of a Statewide Performance
7 Review.
8 (9) The strategy shall be presented to the
9 Governor, the President and Minority Leader of the
10 Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
11 Representatives, the members of the Illinois Economic
12 Development Board, and the Chair of the Economic and
13 Fiscal Commission on February 1, 2001 2000 and
14 biennially annually thereafter, as warranted by changes
15 in economic conditions or by other factors, including
16 changes in policy.
17 (10) The strategy shall be published and made
18 available to the public in both paper and electronic
19 media.
20 (Source: P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.
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