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| Public Act 100-0144 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||
Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Section 605-215 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 605/605-215) | ||||
Sec. 605-215. Interagency Military Base Support and | ||||
Economic Development Committee. | ||||
(a) To coordinate the State's activities on and to act as a | ||||
communications center for issues relating to current and former | ||||
military bases in the State, the Interagency Military Base | ||||
Support and Economic Development Committee is created as an | ||||
entity within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor: | ||||
Department. | ||||
(1) To preserve, protect, expand, and attract new | ||||
military missions, assets, and installations to the State | ||||
of Illinois. | ||||
(2) To encourage defense related businesses to expand | ||||
or relocate to the State of Illinois. | ||||
(3) To identify emerging trends and support the | ||||
long-term viability of the military and defense industry in | ||||
Illinois. | ||||
(4) To assist Illinois communities who have been or | ||
could be impacted by Federal Base Realignment and Closure | ||
actions or other military realignments. | ||
(5) To be an information clearinghouse by providing | ||
military installation information and recommendations to | ||
enhance the military value of Illinois defense | ||
installations to the Governor, General Assembly, | ||
congressional delegation, and State and Federal Government | ||
officials. | ||
(b) The Committee shall be composed of the following 7 ex | ||
officio members or their designees: the Lieutenant Governor, | ||
the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | ||
Secretary of Transportation, the Director of Natural | ||
Resources, the Director of the Environmental Protection | ||
Agency, the Director of Revenue, and the Adjutant General of | ||
the Department of Military Affairs. In addition, 4 members of | ||
the General Assembly shall be appointed, one each appointed by | ||
the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the | ||
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority | ||
Leader of the House of Representatives. The chair and | ||
vice-chairs vice-chair of the committee, in consultation with | ||
the full Committee, shall appoint 10 8 public members to serve | ||
as representatives from the counties, or adjoining counties, of | ||
a current or former military base site as necessary to carry | ||
out the work of the Commission. The chair and vice-chairs of | ||
the Committee, in consultation with the other members of the | ||
Committee, shall also appoint up to 4 members having military | ||
veteran or defense industry backgrounds from across the State | ||
of Illinois. Additionally, the Adjutant General of the | ||
Department of Military Affairs shall also appoint one member | ||
who is a military veteran. Public member appointees and | ||
military veteran or defense industry appointees shall serve | ||
4-year terms; however, for the initial terms of those members, | ||
half of them shall be appointed for terms of 2 years as the | ||
Lieutenant Governor shall determine. | ||
(c) The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as chair of the | ||
Committee, and the Director of Commerce and Economic | ||
Opportunity shall serve as a vice-chair and shall oversee the | ||
administration of the Committee and its functions. The person | ||
appointed by the Adjutant General of the Department of Military | ||
Affairs shall also serve as a vice-chair of the Committee. | ||
Expenses necessary to carry out the function of the Committee | ||
shall be shared among the agencies represented on the Committee | ||
pursuant to an interagency agreement and from funds | ||
appropriated for this purpose or from existing funds within the | ||
budgets of those agencies. General Assembly appointees shall | ||
serve for the duration of the General Assembly in which the | ||
appointee is appointed, but the appointee's term shall expire | ||
if the appointee no longer remains a member of that General | ||
Assembly. The Committee shall meet not less than quarterly. If | ||
an excused absence from a committee meeting is requested by an | ||
appointed member, such absence may be granted by the chair of | ||
the Committee. Any appointed member of the Committee who has at | ||
least 2 unexcused absences in a year shall no longer be a | ||
member of the Committee, and his or her replacement shall be | ||
appointed in the same manner as the member being replaced for | ||
the remainder of that member's current term. | ||
(d) Each member of the Committee must request reimbursement | ||
from his or her individual agency for actual and necessary | ||
expenses incurred while performing his or her duties as a | ||
member of the Committee. Public members shall be reimbursed | ||
from funds appropriated to the Department for that purpose. | ||
(e) The Committee shall provide advice and recommendations | ||
to the Department on the following: | ||
(1) The formation of a strategic plan for State and | ||
local military base retention, realignment, and reuse | ||
efforts. | ||
(2) The issues impacting current and former military | ||
bases in the State, including infrastructure requirements, | ||
environmental impact issues, military force structure | ||
possibilities, tax implications, property considerations, | ||
and other issues requiring State agency coordination and | ||
support. | ||
(3) The status of community involvement and | ||
participation in retention, realignment, and reuse efforts | ||
and the community support for economic development before | ||
and after a military base closing. | ||
(4) The State's retention, realignment, and reuse | ||
advocacy efforts on the federal level. | ||
(5) The development of impact studies concerning the | ||
closing of a base on the community, housing, the economy, | ||
schools, and other public and private entities, including | ||
additional economic development ideas to minimize the | ||
impact in the event of the base closing. | ||
(6) The development of future economic expansion plans | ||
for areas that are subject to closure or realignment.
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(f) The Committee, in cooperation with the Department, | ||
shall keep the Governor and General Assembly informed | ||
concerning the progress of military base retention, | ||
realignment, reuse, and economic development efforts in the | ||
State. | ||
(g) The Committee shall serve as the central information | ||
clearinghouse for all military base reuse, retention, and | ||
realignment activities. This shall include: (i) serving as a | ||
liaison between the State and community organizations that | ||
support the long-term viability of military bases; (ii) | ||
communicating with the State's congressional delegation; and | ||
(iii) generally coordinating with the public, governmental | ||
bodies, and officials in communicating about the future of | ||
military bases in the State.
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(Source: P.A. 94-674, eff. 8-23-05.)
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