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Public Act 096-1279
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| HB6153 Enrolled | LRB096 18480 JDS 33859 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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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 adding Section 605-1005 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 605/605-1005 new) |
Sec. 605-1005. Technology transfer incentives. The |
Department may, subject to appropriation, create financial |
incentive and grant programs to encourage private companies to |
share their new energy technologies with public institutions of |
higher education, public utilities, electric cooperatives, |
State agencies, and federal agencies. For the purposes of this |
Section, "public institutions of higher education" has the same |
meaning as under Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education |
Act; "public utility" has the same meaning as under Section |
3-105 of the Public Utilities Act; "electric cooperative" has |
the same meaning as under Section 3-119 of the Public Utilities |
Act; "State agency" has the same meaning as under Section 1-10 |
of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; and "federal |
agency" has the same meaning ascribed to the term "agency" |
under Section 551 of the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
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