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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 4 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 655/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 4. Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. (1) An area is | ||||||
| 8 | qualified to become an enterprise zone which: | ||||||
| 9 | (a) is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area may | ||||||
| 10 | exclude wholly
surrounded territory within its boundaries; | ||||||
| 11 | (b) comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not | ||||||
| 12 | more than 12
square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone is | ||||||
| 13 | located within the
jurisdiction of 4 or more counties or | ||||||
| 14 | municipalities, in total area,
exclusive of lakes and | ||||||
| 15 | waterways;
however, in such cases where the enterprise zone is | ||||||
| 16 | a joint effort of
three or more units of government, or two or | ||||||
| 17 | more units of government if
situated in a township which is | ||||||
| 18 | divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or
more inhabitants, and | ||||||
| 19 | where the certification has been in
effect at least one year, | ||||||
| 20 | the total area shall comprise a minimum of
one-half square mile | ||||||
| 21 | and not more than thirteen square miles in total area
exclusive | ||||||
| 22 | of lakes and waterways; | ||||||
| 23 | (c) is a depressed area; | ||||||
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| 1 | (d) satisfies any additional criteria established by | ||||||
| 2 | regulation of the
Department consistent with the purposes of | ||||||
| 3 | this Act; and | ||||||
| 4 | (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) entirely | ||||||
| 5 | within
the unincorporated
areas of a county, except where | ||||||
| 6 | reasonable need is established for such
zone to cover portions | ||||||
| 7 | of more than one municipality or county or (3)
both comprises | ||||||
| 8 | (i) all or part of a municipality and (ii) an unincorporated
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| 9 | area of a county. | ||||||
| 10 | (2) Any criteria established by the Department or by law | ||||||
| 11 | which utilize the rate
of unemployment for a particular area | ||||||
| 12 | shall provide that all persons who
are not presently employed | ||||||
| 13 | and have exhausted all unemployment benefits
shall be | ||||||
| 14 | considered unemployed, whether or not such persons are actively
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| 15 | seeking employment. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) If an enterprise zone is established prior to the | ||||||
| 17 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
| 18 | Assembly and is initially designated as meeting the | ||||||
| 19 | unemployment-related criteria established by the Department or | ||||||
| 20 | by law, then, on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
| 21 | Act of the 96th General Assembly and until December 31, 2012, | ||||||
| 22 | the enterprise zone may expand its boundaries if (a) the | ||||||
| 23 | territory into which the zone is expanding had an average | ||||||
| 24 | unemployment rate in the previous calendar year of more than | ||||||
| 25 | (i) 10% or (ii) 120% of the State's annual average unemployment | ||||||
| 26 | rate for that previous calendar year, whichever is less, and | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) the expanded zone area meets the criteria of item (1)(A) of | ||||||
| 2 | this Section. | ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 86-803.)
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| 4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 5 | becoming law.
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