96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3660


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








20 ILCS 655/4
  from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604








     Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.  Provides that areas designated as enterprise zones in calendar year 2010 must have had an annual unemployment rate of 10% or more for calendar year 2009.  Provides that areas designated as enterprise zones in calendar year 2011 must have had an annual unemployment rate of 10% or more for calendar year 2010.  Effective immediately.
  















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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 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 4 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 655/4)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 604)



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    Sec. 4. Qualifications for Enterprise Zones. (1) An area is 
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qualified to become an enterprise zone which:

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    (a) is a contiguous area, provided that a zone area may 
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exclude wholly
surrounded territory within its boundaries;

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    (b) comprises a minimum of one-half square mile and not 
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more than 12
square miles, or 15 square miles if the zone is 
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located within the
jurisdiction of 4 or more counties or 
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municipalities,  in total area,
exclusive of lakes and 
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waterways;
however, in such cases where the enterprise zone is 
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a joint effort of
three or more units of government, or two or 
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more units of government if
situated in a township which is 
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divided by a municipality of 1,000,000 or
more inhabitants, and 
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where the certification has been in
effect at least one year, 
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the total area shall comprise a minimum of
one-half square mile 
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and not more than thirteen square miles in total area
exclusive 
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of lakes and waterways;

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    (c) is a depressed area;

 


 






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    (c-5)  for enterprise zones designated on or after the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
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Assembly and during calendar year 2010, had an annual 
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unemployment rate of 10% or more for calendar year 2009; 
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    (c-10) for enterprise zones designated in calendar year 
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2011, had an annual unemployment rate of 10% or more for 
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calendar year 2010; 
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    (d) satisfies any additional criteria established by 
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regulation of the
Department consistent with the purposes of 
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this Act; and

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    (e) is (1) entirely within a municipality or (2) entirely 
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within
the unincorporated
areas of a county, except where 
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reasonable need is established for such
zone to cover portions 
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of more than one municipality or county or (3)
both comprises 
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(i) all or part of a municipality and (ii) an unincorporated

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area of a county.

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    (2) Any criteria established by the Department or by law 
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which utilize the rate
of unemployment for a particular area 
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shall provide that all persons who
are not presently employed 
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and have exhausted all unemployment benefits
shall be 
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considered unemployed, whether or not such persons are actively

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seeking employment.

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(Source: P.A. 86-803.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.