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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0308 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Investment and Development Authority Act. Makes a
technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0308 | | LRB097 04880 PJG 44920 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State 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 Investment and Development |
| 5 | | Authority Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3820/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Purpose. The
The purpose of this Act is to create a |
| 8 | | State
entity to support the creation and growth of community |
| 9 | | development
financial institutions, which provide access to |
| 10 | | capital for business
development, capital investments, and |
| 11 | | other financing to expand private
sector activities in |
| 12 | | economically disadvantaged communities and for low
income |
| 13 | | people, by providing grants, loans, and technical assistance to
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| 14 | | CDFIs. Assistance by this entity would (i) expand financial |
| 15 | | services and
capital access in economically disadvantaged |
| 16 | | communities, (ii) provide
support for the creation of new small |
| 17 | | businesses and new jobs in
economically disadvantaged |
| 18 | | communities, (iii) create opportunities for
banks to get a |
| 19 | | federal incentive for investments in a CDFI, (iv) increase
this |
| 20 | | State's share of the money distributed annually by the federal
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| 21 | | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and (v) |
| 22 | | create a
new partnership between the State, banks and thrifts, |
| 23 | | and CDFIs. |