30 ILCS 710/ Rural Economic Development Act.

(30 ILCS 710/Art. I heading) ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(30 ILCS 710/1-1) (from Ch. 5, par. 2201-1)

Sec. 1-1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural Economic Development Act".

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/Art. II heading) ARTICLE II. RURAL ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT

(30 ILCS 710/2-1) (from Ch. 5, par. 2202-1)

Sec. 2-1. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural Energy Conservation Act".

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/2-2) (from Ch. 5, par. 2202-2)

Sec. 2-2. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer programs providing financial assistance in the form of interest subsidies or other forms as allowed by federal law or regulation, court order, or federal administrative order, to individuals and small businesses in rural areas served by rural electric cooperatives for weatherization and energy conservation purposes.

For purposes of this Act, weatherization shall include, but not be limited to, insulation, caulking, or weather stripping, adding storm doors or storm windows, repairing or replacing broken windows or doors, cleaning and minor repairs of heating systems, and installation of set-back thermostats.

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer the interest subsidy program directed to assist individual consumers. The financial assistance for individuals shall not exceed $2,000 and may be extended to individuals whose household gross income does not exceed 150 percent of the area median income as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Each Department administering a program under this Section shall develop the application procedures and terms of the assistance. Each Department shall make use of existing administrative procedures where such procedures are applicable.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(30 ILCS 710/2-3) (from Ch. 5, par. 2202-3)

Sec. 2-3. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer a program demonstrating various alternative energy or energy conservation technologies appropriate for the rural areas of the State. Alternative energy shall include, but not be limited to, solar heating and cooling systems, photovoltaic systems, bioconversion, geothermal recycling and reuse of waste heat or energy, utilization of methane gas derived from industrial and agricultural by-products and other technologies identified by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(30 ILCS 710/2-4) (from Ch. 5, par. 2202-4)

Sec. 2-4. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide educational materials, information and technical assistance to support energy conservation education programs designed to assist Illinois' rural population in dealing with economic problems due to high energy costs.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(30 ILCS 710/Art. III heading) ARTICLE III. REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ACT

(30 ILCS 710/3-1) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-1)

Sec. 3-1. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Correctional Facilities Act".

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-2) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-2)

Sec. 3-2. For the purposes of this Article only, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used herein shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Board" means any Regional Correctional Facilities Advisory Board established pursuant to this Act.

(b) "Department" means the Department of Corrections.

(c) "Regional Correctional Facilities" means detention facilities used by two or more counties.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-3) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-3)

Sec. 3-3. For the purpose of more effectively protecting society and to promote efficiency and economy in the delivery of correctional services, the Director of the Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to make grants to assist counties in the construction of county based regional facilities for the detention or confinement of persons convicted of crime or adjudicated delinquent.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-4) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-4)

Sec. 3-4. Two or more contiguous counties, having an aggregate population of 30,000 or more persons or comprising all the counties within a region designated pursuant to "An Act to provide for regional planning and for the creation, organization and powers of regional planning commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as amended, situated within the same region designated pursuant to that Act, may qualify for a grant as provided in Section 3-3 by the enactment of appropriate resolutions creating and establishing a regional correctional facilities advisory board, designating the officer or agency to be responsible for administering grant funds, and providing a comprehensive plan for the construction and operation of a corrections facility described in Section 3-3, and providing for centralized administration and control of such correction facility described in Section 3-3.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-5) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-5)

Sec. 3-5. Any group of counties which receives a grant under the provisions of this Act may (a) acquire by any lawful means, including purchase, lease or transfer of custodial control, the lands, buildings and equipment necessary and incident to the construction of the facility receiving a grant under this Act, (b) determine and establish the administrative structure best suited to the efficient operation of the correctional facility described in Section 3-3, and (c) employ an executive director and any other officers and employees as deemed necessary for the operation of the correctional facility awarded a grant under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-6) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-6)

Sec. 3-6. Any group of counties receiving a grant under the provisions of this Act may, through their governing bodies, use unexpended funds, accept gifts, grants and subsidies from any lawful source, and apply for and accept federal funds.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-7) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-7)

Sec. 3-7. No county or group of counties electing to construct a correctional facility pursuant to this Act shall be eligible for the grant herein provided unless and until its comprehensive plan shall have been approved by the Department. The Department shall, pursuant to The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate rules establishing standards of eligibility for counties to receive grants under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-8) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-8)

Sec. 3-8. (a) The regional correctional facilities advisory board established pursuant to this Act shall consist of a single member from each of the participating counties.

(b) Each member of the board shall be appointed by his respective county board and shall serve for a term of two years from the date of his appointment, and shall remain in office until his successor is duly appointed. The board may elect its own officers.

(c) The board shall make formal recommendations to the county boards at least annually concerning the operation of the regional correctional facilities under its jurisdiction.

(d) All proceedings of the board and any committee or other subgroup of the board shall be open to the public.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)

(30 ILCS 710/3-9) (from Ch. 5, par. 2203-9)

Sec. 3-9. The Department shall make grants to assist counties in the construction of regional corrections facilities pursuant to Section 3-15-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

(Source: P.A. 84-1452.)