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91_SB0283enr SB283 Enrolled LRB9101118DHmgA 1 AN ACT concerning the powers and functions of the 2 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 6 amended by changing Section 46.37 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 605/46.37) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.37) 8 Sec. 46.37. The Department shall provide for a central 9 clearing house for information concerning local government 10 problems and various solutions to those problems and shall 11 assist and aid local governments of the State in matters 12 relating to budgets, fiscal procedures and administration. In 13 performing this responsibility the Department shall have the 14 power and duty to: 15 (a) Maintain communication with all local governments 16 and assist them, at their request, to improve their 17 administrative procedures and to facilitate improved local 18 government and development; 19 (b) Assemble and disseminate information concerning 20 State and Federal programs, grants, gifts, and subsidies 21 available to local governments and to provide counsel and 22 technical services and other assistance in applying for such 23 programs, grants, gifts and subsidies; 24 (c) Assist in coordinating activities by obtaining 25 information, on forms provided by the Department or by 26 receipt of proposals and applications, concerning State and 27 Federal assisted programs, grants, gifts, and subsidies 28 applied for and received by all local governments; 29 (d) Provide direct consultative services to local 30 governments upon request and provide staff services to 31 special commissions, the Governor, the General Assembly or SB283 Enrolled -2- LRB9101118DHmgA 1 its committees; 2 (e) Render advice and assistance with respect to the 3 establishment and maintenance of programs for the training of 4 local government officials and other personnel, including5programs of intergovernmental exchange of personnel; 6 (f) To act as the official State agency for the receipt 7 and distribution of federal funds which are or may be 8 provided to the State on a flat grant basis for distribution 9 to local governments or in the event federal law requires a 10 State agency to implement programs affecting local 11 governments and for State funds which are or may be provided 12 for the use of local governments unless otherwise provided by 13 law; 14 (g) To administer such laws relating to local government 15 affairs as the General Assembly may direct; 16 (h) Provide all advice and assistance to improve local 17 government administration, to insure the economical and 18 efficient provision of local government services, and to make 19 this Act effective; 20 (i) Give advice and counsel on fiscal problems of local 21 governments of the State to such local governments; 22 (j) Prepare uniform budgetary forms for use by the local 23 governments of the State; 24 (k) Assist and advise the local governments of the State 25 in matters pertaining to budgets, appropriation requests and 26 ordinances, the determination of property tax levies and 27 rates, and other matters of a financial nature; 28 (l) Be a repository for financial reports and statements 29 required by law of local governments of the State and publish 30 financial summaries thereof; 31 (m) (Blank)At the request of local governments, provide32assistance in preparing bond issues, review bonding33proposals, and assist in marketing bonds, and provide by34January 1, 1985, model forms for the disclosure of allSB283 Enrolled -3- LRB9101118DHmgA 1information of significance to potential purchasers of long2or short term debt of local governments and all information3required to be disclosed in connection with the sale of long4or short term debt by local governments; 5 (n) Prepare proposals and advise on the investment of 6 idle local government funds; 7 (o) Administer the program of grants, loans and loan 8 guarantees under the federal Public Works and Economic 9 Development Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq., 10 and to receive and disburse State and federal funds provided 11 for that program and moneys received as repayments of loans 12 made under the program; 13 (p) After January 1, 1985, upon the request of local 14 governments, to prepare and provide model financial statement 15 forms designed to communicate to taxpayers, service 16 consumers, voters, government employees and news media, in a 17 non-technical manner, all significant financial information 18 regarding a particular local government, and to prepare and 19 provide to local governments a summary of local governments' 20 obligations concerning the adoption of an annual operating 21 budget which summary shall be set forth in a non-technical 22 manner and shall be designed principally for distribution to, 23 and the use of, taxpayers, service consumers, voters, 24 government employees and news media. 25 (Source: P.A. 83-1362.) 26 Section 10. The Center for Business Ownership Succession 27 and Employee Ownership Act is amended by changing Section 2 28 as follows: 29 (20 ILCS 609/2) 30 Sec. 2. Center for Business Ownership Succession and 31 Employee Ownership. 32 (a) There is created within the Department of Commerce SB283 Enrolled -4- LRB9101118DHmgA 1 and Community Affairs the Center for Business Ownership 2 Succession and Employee Ownership. 3 The purpose of the Center is to foster greater awareness 4 of the most effective techniques that facilitate business 5 ownership succession and employee ownership with an emphasis 6 on the retention and creation of job opportunities. 7 (b) The Center shall have the authority to do the 8 following: 9 (1) Develop and disseminate materials to promote 10 effective business ownership succession and employee 11 ownership strategies. 12 (2) Provide counseling to individual companies and 13 referral services to provide professional advisors expert 14 in the field of business ownership succession and 15 employee ownership. 16 (3) Plan, organize, sponsor, or conduct conferences 17 and workshops on business ownership succession and 18 employee ownership issues. 19 (4) Network and contract with local economic 20 development agencies, business organizations, and 21 professional advisors to accomplish the goals of the 22 Center. 23 (5) Raise money from private sources to support the 24 work of the Center. 25 (c) (Blank)The work of the Center shall be supported26and guided by an Advisory Task Force on Business Ownership27Succession and Employee Ownership. The Task Force shall28consist of individuals from the private and public sectors,29at least two-thirds of whom shall be from the private sector.30The members and the Task Force chairperson shall be chosen by31the Governor. 32 (Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 8-18-95.) 33 Section 15. The Illinois Coal and Energy Development SB283 Enrolled -5- LRB9101118DHmgA 1 Bond Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows: 2 (20 ILCS 1110/6) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4106) 3 Sec. 6. The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 4 is authorized to use $120,000,000 for the purposes specified 5 in this Act. These funds shall be expended onlyon projects6for which previous approval of the Illinois Energy Resources7Commission has been granted orfor a grant to the owner of a 8 generating station located in Illinois and having at least 9 three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer 10 capacity greater than 500 megawatts each at such generating 11 station as specifically authorized by this paragraph. 12 Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Act, in 13 considering the approval of projects to be funded under this 14 Act, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairsand the15Illinois Energy Resources Commissionshall give special 16 consideration to projects which are designed to remove sulfur 17 and other pollutants in the preparation and utilization of 18 coal, and in the use and operation of electric utility 19 generating plants and industrial facilities which utilize 20 Illinois coal as their primary source of fuel. The 21 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs is directed to 22 enter into a contract with the owner of a generating station 23 located in Illinois and having at least three coal-fired 24 generating units with accredited summer capability greater 25 than 500 megawatts each at such generating station for a 26 grant of $35,000,000 to be made by the State of Illinois to 27 such owner to be used to pay costs of designing, acquiring, 28 constructing, installing and testing facilities to reduce 29 sulfur dioxide emissions at one such generating unit to allow 30 that unit to meet the requirements of the Federal Clean Air 31 Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-549) while continuing to use 32 coal mined in Illinois as its source of fuel. 33 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.) SB283 Enrolled -6- LRB9101118DHmgA 1 Section 20. The Recycled Newsprint Use Act is amended by 2 changing Section 2004 as follows: 3 (415 ILCS 110/2004) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9754) 4 Sec. 2004. Consumer usage certification. Each consumer 5 of newsprint within the State shall, on or before March 1 of 6 each year, certify to the Department the amount in tons of 7 every type of newsprint used by the consumer of newsprint the 8 previous year and the percentage of recycled fibers present 9 in each type of newsprint, so that the Department can 10 calculate the recycled fiber usage for that consumer of 11 newsprint. All Illinois consumers of newsprint shall submit 12 the first consumer usage certificate by March 1, 1992, for 13 the calendar year 1991.The Department shall submit to the14General Assembly a report compiling the data contained in the15consumer usage certificates no later than May 1 of each year.16Only consumers of newsprint who provide timely usage 17 certificates shall receive credit for recycled fiber usage. 18 (Source: P.A. 86-1443.) 19 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect 20 January 1, 2000. SB283 Enrolled -7- LRB9101118DHmgA 1 INDEX 2 Statutes amended in order of appearance 3 20 ILCS 605/46.37 from Ch. 127, par. 46.37 4 20 ILCS 609/2 5 20 ILCS 1110/6 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4106 6 415 ILCS 110/2004 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9754