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92_HB0479ham001 LRB9205049EGfgam01 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 479 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 479 on page 1, in 3 line 26, after "community.", by inserting "For the purposes 4 of this item (6), a community is deemed to have a high level 5 of poverty if the percentage of its residents who have 6 incomes below the federal poverty level is equal to or 7 greater than the percentage of residents of the City of East 8 St. Louis who have incomes below the federal poverty level. 9 For the purposes of this item (6), a community is deemed to 10 have chronic unemployment if its average unemployment rate 11 for the 3 previous calendar years is equal to or greater than 12 the average unemployment rate for the 3 previous calendar 13 years in the City of East St. Louis.".