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1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Commerce and
2 Community Affairs.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
6 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
7 amended by changing Section 605-500 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 605/605-500) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.13)
9 Sec. 605-500. Business Assistance Office. To create a
10 Business Assistance Office to do the following:
11 (1) Provide information to new and existing businesses
12 for all State government forms and applications and make this
13 information readily available through a business permit
14 center. The Office shall not assume any regulatory function.
15 All State agencies shall cooperate with the business permit
16 center to provide the necessary information, materials, and
17 assistance to enable the center to carry out its function in
18 an effective manner. Each agency shall designate an
19 individual to serve as liaison to the center to provide
20 information and materials and to respond to requests for
21 assistance from businesses.
22 (2) Provide technical and managerial assistance to
23 entrepreneurs and small businesses by (i) contracting with
24 local development organizations, chambers of commerce, and
25 industry or trade associations with technical and managerial
26 expertise located in the State, whenever possible, and (ii)
27 establishing a network of small business development centers
28 throughout the State.
29 (3) Assess the fiscal impact of proposed rules upon
30 small business and work with agencies in developing flexible
31 regulations through a regulatory review program.
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1 (4) Provide detailed and comprehensive assistance to
2 businesses interested in obtaining federal or State
3 government contracts through a network of local procurement
4 centers. The Department shall make a special and continuing
5 effort to assist minority and female owned businesses,
6 including but not limited to the designation of special
7 minority and female business advocates, and shall make
8 additional efforts to assist those located in labor surplus
9 areas. The Department shall, through its network of local
10 procurement centers, make every effort to provide
11 opportunities for small businesses to participate in the
12 procurement process. The Department shall utilize one or
13 more of the following techniques. These techniques are to be
14 in addition to any other procurement requirements imposed by
15 Public Act 83-1341 or by any other Act.
16 (A) Advance notice by the Department or other
17 appropriate State entity of possible procurement
18 opportunities should be made available to interested
19 small businesses.
20 (B) Publication of procurement opportunities in
21 publications likely to be obtained by small businesses.
22 (C) Direct notification, whenever the Department
23 deems it feasible, of interested small businesses.
24 (D) Conduct of public hearings and training
25 sessions, when possible, regarding State and federal
26 government procurement policies.
27 The Department of Central Management Services shall
28 cooperate with the Department in providing information on the
29 method and procedure by which a small business becomes
30 involved in the State or federal government procurement
31 process.
32 (5) (Blank). Study the total number of registrations,
33 licenses, and reports that must be filed in order to do
34 business in this State, seek input from the directors of all
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1 regulatory agencies, and submit a report on how this
2 paperwork might be reduced to the Governor and the General
3 Assembly no later than January 1, 1985.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
5 (20 ILCS 605/605-340 rep.)
6 (20 ILCS 605/605-345 rep.)
7 (20 ILCS 605/605-360 rep.)
8 (20 ILCS 605/605-505 rep.)
9 (20 ILCS 605/605-815 rep.)
10 Section 10. The Department of Commerce and Community
11 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
12 amended by repealing Sections 605-340, 605-345, 605-360,
13 605-505, and 605-815.
14 (20 ILCS 655/12-1 rep.)
15 (20 ILCS 655/12-2 rep.)
16 (20 ILCS 655/12-3 rep.)
17 (20 ILCS 655/12-4 rep.)
18 (20 ILCS 655/12-5 rep.)
19 (20 ILCS 655/12-6 rep.)
20 (20 ILCS 655/12-7 rep.)
21 (20 ILCS 655/12-8 rep.)
22 (20 ILCS 655/12-9 rep.)
23 Section 13. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended
24 by repealing Sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6,
25 12-7, 12-8, and 12-9.
26 Section 15. The Energy Conservation and Coal Development
27 Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
28 (20 ILCS 1105/3) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7403)
29 Sec. 3. Powers and Duties.
30 (a) In addition to its other powers, the Department has
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1 the following powers:
2 (1) To administer for the State any energy programs
3 and activities under federal law, regulations or
4 guidelines, and to coordinate such programs and
5 activities with other State agencies, units of local
6 government, and educational institutions.
7 (2) To represent the State in energy matters
8 involving the federal government, other states, units of
9 local government, and regional agencies.
10 (3) To prepare energy contingency plans for
11 consideration by the Governor and the General Assembly.
12 Such plans shall include procedures for determining when
13 a foreseeable danger exists of energy shortages,
14 including shortages of petroleum, coal, nuclear power,
15 natural gas, and other forms of energy, and shall specify
16 the actions to be taken to minimize hardship and maintain
17 the general welfare during such energy shortages.
18 (4) To cooperate with State colleges and
19 universities and their governing boards in energy
20 programs and activities.
21 (5) (Blank).
22 (6) To accept, receive, expend, and administer,
23 including by contracts and grants to other State
24 agencies, any energy-related gifts, grants, cooperative
25 agreement funds, and other funds made available to the
26 Department by the federal government and other public and
27 private sources.
28 (7) To investigate practical problems, seek and
29 utilize financial assistance, implement studies and
30 conduct research relating to the production, distribution
31 and use of alcohol fuels.
32 (8) To serve as a clearinghouse for information on
33 alcohol production technology; provide assistance,
34 information and data relating to the production and use
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1 of alcohol; develop informational packets and brochures,
2 and hold public seminars to encourage the development and
3 utilization of the best available technology.
4 (9) To coordinate with other State agencies in
5 order to promote the maximum flow of information and to
6 avoid unnecessary overlapping of alcohol fuel programs.
7 In order to effectuate this goal, the Director of the
8 Department or his representative shall consult with the
9 Directors, or their representatives, of the Departments
10 of Agriculture, Central Management Services,
11 Transportation, and Revenue, the Office of the State Fire
12 Marshal, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
13 (10) To operate, within the Department, an Office
14 of Coal Development and Marketing for the promotion and
15 marketing of Illinois coal both domestically and
16 internationally. The Department may use monies
17 appropriated for this purpose for necessary
18 administrative expenses.
19 The Office of Coal Development and Marketing shall
20 develop and implement an initiative to assist the coal
21 industry in Illinois to increase its share of the
22 international coal market.
23 (11) To assist the Department of Central Management
24 Services in establishing and maintaining a system to
25 analyze and report energy consumption of facilities
26 leased by the Department of Central Management Services.
27 (12) To consult with the Departments of Natural
28 Resources and Transportation and the Illinois
29 Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of
30 developing methods and standards that encourage the
31 utilization of coal combustion by-products as value added
32 products in productive and benign applications.
33 (13) (Blank). To provide technical assistance and
34 information to sellers and distributors of storage hot
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1 water heaters doing business in Illinois, pursuant to
2 Section 1 of the Hot Water Heater Efficiency Act.
3 (b) (Blank).
4 (c) (Blank).
5 (d) The Department shall develop a package of
6 educational materials regarding the necessity of waste
7 reduction and recycling to reduce dependence on landfills and
8 to maintain environmental quality. The materials developed
9 shall be suitable for instructional use in grades 3, 4 and 5.
10 The Department shall distribute such instructional material
11 to all public elementary and unit school districts no later
12 than November 1, of each year.
13 (e) (Blank). The Department shall study the feasibility
14 of requiring that wood and sawdust from construction waste,
15 demolition projects, sawmills, or other projects or
16 industries where wood is used in a large amount be shredded
17 and composted, and that such wood be prohibited from being
18 disposed of in a landfill. The Department shall report the
19 results of this study to the General Assembly by January 1,
20 1991.
21 (f) (Blank).
22 (g) (Blank). The Department shall develop a program
23 designated to encourage the recycling of outdated telephone
24 directories and to encourage the printing of new directories
25 on recycled paper. The Department shall work in conjunction
26 with printers and distributors of telephone directories
27 distributed in the State to provide them with any technical
28 assistance available in their efforts to procure appropriate
29 recycled paper. The Department shall also encourage
30 directory distributors to pick up outdated directories as
31 they distribute new ones, and shall assist any distributor
32 who is willing to do so in finding a recycler willing to
33 purchase the old directories and in publicizing and promoting
34 with citizens of the area the distributor's collection
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1 efforts and schedules.
2 (h) The Department shall assist, cooperate with and
3 provide necessary staff and resources for the Interagency
4 Energy Conservation Committee, which shall be chaired by the
5 Director of the Department.
6 (i) The Department shall operate or manage within or
7 outside of the Department a corn to ethanol research facility
8 for the purpose of reducing the costs of producing ethanol
9 through the development and commercialization of new
10 production technologies, equipment, processes, feedstocks,
11 and new value added co-products and by-products. This work
12 shall be conducted under the review and guidance of the
13 Illinois Ethanol Research Advisory Board chaired by the
14 Director of the Department. The ethanol production research
15 shall be conducted at the Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot
16 Plant in cooperation with universities, industry, other State
17 agencies, and the federal government.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-93, eff. 7-6-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96;
19 90-304, eff. 8-1-97.)
20 Section 20. The Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of 1977
21 is amended by changing Section 1.2 as follows:
22 (30 ILCS 725/1.2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7303)
23 Sec. 1.2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
24 (a) "Solar Energy" means radiant energy received from
25 the sun at wave lengths suitable for heat transfer,
26 photosynthetic use, or photovoltaic use.
27 (b) "Solar collector" means
28 (1) An assembly, structure, or design, including
29 passive elements, used for gathering, concentrating, or
30 absorbing direct or indirect solar energy, specially
31 designed for holding a substantial amount of useful
32 thermal energy and to transfer that energy to a gas,
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1 solid, or liquid or to use that energy directly; or
2 (2) A mechanism that absorbs solar energy and
3 converts it into electricity; or
4 (3) A mechanism or process used for gathering solar
5 energy through wind or thermal gradients; or
6 (4) A component used to transfer thermal energy to
7 a gas, solid, or liquid, or to convert it into
8 electricity.
9 (c) "Solar storage mechanism" means equipment or
10 elements (such as piping and transfer mechanisms,
11 containers, heat exchangers, or controls thereof, and gases,
12 solids, liquids, or combinations thereof) that are utilized
13 for storing solar energy, gathered by a solar collector, for
14 subsequent use.
15 (d) "Solar energy system" means
16 (1) (a) A complete assembly, structure, or design
17 of a solar collector, or a solar storage mechanism, which
18 uses solar energy for generating electricity or for
19 heating or cooling gases, solids, liquids, or other
20 materials;
21 (b) The design, materials, or elements of a system
22 and its maintenance, operation, and labor components, and
23 the necessary components, if any, of supplemental
24 conventional energy systems designed or constructed to
25 interface with a solar energy system; and
26 (c) Any legal, financial, or institutional orders,
27 certificates, or mechanisms, including easements, leases,
28 and agreements, required to ensure continued access to
29 solar energy, its source, or its use in a solar energy
30 system, and including monitoring and educational elements
31 of a demonstration project.
32 (2) "Solar energy system" does not include
33 (a) Distribution equipment that is equally
34 usable in a conventional energy system except for
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1 such components of such equipment as are necessary
2 for meeting the requirements of efficient solar
3 energy utilization; and
4 (b) Components of a solar energy system that
5 serve structural, insulating, protective, shading,
6 aesthetic, or other non-solar energy utilization
7 purposes, as defined in the regulations of the
8 Department; and
9 (c) Any facilities of a public utility used to
10 transmit or distribute gas or electricity.
11 (e) "Solar Skyspace" means
12 (1) The maximum three dimensional space extending
13 from a solar energy collector to all positions of the sun
14 necessary for efficient use of the collector.
15 (2) Where a solar energy system is used for heating
16 purposes only, "solar skyspace" means the maximum three
17 dimensional space extending from a solar energy collector
18 to all positions of the sun between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
19 Local Apparent Time from September 22 through March 22 of
20 each year.
21 (3) Where a solar energy system is used for cooling
22 purposes only, "solar skyspace" means the maximum three
23 dimensional space extending from a solar energy collector
24 to all positions of the sun between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
25 Local Apparent Time from March 23 through September 21.
26 (f) (Blank). "Solar skyspace easement" means
27 (1) a right, whether or not stated in the form of a
28 restriction, easement, covenant, or condition, in any
29 deed, will, or other instrument executed by or on behalf
30 of any owner of land or solar skyspace or in any order of
31 taking, appropriate to protect the solar skyspace of a
32 solar collector at a particularly described location to
33 forbid or limit any or all of the following where
34 detrimental to access to solar energy.
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1 (a) structures on or above ground;
2 (b) vegetation on or above the ground; or
3 (c) other activity;
4 (2) and which shall specifically describe a solar
5 skyspace in three dimensional terms in which the
6 activity, structures, or vegetation are forbidden or
7 limited or in which such an easement shall set
8 performance criteria for adequate collection of solar
9 energy at a particular location.
10 (g) (Blank). "Conventional Energy System" shall mean an
11 energy system utilizing fossil fuel, nuclear or hydroelectric
12 energy and the components of such system, including
13 transmission lines, burners, furnaces, tanks, boilers,
14 related controls, distribution systems, room or area units
15 and other components.
16 (h) (Blank). "Supplemental Conventional Energy System"
17 shall mean a conventional energy system utilized for
18 providing energy in conjunction with a solar energy system
19 that provides not less than ten percent of the energy for the
20 particular end use. "Supplemental Conventional Energy System"
21 does not include any facilities of a public utility used to
22 produce, transmit, distribute or store gas or electricity.
23 (i) (Blank). "Joint Solar Energy System" shall mean a
24 solar energy system that supplies energy for structures or
25 processes on more than one lot or in more than one
26 condominium unit or leasehold, but not to the general public
27 and involving at least two owners or users.
28 (j) (Blank). "Unit of Local Government" shall mean
29 county, municipality, township, special districts, including
30 school districts, and units designated as units of local
31 government by law, which exercise limited governmental
32 powers.
33 (k) "Department" means the Illinois Department of
34 Commerce and Community Affairs or its successor agency.
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1 (l) (Blank). "Public Energy Supplier" shall mean
2 (1) A public utility as defined in an Act
3 concerning Public Utilities, approved June 29, 1921, as
4 amended; or
5 (2) A public utility that is owned or operated by
6 any political subdivision or municipal corporation of
7 this State, or owned by such political subdivision or
8 municipal corporation and operated by any of its lessees
9 or operating agents; or
10 (3) An electric cooperative as defined in Section
11 10.19 of An Act concerning Public Utilities, approved
12 June 29, 1921, as amended.
13 (m) (Blank). "Energy Use Sites" shall mean sites where
14 energy is or may be used or consumed for generating
15 electricity or for heating or cooling gases, solids, liquids,
16 or other materials and where solar energy may be used cost
17 effectively, as defined in the regulations of the Department,
18 consistent with the purposes of this Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
20 (30 ILCS 725/2.1 rep.)
21 (30 ILCS 725/2.2 rep.)
22 (30 ILCS 725/2.3 rep.)
23 (30 ILCS 725/3.1 rep.)
24 (30 ILCS 725/4.1 rep.)
25 (30 ILCS 725/5.1 rep.)
26 (30 ILCS 725/7.1 rep.)
27 (30 ILCS 725/7.2 rep.)
28 (30 ILCS 725/7.3 rep.)
29 (30 ILCS 725/7.4 rep.)
30 (30 ILCS 725/8.1 rep.)
31 (30 ILCS 725/8.2 rep.)
32 Section 25. The Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of 1977 is
33 amended by repealing Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1
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1 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, and 8.2.
2 (110 ILCS 205/9.25 rep.)
3 Section 30. The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
4 by repealing Section 9.25.
5 (315 ILCS 5/4 rep.)
6 Section 35. The Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947
7 is amended by repealing Section 4.
8 (315 ILCS 15/Act rep.)
9 Section 40. The Illinois Community Development Finance
10 Corporation Act is repealed.
11 (415 ILCS 5/21 rep.)
12 Section 45. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
13 by repealing Section 21.
14 (415 ILCS 20/7.1 rep.)
15 Section 50. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
16 amended by repealing Section 7.1.
17 (815 ILCS 355/Act rep.)
18 Section 55. The Hot Water Heater Efficiency Act is
19 repealed.
20 (815 ILCS 440/5 rep.)
21 (815 ILCS 440/6 rep.)
22 (815 ILCS 440/8 rep.)
23 Section 60. The Waste Oil Recovery Act is amended by
24 repealing Sections 5, 6, and 8.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 20 ILCS 605/605-500 was 20 ILCS 605/46.13
4 20 ILCS 605/605-340 rep.
5 20 ILCS 605/605-345 rep.
6 20 ILCS 605/605-360 rep.
7 20 ILCS 605/605-505 rep.
8 20 ILCS 605/605-815 rep.
9 20 ILCS 655/12-1 rep.
10 20 ILCS 655/12-2 rep.
11 20 ILCS 655/12-3 rep.
12 20 ILCS 655/12-4 rep.
13 20 ILCS 655/12-5 rep.
14 20 ILCS 655/12-6 rep.
15 20 ILCS 655/12-7 rep.
16 20 ILCS 655/12-8 rep.
17 20 ILCS 655/12-9 rep.
18 20 ILCS 1105/3 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7403
19 30 ILCS 725/1.2 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7303
20 30 ILCS 725/2.1 rep.
21 30 ILCS 725/2.2 rep.
22 30 ILCS 725/2.3 rep.
23 30 ILCS 725/3.1 rep.
24 30 ILCS 725/4.1 rep.
25 30 ILCS 725/5.1 rep.
26 30 ILCS 725/7.1 rep.
27 30 ILCS 725/7.2 rep.
28 30 ILCS 725/7.3 rep.
29 30 ILCS 725/7.4 rep.
30 30 ILCS 725/8.1 rep.
31 30 ILCS 725/8.2 rep.
32 110 ILCS 205/9.25 rep.
33 315 ILCS 5/4 rep.
34 315 ILCS 15/Act rep.
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1 415 ILCS 5/21 rep.
2 415 ILCS 20/7.1 rep.
3 815 ILCS 355/Act rep.
4 815 ILCS 440/5 rep.
5 815 ILCS 440/6 rep.
6 815 ILCS 440/8 rep.