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Public Act 095-0966
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LRB095 19636 BDD 45980 b |
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AN ACT concerning economic development.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
amended by adding Section 605-302 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 605/605-302 new) |
Sec. 605-302. Critical occupations and skill sets. Subject |
to appropriation, the Department shall conduct a study to |
identify current and projected shortages in critical |
occupations and specific skill sets within Illinois businesses |
and industries and shall devise strategies to alleviate any |
identified shortages. All State agencies shall cooperate with |
the Department in conducting the study. The study may build |
upon previous efforts by the Department, including studies |
conducted under its Critical Skills Shortage Initiative, which |
brought together private-sector employers and economic |
development entities as well as workforce, educational, and |
public-sector representatives to identify growth industries, |
industry skills shortages, and demand occupations, to |
determine root causes for the shortages, and to develop |
solutions to fill the skills gaps and worker shortages. The |
Department shall report the results of its study and its |