Bill Text: IL HB0478 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Investment and Development Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0478 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0478-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Investment and Development | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Authority Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 3820/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Purpose. The
The purpose of this Act is to create a | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | State
entity to support the creation and growth of community | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | development
financial institutions, which provide access to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | capital for business
development, capital investments, and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | other financing to expand private
sector activities in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | economically disadvantaged communities and for low
income | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | people, by providing grants, loans, and technical assistance to
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14 | CDFIs. Assistance by this entity would (i) expand financial | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | services and
capital access in economically disadvantaged | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | communities, (ii) provide
support for the creation of new small | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | businesses and new jobs in
economically disadvantaged | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | communities, (iii) create opportunities for
banks to get a | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | federal incentive for investments in a CDFI, (iv) increase
this | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | State's share of the money distributed annually by the federal
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21 | Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and (v) | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | create a
new partnership between the State, banks and thrifts, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | and CDFIs. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 92-864, eff. 6-1-03.)
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