Bill Text: IL HB1544 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to conduct a survey of certain businesses that are located in the State or have been identified as having left the State in the last 10 years. Provides that the survey must contain information regarding (i) why the business left, if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the business. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-12)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0397 [HB1544 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1544-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1544 Introduced , by Rep. Keith Farnham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to conduct a survey of certain businesses that are located in the State or have been identified as having left the State in the last 10 years. Provides that the survey must contain information regarding (i) why the business left, if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the business. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new)
Sec. 605-1020. Survey and report on business incentives.
(a) The Department shall contact businesses that are
located in the State or have been identified as having left the
State in the last 10 years. The Department shall request that
the business complete a survey, developed by the Department,
that includes information regarding (i) why the business left,
if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated
and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the
business.
(b) The Department shall compile the results of the surveys
and any other relevant information provided to the Department.
By each July 1, the Department shall report to the General
Assembly upon its compilation of the previous year's survey
responses and any of the other relevant information. The report
must identify, at a minimum, the most common responses,
categorized by industry and region, regarding (i) why

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businesses left Illinois, (ii) what incentives would have
influenced businesses to remain in Illinois, and (iii) to which
cities and states the businesses have relocated.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, a business is defined
as one that is engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for
the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling,
warehousing, or distributing products, conducting research and
development, providing tourism services, or providing services
in interstate commerce, office industries, or agricultural
processing, but excluding retail, retail food, health, or
professional services.
(d) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation
of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.