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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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by adding Section 605-1020 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 605/605-1020 new)
8 Sec. 605-1020. Survey and report on business incentives.
9 (a) The Department shall contact businesses that are
10located in the State or have been identified as having left the
11State in the last 10 years. The Department shall request that
12the business complete a survey, developed by the Department,
13that includes information regarding (i) why the business left,
14if applicable, and the location to which the business relocated
15and (ii) any incentives that are needed to keep and attract the
16business.
17 (b) The Department shall compile the results of the surveys
18and any other relevant information provided to the Department.
19By each July 1, the Department shall report to the General
20Assembly upon its compilation of the previous year's survey
21responses and any of the other relevant information. The report
22must identify, at a minimum, the most common responses,
23categorized by industry and region, regarding (i) why

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1businesses left Illinois, (ii) what incentives would have
2influenced businesses to remain in Illinois, and (iii) to which
3cities and states the businesses have relocated.
4 (c) For the purposes of this Section, a business is defined
5as one that is engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for
6the purpose of manufacturing, processing, assembling,
7warehousing, or distributing products, conducting research and
8development, providing tourism services, or providing services
9in interstate commerce, office industries, or agricultural
10processing, but excluding retail, retail food, health, or
11professional services.
12 (d) The Department shall adopt rules for the implementation
13of this Section.
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.