Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 605/605-1035) Sec. 605-1035. Training in the Building Trades Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may establish a Training in the Building Trades Program to award grants to community-based organizations for the purpos…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1040) Sec. 605-1040. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed by P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1045) Sec. 605-1045. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-20.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1045.1) Sec. 605-1045.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-1109, eff. 12-21-22. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-24.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1047) Sec. 605-1047. Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (or Local CURE) Support Program. (a) Purpose. The Department may receive, directly or indirectly, federal funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund provided to the State pursuant to Section 5001 of …

(20 ILCS 605/605-105) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.35) Sec. 605-105. Transfer from Department of Local Government Affairs. (a) To assume all rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the former Department of Local Government Affairs not pertaining to its property taxation related fu…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1050) Sec. 605-1050. Coronavirus Back to Business Grant Program (or Back to Business Program). (a) Purpose. The Department may receive State funds and, directly or indirectly, federal funds under the authority of legislation passed in response to the Coronavirus …

(20 ILCS 605/605-1055) Sec. 605-1055. Illinois SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Program. (a) There is established the Illinois Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Matching Funds Program to be administered by the Department. In order to …

(20 ILCS 605/605-1057) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2031) Sec. 605-1057. State-designated cultural districts. (a) As used in this Section, "State-designated cultural district" means a geographical area certified under this Section that has a distinct, historic, an…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1060) Sec. 605-1060. Illinois Innovation Voucher Program. (a) The Department is authorized to establish the Illinois Innovation Voucher Program to be administered in accordance with this Section for the purpose of fostering research and development in key industr…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1065) Sec. 605-1065. American Rescue Plan Capital Assets Program (or ARPCAP). From funds appropriated, directly or indirectly, from moneys received by the State from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, the Department shall expend funds for grants, contrac…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1070) Sec. 605-1070. Rulemaking authority for EDGE Credit; sunset extensions for expiring credits; disaster declaration. The Department shall adopt rules, in consultation with the Department of Revenue, to identify any and all Economic Development for a Growing E…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1075) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-458) Sec. 605-1075. Energy Transition Assistance Fund. (a) The General Assembly hereby declares that management of several economic development programs requires a consolidated funding source to improve resource…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1080) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029) Sec. 605-1080. Personal care products industry supplier disparity study. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall compile and publish a disparity study by December 31, 2027 that: (1) evaluates …

(20 ILCS 605/605-1085) Sec. 605-1085. The Illinois Small Business Fund. The Illinois Small Business Fund is created as a nonappropriated separate and apart trust fund in the State Treasury. The Department shall use moneys in the Fund to manage proceeds that result from investment…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1090) Sec. 605-1090. Illinois Innovation Voucher Program. (a) The Department is authorized to establish the Illinois Innovation Voucher Program to be administered in accordance with this Section for the purpose of fostering research and development in key industr…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1095) Sec. 605-1095. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-24.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1096) Sec. 605-1096. Industrial Biotechnology Workforce Development Grant Program. (a) The Industrial Biotechnology Workforce Development Grant Program is hereby established as a program to be implemented and administered by the Department. The Program shall prov…

(20 ILCS 605/605-110) Sec. 605-110. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 102-276, eff. 8-6-21.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1100) Sec. 605-1100. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-24.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1103) Sec. 605-1103. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-24.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1105) Sec. 605-1105. Local chambers of commerce recovery grants and business program. (a) Subject to appropriation of funds for the purposes described in this Section, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a program to award grants t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-111) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.34a) Sec. 605-111. Transfer relating to the Illinois Main Street Program. To transfer from the Department to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor on July 1, 2009, all personnel, books, records, papers, documents, property both real and p…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1110) Sec. 605-1110. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-1059, eff. 12-20-24. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-26.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-1115) Sec. 605-1115. Quantum computing campuses. (a) As used in this Section: "Data center" means a facility: (1) whose primary services are the storage, management, and processing of digital data; and (2) that is used to house (A) computer and network systems, i…

(20 ILCS 605/605-1116) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 605-1116. Creative Economy Task Force. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Creative Economy Task Force is created within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create a strategic plan …

(20 ILCS 605/605-1117) (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2029) Sec. 605-1117. Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial Zoning Impacts. (a) The General Assembly finds that industrial developments typically have regional impacts, both positive and negative. Those imp…

(20 ILCS 605/605-112) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.34b) Sec. 605-112. Transfer relating to the State Data Center. To assume from the Executive Office of the Governor, Bureau of the Budget (now Governor's Office of Management and Budget), on July 1, 1999, all personnel, books, records, pap…

(20 ILCS 605/605-115) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.36) Sec. 605-115. Transfer from State Housing Board and Department of Business and Economic Development. In addition to the duties and powers imposed elsewhere in the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department has the following…

(20 ILCS 605/605-15) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.22) Sec. 605-15. Cooperation with other departments, agencies, and institutions. To cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions of this State in the collecting and assembling of information and to enter into agreements wit…

(20 ILCS 605/605-20) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.29) Sec. 605-20. Charges; gifts and grants; Economic Research and Information Fund. (a) To establish and collect charges and to accept gifts, grants, awards, matching contributions, financial participations, and cost sharings from individu…

(20 ILCS 605/605-200) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.7) Sec. 605-200. Official State planning agency. To act as the official State planning agency and to accept and use planning grants or other financial assistance from the federal government (1) for statewide comprehensive planning work in…

(20 ILCS 605/605-205) Sec. 605-205. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 102-276, eff. 8-6-21.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-210) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.9) Sec. 605-210. Cooperation with civic groups and planning and development agencies. To cooperate with civic groups and local, State, and federal planning and development agencies. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-215) Sec. 605-215. Military Economic Development Committee. (a) To coordinate the State's activities on and to act as a communications center for issues relating to current and former military bases in the State, the Military Economic Development Committee is cre…

(20 ILCS 605/605-25) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.30a) Sec. 605-25. Charges, gifts, and grants for promotional products and services; International and Promotional Fund. (a) To establish, levy, and collect fees and charges and accept gifts, grants, and awards from other governmental entit…

(20 ILCS 605/605-30) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.41) Sec. 605-30. State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies. The Department shall use the State and federal programs, grants, and subsidies that are available to assist in the discharge of the provisions of the Civil Administrative …

(20 ILCS 605/605-300) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.2) Sec. 605-300. Economic development plans. The Department shall develop a strategic economic development plan for the State by July 1, 2014. By no later than July 1, 2015, and by July 1 annually thereafter, the Department shall make mod…

(20 ILCS 605/605-302) 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 …

(20 ILCS 605/605-305) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.44) Sec. 605-305. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 91-476, eff. 8-11-99.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-310) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.3) Sec. 605-310. Collecting and assembling information. To collect and assemble, or cause to have collected and assembled, information regarding the following: industrial opportunities and possibilities of the State, including raw materia…

(20 ILCS 605/605-312) Sec. 605-312. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-494, eff. 8-28-07. Repealed by P.A. 100-621, eff. 7-20-18.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-315) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.17) Sec. 605-315. Information regarding economic growth. To collect, assemble, and analyze statistics, data, and information regarding the growth and the strengthening of the economy of this State and all of its elements. (Source: P.A. 91…

(20 ILCS 605/605-320) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.5) Sec. 605-320. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14. Repealed by P.A. 102-330, eff. 1-1-22.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-323) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.76) Sec. 605-323. Energy assistance. (a) The Department may accept gifts, grants, awards, matching contributions, interest income, appropriations, and cost sharings from individuals, businesses, governments, and other third-party sources,…

(20 ILCS 605/605-325) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19i) Sec. 605-325. Services network funding program. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules and make grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly for this purpose, to colleges, universities, trade associations, non-p…

(20 ILCS 605/605-328) Sec. 605-328. Economic Development Matching Grants Program. (a) The Department, in its discretion, may establish a program of grants to be matched by economic development entities in the State to finance and promote local economic development. The Department…

(20 ILCS 605/605-330) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.4) Sec. 605-330. Encouragement of new industries; use of Illinois coal. To encourage new industrial enterprises to locate in Illinois, by educational promotions pointing out the opportunities of the State as a commercial and industrial fi…

(20 ILCS 605/605-332) Sec. 605-332. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13. Repealed by P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-335) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.4a) Sec. 605-335. Incentives to foreign firms. (a) For purposes of this Section: "Foreign firm" means any industrial or manufacturing enterprise that is domiciled in a nation other than the United States. "Incentives" means a loan or gran…