Chapter 20, EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(20 ILCS 605/605-350) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.12) Sec. 605-350. Science and research facilities. To encourage the locating in Illinois of scientific and research development laboratories, industrial parks, and facilities and to cooperate with colleges, universities, non-profit profes…

(20 ILCS 605/605-355) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part) Sec. 605-355. Grants for research and development in high technology and service sectors. (a) The Department is authorized to establish a program of grants to universities, community colleges, research institutions, research …

(20 ILCS 605/605-370) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.28) Sec. 605-370. Application of science and technology. To accept and use planning grants or other financial assistance from the federal government and from other sources set forth in Section 605-40 for support of planning studies and ac…

(20 ILCS 605/605-375) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.58) Sec. 605-375. Undeveloped patents. To assist in the transfer of undeveloped patents held by institutions of higher education in this State to Illinois technology and business incubators for commercial development and application. (Sou…

(20 ILCS 605/605-380) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.60) Sec. 605-380. Identifying, developing, and commercializing technology. To cooperate with the Illinois Coalition for the purpose of administering programs the purpose of which is to identify, develop, or commercialize technology or to …

(20 ILCS 605/605-385) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.62) Sec. 605-385. Technology Challenge Grant Program; Illinois Technology Enterprise Development and Investment Program. To establish and administer a Technology Challenge Grant Program and an Illinois Technology Enterprise Development an…

(20 ILCS 605/605-390) Sec. 605-390. Use of Illinois resident labor. To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law or regulation, for all work performed for State construction projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital infrastructure bill enacted by the 96t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-405) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.5a) Sec. 605-405. Jobs and investment in economic development project area. To encourage the creation or retention of not less than 2,000 full-time equivalent jobs and that private investment in the amount of not less than $100,000,000 sh…

(20 ILCS 605/605-410) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19d) Sec. 605-410. Rural community development. The Department shall provide for staff for and administer a program in which the Department shall plan and coordinate State efforts designed to aid and stimulate the development of rural com…

(20 ILCS 605/605-415) Sec. 605-415. Job Training and Economic Development Grant Program. (a) Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Despite the large number of unemployed job seekers, many employers are having difficulty matching the skills they require with t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-417) Sec. 605-417. International standardization assistance program. The Department may create a program for the assistance of Illinois manufacturers and other businesses to become accredited and reaccredited in approved international standardization organization…

(20 ILCS 605/605-418) Sec. 605-418. The Research in Illinois to Spur Economic Recovery Program. (a) There is established the Research in Illinois to Spur Economic Recovery (RISE) program to be administered by the Department for the purpose of responding to the negative economic i…

(20 ILCS 605/605-420) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.75) Sec. 605-420. Workforce, Technology, and Economic Development Fund. (a) The Department may accept gifts, grants, awards, matching contributions, interest income, appropriations, and cost sharings from individuals, businesses, governme…

(20 ILCS 605/605-435) Sec. 605-435. Lifelong learning accounts; pilot program. (a) The Department may establish and maintain a pilot program to provide for and test the use of lifelong learning accounts for workers in the State's healthcare sector. For the purposes of this Sectio…

(20 ILCS 605/605-45) Sec. 605-45. Economic development grants; policy considerations. When awarding grants for any economic development purpose, the Department must consider (i) reserving and targeting State business incentives to areas with high unemployment or low income and (i…

(20 ILCS 605/605-456) Sec. 605-456. 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. The Department shall request that the business complete a survey, developed by…

(20 ILCS 605/605-460) Sec. 605-460. Engineering excellence program. (a) Coordination between engineering schools and private business is an important tool in fostering innovation. Universities have eager students, experienced faculty, and state-of-the-art research facilities. Bus…

(20 ILCS 605/605-490) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.10) Sec. 605-490. Recommending legislation. To recommend legislation relating to the economic development of the State. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-495) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19) Sec. 605-495. Other acts to foster and promote industrial development and economic welfare. To do other acts that, in the judgment of the Department, are necessary and proper in fostering and promoting the industrial development and e…

(20 ILCS 605/605-5) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.1 in part) Sec. 605-5. Definitions. As used in the Sections following this Section: "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. "Local governmen…

(20 ILCS 605/605-50) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.51) Sec. 605-50. Expenditures for purposes of Build Illinois Act. To expend appropriations for the purposes contained in the Build Illinois Act. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-500) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.13) Sec. 605-500. Business Assistance Office. To create a Business Assistance Office to do the following: (1) Provide information to new and existing businesses for all State government forms and applications and make this information rea…

(20 ILCS 605/605-503) Sec. 605-503. Entrepreneurship assistance centers. (a) The Department shall establish and support, subject to appropriation, entrepreneurship assistance centers, including the issuance of grants, at career education agencies and not-for-profit corporations, …

(20 ILCS 605/605-505) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.15) Sec. 605-505. Aid in obtaining governmental and private services. To aid Illinois businesses in obtaining services available from governmental and private sources. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-510) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19h) Sec. 605-510. Study of laws affecting small business. To study the effect of laws affecting small business to determine whether those laws impede the creation of small businesses or create economic damages for any small business grou…

(20 ILCS 605/605-515) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.13a) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-695) Sec. 605-515. Environmental Regulatory Assistance Program. (a) In this Section, except where the context clearly requires otherwise, "small business stationary source" means a busine…

(20 ILCS 605/605-520) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.63) Sec. 605-520. Grants to businesses in municipal central business districts. To award grants to businesses in central business districts of municipalities to encourage and assist the businesses in maintaining their operations in those …

(20 ILCS 605/605-55) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.21) Sec. 605-55. Contracts and other acts to accomplish Department's duties. To make and enter into contracts, including but not limited to making grants and loans to units of local government, private agencies as defined in the Illinois S…

(20 ILCS 605/605-60) Sec. 605-60. DCEO Projects Fund. (a) The DCEO Projects Fund is created as a trust fund in the State treasury. The Department is authorized to accept and deposit into the Fund moneys received from any gifts, grants, transfers, or other sources, public or priva…

(20 ILCS 605/605-600) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19f) Sec. 605-600. Buy Illinois Program. The Department shall have the authority to establish and administer a Buy Illinois Program, which may include, but is not limited to, the following powers and duties: (1) To accept grants, loans, o…

(20 ILCS 605/605-605) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.57) Sec. 605-605. Illinois Product and Services Exchange Law. (a) This Section may be cited as the Illinois Product and Services Exchange Law. (b) It is hereby found and declared that many large Illinois firms and government agencies are …

(20 ILCS 605/605-607) Sec. 605-607. Promoting government contracts to small manufacturers. To create and maintain a program that generates awareness among Illinois small manufacturers regarding opportunities to bid for work on federal, State, and local government contracts. (Sour…

(20 ILCS 605/605-610) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.14) Sec. 605-610. Assistance with foreign trade. To assist Illinois businesses to engage in, expand, and increase foreign trade. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-615) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19e) Sec. 605-615. Assistance with exports. The Department shall have the following duties and responsibilities in regard to the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois: (1) To establish or cosponsor mentoring conferences, utilizing experie…

(20 ILCS 605/605-620) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.24) Sec. 605-620. Exports of professional services and agricultural and manufactured products. In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and the International Trade and Port Promotion Advisory Committee, to (i) provide assistance …

(20 ILCS 605/605-625) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.25) Sec. 605-625. Promotion of water ports and airport facilities. In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and the International Trade and Port Promotion Advisory Committee, to (i) establish a freight rate information service fo…

(20 ILCS 605/605-630) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.26) Sec. 605-630. Overseas offices. In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and with the counsel of the International Trade and Port Promotion Advisory Committee, to establish overseas offices for (i) the promotion of the export…

(20 ILCS 605/605-675) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.66) Sec. 605-675. Exporter award program. The Department may establish and operate, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Finance Authority, an annual awards program to recognize Illinois-based exporters. In d…

(20 ILCS 605/605-680) Sec. 605-680. Illinois goods and services website. (a) The Department, in consultation with the Department of Innovation and Technology, must establish and maintain an Internet website devoted to the marketing of Illinois goods and services by linking potent…

(20 ILCS 605/605-685) Sec. 605-685. Business park certification program. (a) The Department may, subject to appropriation, establish and maintain a program devoted to encouraging the rapid establishment of businesses and employers in business parks by developing standards for the…

(20 ILCS 605/605-7) Sec. 605-7. Name change. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the name of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs is changed to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. References in any law, appropria…

(20 ILCS 605/605-70) Sec. 605-70. Pharmacy support program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall use moneys deposited into the DCEO Projects Fund pursuant to Section 513b2 of the Illinois Insurance Code to make a grant to a statewide retail association representing …

(20 ILCS 605/605-700) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6) Sec. 605-700. Tourism promotion. To encourage and promote tourism within the State. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-705) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6a) Sec. 605-705. Grants to local tourism and convention bureaus. (a) To establish a grant program for local tourism and convention bureaus. The Department will develop and implement a program for the use of funds, as authorized under thi…

(20 ILCS 605/605-707) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6d) Sec. 605-707. International Tourism Program. (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must establish a program for international tourism. The Department shall develop and implement the program on January 1, 2000 by rule…

(20 ILCS 605/605-710) Sec. 605-710. Regional tourism development organizations. (a) The Department may, subject to appropriation, provide grants from the Tourism Promotion Fund for the administrative costs of not-for-profit regional tourism development organizations that assist t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-720) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.16) Sec. 605-720. Publicizing Illinois facilities and attractions. To encourage and assist the efforts of other public and private organizations or groups of citizens to publicize the facilities and attractions of Illinois. (Source: P.A. …

(20 ILCS 605/605-750) Sec. 605-750. Posting requirements; Illinois Workforce Innovation Board. The Department must comply with the Internet posting requirements set forth in Section 7.2 of the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Act. The information must be posted on the Departme…

(20 ILCS 605/605-800) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part) Sec. 605-800. Training grants for skills in critical demand. (a) Grants to provide training in fields affected by critical demands for certain skills may be made as provided in this Section. (b) The Director may make grants t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-807) Sec. 605-807. Federal Workforce Training Fund. (a) The Federal Workforce Training Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Department may accept gifts, grants, awards, matching contributions, interest income, appropriations, and cost shar…