Chapter 20 — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

(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 605/605-65) Sec. 605-65. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 96-995, eff. 1-1-11.)

(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 605/605-715) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.59) Sec. 605-715. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

(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 605/605-725) Sec. 605-725. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-898, eff. 5-27-10. Repealed by P.A. 97-617, eff. 10-26-11.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-75) Sec. 605-75. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05. Repealed by P.A. 98-44, eff. 6-28-13.)

(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 605/605-805) Sec. 605-805. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-704, eff. 7-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(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…

(20 ILCS 605/605-810) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part) Sec. 605-810. Reemployment of former employees. When the Department is involved in developing a federal or State funded training or retraining program for any employer, the Department may assist and encourage that employer in…

(20 ILCS 605/605-812) Sec. 605-812. Employment opportunities grant program. (a) The Department shall administer a grant program to expand employment opportunities for targeted populations in eligible grant areas in Illinois. The goal of the program shall be to expand the number o…

(20 ILCS 605/605-815) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.19a in part) Sec. 605-815. Unemployed and underemployed single parents. The Department, in cooperation with the Departments of Human Services and Employment Security, may establish a program to encourage community action agencies to estab…

(20 ILCS 605/605-817) Sec. 605-817. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16. Repealed by P.A. 100-621, eff. 7-20-18.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-820) Sec. 605-820. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-825) Sec. 605-825. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 102-276, eff. 8-6-21.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-85) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.11) Sec. 605-85. Personnel. To obtain and employ, pursuant to the Personnel Code, the technical, clerical, stenographic, and other administrative personnel that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Civil Administrative Code of Il…

(20 ILCS 605/605-850) Sec. 605-850. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-855) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.32a in part) Sec. 605-855. Grants to local coalitions and labor-management-community committees. (a) The Director shall have the authority to provide grants to employee coalitions or other coalitions that enhance or promote work and famil…

(20 ILCS 605/605-860) Sec. 605-860. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01. Repealed by P.A. 102-276, eff. 8-6-21.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-865) Sec. 605-865. Family-friendly workplace initiative. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with the advice of members of the business community, may establish a family-friendly workplace initiative. The Department may develop a program to annua…

(20 ILCS 605/605-870) Sec. 605-870. Low-income water assistance policy and program. (a) The Department shall by rule establish a comprehensive low-income water assistance policy and program that incorporates financial assistance and includes, but is not limited to, water efficien…

(20 ILCS 605/605-875) Sec. 605-875. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(20 ILCS 605/605-900) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.6b) Sec. 605-900. Construction loans to local governments for revenue producing capital facilities. To make loans to units of local government for construction of revenue producing capital facilities, subject to the terms and conditions i…

(20 ILCS 605/605-905) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.41b) Sec. 605-905. Grants to local governments in connection with federal prisons. To make grants to units of local government for (i) land acquisition and all necessary improvements upon or related thereto for the purpose of facilitating…

(20 ILCS 605/605-907) Sec. 605-907. River Edge Redevelopment Zone assistance program. The Department may establish and maintain a program to provide, subject to appropriation, grants and assistance in connection River Edge Redevelopment Zones that are established under the River …

(20 ILCS 605/605-910) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.56) Sec. 605-910. Grants to municipalities for site development along waterways. In cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to make grants and provide financial assistance to municipalities for site development along waterways …

(20 ILCS 605/605-913) Sec. 605-913. Clean Water Workforce Pipeline Program. (a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) The fresh surface water and groundwater supply in Illinois and Lake Michigan constitute vital natural resources that require careful stewardship and prote…

(20 ILCS 605/605-915) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.45) Sec. 605-915. Assisting local governments to achieve lower borrowing costs. To cooperate with the Illinois Finance Authority in assisting local governments to achieve overall lower borrowing costs and more favorable terms under the Il…

(20 ILCS 605/605-920) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.47) Sec. 605-920. Assisting local governments; debt management, capital facility planning, infrastructure. To provide, in cooperation with the Illinois Finance Authority, technical assistance to local governments with respect to debt mana…

(20 ILCS 605/605-925) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.48) Sec. 605-925. Helping local governments reduce infrastructure costs. To develop and recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly, in cooperation with the Illinois Finance Authority and local governments, methods and techniques t…

(20 ILCS 605/605-930) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.27) Sec. 605-930. Assisting home rule units; composite bond issues for mortgages. At the request of any home rule unit, to assist the home rule unit in providing composite bond issues for mortgages in order to enable the home rule unit to…

(20 ILCS 605/605-935) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.32) Sec. 605-935. Referrals to State universities for special economic problems. To encourage the establishment, with the assistance of the Board of Higher Education, of a system for referring representatives of communities in which there…

(20 ILCS 605/605-940) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.37) Sec. 605-940. Clearing house for local government problems; aid with financial and administrative matters. The Department shall provide for a central clearing house for information concerning local government problems and various solu…

(20 ILCS 605/605-945) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.38) Sec. 605-945. Development of safe and decent housing. The Department shall foster the development of safe and decent housing for Illinois citizens and shall perform all duties provided by law. In performing this responsibility the Dep…