SB 3661 — ENTERPRISE ZONES-30 ADDITIONAL

SB3661 EngrossedEnrolled LRB096 20361 HLH 35998 b AN ACT concerning State government.

The Illinois EnterpriseLottery ZoneLaw Act is amended by changingadding Section 5.310.8 as follows:

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6710.8. 1/2, par.

608)Specialty Sec.retailers license.

5.3.(a) "Veterans service organization" means an organization that:

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Enterprise Zones shall terminate at midnight of December 31 of the final calendar year of the certified term, except as provided in Section 5.4.99.

(d) No more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1984, no more than 12 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1985, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1986, no more than 15 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1987, and no more than 20 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department in calendar year 1990.

In other calendar years, no more than 13 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department.

The Department may also designate up to 8 additional Enterprise Zones outside the regular application cycle if warranted by the extreme economic circumstances as determined by the Department.

The Department may also designate one additional Enterprise Zone outside the regular application cycle if an aircraft manufacturer agrees to locate an aircraft manufacturing facility in the proposed Enterprise Zone.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this SB3661 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 20361 HLH 35998 b Act, no more than 89 Enterprise Zones may be certified by the Department for the 10 calendar years commencing with 1983.

The 7 additional Enterprise Zones authorized by Public Act 86-15 shall not lie within municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to this Section prior to June 30, 1989.

The 7 additional Enterprise Zones (excluding the additional Enterprise Zone which may be designated outside the regular application cycle) authorized by Public Act 86-1030 shall not lie within municipalities or unincorporated areas of counties that abut or are contiguous to Enterprise Zones certified pursuant to this Section prior to February 28, 1990.

Beginning in calendar year 2004 and until December 31, 2008, one additional enterprise zone may be certified by the Department.

Beginning in calendar year 2010 and until December 31, 2014, 30 additional enterprise zones may be certified by the Department.

In any calendar year, the Department may not certify more than 3 Zones located within the same municipality.

The Department may certify Enterprise Zones in each of the 10 calendar years commencing with 1983.

The Department may not certify more than a total of 18 Enterprise Zones located within the same county (whether within municipalities or within unincorporated territory) for the 10 calendar years commencing with 1983.

Thereafter, the Department may not certify any additional Enterprise Zones, but may amend and rescind certifications of existing Enterprise Zones in accordance with Section 5.4.

SB3661 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 20361 HLH 35998 b (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if (i) the county board of any county in which a current military base is located, in part or in whole, or in which a military base that has been closed within 20 years of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 is located, in part or in whole, adopts a designating ordinance in accordance with Section 5 of this Act to designate the military base in that county as an enterprise zone and (ii) the property otherwise meets the qualifications for an enterprise zone as prescribed in Section 4 of this Act, then the Department may certify the designating ordinance or ordinances, as the case may be.

(Source:

P.A.

92-16, eff.

6-28-01;

92-777, eff.

1-1-03;

93-436, eff.

1-1-04.) Section 99.