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| AN ACT concerning economic development.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
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| amended by adding Section 605-302 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 605/605-302 new) |
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| Sec. 605-302. Critical occupations and skill sets. Subject |
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| to appropriation, the Department shall conduct a study to |
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| identify current and projected shortages in critical |
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| occupations and specific skill sets within Illinois businesses |
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| and industries and shall devise strategies to alleviate any |
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| identified shortages. All State agencies shall cooperate with |
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| the Department in conducting the study. The study may build |
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| upon previous efforts by the Department, including studies |
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| conducted under its Critical Skills Shortage Initiative, which |
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| brought together private-sector employers and economic |
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| development entities as well as workforce, educational, and |
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| public-sector representatives to identify growth industries, |
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| industry skills shortages, and demand occupations, to |
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| determine root causes for the shortages, and to develop |
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| solutions to fill the skills gaps and worker shortages. The |
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| Department shall report the results of its study and its |