Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3543 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3543 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary country from directly or indirectly owning, having an interest of greater than 25% in, or acquire by purchase, grant, devise, or descent agricultural land or any interest except a de minimis indirect interest. "Foreign adversary" means the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign adversary, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Illinois Attorney General. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary from leasing or purchasing land within 25 miles of a military installation. Voids any current contract in conflict with this Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from accessing critical infrastructure of the State unless approved by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and bans certain software from being used in the State infrastructure. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 39057 JRC 69194 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3543 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary country from directly or indirectly owning, having an interest of greater than 25% in, or acquire by purchase, grant, devise, or descent agricultural land or any interest except a de minimis indirect interest. "Foreign adversary" means the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign adversary, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Illinois Attorney General. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary from leasing or purchasing land within 25 miles of a military installation. Voids any current contract in conflict with this Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from accessing critical infrastructure of the State unless approved by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and bans certain software from being used in the State infrastructure. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 39057 JRC 69194 b LRB103 39057 JRC 69194 b A BILL FOR
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning civil law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title; purpose.
15	15	5 (a) This Act may be cited as the Military Installation and
16	16	6 Critical Infrastructure Protection Act.
17	17	7 (b) The purpose of this Act is to protect military
18	18	8 installations and State critical infrastructure by prohibiting
19	19	9 foreign adversaries from purchasing land near military bases
20	20	10 and from investing in and accessing State critical
21	21	11 infrastructure.
22	22	12 Section 2. Definitions. In this Act:
23	23	13 (a) "Agricultural land" means a land area that is either
24	24	14 arable, under permanent crops, or under permanent pastures.
25	25	15 Arable land includes land under temporary crops such as
26	26	16 cereals, temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under
27	27	17 market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land
28	28	18 abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
29	29	19 Land under permanent crops is cultivated with crops that
30	30	20 occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted
31	31	21 after each harvest, such as orchards or vineyards. This
32	32	22 category excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
33	33	23 Permanent pasture land is land used for 5 or more years for
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40	40	Creates the Military Installation and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary country from directly or indirectly owning, having an interest of greater than 25% in, or acquire by purchase, grant, devise, or descent agricultural land or any interest except a de minimis indirect interest. "Foreign adversary" means the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity under significant control of such foreign adversary, or any other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the Illinois Attorney General. Prohibits a foreign principal from a foreign adversary from leasing or purchasing land within 25 miles of a military installation. Voids any current contract in conflict with this Act. Prohibits a foreign principal from accessing critical infrastructure of the State unless approved by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and bans certain software from being used in the State infrastructure. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2024.
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68	68	1 forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
69	69	2 (b) "Company" means a for-profit sole proprietorship,
70	70	3 organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint
71	71	4 venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
72	72	5 or limited liability company, including a wholly owned
73	73	6 subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or
74	74	7 affiliate of those entities or business associations that
75	75	8 exists to make a profit; or a non-profit organization.
76	76	9 (c) "Critical infrastructure" means systems and assets,
77	77	10 whether physical or virtual, so vital to Illinois or the
78	78	11 United States of America that the incapacity or destruction of
79	79	12 such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on
80	80	13 State or national security, State or national economic
81	81	14 security, State or national public health, or any combination
82	82	15 of those matters. A critical infrastructure may be publicly or
83	83	16 privately owned, and includes, but is not limited to:
84	84	17 (1) gas and oil production, storage, or delivery
85	85	18 systems;
86	86	19 (2) water supply, refinement, storage, or delivery
87	87	20 systems;
88	88	21 (3) telecommunications networks;
89	89	22 (4) electrical power delivery systems;
90	90	23 (5) emergency services;
91	91	24 (6) transportation systems and services; or
92	92	25 (7) personal data or otherwise classified information
93	93	26 storage systems, including cybersecurity.
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104	104	1 (d) "Cybersecurity" means the measures taken to protect a
105	105	2 computer, computer network, computer system, or other
106	106	3 technology infrastructure against unauthorized use or access.
107	107	4 (e) "Domicile" means either the country in which a company
108	108	5 is registered, or where the company's affairs are primarily
109	109	6 completed, or where the majority of ownership share is held.
110	110	7 (f) "Foreign adversary" means the People's Republic of
111	111	8 China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
112	112	9 the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of
113	113	10 Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, or the Syrian
114	114	11 Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity
115	115	12 under significant control of such foreign adversary, or any
116	116	13 other entity deemed by the Governor in consultation with the
117	117	14 Attorney General of Illinois.
118	118	15 (g) "Foreign entity" means any corporation, business
119	119	16 association, partnership, trust, society, or any other entity
120	120	17 or group that is not incorporated or organized to do business
121	121	18 in the United States, as well as international organizations,
122	122	19 foreign governments, and any agency or subdivision of foreign
123	123	20 governments.
124	124	21 (h) "Foreign principal" means:
125	125	22 (1) the government or any official of the government
126	126	23 of a foreign adversary;
127	127	24 (2) a political party or member of a political party
128	128	25 or any subdivision of a political party of a foreign
129	129	26 adversary;
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140	140	1 (3) a partnership, association, corporation,
141	141	2 organization, or other combination of persons organized
142	142	3 under the laws of or having its principal place of
143	143	4 business in a foreign adversary, or a subsidiary of such
144	144	5 entity, or owned or controlled wholly or in part by any
145	145	6 person, entity, or collection of persons or entities of a
146	146	7 foreign adversary;
147	147	8 (4) any person who is domiciled in a foreign adversary
148	148	9 and is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the
149	149	10 United States; or
150	150	11 (5) any person, entity, or collection of persons or
151	151	12 entities, described in paragraphs (a) through (d) having a
152	152	13 controlling interest in a partnership, association,
153	153	14 corporation, organization, trust, or any other legal
154	154	15 entity or subsidiary formed for the purpose of owning real
155	155	16 property.
156	156	17 (i) "Non-notified transactions" means foreign investments
157	157	18 in the United States that are not voluntarily submitted to the
158	158	19 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for
159	159	20 review under 50 U.S.C. 4565.
160	160	21 (j) "Operational software" means computer programs used
161	161	22 for the operation, control, maneuver or maintenance of State
162	162	23 infrastructure, or any other computer program applications
163	163	24 related to State infrastructure.
164	164	25 (k) "Software" means any program or routine, or any set of
165	165	26 one or more programs or routines, which are used or intended
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176	176	1 for use to cause one or more computers or pieces of computer
177	177	2 related peripheral equipment, or any combination thereof, to
178	178	3 perform a task or set of tasks, as it relates to State
179	179	4 infrastructure, or any operational software.
180	180	5 (l) "State infrastructure" means Critical Infrastructure
181	181	6 and Transportation Infrastructure.
182	182	7 (m) "Transportation infrastructure" includes, but is not
183	183	8 limited to:
184	184	9 (1) Airports, including but not limited to commercial
185	185	10 and intermodal airports and heliports; and all airport
186	186	11 infrastructure.
187	187	12 (2) Roadways, including but not limited to publicly
188	188	13 accessible streets, roads, highways, and bridges; and all
189	189	14 roadway infrastructure, including but not limited to
190	190	15 signage, toll booths, weigh stations, and traffic signals.
191	191	16 (3) Railways, including but not limited to all classes
192	192	17 of freight rail and passenger rail; and all railway
193	193	18 infrastructure, including but not limited to intermodal
194	194	19 rail yards and signals.
195	195	20 (4) Ports, including but not limited to inland ports,
196	196	21 seaports, deepwater ports, inland waterways, and levees;
197	197	22 and all port infrastructure, including but not limited to
198	198	23 intermodal stations.
199	199	24 (5) Public transit, including bus, ferry, cable car,
200	200	25 tram, trolley, and other types of publicly accessible
201	201	26 transportation; and all public transit infrastructure.
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212	212	1 (n) "Military base or installation" means any land,
213	213	2 structure, or property owned or controlled by any division of
214	214	3 the Department of Defense, Illinois National Guard, or any
215	215	4 other department of government, State or federal, critical to
216	216	5 the safety and security of Illinois or the United States of
217	217	6 America.
218	218	7 Section 3. Agricultural land purchases.
219	219	8 (a) A foreign principal from a foreign adversary country
220	220	9 may not directly or indirectly own, have an interest of
221	221	10 greater than 25% in, or acquire by purchase, grant, devise, or
222	222	11 descent agricultural land or any interest, except a de minimis
223	223	12 indirect interest, in such land in this State. A foreign
224	224	13 principal has a de minimis indirect interest if any ownership
225	225	14 is the result of the foreign principal's ownership of
226	226	15 registered equities in a publicly traded company owning the
227	227	16 land and if the foreign principal's ownership in the country
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229	229	18 (1) less than 5% of any class of registered equities
230	230	19 or less than 5% in the aggregate in multiple classes of
231	231	20 registered equities; or
232	232	21 (2) a noncontrolling interest in an entity controlled
233	233	22 by a company that is both registered with the United
234	234	23 States Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment
235	235	24 advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
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247	247	1 (b) A foreign principal that directly or indirectly owns
248	248	2 or otherwise controls agricultural land, as defined in
249	249	3 subsection (a), in this State must sell, transfer, or
250	250	4 otherwise divest itself of the agricultural land within 180
251	251	5 days of the effective date of this Act.
252	252	6 (c) A foreign principal that directly or indirectly owns
253	253	7 or acquires agricultural land or any interest in such land in
254	254	8 this State must register with the Department of Agriculture
255	255	9 within 60 days of the enactment of this Act or the date of
256	256	10 acquisition, whichever is latest. The Department must
257	257	11 establish a form for such registration, which, at minimum,
258	258	12 must include all of the following:
259	259	13 (1) The name of the owner of the agricultural land or
260	260	14 the owner of the interest in such land;
261	261	15 (2) The address of the agricultural land, the property
262	262	16 appraiser's parcel identification number, and the
263	263	17 property's legal description; and
264	264	18 (3) The number of acres of the agricultural land.
265	265	19 (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a foreign principal
266	266	20 from a foreign adversary country may acquire agricultural land
267	267	21 on or after the passage of this Act, by devise or descent,
268	268	22 through the enforcement of security interests, or through the
269	269	23 collection of debts, provided that the foreign principal
270	270	24 sells, transfers, or otherwise divests itself of the
271	271	25 agricultural land within 180 days of acquiring the
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283	283	1 (e) Any current deeds, contracts, rental agreements, or
284	284	2 other legal agreements in conflict with this Act shall be
285	285	3 deemed invalid from the date of adoption unless otherwise
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287	287	5 (f) The Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules to
288	288	6 implement this Section.
289	289	7 (g) The responsibility for determining whether an entity
290	290	8 is subject to this Section rests solely with the foreign
291	291	9 entity, the Attorney General of Illinois, any qualifying
292	292	10 whistleblower, and no other individual or entity. An
293	293	11 individual or entity who is not a foreign entity shall not be
294	294	12 required to determine or inquire whether another person or
295	295	13 entity is or may be subject to this Section, and shall bear no
296	296	14 civil or criminal liability under this Section.
297	297	15 (h) If a foreign principal from a foreign adversary
298	298	16 country does not divest the public or private lands as
299	299	17 required by this Section, the Attorney General shall commence
300	300	18 an action in the circuit court within the jurisdiction of the
301	301	19 public or private land.
302	302	20 (i) If the public or private land is held in violation of
303	303	21 this Section, the circuit court shall order that the public or
304	304	22 private land be sold through judicial foreclosure.
305	305	23 (j) If a whistleblower referral results in a divestiture
306	306	24 of land or other assets held in violation of this Section, the
307	307	25 whistleblower shall be entitled to a reward equal to 30% of the
308	308	26 proceeds of the land sale that results from the violation of
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319	319	1 this Section after payments to lienholders. Proceeds of the
320	320	2 sale shall be disbursed in the following order, as applicable:
321	321	3 (1) The payment of authorized costs of the sale,
322	322	4 including all approved fees and expenses of the referee
323	323	5 and any taxes and assessments due.
324	324	6 (2) The payment, in an amount approved by the court,
325	325	7 to the Attorney General for reimbursement of investigation
326	326	8 and litigation costs and expenses.
327	327	9 (3) To bona fide lien holders, in their order of
328	328	10 priority, except for liens which under the terms of the
329	329	11 sale are to remain on the property.
330	330	12 (4) To whistleblowers.
331	331	13 (5) To the restricted foreign entity.
332	332	14 Section 4. Prohibited lease or purchase of land or
333	333	15 dwellings near military installations.
334	334	16 (a) A foreign principal from a foreign adversary country
335	335	17 shall not be allowed to directly or indirectly purchase, hold,
336	336	18 rent, or otherwise control any property within 25 miles of a
337	337	19 military base or installation.
338	338	20 (b) A foreign principal that directly or indirectly
339	339	21 controls any property covered by subsection (a), excluding
340	340	22 temporary contractual agreements such as rental or lease
341	341	23 agreements, must sell, transfer, or otherwise divest itself of
342	342	24 the property within 180 days of the passage of this Act.
343	343	25 (c) Any current deeds, contracts, rental agreements, or
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354	354	1 other legal agreements in conflict with this Act shall be
355	355	2 deemed invalid from the date of adoption unless otherwise
356	356	3 provided.
357	357	4 (d) If a foreign principal from a foreign adversary
358	358	5 country does not divest the public or private lands as
359	359	6 required by this Section, the Attorney General shall commence
360	360	7 an action in the circuit court within the jurisdiction of the
361	361	8 public or private land.
362	362	9 (e) If the public or private land is held in violation of
363	363	10 this Section, the circuit court shall order that the public or
364	364	11 private land be sold through judicial foreclosure.
365	365	12 (f) If a whistleblower referral results in a divestiture
366	366	13 of land or other assets held in violation of this Section, the
367	367	14 whistleblower shall be entitled to a reward equal to 30% of the
368	368	15 proceeds of the land sale that results from the violation of
369	369	16 this Section after payments to lienholders. Proceeds of the
370	370	17 sale shall be disbursed in the following order, as applicable:
371	371	18 (1) The payment of authorized costs of the sale,
372	372	19 including all approved fees and expenses of the referee
373	373	20 and any taxes and assessments due.
374	374	21 (2) The payment, in an amount approved by the court,
375	375	22 to the Attorney General for reimbursement of investigation
376	376	23 and litigation costs and expenses.
377	377	24 (3) To bona fide lien holders, in their order of
378	378	25 priority, except for liens which under the terms of the
379	379	26 sale are to remain on the property.
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390	390	1 (4) To whistleblowers.
391	391	2 (5) To the restricted foreign entity.
392	392	3 (g) The responsibility for determining whether an entity
393	393	4 is subject to this Section rests solely with the foreign
394	394	5 entity, the Attorney General of Illinois, any qualifying
395	395	6 whistleblower, and no other individual or entity. An
396	396	7 individual or entity who is not a foreign entity shall not be
397	397	8 required to determine or inquire whether another person or
398	398	9 entity is or may be subject to this Section, and shall bear no
399	399	10 civil or criminal liability under this Section.
400	400	11 Section 5. Whistleblower enforcement reward.
401	401	12 (a) Any individual may act as a whistleblower and provide
402	402	13 a referral to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General for
403	403	14 violations of Section 3 and Section 4 of this Act.
404	404	15 (b) If a whistleblower referral results in a divestiture
405	405	16 of land or other assets held in violation of this Act, the
406	406	17 whistleblower shall be entitled to a reward equal to 30% of the
407	407	18 proceeds of the land sale that results from violation of this
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409	409	20 (c) The whistleblower enforcement provision takes effect
410	410	21 180 days after the effective date of this Act.
411	411	22 Section 6. Prohibited access to critical infrastructure.
412	412	23 (a) An entity constructing, repairing, operating, or
413	413	24 otherwise having significant access to critical infrastructure
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424	424	1 may not enter into an agreement relating to critical
425	425	2 infrastructure in this State with a foreign principal from a
426	426	3 foreign adversary country, or use products or services
427	427	4 produced by a foreign principal from a foreign adversary
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429	429	6 (b) A governmental entity may not enter into a contract or
430	430	7 other agreement relating to critical infrastructure in this
431	431	8 State with a company that is a foreign principal from a foreign
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434	434	11 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), an entity or
435	435	12 governmental entity may enter into a contract or agreement
436	436	13 relating to critical infrastructure with a foreign principal
437	437	14 from a foreign adversary country or use products or services
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440	440	17 (1) there is no other reasonable option for addressing
441	441	18 the need relevant to State critical infrastructure;
442	442	19 (2) the contract is pre-approved by Illinois Emergency
443	443	20 Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security; and
444	444	21 (3) not entering into such a contract or agreement
445	445	22 would pose a greater threat to the State than the threat
446	446	23 associated with entering into the contract.
447	447	24 Section 7. Requirements for access to critical
448	448	25 infrastructure.
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459	459	1 (a) In order to access critical infrastructure, a company
460	460	2 must file a certification form with and pay a certification
461	461	3 fee to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
462	462	4 Homeland Security. The Agency shall prescribe the registration
463	463	5 form to be filed pursuant to this Section.
464	464	6 (b) To maintain registration as a company with access to
465	465	7 critical infrastructure, a company must:
466	466	8 (1) identify all employee positions in the
467	467	9 organization that have access to critical infrastructure;
468	468	10 (2) before hiring a person described in subdivision
469	469	11 (a) or allowing such person to continue to have access to
470	470	12 critical infrastructure, obtain from the Illinois State
471	471	13 Police or a private vendor criminal history record
472	472	14 information relating to the prospective employee and any
473	473	15 other background information considered necessary by the
474	474	16 company or required by the Agency to protect critical
475	475	17 infrastructure from foreign adversary infiltration or
476	476	18 interference;
477	477	19 (3) prohibit foreign nationals from an adversary
478	478	20 nation from access to critical infrastructure; and
479	479	21 (4) be compliant with Section 6 of this Act.
480	480	22 (c) The Agency shall set the fee in an amount sufficient to
481	481	23 cover the costs of administering the certification process but
482	482	24 not to exceed $150.
483	483	25 (d) The Agency shall provide that a company is compliant
484	484	26 with all requirements of this Section or revoke certification.
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495	495	1 Section 8. Prohibitions on certain software in critical
496	496	2 infrastructure.
497	497	3 (a) All software used in State infrastructure located
498	498	4 within or serving Illinois shall henceforth not include any
499	499	5 software produced by a federally banned corporation, nor any
500	500	6 software banned at the federal level.
501	501	7 (b) All software used in State infrastructure located
502	502	8 within or serving Illinois shall henceforth not include any
503	503	9 software produced in or by a foreign adversary, a State-owned
504	504	10 enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled
505	505	11 within a foreign adversary.
506	506	12 (c) All software used in State infrastructure in operation
507	507	13 within or serving Illinois, to include any State
508	508	14 infrastructure which is not permanently disabled, shall have
509	509	15 all software prohibited by subsection (a) or (b)removed and
510	510	16 replaced with software that
511	511	is not prohibited by subsection
512	512	17 (a) or (b).
513	513	18 (d) Any State infrastructure provider that removes,
514	514	19 discontinues, or replaces any prohibited software shall not be
515	515	20 required to obtain any additional permits from any State
516	516	21 agency or political subdivision for the removal,
517	517	22 discontinuance, or replacement of such software as long as the
518	518	23 State agency or political subdivision is properly notified of
519	519	24 the necessary replacements and the replacement software is
520	520	25 similar to the existing software.
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531	531	1 Section 9. Reporting non-notified transactions.
532	532	2 (a) The Office of the Illinois Attorney General shall
533	533	3 establish a process by which local officials, states
534	534	4 officials, or other persons may submit information or concerns
535	535	5 to the Office regarding non-notified transactions in Illinois.
536	536	6 The Office of the Illinois Attorney General may adopt any
537	537	7 necessary rules to implement this subsection.
538	538	8 (b) The Illinois Attorney General may submit a memorandum
539	539	9 or report concerning non-notified transactions the Office of
540	540	10 the Attorney General has identified in Illinois to the
541	541	11 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
542	542	12 (c) The Office of the Illinois Attorney General shall:
543	543	13 (1) retain a copy of any documents submitted to the
544	544	14 committee described in subsection (b) that are included
545	545	15 with a memorandum or report submitted under that
546	546	16 subsection; and
547	547	17 (2) notify the General Assembly and the Governor as
548	548	18 soon as practicable after submitting a memorandum, report,
549	549	19 or other information under subsection (b).
550	550	20 Section 10. Severability. If any provision of this Act, or
551	551	21 the application of any provision to any person or
552	552	22 circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act
553	553	23 and the application of its provisions to any other person or
554	554	24 circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
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