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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 11-74.4-3 and 11-74.4-7 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3)
7     Sec. 11-74.4-3. Definitions. The following terms, wherever
8 used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have the
9 following respective meanings, unless in any case a different
10 meaning clearly appears from the context.
11     (a) For any redevelopment project area that has been
12 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
13 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
14 91-478), "blighted area" shall have the meaning set forth in
15 this Section prior to that date.
16     On and after November 1, 1999, "blighted area" means any
17 improved or vacant area within the boundaries of a
18 redevelopment project area located within the territorial
19 limits of the municipality where:
20         (1) If improved, industrial, commercial, and
21     residential buildings or improvements are detrimental to
22     the public safety, health, or welfare because of a
23     combination of 5 or more of the following factors, each of
24     which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a
25     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
26     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
27     of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the
28     improved part of the redevelopment project area:
29             (A) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair
30         or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary
31         structural components of buildings or improvements in
32         such a combination that a documented building

 

 

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1         condition analysis determines that major repair is
2         required or the defects are so serious and so extensive
3         that the buildings must be removed.
4             (B) Obsolescence. The condition or process of
5         falling into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited
6         for the original use.
7             (C) Deterioration. With respect to buildings,
8         defects including, but not limited to, major defects in
9         the secondary building components such as doors,
10         windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia.
11         With respect to surface improvements, that the
12         condition of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters,
13         sidewalks, off-street parking, and surface storage
14         areas evidence deterioration, including, but not
15         limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
16         depressions, loose paving material, and weeds
17         protruding through paved surfaces.
18             (D) Presence of structures below minimum code
19         standards. All structures that do not meet the
20         standards of zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and
21         other governmental codes applicable to property, but
22         not including housing and property maintenance codes.
23             (E) Illegal use of individual structures. The use
24         of structures in violation of applicable federal,
25         State, or local laws, exclusive of those applicable to
26         the presence of structures below minimum code
27         standards.
28             (F) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
29         that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that
30         represent an adverse influence on the area because of
31         the frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.
32             (G) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
33         facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for
34         light or air circulation in spaces or rooms without
35         windows, or that require the removal of dust, odor,
36         gas, smoke, or other noxious airborne materials.

 

 

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1         Inadequate natural light and ventilation means the
2         absence of skylights or windows for interior spaces or
3         rooms and improper window sizes and amounts by room
4         area to window area ratios. Inadequate sanitary
5         facilities refers to the absence or inadequacy of
6         garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities,
7         hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies
8         preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms and
9         units within a building.
10             (H) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
11         utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage,
12         sanitary sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and
13         electrical services that are shown to be inadequate.
14         Inadequate utilities are those that are: (i) of
15         insufficient capacity to serve the uses in the
16         redevelopment project area, (ii) deteriorated,
17         antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or (iii)
18         lacking within the redevelopment project area.
19             (I) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
20         structures and community facilities. The
21         over-intensive use of property and the crowding of
22         buildings and accessory facilities onto a site.
23         Examples of problem conditions warranting the
24         designation of an area as one exhibiting excessive land
25         coverage are: (i) the presence of buildings either
26         improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels of
27         inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
28         standards of development for health and safety and (ii)
29         the presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel.
30         For there to be a finding of excessive land coverage,
31         these parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
32         conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
33         within or around buildings, increased threat of spread
34         of fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack
35         of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way,
36         lack of reasonably required off-street parking, or

 

 

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1         inadequate provision for loading and service.
2             (J) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence
3         of incompatible land-use relationships, buildings
4         occupied by inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses
5         considered to be noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for
6         the surrounding area.
7             (K) Environmental clean-up. The proposed
8         redevelopment project area has incurred Illinois
9         Environmental Protection Agency or United States
10         Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for,
11         or a study conducted by an independent consultant
12         recognized as having expertise in environmental
13         remediation has determined a need for, the clean-up of
14         hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground
15         storage tanks required by State or federal law,
16         provided that the remediation costs constitute a
17         material impediment to the development or
18         redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.
19             (L) Lack of community planning. The proposed
20         redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
21         without the benefit or guidance of a community plan.
22         This means that the development occurred prior to the
23         adoption by the municipality of a comprehensive or
24         other community plan or that the plan was not followed
25         at the time of the area's development. This factor must
26         be documented by evidence of adverse or incompatible
27         land-use relationships, inadequate street layout,
28         improper subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and
29         size to meet contemporary development standards, or
30         other evidence demonstrating an absence of effective
31         community planning.
32             (M) The total equalized assessed value of the
33         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
34         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
35         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
36         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the

 

 

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1         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
2         calendar years for which information is available or is
3         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
4         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
5         by the United States Department of Labor or successor
6         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
7         year in which the redevelopment project area is
8         designated.
9         (2) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
10     project area is impaired by a combination of 2 or more of
11     the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with
12     that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a
13     municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly
14     present within the intent of the Act and (ii) reasonably
15     distributed throughout the vacant part of the
16     redevelopment project area to which it pertains:
17             (A) Obsolete platting of vacant land that results
18         in parcels of limited or narrow size or configurations
19         of parcels of irregular size or shape that would be
20         difficult to develop on a planned basis and in a manner
21         compatible with contemporary standards and
22         requirements, or platting that failed to create
23         rights-of-ways for streets or alleys or that created
24         inadequate right-of-way widths for streets, alleys, or
25         other public rights-of-way or that omitted easements
26         for public utilities.
27             (B) Diversity of ownership of parcels of vacant
28         land sufficient in number to retard or impede the
29         ability to assemble the land for development.
30             (C) Tax and special assessment delinquencies exist
31         or the property has been the subject of tax sales under
32         the Property Tax Code within the last 5 years.
33             (D) Deterioration of structures or site
34         improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the
35         vacant land.
36             (E) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental

 

 

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1         Protection Agency or United States Environmental
2         Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
3         conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
4         having expertise in environmental remediation has
5         determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
6         hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
7         required by State or federal law, provided that the
8         remediation costs constitute a material impediment to
9         the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment
10         project area.
11             (F) The total equalized assessed value of the
12         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
13         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
14         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
15         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
16         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
17         calendar years for which information is available or is
18         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
19         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
20         by the United States Department of Labor or successor
21         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
22         year in which the redevelopment project area is
23         designated.
24         (3) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
25     project area is impaired by one of the following factors
26     that (i) is present, with that presence documented, to a
27     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
28     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
29     of the Act and (ii) is reasonably distributed throughout
30     the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which
31     it pertains:
32             (A) The area consists of one or more unused
33         quarries, mines, or strip mine ponds.
34             (B) The area consists of unused rail yards, rail
35         tracks, or railroad rights-of-way.
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1         to (i) chronic flooding that adversely impacts on real
2         property in the area as certified by a registered
3         professional engineer or appropriate regulatory agency
4         or (ii) surface water that discharges from all or a
5         part of the area and contributes to flooding within the
6         same watershed, but only if the redevelopment project
7         provides for facilities or improvements to contribute
8         to the alleviation of all or part of the flooding.
9             (D) The area consists of an unused or illegal
10         disposal site containing earth, stone, building
11         debris, or similar materials that were removed from
12         construction, demolition, excavation, or dredge sites.
13             (E) Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not less
14         than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is
15         vacant (notwithstanding that the area has been used for
16         commercial agricultural purposes within 5 years prior
17         to the designation of the redevelopment project area),
18         and the area meets at least one of the factors itemized
19         in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the area has been
20         designated as a town or village center by ordinance or
21         comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982,
22         and the area has not been developed for that designated
23         purpose.
24             (F) The area qualified as a blighted improved area
25         immediately prior to becoming vacant, unless there has
26         been substantial private investment in the immediately
27         surrounding area.
28     (b) For any redevelopment project area that has been
29 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
30 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
31 91-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth
32 in this Section prior to that date.
33     On and after November 1, 1999, "conservation area" means
34 any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment
35 project area located within the territorial limits of the
36 municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area

 

 

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1 have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a
2 blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the
3 following factors is detrimental to the public safety, health,
4 morals or welfare and such an area may become a blighted area:
5         (1) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair or
6     neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural
7     components of buildings or improvements in such a
8     combination that a documented building condition analysis
9     determines that major repair is required or the defects are
10     so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be
11     removed.
12         (2) Obsolescence. The condition or process of falling
13     into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited for the
14     original use.
15         (3) Deterioration. With respect to buildings, defects
16     including, but not limited to, major defects in the
17     secondary building components such as doors, windows,
18     porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia. With respect
19     to surface improvements, that the condition of roadways,
20     alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking, and
21     surface storage areas evidence deterioration, including,
22     but not limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
23     depressions, loose paving material, and weeds protruding
24     through paved surfaces.
25         (4) Presence of structures below minimum code
26     standards. All structures that do not meet the standards of
27     zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and other
28     governmental codes applicable to property, but not
29     including housing and property maintenance codes.
30         (5) Illegal use of individual structures. The use of
31     structures in violation of applicable federal, State, or
32     local laws, exclusive of those applicable to the presence
33     of structures below minimum code standards.
34         (6) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
35     that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent an
36     adverse influence on the area because of the frequency,

 

 

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1     extent, or duration of the vacancies.
2         (7) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
3     facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for light
4     or air circulation in spaces or rooms without windows, or
5     that require the removal of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or
6     other noxious airborne materials. Inadequate natural light
7     and ventilation means the absence or inadequacy of
8     skylights or windows for interior spaces or rooms and
9     improper window sizes and amounts by room area to window
10     area ratios. Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the
11     absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure,
12     bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchens, and
13     structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to
14     and from all rooms and units within a building.
15         (8) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
16     utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage, sanitary
17     sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and electrical
18     services that are shown to be inadequate. Inadequate
19     utilities are those that are: (i) of insufficient capacity
20     to serve the uses in the redevelopment project area, (ii)
21     deteriorated, antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or
22     (iii) lacking within the redevelopment project area.
23         (9) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
24     structures and community facilities. The over-intensive
25     use of property and the crowding of buildings and accessory
26     facilities onto a site. Examples of problem conditions
27     warranting the designation of an area as one exhibiting
28     excessive land coverage are: the presence of buildings
29     either improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels
30     of inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
31     standards of development for health and safety and the
32     presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel. For
33     there to be a finding of excessive land coverage, these
34     parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
35     conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
36     within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of

 

 

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1     fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack of
2     adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of
3     reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate
4     provision for loading and service.
5         (10) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence of
6     incompatible land-use relationships, buildings occupied by
7     inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses considered to be
8     noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for the surrounding
9     area.
10         (11) Lack of community planning. The proposed
11     redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
12     without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This
13     means that the development occurred prior to the adoption
14     by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community
15     plan or that the plan was not followed at the time of the
16     area's development. This factor must be documented by
17     evidence of adverse or incompatible land-use
18     relationships, inadequate street layout, improper
19     subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet
20     contemporary development standards, or other evidence
21     demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.
22         (12) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
23     Protection Agency or United States Environmental
24     Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
25     conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
26     having expertise in environmental remediation has
27     determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
28     hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
29     required by State or federal law, provided that the
30     remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the
31     development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project
32     area.
33         (13) The total equalized assessed value of the proposed
34     redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of the last 5
35     calendar years for which information is available or is
36     increasing at an annual rate that is less than the balance

 

 

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1     of the municipality for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for
2     which information is available or is increasing at an
3     annual rate that is less than the Consumer Price Index for
4     All Urban Consumers published by the United States
5     Department of Labor or successor agency for 3 of the last 5
6     calendar years for which information is available.
7     (c) "Industrial park" means an area in a blighted or
8 conservation area suitable for use by any manufacturing,
9 industrial, research or transportation enterprise, of
10 facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills,
11 processing plants, assembly plants, packing plants,
12 fabricating plants, industrial distribution centers,
13 warehouses, repair overhaul or service facilities, freight
14 terminals, research facilities, test facilities or railroad
15 facilities.
16     (d) "Industrial park conservation area" means an area
17 within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located
18 within the territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor
19 surplus municipality or within 1 1/2 miles of the territorial
20 limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus municipality
21 if the area is annexed to the municipality; which area is zoned
22 as industrial no later than at the time the municipality by
23 ordinance designates the redevelopment project area, and which
24 area includes both vacant land suitable for use as an
25 industrial park and a blighted area or conservation area
26 contiguous to such vacant land.
27     (e) "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in
28 which, at any time during the 6 months before the municipality
29 by ordinance designates an industrial park conservation area,
30 the unemployment rate was over 6% and was also 100% or more of
31 the national average unemployment rate for that same time as
32 published in the United States Department of Labor Bureau of
33 Labor Statistics publication entitled "The Employment
34 Situation" or its successor publication. For the purpose of
35 this subsection, if unemployment rate statistics for the
36 municipality are not available, the unemployment rate in the

 

 

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1 municipality shall be deemed to be the same as the unemployment
2 rate in the principal county in which the municipality is
3 located.
4     (f) "Municipality" shall mean a city, village or
5 incorporated town.
6     (g) "Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount of taxes
7 paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act,
8 Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
9 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
10 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
11 transactions at places located in a State Sales Tax Boundary
12 during the calendar year 1985.
13     (g-1) "Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount
14 of taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax
15 Act, Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
16 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
17 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
18 transactions at places located within the State Sales Tax
19 Boundary revised pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8a(9) of this Act.
20     (h) "Municipal Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal
21 to the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid to a
22 municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from
23 sales by retailers and servicemen within the redevelopment
24 project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be,
25 for as long as the redevelopment project area or State Sales
26 Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist over and above the
27 aggregate amount of taxes as certified by the Illinois
28 Department of Revenue and paid under the Municipal Retailers'
29 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act
30 by retailers and servicemen, on transactions at places of
31 business located in the redevelopment project area or State
32 Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, during the base year
33 which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year
34 in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation
35 financing. For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of
36 such taxes for base years occurring prior to 1985, the

 

 

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1 Department of Revenue shall determine the Initial Sales Tax
2 Amounts for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to
3 4% of the aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the
4 base year is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction
5 of 12%. The amount so determined shall be known as the
6 "Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts". For purposes of
7 determining the Municipal Sales Tax Increment, the Department
8 of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the amount paid
9 to the municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising
10 from sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located
11 in the redevelopment project area or the State Sales Tax
12 Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax
13 Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
14 Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Municipal Retailers'
15 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax
16 Act. For the State Fiscal Year 1989, this calculation shall be
17 made by utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax
18 amounts received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this
19 calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from January
20 1, 1988, until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts
21 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
22 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
23 Occupation Tax Act, which shall have deducted therefrom
24 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the
25 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
26 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year 1991,
27 this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from
28 October 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989, to determine the tax amounts
29 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
30 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
31 Occupation Tax Act which shall have deducted therefrom
32 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
33 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
34 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year
35 thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months
36 beginning July 1 and ending June 30 to determine the tax

 

 

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1 amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the
2 certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales
3 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as the
4 case may be.
5     (i) "Net State Sales Tax Increment" means the sum of the
6 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Sales Tax
7 Increment annually generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary;
8 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
9 $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually generated within
10 a State Sales Tax Boundary; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
11 excess of $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually
12 generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary. If, however, a
13 municipality established a tax increment financing district in
14 a county with a population in excess of 3,000,000 before
15 January 1, 1986, and the municipality entered into a contract
16 or issued bonds after January 1, 1986, but before December 31,
17 1986, to finance redevelopment project costs within a State
18 Sales Tax Boundary, then the Net State Sales Tax Increment
19 means, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1990, and July 1,
20 1991, 100% of the State Sales Tax Increment annually generated
21 within a State Sales Tax Boundary; and notwithstanding any
22 other provision of this Act, for those fiscal years the
23 Department of Revenue shall distribute to those municipalities
24 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment before any
25 distribution to any other municipality and regardless of
26 whether or not those other municipalities will receive 100% of
27 their Net State Sales Tax Increment. For Fiscal Year 1999, and
28 every year thereafter until the year 2007, for any municipality
29 that has not entered into a contract or has not issued bonds
30 prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment project costs
31 within a State Sales Tax Boundary, the Net State Sales Tax
32 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
33 Net State Sales Tax Increment by 90% in the State Fiscal Year
34 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State
35 Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the
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1 in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year
2 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall
3 be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
4     Municipalities that issued bonds in connection with a
5 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
6 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991, or that
7 entered into contracts in connection with a redevelopment
8 project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988,
9 shall continue to receive their proportional share of the
10 Illinois Tax Increment Fund distribution until the date on
11 which the redevelopment project is completed or terminated. If,
12 however, a municipality that issued bonds in connection with a
13 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
14 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991 retires the
15 bonds prior to June 30, 2007 or a municipality that entered
16 into contracts in connection with a redevelopment project in a
17 redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988 completes the
18 contracts prior to June 30, 2007, then so long as the
19 redevelopment project is not completed or is not terminated,
20 the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be calculated,
21 beginning on the date on which the bonds are retired or the
22 contracts are completed, as follows: By multiplying the Net
23 State Sales Tax Increment by 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002;
24 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year
25 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State
26 Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No
27 payment shall be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and
28 thereafter. Refunding of any bonds issued prior to July 29,
29 1991, shall not alter the Net State Sales Tax Increment.
30     (j) "State Utility Tax Increment Amount" means an amount
31 equal to the aggregate increase in State electric and gas tax
32 charges imposed on owners and tenants, other than residential
33 customers, of properties located within the redevelopment
34 project area under Section 9-222 of the Public Utilities Act,
35 over and above the aggregate of such charges as certified by
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1 than residential customers, of properties within the
2 redevelopment project area during the base year, which shall be
3 the calendar year immediately prior to the year of the adoption
4 of the ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation
5 financing.
6     (k) "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the sum of the
7 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Utility Tax
8 Increment annually generated by a redevelopment project area;
9 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
10 $500,000 of the State Utility Tax Increment annually generated
11 by a redevelopment project area; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
12 excess of $500,000 of State Utility Tax Increment annually
13 generated by a redevelopment project area. For the State Fiscal
14 Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year 2007, for
15 any municipality that has not entered into a contract or has
16 not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment
17 project costs within a redevelopment project area, the Net
18 State Utility Tax Increment shall be calculated as follows: By
19 multiplying the Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in the
20 State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70%
21 in the State Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year
22 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State
23 Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the
24 State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007.
25 No payment shall be made for the State Fiscal Year 2008 and
26 thereafter.
27     Municipalities that issue bonds in connection with the
28 redevelopment project during the period from June 1, 1988 until
29 3 years after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1988
30 shall receive the Net State Utility Tax Increment, subject to
31 appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the issuance of
32 such bonds. For the 16th through the 20th State Fiscal Years
33 after issuance of the bonds, the Net State Utility Tax
34 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
35 Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in year 16; 80% in year
36 17; 70% in year 18; 60% in year 19; and 50% in year 20.

 

 

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1 Refunding of any bonds issued prior to June 1, 1988, shall not
2 alter the revised Net State Utility Tax Increment payments set
3 forth above.
4     (l) "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures, notes,
5 special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued
6 by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to
7 refund outstanding obligations.
8     (m) "Payment in lieu of taxes" means those estimated tax
9 revenues from real property in a redevelopment project area
10 derived from real property that has been acquired by a
11 municipality which according to the redevelopment project or
12 plan is to be used for a private use which taxing districts
13 would have received had a municipality not acquired the real
14 property and adopted tax increment allocation financing and
15 which would result from levies made after the time of the
16 adoption of tax increment allocation financing to the time the
17 current equalized value of real property in the redevelopment
18 project area exceeds the total initial equalized value of real
19 property in said area.
20     (n) "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program
21 of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended
22 by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or
23 eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the
24 redevelopment project area as a "blighted area" or
25 "conservation area" or combination thereof or "industrial park
26 conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the
27 taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment project
28 area. On and after November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
29 Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may be approved or
30 amended that includes the development of vacant land (i) with a
31 golf course and related clubhouse and other facilities or (ii)
32 designated by federal, State, county, or municipal government
33 as public land for outdoor recreational activities or for
34 nature preserves and used for that purpose within 5 years prior
35 to the adoption of the redevelopment plan. For the purpose of
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1 camping and hunting. Each redevelopment plan shall set forth in
2 writing the program to be undertaken to accomplish the
3 objectives and shall include but not be limited to:
4         (A) an itemized list of estimated redevelopment
5     project costs;
6         (B) evidence indicating that the redevelopment project
7     area on the whole has not been subject to growth and
8     development through investment by private enterprise;
9         (C) an assessment of any financial impact of the
10     redevelopment project area on or any increased demand for
11     services from any taxing district affected by the plan and
12     any program to address such financial impact or increased
13     demand;
14         (D) the sources of funds to pay costs;
15         (E) the nature and term of the obligations to be
16     issued;
17         (F) the most recent equalized assessed valuation of the
18     redevelopment project area;
19         (G) an estimate as to the equalized assessed valuation
20     after redevelopment and the general land uses to apply in
21     the redevelopment project area;
22         (H) a commitment to fair employment practices and an
23     affirmative action plan;
24         (I) if it concerns an industrial park conservation
25     area, the plan shall also include a general description of
26     any proposed developer, user and tenant of any property, a
27     description of the type, structure and general character of
28     the facilities to be developed, a description of the type,
29     class and number of new employees to be employed in the
30     operation of the facilities to be developed; and
31         (J) if property is to be annexed to the municipality,
32     the plan shall include the terms of the annexation
33     agreement.
34     The provisions of items (B) and (C) of this subsection (n)
35 shall not apply to a municipality that before March 14, 1994
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1 its corporate authorities or by a commission designated under
2 subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time and place for a
3 public hearing as required by subsection (a) of Section
4 11-74.4-5. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless a
5 municipality complies with all of the following requirements:
6         (1) The municipality finds that the redevelopment
7     project area on the whole has not been subject to growth
8     and development through investment by private enterprise
9     and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed
10     without the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
11         (2) The municipality finds that the redevelopment plan
12     and project conform to the comprehensive plan for the
13     development of the municipality as a whole, or, for
14     municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more,
15     regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was
16     adopted, the redevelopment plan and project either: (i)
17     conforms to the strategic economic development or
18     redevelopment plan issued by the designated planning
19     authority of the municipality, or (ii) includes land uses
20     that have been approved by the planning commission of the
21     municipality.
22         (3) The redevelopment plan establishes the estimated
23     dates of completion of the redevelopment project and
24     retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment
25     project costs. Those dates: shall not be later than
26     December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
27     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
28     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
29     ad valorem taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year
30     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
31     redevelopment project area is adopted if the ordinance was
32     adopted on or after January 15, 1981; shall not be later
33     than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
34     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
35     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
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1     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
2     redevelopment project area if the ordinance was adopted on
3     May 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling; , and shall not be
4     later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to
5     the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
6     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
7     ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-fifth calendar year
8     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
9     redevelopment project area is adopted:
10             (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15,
11         1981, or
12             (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983,
13         April 1984, July 1985, or December 1989, or
14             (C) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1987
15         and the redevelopment project is located within one
16         mile of Midway Airport, or
17             (D) if the ordinance was adopted before January 1,
18         1987 by a municipality in Mason County, or
19             (E) if the municipality is subject to the Local
20         Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or
21         the Financially Distressed City Law, or
22             (F) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1984
23         by the Village of Rosemont, or
24             (G) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
25         1986 by a municipality located in Clinton County for
26         which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds were
27         authorized on June 17, 1997, or if the ordinance was
28         adopted on December 31, 1986 by a municipality with a
29         population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that is located
30         in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
31         34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment
32         bonds were authorized on June 17, 1997, or
33             (H) if the ordinance was adopted on October 5, 1982
34         by the City of Kankakee, or if the ordinance was
35         adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St. Louis, or
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1         1991 by the Village of Sauget, or
2             (J) if the ordinance was adopted on February 11,
3         1985 by the City of Rock Island, or
4             (K) if the ordinance was adopted before December
5         18, 1986 by the City of Moline, or
6             (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
7         by Sauk Village, or
8             (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October 1993 by
9         Sauk Village, or
10             (N) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
11         1986 by the City of Galva, or
12             (O) if the ordinance was adopted in March 1991 by
13         the City of Centreville, or
14             (P) if the ordinance was adopted on January 23,
15         1991 by the City of East St. Louis, or
16             (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
17         1986 by the City of Aledo, or
18             (R) if the ordinance was adopted on February 5,
19         1990 by the City of Clinton, or
20             (S) if the ordinance was adopted on September 6,
21         1994 by the City of Freeport, or
22             (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
23         1986 by the City of Tuscola, or
24             (U) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
25         1986 by the City of Sparta, or
26             (V) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
27         1986 by the City of Beardstown, or
28             (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27, 1981,
29         October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
30         Belleville, or
31             (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
32         1986 by the City of Collinsville, or
33             (Y) if the ordinance was adopted on September 14,
34         1994 by the City of Alton, or
35             (Z) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
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1             (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
2         1984 by the City of LeRoy, or
3             (BB) if the ordinance was adopted on April 3, 1991
4         or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or
5             (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
6         1986 by the City of Pekin, or
7             (DD) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
8         15, 1981 by the City of Champaign, or
9             (EE) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
10         15, 1986 by the City of Urbana, or
11             (FF) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
12         15, 1986 by the Village of Heyworth, or
13             (GG) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on February
14         24, 1992 by the Village of Heyworth, or
15             (HH) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on March 16,
16         1995 by the Village of Heyworth, or
17             (II) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
18         23, 1986 by the Town of Cicero, or
19             (JJ) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
20         30, 1986 by the City of Effingham, or
21             (KK) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on May 9,
22         1991 by the Village of Tilton, or
23             (LL) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on October
24         20, 1986 by the City of Elmhurst, or
25             (MM) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on January
26         19, 1988 by the City of Waukegan, or
27             (NN) (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on September
28         21, 1998 by the City of Waukegan.
29         However, for redevelopment project areas for which
30     bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, or for which
31     contracts were entered into before June 1, 1988, in
32     connection with a redevelopment project in the area within
33     the State Sales Tax Boundary, the estimated dates of
34     completion of the redevelopment project and retirement of
35     obligations to finance redevelopment project costs may be
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1     termination procedures of subsection (b) of Section
2     11-74.4-8 are not required for these redevelopment project
3     areas in 2009 but are required in 2013. The extension
4     allowed by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall not apply to
5     real property tax increment allocation financing under
6     Section 11-74.4-8.
7         A municipality may by municipal ordinance amend an
8     existing redevelopment plan to conform to this paragraph
9     (3) as amended by Public Act 91-478, which municipal
10     ordinance may be adopted without further hearing or notice
11     and without complying with the procedures provided in this
12     Act pertaining to an amendment to or the initial approval
13     of a redevelopment plan and project and designation of a
14     redevelopment project area.
15         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
16     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
17     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
18     redevelopment project areas that were adopted on or after
19     December 16, 1986 and for which at least $8 million worth
20     of municipal bonds were authorized on or after December 19,
21     1989 but before January 1, 1990; provided that the
22     municipality elects to extend the life of the redevelopment
23     project area to 35 years by the adoption of an ordinance
24     after at least 14 but not more than 30 days' written notice
25     to the taxing bodies, that would otherwise constitute the
26     joint review board for the redevelopment project area,
27     before the adoption of the ordinance.
28         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
29     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
30     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
31     redevelopment project areas that were established on or
32     after December 1, 1981 but before January 1, 1982 and for
33     which at least $1,500,000 worth of tax increment revenue
34     bonds were authorized on or after September 30, 1990 but
35     before July 1, 1991; provided that the municipality elects
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1     years by the adoption of an ordinance after at least 14 but
2     not more than 30 days' written notice to the taxing bodies,
3     that would otherwise constitute the joint review board for
4     the redevelopment project area, before the adoption of the
5     ordinance.
6         (3.5) The municipality finds, in the case of an
7     industrial park conservation area, also that the
8     municipality is a labor surplus municipality and that the
9     implementation of the redevelopment plan will reduce
10     unemployment, create new jobs and by the provision of new
11     facilities enhance the tax base of the taxing districts
12     that extend into the redevelopment project area.
13         (4) If any incremental revenues are being utilized
14     under Section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of this Act in
15     redevelopment project areas approved by ordinance after
16     January 1, 1986, the municipality finds: (a) that the
17     redevelopment project area would not reasonably be
18     developed without the use of such incremental revenues, and
19     (b) that such incremental revenues will be exclusively
20     utilized for the development of the redevelopment project
21     area.
22         (5) If the redevelopment plan will not result in
23     displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited
24     residential units, and the municipality certifies in the
25     plan that such displacement will not result from the plan,
26     a housing impact study need not be performed. If, however,
27     the redevelopment plan would result in the displacement of
28     residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, or
29     if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or more
30     inhabited residential units and no certification is made,
31     then the municipality shall prepare, as part of the
32     separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of
33     Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.
34         Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i)
35     data as to whether the residential units are single family
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1     within the units, if that information is available, (iii)
2     whether the units are inhabited or uninhabited, as
3     determined not less than 45 days before the date that the
4     ordinance or resolution required by subsection (a) of
5     Section 11-74.4-5 is passed, and (iv) data as to the racial
6     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
7     residential units. The data requirement as to the racial
8     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
9     residential units shall be deemed to be fully satisfied by
10     data from the most recent federal census.
11         Part II of the housing impact study shall identify the
12     inhabited residential units in the proposed redevelopment
13     project area that are to be or may be removed. If inhabited
14     residential units are to be removed, then the housing
15     impact study shall identify (i) the number and location of
16     those units that will or may be removed, (ii) the
17     municipality's plans for relocation assistance for those
18     residents in the proposed redevelopment project area whose
19     residences are to be removed, (iii) the availability of
20     replacement housing for those residents whose residences
21     are to be removed, and shall identify the type, location,
22     and cost of the housing, and (iv) the type and extent of
23     relocation assistance to be provided.
24         (6) On and after November 1, 1999, the housing impact
25     study required by paragraph (5) shall be incorporated in
26     the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment project area.
27         (7) On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment
28     plan shall be adopted, nor an existing plan amended, nor
29     shall residential housing that is occupied by households of
30     low-income and very low-income persons in currently
31     existing redevelopment project areas be removed after
32     November 1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides,
33     with respect to inhabited housing units that are to be
34     removed for households of low-income and very low-income
35     persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not
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1     Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
2     Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations under
3     that Act, including the eligibility criteria. Affordable
4     housing may be either existing or newly constructed
5     housing. For purposes of this paragraph (7), "low-income
6     households", "very low-income households", and "affordable
7     housing" have the meanings set forth in the Illinois
8     Affordable Housing Act. The municipality shall make a good
9     faith effort to ensure that this affordable housing is
10     located in or near the redevelopment project area within
11     the municipality.
12         (8) On and after November 1, 1999, if, after the
13     adoption of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment
14     project area, any municipality desires to amend its
15     redevelopment plan to remove more inhabited residential
16     units than specified in its original redevelopment plan,
17     that change shall be made in accordance with the procedures
18     in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-5.
19         (9) For redevelopment project areas designated prior
20     to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may be amended
21     without further joint review board meeting or hearing,
22     provided that the municipality shall give notice of any
23     such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and
24     registrant on the interested party registry, to authorize
25     the municipality to expend tax increment revenues for
26     redevelopment project costs defined by paragraphs (5) and
27     (7.5), subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (11), and
28     paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3, so
29     long as the changes do not increase the total estimated
30     redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment
31     plan by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from
32     the date the plan was adopted.
33     (o) "Redevelopment project" means any public and private
34 development project in furtherance of the objectives of a
35 redevelopment plan. On and after November 1, 1999 (the
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1 be approved or amended that includes the development of vacant
2 land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and other
3 facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county, or
4 municipal government as public land for outdoor recreational
5 activities or for nature preserves and used for that purpose
6 within 5 years prior to the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
7 For the purpose of this subsection, "recreational activities"
8 is limited to mean camping and hunting.
9     (p) "Redevelopment project area" means an area designated
10 by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than 1
11 1/2 acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a
12 finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be
13 classified as an industrial park conservation area or a
14 blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both
15 blighted areas and conservation areas.
16     (q) "Redevelopment project costs" mean and include the sum
17 total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or
18 estimated to be incurred, and any such costs incidental to a
19 redevelopment plan and a redevelopment project. Such costs
20 include, without limitation, the following:
21         (1) Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans,
22     and specifications, implementation and administration of
23     the redevelopment plan including but not limited to staff
24     and professional service costs for architectural,
25     engineering, legal, financial, planning or other services,
26     provided however that no charges for professional services
27     may be based on a percentage of the tax increment
28     collected; except that on and after November 1, 1999 (the
29     effective date of Public Act 91-478), no contracts for
30     professional services, excluding architectural and
31     engineering services, may be entered into if the terms of
32     the contract extend beyond a period of 3 years. In
33     addition, "redevelopment project costs" shall not include
34     lobbying expenses. After consultation with the
35     municipality, each tax increment consultant or advisor to a
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1     redevelopment project area shall inform the municipality
2     in writing of any contracts that the consultant or advisor
3     has entered into with entities or individuals that have
4     received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax
5     increment revenues produced by the redevelopment project
6     area with respect to which the consultant or advisor has
7     performed, or will be performing, service for the
8     municipality. This requirement shall be satisfied by the
9     consultant or advisor before the commencement of services
10     for the municipality and thereafter whenever any other
11     contracts with those individuals or entities are executed
12     by the consultant or advisor;
13         (1.5) After July 1, 1999, annual administrative costs
14     shall not include general overhead or administrative costs
15     of the municipality that would still have been incurred by
16     the municipality if the municipality had not designated a
17     redevelopment project area or approved a redevelopment
18     plan;
19         (1.6) The cost of marketing sites within the
20     redevelopment project area to prospective businesses,
21     developers, and investors;
22         (2) Property assembly costs, including but not limited
23     to acquisition of land and other property, real or
24     personal, or rights or interests therein, demolition of
25     buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve
26     as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below
27     ground environmental contamination, including, but not
28     limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt
29     barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;
30         (3) Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair
31     or remodeling of existing public or private buildings,
32     fixtures, and leasehold improvements; and the cost of
33     replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the
34     implementation of a redevelopment project the existing
35     public building is to be demolished to use the site for
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1     private investment;
2         (4) Costs of the construction of public works or
3     improvements, except that on and after November 1, 1999,
4     redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of
5     constructing a new municipal public building principally
6     used to provide offices, storage space, or conference
7     facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for
8     administrative, public safety, or public works personnel
9     and that is not intended to replace an existing public
10     building as provided under paragraph (3) of subsection (q)
11     of Section 11-74.4-3 unless either (i) the construction of
12     the new municipal building implements a redevelopment
13     project that was included in a redevelopment plan that was
14     adopted by the municipality prior to November 1, 1999 or
15     (ii) the municipality makes a reasonable determination in
16     the redevelopment plan, supported by information that
17     provides the basis for that determination, that the new
18     municipal building is required to meet an increase in the
19     need for public safety purposes anticipated to result from
20     the implementation of the redevelopment plan;
21         (5) Costs of job training and retraining projects,
22     including the cost of "welfare to work" programs
23     implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment
24     project area;
25         (6) Financing costs, including but not limited to all
26     necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance
27     of obligations and which may include payment of interest on
28     any obligations issued hereunder including interest
29     accruing during the estimated period of construction of any
30     redevelopment project for which such obligations are
31     issued and for not exceeding 36 months thereafter and
32     including reasonable reserves related thereto;
33         (7) To the extent the municipality by written agreement
34     accepts and approves the same, all or a portion of a taxing
35     district's capital costs resulting from the redevelopment
36     project necessarily incurred or to be incurred within a

 

 

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1     taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the
2     redevelopment plan and project.
3         (7.5) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
4     redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
5     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
6     on or after November 1, 1999, an elementary, secondary, or
7     unit school district's increased costs attributable to
8     assisted housing units located within the redevelopment
9     project area for which the developer or redeveloper
10     receives financial assistance through an agreement with
11     the municipality or because the municipality incurs the
12     cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the
13     boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the
14     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act, and
15     which costs shall be paid by the municipality from the
16     Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue
17     is received as a result of the assisted housing units and
18     shall be calculated annually as follows:
19             (A) for foundation districts, excluding any school
20         district in a municipality with a population in excess
21         of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase
22         in attendance resulting from the net increase in new
23         students enrolled in that school district who reside in
24         housing units within the redevelopment project area
25         that have received financial assistance through an
26         agreement with the municipality or because the
27         municipality incurs the cost of necessary
28         infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of
29         the housing sites necessary for the completion of that
30         housing as authorized by this Act since the designation
31         of the redevelopment project area by the most recently
32         available per capita tuition cost as defined in Section
33         10-20.12a of the School Code less any increase in
34         general State aid as defined in Section 18-8.05 of the
35         School Code attributable to these added new students
36         subject to the following annual limitations:

 

 

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1                 (i) for unit school districts with a district
2             average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less
3             than $5,900, no more than 25% of the total amount
4             of property tax increment revenue produced by
5             those housing units that have received tax
6             increment finance assistance under this Act;
7                 (ii) for elementary school districts with a
8             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
9             of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of the total
10             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
11             by those housing units that have received tax
12             increment finance assistance under this Act; and
13                 (iii) for secondary school districts with a
14             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
15             of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of the total
16             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
17             by those housing units that have received tax
18             increment finance assistance under this Act.
19             (B) For alternate method districts, flat grant
20         districts, and foundation districts with a district
21         average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge equal to or
22         more than $5,900, excluding any school district with a
23         population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the
24         district's increase in attendance resulting from the
25         net increase in new students enrolled in that school
26         district who reside in housing units within the
27         redevelopment project area that have received
28         financial assistance through an agreement with the
29         municipality or because the municipality incurs the
30         cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within
31         the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
32         completion of that housing as authorized by this Act
33         since the designation of the redevelopment project
34         area by the most recently available per capita tuition
35         cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code
36         less any increase in general state aid as defined in

 

 

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1         Section 18-8.05 of the School Code attributable to
2         these added new students subject to the following
3         annual limitations:
4                 (i) for unit school districts, no more than 40%
5             of the total amount of property tax increment
6             revenue produced by those housing units that have
7             received tax increment finance assistance under
8             this Act;
9                 (ii) for elementary school districts, no more
10             than 27% of the total amount of property tax
11             increment revenue produced by those housing units
12             that have received tax increment finance
13             assistance under this Act; and
14                 (iii) for secondary school districts, no more
15             than 13% of the total amount of property tax
16             increment revenue produced by those housing units
17             that have received tax increment finance
18             assistance under this Act.
19             (C) For any school district in a municipality with
20         a population in excess of 1,000,000, the following
21         restrictions shall apply to the reimbursement of
22         increased costs under this paragraph (7.5):
23                 (i) no increased costs shall be reimbursed
24             unless the school district certifies that each of
25             the schools affected by the assisted housing
26             project is at or over its student capacity;
27                 (ii) the amount reimbursable shall be reduced
28             by the value of any land donated to the school
29             district by the municipality or developer, and by
30             the value of any physical improvements made to the
31             schools by the municipality or developer; and
32                 (iii) the amount reimbursed may not affect
33             amounts otherwise obligated by the terms of any
34             bonds, notes, or other funding instruments, or the
35             terms of any redevelopment agreement.
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1         paragraph (7.5) shall, after July 1 and before
2         September 30 of each year, provide the municipality
3         with reasonable evidence to support its claim for
4         reimbursement before the municipality shall be
5         required to approve or make the payment to the school
6         district. If the school district fails to provide the
7         information during this period in any year, it shall
8         forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that year.
9         School districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
10         right to all or a portion of the reimbursement
11         otherwise required by this paragraph (7.5). By
12         acceptance of this reimbursement the school district
13         waives the right to directly or indirectly set aside,
14         modify, or contest in any manner the establishment of
15         the redevelopment project area or projects;
16         (7.7) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
17     redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
18     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
19     on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public
20     Act 93-961) this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
21     Assembly, a public library district's increased costs
22     attributable to assisted housing units located within the
23     redevelopment project area for which the developer or
24     redeveloper receives financial assistance through an
25     agreement with the municipality or because the
26     municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure
27     improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing
28     sites necessary for the completion of that housing as
29     authorized by this Act shall be paid to the library
30     district by the municipality from the Special Tax
31     Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received
32     as a result of the assisted housing units. This paragraph
33     (7.7) applies only if (i) the library district is located
34     in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
35     Limitation Law or (ii) the library district is not located
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1     Limitation Law but the district is prohibited by any other
2     law from increasing its tax levy rate without a prior voter
3     referendum.
4         The amount paid to a library district under this
5     paragraph (7.7) shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the
6     net increase in the number of persons eligible to obtain a
7     library card in that district who reside in housing units
8     within the redevelopment project area that have received
9     financial assistance through an agreement with the
10     municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of
11     necessary infrastructure improvements within the
12     boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
13     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since
14     the designation of the redevelopment project area by (ii)
15     the per-patron cost of providing library services so long
16     as it does not exceed $120. The per-patron cost shall be
17     the Total Operating Expenditures Per Capita as stated in
18     the most recent Illinois Public Library Statistics
19     produced by the Library Research Center at the University
20     of Illinois. The municipality may deduct from the amount
21     that it must pay to a library district under this paragraph
22     any amount that it has voluntarily paid to the library
23     district from the tax increment revenue. The amount paid to
24     a library district under this paragraph (7.7) shall be no
25     more than 2% of the amount produced by the assisted housing
26     units and deposited into the Special Tax Allocation Fund.
27         A library district is not eligible for any payment
28     under this paragraph (7.7) unless the library district has
29     experienced an increase in the number of patrons from the
30     municipality that created the tax-increment-financing
31     district since the designation of the redevelopment
32     project area.
33         Any library district seeking payment under this
34     paragraph (7.7) shall, after July 1 and before September 30
35     of each year, provide the municipality with convincing
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1     municipality shall be required to approve or make the
2     payment to the library district. If the library district
3     fails to provide the information during this period in any
4     year, it shall forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that
5     year. Library districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
6     right to all or a portion of the reimbursement otherwise
7     required by this paragraph (7.7). By acceptance of such
8     reimbursement, the library district shall forfeit any
9     right to directly or indirectly set aside, modify, or
10     contest in any manner whatsoever the establishment of the
11     redevelopment project area or projects;
12         (8) Relocation costs to the extent that a municipality
13     determines that relocation costs shall be paid or is
14     required to make payment of relocation costs by federal or
15     State law or in order to satisfy subparagraph (7) of
16     subsection (n);
17         (9) Payment in lieu of taxes;
18         (10) Costs of job training, retraining, advanced
19     vocational education or career education, including but
20     not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or
21     technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred
22     by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs
23     (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of
24     additional job training, advanced vocational education or
25     career education programs for persons employed or to be
26     employed by employers located in a redevelopment project
27     area; and (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or taxing
28     districts other than the municipality, are set forth in a
29     written agreement by or among the municipality and the
30     taxing district or taxing districts, which agreement
31     describes the program to be undertaken, including but not
32     limited to the number of employees to be trained, a
33     description of the training and services to be provided,
34     the number and type of positions available or to be
35     available, itemized costs of the program and sources of
36     funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement.

 

 

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1     Such costs include, specifically, the payment by community
2     college districts of costs pursuant to Sections 3-37, 3-38,
3     3-40 and 3-40.1 of the Public Community College Act and by
4     school districts of costs pursuant to Sections 10-22.20a
5     and 10-23.3a of The School Code;
6         (11) Interest cost incurred by a redeveloper related to
7     the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a
8     redevelopment project provided that:
9             (A) such costs are to be paid directly from the
10         special tax allocation fund established pursuant to
11         this Act;
12             (B) such payments in any one year may not exceed
13         30% of the annual interest costs incurred by the
14         redeveloper with regard to the redevelopment project
15         during that year;
16             (C) if there are not sufficient funds available in
17         the special tax allocation fund to make the payment
18         pursuant to this paragraph (11) then the amounts so due
19         shall accrue and be payable when sufficient funds are
20         available in the special tax allocation fund;
21             (D) the total of such interest payments paid
22         pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
23         (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the
24         redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project
25         costs excluding any property assembly costs and any
26         relocation costs incurred by a municipality pursuant
27         to this Act; and
28             (E) the cost limits set forth in subparagraphs (B)
29         and (D) of paragraph (11) shall be modified for the
30         financing of rehabilitated or new housing units for
31         low-income households and very low-income households,
32         as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable
33         Housing Act. The percentage of 75% shall be substituted
34         for 30% in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11).
35             (F) Instead of the eligible costs provided by
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1         modified by this subparagraph, and notwithstanding any
2         other provisions of this Act to the contrary, the
3         municipality may pay from tax increment revenues up to
4         50% of the cost of construction of new housing units to
5         be occupied by low-income households and very
6         low-income households as defined in Section 3 of the
7         Illinois Affordable Housing Act. The cost of
8         construction of those units may be derived from the
9         proceeds of bonds issued by the municipality under this
10         Act or other constitutional or statutory authority or
11         from other sources of municipal revenue that may be
12         reimbursed from tax increment revenues or the proceeds
13         of bonds issued to finance the construction of that
14         housing.
15             The eligible costs provided under this
16         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11) shall be an eligible
17         cost for the construction, renovation, and
18         rehabilitation of all low and very low-income housing
19         units, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
20         Affordable Housing Act, within the redevelopment
21         project area. If the low and very low-income units are
22         part of a residential redevelopment project that
23         includes units not affordable to low and very
24         low-income households, only the low and very
25         low-income units shall be eligible for benefits under
26         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11). The standards for
27         maintaining the occupancy by low-income households and
28         very low-income households, as defined in Section 3 of
29         the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, of those units
30         constructed with eligible costs made available under
31         the provisions of this subparagraph (F) of paragraph
32         (11) shall be established by guidelines adopted by the
33         municipality. The responsibility for annually
34         documenting the initial occupancy of the units by
35         low-income households and very low-income households,
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1         Housing Act, shall be that of the then current owner of
2         the property. For ownership units, the guidelines will
3         provide, at a minimum, for a reasonable recapture of
4         funds, or other appropriate methods designed to
5         preserve the original affordability of the ownership
6         units. For rental units, the guidelines will provide,
7         at a minimum, for the affordability of rent to low and
8         very low-income households. As units become available,
9         they shall be rented to income-eligible tenants. The
10         municipality may modify these guidelines from time to
11         time; the guidelines, however, shall be in effect for
12         as long as tax increment revenue is being used to pay
13         for costs associated with the units or for the
14         retirement of bonds issued to finance the units or for
15         the life of the redevelopment project area, whichever
16         is later.
17         (11.5) If the redevelopment project area is located
18     within a municipality with a population of more than
19     100,000, the cost of day care services for children of
20     employees from low-income families working for businesses
21     located within the redevelopment project area and all or a
22     portion of the cost of operation of day care centers
23     established by redevelopment project area businesses to
24     serve employees from low-income families working in
25     businesses located in the redevelopment project area. For
26     the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families"
27     means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of
28     the municipal, county, or regional median income, adjusted
29     for family size, as the annual income and municipal,
30     county, or regional median income are determined from time
31     to time by the United States Department of Housing and
32     Urban Development.
33         (12) Unless explicitly stated herein the cost of
34     construction of new privately-owned buildings shall not be
35     an eligible redevelopment project cost.
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1     Public Act 91-478), none of the redevelopment project costs
2     enumerated in this subsection shall be eligible
3     redevelopment project costs if those costs would provide
4     direct financial support to a retail entity initiating
5     operations in the redevelopment project area while
6     terminating operations at another Illinois location within
7     10 miles of the redevelopment project area but outside the
8     boundaries of the redevelopment project area municipality.
9     For purposes of this paragraph, termination means a closing
10     of a retail operation that is directly related to the
11     opening of the same operation or like retail entity owned
12     or operated by more than 50% of the original ownership in a
13     redevelopment project area, but it does not mean closing an
14     operation for reasons beyond the control of the retail
15     entity, as documented by the retail entity, subject to a
16     reasonable finding by the municipality that the current
17     location contained inadequate space, had become
18     economically obsolete, or was no longer a viable location
19     for the retailer or serviceman.
20     If a special service area has been established pursuant to
21 the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax
22 Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax
23 imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special
24 Service Area Tax Law may be used within the redevelopment
25 project area for the purposes permitted by that Act or Law as
26 well as the purposes permitted by this Act.
27     (r) "State Sales Tax Boundary" means the redevelopment
28 project area or the amended redevelopment project area
29 boundaries which are determined pursuant to subsection (9) of
30 Section 11-74.4-8a of this Act. The Department of Revenue shall
31 certify pursuant to subsection (9) of Section 11-74.4-8a the
32 appropriate boundaries eligible for the determination of State
33 Sales Tax Increment.
34     (s) "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to
35 the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by retailers
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1 the Public Utilities Act, on transactions at places of business
2 located within a State Sales Tax Boundary pursuant to the
3 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use
4 Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, except such
5 portion of such increase that is paid into the State and Local
6 Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Local Government Distributive Fund,
7 the Local Government Tax Fund and the County and Mass Transit
8 District Fund, for as long as State participation exists, over
9 and above the Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales
10 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such
11 taxes as certified by the Department of Revenue and paid under
12 those Acts by retailers and servicemen on transactions at
13 places of business located within the State Sales Tax Boundary
14 during the base year which shall be the calendar year
15 immediately prior to the year in which the municipality adopted
16 tax increment allocation financing, less 3.0% of such amounts
17 generated under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act
18 and Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act,
19 which sum shall be appropriated to the Department of Revenue to
20 cover its costs of administering and enforcing this Section.
21 For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of such taxes
22 for base years occurring prior to 1985, the Department of
23 Revenue shall compute the Initial Sales Tax Amount for such
24 taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to 4% of the
25 aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the base year
26 is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction of 12%.
27 The amount so determined shall be known as the "Adjusted
28 Initial Sales Tax Amount". For purposes of determining the
29 State Sales Tax Increment the Department of Revenue shall for
30 each period subtract from the tax amounts received from
31 retailers and servicemen on transactions located in the State
32 Sales Tax Boundary, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
33 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or Revised Initial Sales Tax
34 Amounts for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act,
35 the Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act. For
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1 utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax amounts
2 received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation
3 shall be made by utilizing the period from January 1, 1988,
4 until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts received
5 from retailers and servicemen, which shall have deducted
6 therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax
7 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
8 Initial Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal
9 Year 1991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the
10 period from October 1, 1988, until June 30, 1989, to determine
11 the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen, which
12 shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified
13 Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax
14 Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as
15 appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year thereafter, the
16 applicable period shall be the 12 months beginning July 1 and
17 ending on June 30, to determine the tax amounts received which
18 shall have deducted therefrom the certified Initial Sales Tax
19 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
20 Initial Sales Tax Amounts. Municipalities intending to receive
21 a distribution of State Sales Tax Increment must report a list
22 of retailers to the Department of Revenue by October 31, 1988
23 and by July 31, of each year thereafter.
24     (t) "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities
25 and incorporated towns and villages, school, road, park,
26 sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health,
27 fire protection, river conservancy, tuberculosis sanitarium
28 and any other municipal corporations or districts with the
29 power to levy taxes.
30     (u) "Taxing districts' capital costs" means those costs of
31 taxing districts for capital improvements that are found by the
32 municipal corporate authorities to be necessary and directly
33 result from the redevelopment project.
34     (v) As used in subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this
35 Act, "vacant land" means any parcel or combination of parcels
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1 residential buildings which has not been used for commercial
2 agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation
3 of the redevelopment project area, unless the parcel is
4 included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel
5 has been subdivided; provided that if the parcel was part of a
6 larger tract that has been divided into 3 or more smaller
7 tracts that were accepted for recording during the period from
8 1950 to 1990, then the parcel shall be deemed to have been
9 subdivided, and all proceedings and actions of the municipality
10 taken in that connection with respect to any previously
11 approved or designated redevelopment project area or amended
12 redevelopment project area are hereby validated and hereby
13 declared to be legally sufficient for all purposes of this Act.
14 For purposes of this Section and only for land subject to the
15 subdivision requirements of the Plat Act, land is subdivided
16 when the original plat of the proposed Redevelopment Project
17 Area or relevant portion thereof has been properly certified,
18 acknowledged, approved, and recorded or filed in accordance
19 with the Plat Act and a preliminary plat, if any, for any
20 subsequent phases of the proposed Redevelopment Project Area or
21 relevant portion thereof has been properly approved and filed
22 in accordance with the applicable ordinance of the
23 municipality.
24     (w) "Annual Total Increment" means the sum of each
25 municipality's annual Net Sales Tax Increment and each
26 municipality's annual Net Utility Tax Increment. The ratio of
27 the Annual Total Increment of each municipality to the Annual
28 Total Increment for all municipalities, as most recently
29 calculated by the Department, shall determine the proportional
30 shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to be distributed to
31 each municipality.
32 (Source: P.A. 92-263, eff. 8-7-01; 92-406, eff. 1-1-02; 92-624,
33 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-298, eff. 7-23-03;
34 93-708, eff. 1-1-05; 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff.
35 8-12-04; 93-961, eff. 1-1-05; 93-983, eff. 8-23-04; 93-984,
36 eff. 8-23-04; 93-985, eff. 8-23-04; 93-986, eff. 8-23-04;

 

 

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1 93-987, eff. 8-23-04; 93-995, eff. 8-23-04; 93-1024, eff.
2 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff. 1-18-05; revised 1-25-05.)
 
3     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-7)
4     Sec. 11-74.4-7. Obligations secured by the special tax
5 allocation fund set forth in Section 11-74.4-8 for the
6 redevelopment project area may be issued to provide for
7 redevelopment project costs. Such obligations, when so issued,
8 shall be retired in the manner provided in the ordinance
9 authorizing the issuance of such obligations by the receipts of
10 taxes levied as specified in Section 11-74.4-9 against the
11 taxable property included in the area, by revenues as specified
12 by Section 11-74.4-8a and other revenue designated by the
13 municipality. A municipality may in the ordinance pledge all or
14 any part of the funds in and to be deposited in the special tax
15 allocation fund created pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8 to the
16 payment of the redevelopment project costs and obligations. Any
17 pledge of funds in the special tax allocation fund shall
18 provide for distribution to the taxing districts and to the
19 Illinois Department of Revenue of moneys not required, pledged,
20 earmarked, or otherwise designated for payment and securing of
21 the obligations and anticipated redevelopment project costs
22 and such excess funds shall be calculated annually and deemed
23 to be "surplus" funds. In the event a municipality only applies
24 or pledges a portion of the funds in the special tax allocation
25 fund for the payment or securing of anticipated redevelopment
26 project costs or of obligations, any such funds remaining in
27 the special tax allocation fund after complying with the
28 requirements of the application or pledge, shall also be
29 calculated annually and deemed "surplus" funds. All surplus
30 funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed
31 annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's
32 fiscal year by being paid by the municipal treasurer to the
33 County Collector, to the Department of Revenue and to the
34 municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental
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1 assessed value of property in the redevelopment project area,
2 tax incremental revenue received from the State and tax
3 incremental revenue received from the municipality, but not to
4 exceed as to each such source the total incremental revenue
5 received from that source. The County Collector shall
6 thereafter make distribution to the respective taxing
7 districts in the same manner and proportion as the most recent
8 distribution by the county collector to the affected districts
9 of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment
10 project area.
11     Without limiting the foregoing in this Section, the
12 municipality may in addition to obligations secured by the
13 special tax allocation fund pledge for a period not greater
14 than the term of the obligations towards payment of such
15 obligations any part or any combination of the following: (a)
16 net revenues of all or part of any redevelopment project; (b)
17 taxes levied and collected on any or all property in the
18 municipality; (c) the full faith and credit of the
19 municipality; (d) a mortgage on part or all of the
20 redevelopment project; or (e) any other taxes or anticipated
21 receipts that the municipality may lawfully pledge.
22     Such obligations may be issued in one or more series
23 bearing interest at such rate or rates as the corporate
24 authorities of the municipality shall determine by ordinance.
25 Such obligations shall bear such date or dates, mature at such
26 time or times not exceeding 20 years from their respective
27 dates, be in such denomination, carry such registration
28 privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such
29 medium of payment at such place or places, contain such
30 covenants, terms and conditions, and be subject to redemption
31 as such ordinance shall provide. Obligations issued pursuant to
32 this Act may be sold at public or private sale at such price as
33 shall be determined by the corporate authorities of the
34 municipalities. No referendum approval of the electors shall be
35 required as a condition to the issuance of obligations pursuant
36 to this Division except as provided in this Section.

 

 

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1     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
2 obligations pursuant to the authority of this Division secured
3 by the full faith and credit of the municipality, which
4 obligations are other than obligations which may be issued
5 under home rule powers provided by Article VII, Section 6 of
6 the Illinois Constitution, or pledges taxes pursuant to (b) or
7 (c) of the second paragraph of this section, the ordinance
8 authorizing the issuance of such obligations or pledging such
9 taxes shall be published within 10 days after such ordinance
10 has been passed in one or more newspapers, with general
11 circulation within such municipality. The publication of the
12 ordinance shall be accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific
13 number of voters required to sign a petition requesting the
14 question of the issuance of such obligations or pledging taxes
15 to be submitted to the electors; (2) the time in which such
16 petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective
17 referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form
18 to any individual requesting one.
19     If no petition is filed with the municipal clerk, as
20 hereinafter provided in this Section, within 30 days after the
21 publication of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be in effect.
22 But, if within that 30 day period a petition is filed with the
23 municipal clerk, signed by electors in the municipality
24 numbering 10% or more of the number of registered voters in the
25 municipality, asking that the question of issuing obligations
26 using full faith and credit of the municipality as security for
27 the cost of paying for redevelopment project costs, or of
28 pledging taxes for the payment of such obligations, or both, be
29 submitted to the electors of the municipality, the corporate
30 authorities of the municipality shall call a special election
31 in the manner provided by law to vote upon that question, or,
32 if a general, State or municipal election is to be held within
33 a period of not less than 30 or more than 90 days from the date
34 such petition is filed, shall submit the question at the next
35 general, State or municipal election. If it appears upon the
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1 majority of electors voting upon the question voted in favor
2 thereof, the ordinance shall be in effect, but if a majority of
3 the electors voting upon the question are not in favor thereof,
4 the ordinance shall not take effect.
5     The ordinance authorizing the obligations may provide that
6 the obligations shall contain a recital that they are issued
7 pursuant to this Division, which recital shall be conclusive
8 evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their
9 issuance.
10     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
11 obligations pursuant to this Section secured by the full faith
12 and credit of the municipality, the ordinance authorizing the
13 obligations may provide for the levy and collection of a direct
14 annual tax upon all taxable property within the municipality
15 sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as
16 it matures, which levy may be in addition to and exclusive of
17 the maximum of all other taxes authorized to be levied by the
18 municipality, which levy, however, shall be abated to the
19 extent that monies from other sources are available for payment
20 of the obligations and the municipality certifies the amount of
21 said monies available to the county clerk.
22     A certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed with the
23 county clerk of each county in which any portion of the
24 municipality is situated, and shall constitute the authority
25 for the extension and collection of the taxes to be deposited
26 in the special tax allocation fund.
27     A municipality may also issue its obligations to refund in
28 whole or in part, obligations theretofore issued by such
29 municipality under the authority of this Act, whether at or
30 prior to maturity, provided however, that the last maturity of
31 the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to mature
32 later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
33 municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section
34 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem
35 taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year after the year
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1 is adopted if the ordinance was adopted on or after January 15,
2 1981, not later than December 31 of the year in which the
3 payment to the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection
4 (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect
5 to ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-third calendar year
6 after the year in which the ordinance approving the
7 redevelopment project area if the ordinance was adopted on May
8 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling, and not later than
9 December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal
10 treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of
11 this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied
12 in the thirty-fifth calendar year after the year in which the
13 ordinance approving the redevelopment project area is adopted
14 (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15, 1981, or
15 (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983, April 1984,
16 July 1985, or December 1989, or (C) if the ordinance was
17 adopted in December, 1987 and the redevelopment project is
18 located within one mile of Midway Airport, or (D) if the
19 ordinance was adopted before January 1, 1987 by a municipality
20 in Mason County, or (E) if the municipality is subject to the
21 Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or the
22 Financially Distressed City Law, or (F) if the ordinance was
23 adopted in December 1984 by the Village of Rosemont, or (G) if
24 the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
25 municipality located in Clinton County for which at least
26 $250,000 of tax increment bonds were authorized on June 17,
27 1997, or if the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
28 municipality with a population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that
29 is located in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
30 34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds
31 were authorized on June 17, 1997, or (H) if the ordinance was
32 adopted on October 5, 1982 by the City of Kankakee, or (I) if
33 the ordinance was adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St.
34 Louis, or if the ordinance was adopted on November 12, 1991 by
35 the Village of Sauget, or (J) if the ordinance was adopted on
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1 ordinance was adopted before December 18, 1986 by the City of
2 Moline, or (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
3 by Sauk Village, or (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October
4 1993 by Sauk Village, or (N) if the ordinance was adopted on
5 December 29, 1986 by the City of Galva, or (O) if the ordinance
6 was adopted in March 1991 by the City of Centreville, or (P) if
7 the ordinance was adopted on January 23, 1991 by the City of
8 East St. Louis, or (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December
9 22, 1986 by the City of Aledo, or (R) if the ordinance was
10 adopted on February 5, 1990 by the City of Clinton, or (S) if
11 the ordinance was adopted on September 6, 1994 by the City of
12 Freeport, or (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
13 1986 by the City of Tuscola, or (U) if the ordinance was
14 adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of Sparta, or (V) if
15 the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of
16 Beardstown, or (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27,
17 1981, October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
18 Belleville, or (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
19 1986 by the City of Collinsville, or (Y) if the ordinance was
20 adopted on September 14, 1994 by the City of Alton, or (Z) if
21 the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1996 by the City of
22 Lexington, or (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
23 1984 by the City of LeRoy, or (BB) if the ordinance was adopted
24 on April 3, 1991 or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or (CC)
25 if the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1986 by the City
26 of Pekin, or (DD) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
27 15, 1981 by the City of Champaign, or (EE) (CC) if the
28 ordinance was adopted on December 15, 1986 by the City of
29 Urbana, or (FF) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
30 15, 1986 by the Village of Heyworth, or (GG) (CC) if the
31 ordinance was adopted on February 24, 1992 by the Village of
32 Heyworth, or (HH) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on March
33 16, 1995 by the Village of Heyworth, or (II) (CC) if the
34 ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the Town of
35 Cicero, or (JJ) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on December
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1 ordinance was adopted on May 9, 1991 by the Village of Tilton,
2 or (LL) (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on October 20, 1986
3 by the City of Elmhurst, or (MM) (CC) if the ordinance was
4 adopted on January 19, 1988 by the City of Waukegan, or (NN)
5 (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on September 21, 1998 by the
6 City of Waukegan and, for redevelopment project areas for which
7 bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, in connection with a
8 redevelopment project in the area within the State Sales Tax
9 Boundary and which were extended by municipal ordinance under
10 subsection (n) of Section 11-74.4-3, the last maturity of the
11 refunding obligations shall not be expressed to mature later
12 than the date on which the redevelopment project area is
13 terminated or December 31, 2013, whichever date occurs first.
14     In the event a municipality issues obligations under home
15 rule powers or other legislative authority the proceeds of
16 which are pledged to pay for redevelopment project costs, the
17 municipality may, if it has followed the procedures in
18 conformance with this division, retire said obligations from
19 funds in the special tax allocation fund in amounts and in such
20 manner as if such obligations had been issued pursuant to the
21 provisions of this division.
22     All obligations heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to
23 this Act shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
24 municipality issuing such obligations or any other taxing
25 district for the purpose of any limitation imposed by law.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-263, eff. 8-7-01; 92-406, eff. 1-1-02; 92-624,
27 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-298, eff. 7-23-03;
28 93-708, eff. 1-1-05; 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff.
29 8-12-04; 93-983, eff. 8-23-04; 93-984, eff. 8-23-04; 93-985,
30 eff. 8-23-04; 93-986, eff. 8-23-04; 93-987, eff. 8-23-04;
31 93-995, eff. 8-23-04; 93-1024, eff. 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff.
32 1-18-05; revised 1-25-05.)
 
33     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
34 becoming law.