102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3717

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Doris Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.3 new

    Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall, within 30 days of adoption of an ordinance establishing a redevelopment project area, create an economic and community development commission. Provides for each commission to consist of 9 members appointed by the mayor of the municipality and members appointed by school districts, county boards, park districts, townships, community college boards, water reclamation districts or sanitary districts, and other taxing districts within the redevelopment project area. Provides that each commission shall review and approve the use of all funds from the special tax allocation fund for redevelopment projects and, if the members of the commission disagree, the majority opinion shall be understood as the commission's approval or denial of the use of such funds.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5adding Section 11-74.4-4.3 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.3 new)
7    Sec. 11-74.4-4.3. Economic and community development
8commission. Within 30 days of adoption of an ordinance
9establishing a redevelopment project area, the municipality
10shall create an economic and community development commission.
11    The commission shall consist of the following members, who
12shall serve a 3-year term and may only serve 3 consecutive
13terms:
14        (1) Nine members appointed by the mayor with the
15    advice and consent of the city council. Of these members,
16    one member shall be from the construction industry, one
17    member shall be from the financial industry, and one
18    member shall be from the real estate industry and 2
19    members shall reside or work within the redevelopment
20    project area. The remaining members shall be selected at
21    large from residents of the municipality.
22        (2) One member appointed by a majority of all school
23    districts within the redevelopment project area.

 

 

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1        (3) One member appointed by a majority of all county
2    boards of each county within the redevelopment project
3    area.
4        (4) One member appointed by a majority of all park
5    district boards of trustees within the redevelopment
6    project area.
7        (5) One member appointed by a majority of all township
8    boards of trustees within the redevelopment project area.
9        (6) One member appointed by a majority of all
10    community college boards of trustees within the
11    redevelopment project area.
12        (7) One member appointed by a majority of all county
13    water reclamation district boards of trustees or county
14    sanitary district boards of trustees within the
15    redevelopment project area.
16        (8) One member appointed by a majority of all the
17    boards of all other taxing districts not mentioned in
18    paragraphs (1) through (7).
19    If the majority of the boards of a group of taxing
20districts in paragraphs (2) through (8) cannot reach a
21consensus concerning their appointment, no member shall
22represent those taxing districts on the commission until a
23majority of the boards can agree.
24    The commission shall review and approve the use of all
25funds from the special tax allocation fund for redevelopment
26projects. If members of the commission disagree, the majority

 

 

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1opinion shall be understood as the commission's approval or
2denial of the use of funds.