Sen. James A. DeLeo
Filed: 7/25/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2306
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2306 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The County Economic Development Project Area | ||||||
5 | Property
Tax Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 4 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (55 ILCS 85/4) (from Ch. 34, par. 7004)
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8 | Sec. 4. Establishment of economic development project | ||||||
9 | area;
ordinance; joint review board; notice; hearing; changes | ||||||
10 | in economic
development plan; annual reporting requirements. | ||||||
11 | Economic development
project areas shall be established as | ||||||
12 | follows:
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13 | (a)
The corporate authorities of Whiteside County may by | ||||||
14 | ordinance propose the establishment of an economic
development | ||||||
15 | project area and fix a time and place for a public hearing, and
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16 | shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance as adopted to |
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1 | the Department.
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2 | (a-5) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
3 | the 93rd General Assembly, the corporate authorities of | ||||||
4 | Stephenson County may by ordinance propose the establishment of | ||||||
5 | an economic development project area and fix a time and place | ||||||
6 | for a public hearing, and shall submit a certified copy of the | ||||||
7 | ordinance as adopted to the Department.
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8 | (a-10) The corporate authorities of Grundy County may, by | ||||||
9 | ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic | ||||||
10 | development project and fix a time and place for a public | ||||||
11 | hearing. Upon passage of the ordinance, the corporate | ||||||
12 | authorities of Grundy County shall submit a certified copy of | ||||||
13 | the ordinance, as adopted, to the Department.
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14 | (a-15) The corporate authorities of Will County may, by | ||||||
15 | ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic | ||||||
16 | development project area which shall include an intermodal | ||||||
17 | terminal facility, as defined under Section 11-74.4-3.1 of the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Municipal Code, and fix a time and place for a public | ||||||
19 | hearing. Upon passage of the ordinance, the corporate | ||||||
20 | authorities of Will County shall submit a certified copy of the | ||||||
21 | ordinance, as adopted, to the Department.
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22 | (b) Any county which adopts an ordinance which fixes a | ||||||
23 | date, time and
place for a public hearing shall convene a joint | ||||||
24 | review board as
hereinafter provided. Not less than 45 days | ||||||
25 | prior to the date fixed for
the public hearing, the county | ||||||
26 | shall give notice by mailing to the chief
executive officer of |
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1 | each affected taxing district having taxable property
included | ||||||
2 | in the proposed economic development project area and, if the | ||||||
3 | ordinance is adopted by Stephenson County, the chief executive | ||||||
4 | officer of any municipality within Stephenson County having a | ||||||
5 | population of more than 20,000 that such chief
executive | ||||||
6 | officer or his designee is invited to participate in a joint
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7 | review board. The designee shall serve at the discretion of the | ||||||
8 | chief
executive officer of the taxing district for a term not | ||||||
9 | to exceed 2 years.
Such notice shall advise each chief | ||||||
10 | executive officer of the date, time and
place of the first | ||||||
11 | meeting of such joint review board, which shall occur
not less | ||||||
12 | than 30 days prior to the date of the public hearing. Such | ||||||
13 | notice
by mail shall be given by depositing such notice in the | ||||||
14 | United States
Postal Service by certified mail.
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15 | At or prior to the first meeting of such joint review board | ||||||
16 | the county
shall furnish to any member of such joint review | ||||||
17 | board copies of the
proposed economic development plan and any | ||||||
18 | related documents which such
member shall reasonably request. A | ||||||
19 | majority of the members of such joint
review board present at | ||||||
20 | any meeting shall constitute a quorum. Additional
meetings may | ||||||
21 | be called by any member of a joint review board upon the
giving | ||||||
22 | of notice not less than 72 hours prior to the date of any | ||||||
23 | additional
meeting to all members of the joint review board. | ||||||
24 | The joint review board
shall review such information and | ||||||
25 | material as its members reasonably deem
relevant to the | ||||||
26 | county's proposals to approve economic development plans
and |
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1 | economic development projects and to designate economic | ||||||
2 | development
project areas. The county shall provide such | ||||||
3 | information and material
promptly upon the request of the joint | ||||||
4 | review board and may also provide
administrative support and | ||||||
5 | facilities as the joint review board may
reasonably require.
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6 | Within 30 days of its first meeting, a joint review board | ||||||
7 | shall provide
the county with a written report of its review of | ||||||
8 | any proposal to approve
an economic development plan and | ||||||
9 | economic development project and to
designate an economic | ||||||
10 | development project area. Such written report shall
include | ||||||
11 | such information and advisory, nonbinding recommendations as a
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12 | majority of the members of the joint review board shall deem | ||||||
13 | relevant.
Written reports of joint review boards may include | ||||||
14 | information and
advisory, nonbinding recommendations provided | ||||||
15 | by a minority of the members
thereof. Any joint review board | ||||||
16 | which does not provide such written report
within such 30-day | ||||||
17 | period shall be deemed to have recommended that the
county | ||||||
18 | proceed with a proposal to approve an economic development plan | ||||||
19 | and
economic development project and to designate an economic | ||||||
20 | development
project area.
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21 | (c) Notice of the public hearing shall be given by | ||||||
22 | publication and
mailing.
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23 | (1) Notice by publication shall be given by publication | ||||||
24 | at least
twice, the first publication to be not more than | ||||||
25 | 30 nor less than 10 days
prior to the hearing in a | ||||||
26 | newspaper of general circulation within the
taxing |
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1 | districts having property in the proposed economic | ||||||
2 | development
project area. Notice by mailing shall be given | ||||||
3 | by depositing such notice
together with a copy of the | ||||||
4 | proposed economic development plan in the
United States | ||||||
5 | Postal Service by certified mail addressed to the person or
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6 | persons in whose name the general taxes for the last | ||||||
7 | preceding year were
paid on each lot, block, tract, or | ||||||
8 | parcel of land lying within the proposed
economic | ||||||
9 | development project area. The notice shall be mailed not | ||||||
10 | less
than 10 days prior to the dates set for the public | ||||||
11 | hearing. In the event
taxes for the last preceding year | ||||||
12 | were not paid, the notice shall also be
sent to the persons | ||||||
13 | last listed on the tax rolls within the preceding 3
years | ||||||
14 | as the owners of the property.
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15 | (2) The notices issued pursuant to this Section shall | ||||||
16 | include the
following:
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17 | (A) The time and place of public hearing;
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18 | (B) The boundaries of the proposed economic | ||||||
19 | development project area
by legal description and by | ||||||
20 | street location where possible;
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21 | (C) A notification that all interested persons | ||||||
22 | will be given an
opportunity to be heard at the public | ||||||
23 | hearing;
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24 | (D) An invitation for any person to submit | ||||||
25 | alternative proposals or bids
for any proposed | ||||||
26 | conveyance, lease, mortgage or other disposition of |
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1 | land
within the proposed economic development project | ||||||
2 | area;
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3 | (E) A description of the economic development plan | ||||||
4 | or economic
development project if a plan or project is | ||||||
5 | a subject matter of the
hearing; and
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6 | (F) Such other matters as the county may deem | ||||||
7 | appropriate.
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8 | (3) Not less than 45 days prior to the date set for | ||||||
9 | hearing, the county
shall give notice by mail as provided | ||||||
10 | in this subsection (c) to all taxing
districts of which | ||||||
11 | taxable property is included in the economic development
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12 | project area, and to the Department. In addition to the | ||||||
13 | other requirements
under this subsection (c), the notice | ||||||
14 | shall include an invitation to the
Department and each | ||||||
15 | taxing district to submit comments to the county
concerning | ||||||
16 | the subject matter of the hearing prior to the date of the | ||||||
17 | hearing.
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18 | (d) At the public hearing any interested person, the | ||||||
19 | Department or any
affected taxing district may file written | ||||||
20 | objections with the county clerk
and may be heard orally with | ||||||
21 | respect to any issues embodied in the notice.
The county shall | ||||||
22 | hear and determine all alternate proposals or bids for any
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23 | proposed conveyance, lease, mortgage or other disposition of | ||||||
24 | land and all
protests and objections at the hearing, and the | ||||||
25 | hearing may be adjourned to
another date without further notice | ||||||
26 | other than a motion to be entered upon
the minutes fixing the |
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1 | time and place of the adjourned hearing. Public
hearings with | ||||||
2 | regard to an economic development plan, economic development
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3 | project area, or economic development project may be held | ||||||
4 | simultaneously.
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5 | (e) At the public hearing, or at any time prior to the | ||||||
6 | adoption by the
county of an ordinance approving an economic | ||||||
7 | development plan, the county
may make changes in the economic | ||||||
8 | development plan. Changes which (1) alter
the exterior | ||||||
9 | boundaries of the proposed economic development project area,
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10 | (2) substantially affect the general land uses established in | ||||||
11 | the proposed
economic development plan, (3) substantially | ||||||
12 | change the nature of the
proposed economic development plan, | ||||||
13 | (4) change the general description
of any proposed developer, | ||||||
14 | user or tenant of any property to be located or
improved within | ||||||
15 | the economic development project area, or (5) change the
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16 | description of the type, class and number of employees to be | ||||||
17 | employed in
the operation of the facilities to be developed or | ||||||
18 | improved within the
economic development project area shall be | ||||||
19 | made only after review by joint
review board, notice and | ||||||
20 | hearing pursuant to the procedures set forth in
this Section. | ||||||
21 | Changes which do not (1) alter the exterior boundaries of a
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22 | proposed economic development project area, (2) substantially | ||||||
23 | affect the
general land uses established in the proposed plan, | ||||||
24 | (3) substantially
change the nature of the proposed economic | ||||||
25 | development plan, (4) change the
general description of any | ||||||
26 | proposed developer, user or tenant of any
property to be |
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1 | located or improved within the economic development project
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2 | area, or (5) change the description of the type, class and | ||||||
3 | number of
employees to be employed in the operation of the | ||||||
4 | facilities to be developed
or improved within the economic | ||||||
5 | development project area may be made
without further notice or | ||||||
6 | hearing, provided that the county shall give
notice of its | ||||||
7 | changes by mail to the Department and to each affected taxing
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8 | district and by publication in a newspaper or newspapers of | ||||||
9 | general
circulation with the affected taxing districts. Such | ||||||
10 | notice by mail and by
publication shall each occur not later | ||||||
11 | than 10 days following the adoption
by ordinance of such | ||||||
12 | changes.
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13 | (f) At any time within 90 days of the final adjournment
of | ||||||
14 | the public hearing, a county may, by ordinance, approve the | ||||||
15 | economic
development plan, establish the economic development | ||||||
16 | project area, and
authorize property tax allocation financing | ||||||
17 | for such economic development
project area. | ||||||
18 | Any ordinance adopted by Whiteside County which approves | ||||||
19 | the economic
development plan shall contain findings that the | ||||||
20 | economic development
project is reasonably expected to create | ||||||
21 | or retain not less than 500
full-time equivalent jobs, that | ||||||
22 | private investment in an amount not less
than $25,000,000 is | ||||||
23 | reasonably expected to occur in the
economic
development | ||||||
24 | project area, that the economic development project will
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25 | encourage the increase of commerce and industry within the | ||||||
26 | State, thereby
reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment |
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1 | and increasing opportunities
for personal income, and that the | ||||||
2 | economic development project will
increase or maintain the | ||||||
3 | property, sales and income tax bases of the county
and of the | ||||||
4 | State.
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5 | Any ordinance adopted by Grundy County that approves the | ||||||
6 | economic
development plan shall contain findings that the | ||||||
7 | economic development
project is reasonably expected to create | ||||||
8 | or retain not less than 250
full-time equivalent jobs, that | ||||||
9 | private investment in an amount not less
than $50,000,000 is | ||||||
10 | reasonably expected to occur in the
economic
development | ||||||
11 | project area, that the economic development project will
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12 | encourage the increase of commerce and industry within the | ||||||
13 | State, thereby
reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment | ||||||
14 | and increasing opportunities
for personal income, and that the | ||||||
15 | economic development project will
increase or maintain the | ||||||
16 | property, sales, and income tax bases of the county
and of the | ||||||
17 | State.
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18 | Any ordinance adopted by Stephenson County that approves an | ||||||
19 | economic development plan shall contain findings that (i) the | ||||||
20 | economic development project is reasonably expected to create | ||||||
21 | or retain not less than 500 full-time equivalent jobs; (ii) | ||||||
22 | private investment in an amount not less than $10,000,000 is | ||||||
23 | reasonably expected to occur in the economic development area; | ||||||
24 | (iii) the economic development project will encourage the | ||||||
25 | increase of commerce and industry within the State, thereby | ||||||
26 | reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and increasing |
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1 | opportunities for personal income; and (iv) the economic | ||||||
2 | development project will increase or maintain the property, | ||||||
3 | sales, and income tax bases of the county and of the State. | ||||||
4 | Before the economic development project area is established by | ||||||
5 | Stephenson County, the following additional conditions must be | ||||||
6 | included in an intergovernmental agreement approved by both the | ||||||
7 | Stephenson County Board and the corporate authorities of the | ||||||
8 | City of Freeport: (i) the corporate authorities of the City of | ||||||
9 | Freeport must concur by resolution with the findings of | ||||||
10 | Stephenson County; (ii) both the corporate authorities of the | ||||||
11 | City of Freeport and the Stephenson County Board shall approve | ||||||
12 | any and all economic or redevelopment agreements and incentives | ||||||
13 | for any economic development project within the economic | ||||||
14 | development area; (iii) any economic development project that | ||||||
15 | receives funds under this Act, except for any economic | ||||||
16 | development project specifically excluded from annexation in | ||||||
17 | the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement, shall agree | ||||||
18 | to and must enter into an annexation agreement with the City of | ||||||
19 | Freeport to annex property included in the economic development | ||||||
20 | project area to the City of Freeport at the first point in time | ||||||
21 | that the property becomes contiguous to the City of Freeport; | ||||||
22 | (iv) the local share of all State occupation and use taxes | ||||||
23 | allocable to the City of Freeport and Stephenson County and | ||||||
24 | derived from commercial projects within the economic | ||||||
25 | development project area shall be equally shared by and between | ||||||
26 | the City of Freeport and Stephenson County for the duration of |
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1 | the economic development project; and (v) any development in | ||||||
2 | the economic development project area shall be built in | ||||||
3 | accordance with the building and related codes of both the City | ||||||
4 | of Freeport and Stephenson County and the City of Freeport | ||||||
5 | shall approve all provisions for water and sewer service.
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6 | Any ordinance adopted by Will County that approves an | ||||||
7 | economic development plan shall contain findings that the | ||||||
8 | economic development project is expected to create or retain | ||||||
9 | not less than 500 full-time equivalent jobs, that private | ||||||
10 | investment in an amount not less than $50,000,000 is reasonably | ||||||
11 | expected to occur in the economic development project area, | ||||||
12 | that the economic development project will encourage the | ||||||
13 | increase of commerce and industry within the State, thereby | ||||||
14 | reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and increasing | ||||||
15 | opportunities for personal income, and that the economic | ||||||
16 | development project will increase or maintain the property, | ||||||
17 | sales, and income tax bases of the County and of the State. | ||||||
18 | Municipal zoning restrictions under Section 11-13-1 of the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Municipal Code and the requirements of Section 9 of | ||||||
20 | the Plat Act shall not apply to economic development project | ||||||
21 | areas defined under this Act and located within unincorporated | ||||||
22 | Will County.
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23 | The ordinance shall also state that the economic | ||||||
24 | development project area
shall not include parcels to be used | ||||||
25 | for purposes of residential
development.
Any ordinance adopted | ||||||
26 | which establishes an economic
development project area shall |
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1 | contain the boundaries of such area by legal
description and, | ||||||
2 | where possible, by street location. Any ordinance adopted
which | ||||||
3 | authorizes property tax allocation financing shall provide | ||||||
4 | that the
ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon | ||||||
5 | taxable real
property in such economic development project area | ||||||
6 | by taxing districts and
tax rates determined in the manner | ||||||
7 | provided in subsection (b) of Section 6
of this Act each year | ||||||
8 | after the effective date of the ordinance until
economic | ||||||
9 | development project costs and all county obligations financing
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10 | economic development project costs incurred under this Act have | ||||||
11 | been paid
shall be divided as follows:
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12 | (1) That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot, | ||||||
13 | block, tract or
parcel of real property which is | ||||||
14 | attributable to the lower of the current
equalized assessed | ||||||
15 | value or the initial equalized assessed value of each
such | ||||||
16 | taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the | ||||||
17 | economic
development project area shall be allocated to, | ||||||
18 | and when collected, shall
be paid by the county collector | ||||||
19 | to the respective affected taxing districts
in the manner | ||||||
20 | required by law in the absence of the adoption of property | ||||||
21 | tax
allocation financing.
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22 | (2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is | ||||||
23 | attributable to the
increase in the current equalized | ||||||
24 | assessed valuation of each taxable lot,
block, tract or | ||||||
25 | parcel of real property in the economic development project
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26 | area over and above the initial equalized assessed value of |
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1 | each property
in the economic development project area | ||||||
2 | shall be allocated to and when
collected shall be paid to | ||||||
3 | the county treasurer who shall deposit those
taxes into a | ||||||
4 | special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the
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5 | county for the purpose of paying economic development | ||||||
6 | project costs and
obligations incurred in the payment | ||||||
7 | thereof.
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8 | (g) After a county has by ordinance approved an economic | ||||||
9 | development plan
and established an economic development | ||||||
10 | project area, the plan may be
amended and the boundaries of the | ||||||
11 | area may be altered only as herein
provided. Amendments which | ||||||
12 | (1) alter the exterior boundaries of an
economic development | ||||||
13 | project area, (2) substantially affect the general
land uses | ||||||
14 | established pursuant to the economic development plan, (3)
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15 | substantially change the nature of the economic development | ||||||
16 | plan, (4)
change the general description of any proposed | ||||||
17 | developer, user, or tenant
of any property to be located or | ||||||
18 | improved within the economic development
project area, or (5) | ||||||
19 | change the description of the type, class and number
of | ||||||
20 | employees to be employed in the operation of the facilities to | ||||||
21 | be
developed or improved shall be made only after review by a | ||||||
22 | joint review
board, notice and hearing pursuant to the | ||||||
23 | procedures set forth in this
Section. Amendments which do not | ||||||
24 | (1) alter the exterior boundaries of an
economic development | ||||||
25 | project area, (2) substantially affect the general
land uses | ||||||
26 | established in the economic development plan, (3) |
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1 | substantially
change the nature of the economic development | ||||||
2 | plan, (4) change the
description of any proposed developer, | ||||||
3 | user, or tenant of any property to
be located or improved | ||||||
4 | within the economic development project area, or (5)
change the | ||||||
5 | description of the type, class and number of employees to be
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6 | employed in the operation of the facilities to be developed or | ||||||
7 | improved
within the economic development project area may be | ||||||
8 | made without further
hearing or notice, provided that the | ||||||
9 | county shall give notice of any
amendment by mail to the | ||||||
10 | Department and to each taxing district and by
publication in a | ||||||
11 | newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the
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12 | affected taxing districts. Such notices by mail and by | ||||||
13 | publication shall
each occur not later than 10 days following | ||||||
14 | the adoption by ordinance of
such amendments.
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15 | (h) After the adoption of an ordinance adopting property | ||||||
16 | tax allocation
financing for an economic development project | ||||||
17 | area, the county
shall annually report to each taxing district | ||||||
18 | having taxable property
within such economic development | ||||||
19 | project area (i) any increase or decrease
in the equalized | ||||||
20 | assessed value of the real property located within such
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21 | economic development project area above or below the initial | ||||||
22 | equalized
assessed value of such real property, (ii) that | ||||||
23 | portion, if any, of the ad
valorem taxes arising from the | ||||||
24 | levies upon taxable real property in such
economic development | ||||||
25 | project area by the taxing districts which is
attributable to | ||||||
26 | the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of
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1 | each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the | ||||||
2 | economic
development project area over and above the initial | ||||||
3 | equalized value of each
property and which has been allocated | ||||||
4 | to the county in the current year,
and (iii) such other | ||||||
5 | information as the county may deem relevant.
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6 | (i) The county shall give notice by mail as provided in | ||||||
7 | this Section and
shall reconvene the joint review board not | ||||||
8 | less than annually for each of
the 2 years following its | ||||||
9 | adoption of an ordinance adopting property tax
allocation | ||||||
10 | financing for an economic development project area and not less
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11 | than once in each 3-year period thereafter. The county shall | ||||||
12 | provide such
information, and may provide administrative | ||||||
13 | support and facilities as the
joint review board may reasonably | ||||||
14 | require for each of such meetings.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 93-959, eff. 8-20-04; 94-259, eff. 1-1-06.)
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16 | Section 10. The Plat Act is amended by changing Section 9 | ||||||
17 | as follows:
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18 | (765 ILCS 205/9) (from Ch. 109, par. 9)
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19 | Sec. 9. Whenever any highway, road, street, alley, public | ||||||
20 | ground,
toll-road, railroad, reservoir or canal is laid out, | ||||||
21 | located, opened,
widened or extended, or its location altered, | ||||||
22 | it is the duty of the
commissioners, authorities, officers, | ||||||
23 | persons or corporations, public or
private, laying out, | ||||||
24 | locating, opening, widening, extending or altering
the same, to |
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1 | make a plat, showing its width, courses and extent, and
making | ||||||
2 | reference to known and established corners or monuments. When
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3 | the location of a subdivision, lots or parcel within a | ||||||
4 | subdivision,
tract, highway, road, street, alley, public | ||||||
5 | ground, toll-road, railroad,
reservoir or canal is known either | ||||||
6 | by established corners or adequate,
existing records, the | ||||||
7 | monument or monuments shall be located and
referenced either by | ||||||
8 | or under the direction of a Registered Land
Surveyor at the | ||||||
9 | time such highway, road, street, alley, public ground,
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10 | toll-road, railroad, reservoir or canal is laid out, located, | ||||||
11 | widened or
extended, or its location altered. Suitable | ||||||
12 | permanent monuments shall
be reset in the surface of new | ||||||
13 | construction or permanent witness
monuments set to perpetuate | ||||||
14 | their location and certified as correct by a
Registered Land | ||||||
15 | Surveyor. The plat shall be recorded in the office of
the | ||||||
16 | recorder of the county in which the premises are taken or used, | ||||||
17 | or
any part thereof, are situated, or in case of land the title | ||||||
18 | to which is
registered under "An Act concerning land titles", | ||||||
19 | approved May 1, 1897,
as amended, to be filed in the office of | ||||||
20 | the registrar of titles for the
county, within 6 months after | ||||||
21 | such highway, road, street, alley, public ground,
toll-road, | ||||||
22 | railroad, reservoir or canal is laid out, located, opened, | ||||||
23 | widened,
or extended, or the location thereof altered and when | ||||||
24 | any highway, road,
street, alley, public ground, toll-road, | ||||||
25 | railroad, reservoir or canal is
vacated, the order, ordinance | ||||||
26 | or other declaration of vacation must be in like
manner |
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1 | recorded or filed. The recorder or registrar of titles shall | ||||||
2 | not record
or register a plat offered for recording or | ||||||
3 | registration after October 1, 1977,
unless such plat is at | ||||||
4 | least 8 1/2 inches by 14 inches but not more than 30
inches by | ||||||
5 | 36 inches. Sufficient controlling monuments
shall be retained | ||||||
6 | or replaced in their original positions or reference
monuments | ||||||
7 | established from original controlling monuments, so as to | ||||||
8 | enable land
lines, property corners or tract boundaries to be | ||||||
9 | re-established without
surveys based on monuments differing | ||||||
10 | from the ones which currently control the
area. Every land | ||||||
11 | surveyor is under a duty to cooperate in matters of maps,
field | ||||||
12 | notes and other pertinent records. This Act shall not be | ||||||
13 | construed to
alter or affect any law specifically providing for | ||||||
14 | the recording or filing of
any plat, or to require the same to | ||||||
15 | be recorded or filed sooner than is so
specifically provided; | ||||||
16 | except that any requirements to record or file such plat
in any | ||||||
17 | other place than is provided herein do not excuse the parties | ||||||
18 | from
complying with this Act. Any party who refuses or neglects | ||||||
19 | to comply with this
Section shall be guilty of a petty offense | ||||||
20 | for every month he continues in such
refusal or neglect after | ||||||
21 | conviction, to be recovered by an action in the
circuit court | ||||||
22 | of the county, in the name of the county, 1/2 to the use of the
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23 | county and the other 1/2 to the use of the person complaining.
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24 | The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a | ||||||
25 | railroad subject to the
jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce | ||||||
26 | Commission or any abandonment of all or
a portion of such |
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1 | railroad, except that the provisions of this Section shall
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2 | apply to the construction of a new line of railroad. The | ||||||
3 | provisions of this Section shall not apply within an economic | ||||||
4 | development project area established under Section 4 of the | ||||||
5 | County Economic Development Project Area Property
Tax | ||||||
6 | Allocation Act and located within Will County.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 88-81.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.".
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