Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 4/9/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 692

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 692 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6is amended by adding Section 605-1115 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1115 new)
8    Sec. 605-1115. Task Force on Interjurisdictional
9Industrial Zoning Impacts.
10    (a) The General Assembly finds that industrial
11developments typically have regional impacts, both positive
12and negative. Those impacts extend beyond the zoning authority
13of the unit of local government where the development is
14located. Units of local government may experience impacts on
15public health, public safety, the environment, traffic,
16property values, population, and other considerations as a

 

 

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1result of industrial development occurring outside of the
2their zoning jurisdiction, including areas adjacent to their
3borders.
4    (b) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
5Zoning Impacts is created within the Department of Commerce
6and Economic Opportunity. The Task Force shall examine the
7following:
8        (1) current State and local zoning laws and policies
9    related to large industrial developments;
10        (2) current State and local laws and policies related
11    to annexation;
12        (3) State and local zoning and annexation laws and
13    policies outside of Illinois;
14        (4) the potential impacts of large industrial
15    developments on neighboring units of local government,
16    including how those developments may affect residential
17    communities;
18        (5) trends in industrial zoning across urban,
19    suburban, and rural regions of Illinois;
20        (6) available methodologies to determine the impact of
21    large industrial developments; and
22        (7) outcomes in recent zoning proceedings for large
23    industrial developments or attempts to develop properties
24    for large industrial purposes, including the recent
25    attempt to convert a 101 acre campus in Lake County near
26    Deerfield.

 

 

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1    (c) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
2Zoning Impacts shall consist of the following members:
3        (1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
4    or his or her designee;
5        (2) one member, appointed by the President of the
6    Senate, representing a statewide organization of
7    municipalities described in Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois
8    Municipal Code;
9        (3) one member, appointed by the President of the
10    Senate, representing a regional association of
11    municipalities and mayors;
12        (4) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
13    of Representatives, representing a statewide association
14    representing counties;
15        (5) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
16    of Representatives, representing a regional association of
17    municipalities and mayors;
18        (6) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
19    the Senate, representing a statewide professional economic
20    development association;
21        (7) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
22    the House of Representatives, representing a statewide
23    association of park districts;
24        (8) one member representing the Office of the
25    Governor, appointed by the Governor;
26        (9) one member of the Senate, appointed by the

 

 

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1    President of the Senate;
2        (10) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
3    Minority Leader of the Senate;
4        (11) one member of the House of Representatives,
5    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
6    and
7        (12) one member of the House of Representatives,
8    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
9    Representatives.
10    (d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
11compensation. The Department of Commerce and Economic
12Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task
13Force.
14    (e) The Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months.
15Upon the first meeting of the Task Force, the members of the
16Task Force shall elect a chairperson of the Task Force.
17    (f) The Task Force shall prepare a report on its findings
18concerning zoning for large industrial development and
19associated interjurisdictional impacts, including any
20recommendations. The report shall be submitted to the Governor
21and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2025.
22    (g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.".