HB0874 Engrossed LRB094 03595 MKM 33599 b

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 Section 11-55-2 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-55-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-55-2)
7     Sec. 11-55-2. No municipality with a population of less
8 than 1,000,000, including a home rule unit, may increase the
9 fee for a license to own or operate a vending machine or to
10 dispense goods or services therefrom unless notice of a public
11 hearing on the matter has been given and such hearing has been
12 held. The amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater
13 of the amount of the fee multiplied by: (i) 5% or (ii) the
14 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
15 Consumers for all items published by the United States
16 Department of Labor during the 12-month calendar year preceding
17 the year in which the fee is increased. Notice of the proposed
18 increase shall be mailed at least 30 days before the hearing to
19 the last known address of each person currently holding such a
20 license. It is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant
21 to paragraph (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
22 Constitution, that this Section amendatory Act of 1986 is a
23 denial of the power of certain home rule units to increase
24 vending machine license fees without complying with the
25 requirements of this Section.
26 (Source: P.A. 84-1479.)
 
27     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.