Rep. David R. Leitch

Filed: 5/22/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2033

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2033 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Illinois Rural Economic Development and Tourism Stimulus Act.
 
6     Section 10. Purpose. The express purpose of this
7 legislation is to establish a method of enabling the creation
8 of a locally customized program to utilize a palette of
9 economic development incentives already in wide use throughout
10 the State but organized in a unique, locally established
11 district to attract businesses and tourism-related activity to
12 provide stimulation of the local economies of the areas where
13 these districts are formed in order to increase economic
14 development, including jobs and tax revenues of every type, and
15 to improve the quality of life in the areas affected by the
16 unemployment, disinvestment, and population losses that

 

 

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1 characterize these areas and thereby increase the
2 opportunities for rural Illinois families to remain intact and
3 prosper.
 
4     Section 15. Definitions.
5     (a) "Special taxing district" means those districts
6 created pursuant to this Act, which are political subdivisions
7 of the State of Illinois.
8     (b) "Board of Directors" means the group of representatives
9 appointed pursuant to the requirements of this Act to serve as
10 a governing body for those districts created pursuant to this
11 Act.
 
12     Section 20. Enabling authority. The State of Illinois
13 hereby confers to counties the authority to, by majority vote
14 of the county board in which a proposed district would reside,
15 the authority to create certain special taxation districts,
16 which are designed to employ certain economic development
17 incentives currently allowed under State law to address
18 conditions of persistent lack of economic development, chronic
19 underemployment or unemployment, and poverty.
 
20     Section 25. Requirements. All special taxation districts
21 created pursuant to this Act shall first meet the following
22 economic and employment criteria before they are eligible for
23 consideration and approval by the county board of the county in

 

 

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1 which the district is proposed to be located:
2         (1) the median income or wage within the county is
3     equal to or less than 60% of the State median;    
4         (2) unemployment levels within the county are equal to
5     or greater than 25% of the State median;    
6         (3) the percentage of county population living below
7     the poverty level is more than 25% higher than the State
8     average; and
9         (4) the area consists of at least 1,000 acres within
10     the county seeking to institute such a district but lying
11     outside of the corporate limits of any municipality.    
12     Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, territory
13 within a special taxing district created by this Act may not be
14 annexed by another political subdivision of the State and is
15 not subject to extra-territorial applications of existing
16 municipal law.
 
17     Section 30. Board makeup.
18     (a) A District created by this Act shall be governed by a
19 Board of Directors consisting of 3 members appointed by the
20 county board of the county in which the district is situated.
21 Members must be residents of that county. Of the initial
22 members appointed pursuant to this Section, one shall serve for
23 a 2-year term, one shall serve for a 3-year term, and one shall
24 serve for a 4-year term. Their successors shall be appointed
25 for 4-year terms. Members shall serve without compensation, but

 

 

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1 may be reimbursed for necessary expenses.
2     (b) The Board of Directors shall:
3         (1) appoint from among its members a Chairman, a
4     Secretary and such other officers as may be necessary to
5     conduct its business;
6         (2) keep and maintain a complete and accurate record of
7     all of its proceedings; the Board is a public body, subject
8     to all laws governing political subdivisions of the State
9     of Illinois;
10         (3) enter into intergovernmental agreements with the
11     county within which it is located for administrative and
12     staff support and meeting accommodations for accomplishing
13     the purposes of the District;
14         (4) enter into contracts and other agreements in the
15     interest of the District or to carry out and accomplish the
16     purposes of this Act, including construction contracts;
17     and
18         (5) contract for consulting, legal, accounting, and
19     other outside professional services, including a contracts
20     with a professional facility management company.
 
21     Section 35. Powers. A county, by ordinance, may create a
22 special taxation district pursuant to this Act. The District
23 shall have the authority to:
24         (1) collect and provide for the expenditure of that
25     portion of all sales taxes due from licensed economic

 

 

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1     activities within the District, normally collected by and
2     allocated to the general revenue fund of the county in
3     which the District is located;
4         (2) enter into economic incentive agreements as
5     provided in Section 8-11-20 of the Illinois Municipal Code
6     to allocate utilization of the municipality's share of any
7     non-home rule retailers' occupation taxes generated within
8     the Redevelopment Project Area in accordance with Section
9     8-11-20 of the Illinois Municipal Code;
10         (3) levy and allocate the use of a Municipal Use Tax
11     (infrastructure tax) under procedures described in Section
12     8-11-1.5 of the Illinois Municipal Code;
13         (4) provide for the assessment of and the utilization
14     of a Hotel-Motel tax, not to exceed 5%, as is permitted in
15     Section 8-3-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code;
16         (5) enter into intergovernmental agreements by the
17     affirmative vote of its board of directors;
18         (6) provide for the use of Tax Increment Financing
19     (TIF) to collect property taxes for all real property
20     located within the District for the maximum period
21     allowable under State law;
22         (7) create an Illinois Business District pursuant to
23     the Business District Development and Redevelopment Act;
24         (8) levy and collect additional taxes including, but
25     not limited to, utility taxes and telecommunications taxes
26     on all property owners within the District. Any expenditure

 

 

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1     of funds collected pursuant to this Act shall only be
2     expended according to a budget approved by a majority vote
3     of the District's Board of Directors. Any subsequent
4     increase in the tax rate must be approved by a majority
5     vote of the District's Board of Directors;
6         (9) levy a special use tax on business activity in the
7     District that is subject to taxation under the law; the tax
8     shall be levied at a rate to be determined by majority vote
9     of the Board of Directors;
10         (10) adopt and use a corporate seal;
11         (11) sue and be sued;
12         (12) adopt administrative rules as necessary to
13     administer and operate the District and any property under
14     its jurisdiction;
15         (13) retain legal counsel and other consultants as
16     necessary to carry out the purposes of the District; and
17         (14) acquire by any lawful means and operate, maintain,
18     encumber and dispose of real and personal property and
19     interests in property. The district shall not have the
20     power of eminent domain.
 
21     Section 40. Financial provisions. On or before June 30 of
22 each year, the Board shall hold a public hearing to adopt a
23 budget for the following fiscal year that includes:
24         (1) District receipts during the preceding fiscal
25     year;

 

 

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1         (2) expenditures during the preceding fiscal year;
2         (3) estimates of amounts necessary for expenses during
3     the following fiscal year, including amounts proposed for:
4             (i) costs of planning, constructing, financing,
5         and maintaining the District's facilities; and
6             (ii) administrative costs of the District;
7         (4) anticipated revenue to the District from each
8     source in the following fiscal year;
9         (5) a complete asset and liability statement;
10         (6) a statement of profit or loss;
11         (7) cash on hand as of the date the budget is adopted
12     and the anticipated balance at the end of the current
13     fiscal year; and
14         (8) a description of the amount and nature of private
15     funding and financing committed to the operation of the
16     District.
 
17     Section 45. General fund; investments. Each District
18 established pursuant to this Act shall maintain a general fund
19 and may establish accounts and subaccounts within the general
20 fund as necessary and convenient. All revenues and moneys
21 received by the District shall be deposited in the general
22 fund. The District may invest any unexpended moneys in the fund
23 as provided by State law governing investments by public
24 entities. Interest and other income from investments of monies
25 in any account shall be credited to that account except as

 

 

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1 otherwise provided by law.
2     The District's investments must mature when the fund assets
3 will be required for the purposes of this Section. If the
4 liquid assets in the fund become insufficient to meet the
5 District's obligations, the Board shall direct the fiscal agent
6 to liquidate sufficient securities to meet all of the current
7 obligations and immediately notify the Auditor General of the
8 insufficiency. The Auditor General shall investigate and audit
9 the circumstances surrounding the depletion of the fund and
10 report the findings to the Board.
 
11     Section 50. Audit. The Board shall cause an annual audit to
12 be conducted of the District's funds, accounts, and subaccounts
13 by an independent certified public accountant within 120 days
14 after the end of the fiscal year. The Board shall immediately
15 file a certified copy of the audit with the Auditor General and
16 the county board. The Auditor General may make such further
17 audits and examinations as necessary and may take appropriate
18 action relating to the audit or examination pursuant to the
19 Illinois State Auditing Act. If the Auditor General takes no
20 further action within 30 days after the audit is filed, the
21 audit is considered to be sufficient. The Board shall pay
22 negotiated and approved fees and costs of the Certified Public
23 Accountant and Auditor General under this Section.
 
24     Section 55. Annexation. A district formed under this Act

 

 

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1 may not be annexed by any other unit of local government
2 without the express approval of the board of commissioners of
3 the district.
 
4     Section 57. No rulemaking authority. Notwithstanding any
5 other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor
6 nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the
7 Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to
8 implement or enforce the provisions of this Act. If, however,
9 the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or
10 enforce the provisions of this Act, the Governor may suggest
11 rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of
12 the House and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that
13 the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact
14 those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate
15 action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained
16 in this Act shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority
17 under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not
18 otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this Act,
19 "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the
20 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and
21 "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20
22 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the
23 extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads
24 under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
 

 

 

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1     Section 60. The Counties Code is amended by changing
2 Section 5-1062.3 as follows:
 
3     (55 ILCS 5/5-1062.3 new)
4     Sec. 5-1062.3. Stormwater management; Peoria.
5     (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management and
6 mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater
7 drainage in Peoria County and references to "county" in this
8 Section apply only to that county. The purpose of this Section
9 shall be achieved by:
10         (1) Consolidating the existing stormwater management
11     framework into a united, countywide structure.
12         (2) Setting minimum standards for floodplain and
13     stormwater management.
14         (3) Preparing a countywide plan for the management of
15     stormwater runoff, including the management of natural and
16     man-made drainageways. The countywide plan may incorporate
17     watershed plans.
18     (b) A stormwater management planning committee may be
19 established by county board resolution, with its membership
20 consisting of equal numbers of county board and municipal
21 representatives from each county board district, and such other
22 members as may be determined by the county and municipal
23 members. The county board may by ordinance divide the county
24 into not less than 6 areas of approximately equal population,
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1 determining representation on the stormwater management
2 planning committee.
3     The county board members shall be appointed by the chairman
4 of the county board. Municipal members from each county board
5 district or other represented area shall be appointed by a
6 majority vote of the mayors of those municipalities that have
7 the greatest percentage of their respective populations
8 residing in that county board district or other represented
9 area. All municipal and county board representatives shall be
10 entitled to a vote; the other members shall be nonvoting
11 members, unless authorized to vote by the unanimous consent of
12 the municipal and county board representatives. A municipality
13 that is located in more than one county may choose, at the time
14 of formation of the stormwater management planning committee
15 and based on watershed boundaries, to participate in the
16 stormwater management planning program of either or both of the
17 counties. Subcommittees of the stormwater management planning
18 committee may be established to serve a portion of the county
19 or a particular drainage basin that has similar stormwater
20 management needs. The stormwater management planning committee
21 shall adopt bylaws, by a majority vote of the county and
22 municipal members, to govern the functions of the committee and
23 its subcommittees. Officers of the committee shall include a
24 chair and vice chair, one of whom shall be a county
25 representative and one a municipal representative.
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1 stormwater management plan for presentation to and approval by
2 the county board, and to direct the plan's implementation and
3 revision. The committee may retain engineering, legal, and
4 financial advisors and inspection personnel. The committee
5 shall meet at least quarterly and shall hold at least one
6 public meeting during the preparation of the plan and prior to
7 its submittal to the county board. The committee may make
8 grants to units of local government that have adopted an
9 ordinance requiring actions consistent with the stormwater
10 management plan and to landowners for the purposes of
11 stormwater management, including special projects; use of the
12 grant money must be consistent with the stormwater management
13 plan.
14     The committee shall not have or exercise any power of
15 eminent domain.
16     (c) In the preparation of a stormwater management plan, a
17 county stormwater management planning committee shall
18 coordinate the planning process with each adjoining county to
19 ensure that recommended stormwater projects will have no
20 significant impact on the levels or flows of stormwaters in
21 inter-county watersheds or on the capacity of existing and
22 planned stormwater retention facilities. An adopted stormwater
23 management plan shall identify steps taken by the county to
24 coordinate the development of plan recommendations with
25 adjoining counties.
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1 rules or regulations that would interfere with (i) any power
2 granted by the Illinois Drainage Code (70 ILCS 605/) to
3 operate, construct, maintain, or improve drainage systems or
4 (ii) the ability to operate, maintain, or improve the drainage
5 systems used on or by land or a facility used for production
6 agriculture purposes, as defined in the Use Tax Act (35 ILCS
7 105/), except newly constructed buildings and newly installed
8 impervious paved surfaces. Disputes regarding an exception
9 shall be determined by a mutually agreed upon arbitrator paid
10 by the disputing party or parties.
11     (e) Before the stormwater management planning committee
12 recommends to the county board a stormwater management plan for
13 the county or a portion thereof, it shall submit the plan to
14 the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural
15 Resources for review and recommendations. The Office, in
16 reviewing the plan, shall consider such factors as impacts on
17 the levels or flows in rivers and streams and the cumulative
18 effects of stormwater discharges on flood levels. The Office of
19 Water Resources shall determine whether the plan or ordinances
20 enacted to implement the plan complies with the requirements of
21 subsection (f). Within a period not to exceed 60 days, the
22 review comments and recommendations shall be submitted to the
23 stormwater management planning committee for consideration.
24 Any amendments to the plan shall be submitted to the Office for
25 review.
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1 stormwater management planning committee shall hold at least
2 one public hearing thereon and shall afford interested persons
3 an opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall be held in the
4 county seat. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least
5 once no less than 15 days in advance of the hearing in a
6 newspaper of general circulation published in the county. The
7 notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and the
8 place where copies of the proposed plan will be accessible for
9 examination by interested parties. If an affected municipality
10 having a stormwater management plan adopted by ordinance wishes
11 to protest the proposed county plan provisions, it shall appear
12 at the hearing and submit in writing specific proposals to the
13 stormwater management planning committee. After consideration
14 of the matters raised at the hearing, the committee may amend
15 or approve the plan and recommend it to the county board for
16 adoption.
17     The county board may enact the proposed plan by ordinance.
18 If the proposals for modification of the plan made by an
19 affected municipality having a stormwater management plan are
20 not included in the proposed county plan, and the municipality
21 affected by the plan opposes adoption of the county plan by
22 resolution of its corporate authorities, approval of the county
23 plan shall require an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
24 of the county board members present and voting. If the county
25 board wishes to amend the county plan, it shall submit in
26 writing specific proposals to the stormwater management

 

 

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1 planning committee. If the proposals are not approved by the
2 committee, or are opposed by resolution of the corporate
3 authorities of an affected municipality having a municipal
4 stormwater management plan, amendment of the plan shall require
5 an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the county board
6 members present and voting.
7     (g) The county board may prescribe by ordinance reasonable
8 rules and regulations for floodplain management and for
9 governing the location, width, course, and release rate of all
10 stormwater runoff channels, streams, and basins in the county,
11 in accordance with the adopted stormwater management plan.
12 Land, facilities, and drainage district facilities used for
13 production agriculture as defined in subsection (d) shall not
14 be subjected to regulation by the county board or stormwater
15 management committee under this Section for floodplain
16 management and for governing location, width, course,
17 maintenance, and release rate of stormwater runoff channels,
18 streams and basins, or water discharged from a drainage
19 district. These rules and regulations shall, at a minimum, meet
20 the standards for floodplain management established by the
21 Office of Water Resources and the requirements of the Federal
22 Emergency Management Agency for participation in the National
23 Flood Insurance Program. The Commission may not impose more
24 stringent regulations regarding water quality on entities
25 discharging in accordance with a valid National Pollution
26 Discharge Elimination System permit issued under the

 

 

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1 Environmental Protection Act.
2     (h) In accordance with, and if recommended in, the adopted
3 stormwater management plan, the county board may adopt a
4 schedule of fees as may be necessary to mitigate the effects of
5 stormwater runoff based on actual costs. The fees shall not
6 exceed the cost of satisfying the onsite stormwater retention
7 or detention requirements of the adopted stormwater management
8 plan. The fees shall be used to finance activities undertaken
9 by the county or its included municipalities to mitigate the
10 effects of urban stormwater runoff by providing regional
11 stormwater retention or detention facilities, as identified in
12 the county plan. The county board shall provide for a credit or
13 reduction in fees for any onsite retention, detention, drainage
14 district assessments, or other similar stormwater facility
15 consistent with the stormwater management ordinance.
16 Developers are exempt from any fees under this Section if the
17 new development satisfies onsite retention or detention
18 pursuant to any other local ordinance addressing erosion,
19 sediment, or stormwater control and Illinois Environmental
20 Protection Agency regulations that place the development into
21 compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
22 System (NPDES) permit program at the time of the dedication of
23 public infrastructure. All these fees collected by the county
24 shall be held in a separate fund, and shall be expended only in
25 the watershed within which they were collected.
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1 the development, design, planning, construction, operation,
2 and maintenance of stormwater facilities provided for in the
3 stormwater management plan, a county board that has established
4 a stormwater management planning committee pursuant to this
5 Section may cause an annual tax of not to exceed 0.20% of the
6 value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
7 of all taxable property in the county to be levied upon all the
8 taxable property in the county or occupation and use taxes of
9 1/10 of one cent. The property tax shall be in addition to all
10 other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in the
11 county and shall be in addition to the maximum tax rate
12 authorized by law for general county purposes. The 0.20%
13 limitation provided in this Section may be increased or
14 decreased by referendum in accordance with the provisions of
15 Sections 18-120, 18-125, and 18-130 of the Property Tax Code
16 (35 ILCS 200/).
17     Any revenues generated as a result of ownership or
18 operation of facilities or land acquired with the tax funds
19 collected pursuant to this subsection shall be held in a
20 separate fund and be used either to abate such property tax or
21 for implementing this Section.
22     However, the tax authorized by this subsection shall not be
23 levied until the question of its adoption, either for a
24 specified period or indefinitely, has been submitted to the
25 electors thereof and approved by a majority of those voting on
26 the question. This question may be submitted at any election

 

 

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1 held in the county after the adoption of a resolution by the
2 county board providing for the submission of the question to
3 the electors of the county. The county board shall certify the
4 resolution and proposition to the proper election officials,
5 who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance
6 with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast
7 on the question is in favor of the levy of the tax, it may
8 thereafter be levied in the county for the specified period or
9 indefinitely, as provided in the proposition. The question
10 shall be put in substantially the following form:
11         Shall an annual tax be levied for stormwater management
12     purposes (for a period of not more than ..... years) at a
13     rate not exceeding .....% of the equalized assessed value
14     of the taxable property of Peoria County?
15 Or this question may be submitted at any election held in the
16 county after the adoption of a resolution by the county board
17 providing for the submission of the question to the electors of
18 the county to authorize use and occupation taxes of 1/10 of one
19 cent:
20         Shall use and occupation taxes be raised for stormwater
21     management purposes (for a period of not more than .....
22     years) at a rate of 1/10 of one cent for taxable goods in
23     Peoria County?
24     Votes shall be recorded as Yes or No.
25     (j) If the county adopts a property tax in accordance with
26 the provisions in this Section, the stormwater management

 

 

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1 committee shall offer property tax abatements or incentive
2 payments to property owners who construct, maintain, and use
3 approved stormwater management devices. If the county adopts
4 use and occupation taxes in accordance with the provisions of
5 this Section, the stormwater management committee may offer tax
6 rebates or incentive payments to property owners who construct,
7 maintain, and use approved stormwater management devices. The
8 stormwater management committee is authorized to offer credits
9 to the property tax, if applicable, based on authorized
10 practices consistent with the stormwater management plan and
11 approved by the committee. Expenses of staff of a stormwater
12 management committee that are expended on regulatory project
13 review may be no more than 20% of the annual budget of the
14 committee, including funds raised under subsections (h) and
15 (i).
16     (k) If the county has adopted a county stormwater
17 management plan under this Section it may, after 10 days
18 written notice receiving consent of the owner or occupant,
19 enter upon any lands or waters within the county for the
20 purpose of inspecting stormwater facilities or causing the
21 removal of any obstruction to an affected watercourse. If
22 consent is denied or cannot be reasonably obtained, the county
23 ordinance shall provide a process or procedure for an
24 administrative warrant to be obtained. The county shall be
25 responsible for any damages occasioned thereby.
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1 finding of the stormwater management planning committee, the
2 county shall not enforce rules and regulations adopted by the
3 county in any municipality located wholly or partly within the
4 county that has a municipal stormwater management ordinance
5 that is consistent with and at least as stringent as the county
6 plan and ordinance, and is being enforced by the municipal
7 authorities. On issues that the county ordinance is more
8 stringent as deemed by the committee, the county shall only
9 enforce rules and regulations adopted by the county on the more
10 stringent issues and accept municipal permits. The county shall
11 have no more than 60 days to review permits or the permits
12 shall be deemed approved.
13     (m) The county may issue general obligation bonds for
14 implementing any stormwater plan adopted under this Section in
15 the manner prescribed in Section 5-1012; except that the
16 referendum requirement of Section 5-1012 does not apply to
17 bonds issued pursuant to this Section on which the principal
18 and interest are to be paid entirely out of funds generated by
19 the taxes and fees authorized by this Section.
20     (n) The powers authorized by this Section may be
21 implemented by the county board for a portion of the county
22 subject to similar stormwater management needs.
23     (o) The powers and taxes authorized by this Section are in
24 addition to the powers and taxes authorized by Division 5-15;
25 in exercising its powers under this Section, a county shall not
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1 Division.
2     (p) A home rule municipality may opt out of this Section by
3 a majority vote of that municipality's governing body.
4     (q) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
5 may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
6 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
7 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
8 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
9 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
10 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
11 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
12 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
13 and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
14 Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
15 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
16 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
17 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
18 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
19 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
20 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
21 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
22 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
23 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
24 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
25 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
26 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the

 

 

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1 jurisdiction of the Governor.
 
2     Section 65. The County Economic Development Project Area
3 Property Tax Allocation Act is amended by changing Sections 4
4 and 5 as follows:
 
5     (55 ILCS 85/4)  (from Ch. 34, par. 7004)
6     Sec. 4. Establishment of economic development project
7 area; ordinance; joint review board; notice; hearing; changes
8 in economic development plan; annual reporting requirements.
9 Economic development project areas shall be established as
10 follows:
11     (a) The corporate authorities of Whiteside County may by
12 ordinance propose the establishment of an economic development
13 project area and fix a time and place for a public hearing, and
14 shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance as adopted to
15 the Department.
16     (a-5) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17 the 93rd General Assembly, the corporate authorities of
18 Stephenson County may by ordinance propose the establishment of
19 an economic development project area and fix a time and place
20 for a public hearing, and shall submit a certified copy of the
21 ordinance as adopted to the Department.
22     (a-10) The corporate authorities of Grundy County may, by
23 ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic
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1 hearing. Upon passage of the ordinance, the corporate
2 authorities of Grundy County shall submit a certified copy of
3 the ordinance, as adopted, to the Department.
4     (a-15) The corporate authorities of Peoria County may, by
5 ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic
6 development project and fix a time and place for a public
7 hearing. Upon passage of the ordinance, the corporate
8 authorities of Peoria County shall submit a certified copy of
9 the ordinance, as adopted, to the Department.
10     (b) Any county which adopts an ordinance which fixes a
11 date, time and place for a public hearing shall convene a joint
12 review board as hereinafter provided. Not less than 45 days
13 prior to the date fixed for the public hearing, the county
14 shall give notice by mailing to the chief executive officer of
15 each affected taxing district having taxable property included
16 in the proposed economic development project area and, if the
17 ordinance is adopted by Stephenson County, the chief executive
18 officer of any municipality within Stephenson County having a
19 population of more than 20,000 that such chief executive
20 officer or his designee is invited to participate in a joint
21 review board. The designee shall serve at the discretion of the
22 chief executive officer of the taxing district for a term not
23 to exceed 2 years. Such notice shall advise each chief
24 executive officer of the date, time and place of the first
25 meeting of such joint review board, which shall occur not less
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1 notice by mail shall be given by depositing such notice in the
2 United States Postal Service by certified mail.
3     At or prior to the first meeting of such joint review board
4 the county shall furnish to any member of such joint review
5 board copies of the proposed economic development plan and any
6 related documents which such member shall reasonably request. A
7 majority of the members of such joint review board present at
8 any meeting shall constitute a quorum. Additional meetings may
9 be called by any member of a joint review board upon the giving
10 of notice not less than 72 hours prior to the date of any
11 additional meeting to all members of the joint review board.
12 The joint review board shall review such information and
13 material as its members reasonably deem relevant to the
14 county's proposals to approve economic development plans and
15 economic development projects and to designate economic
16 development project areas. The county shall provide such
17 information and material promptly upon the request of the joint
18 review board and may also provide administrative support and
19 facilities as the joint review board may reasonably require.
20     Within 30 days of its first meeting, a joint review board
21 shall provide the county with a written report of its review of
22 any proposal to approve an economic development plan and
23 economic development project and to designate an economic
24 development project area. Such written report shall include
25 such information and advisory, nonbinding recommendations as a
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1 relevant. Written reports of joint review boards may include
2 information and advisory, nonbinding recommendations provided
3 by a minority of the members thereof. Any joint review board
4 which does not provide such written report within such 30-day
5 period shall be deemed to have recommended that the county
6 proceed with a proposal to approve an economic development plan
7 and economic development project and to designate an economic
8 development project area.
9     (c) Notice of the public hearing shall be given by
10 publication and mailing.
11         (1) Notice by publication shall be given by publication
12     at least twice, the first publication to be not more than
13     30 nor less than 10 days prior to the hearing in a
14     newspaper of general circulation within the taxing
15     districts having property in the proposed economic
16     development project area. Notice by mailing shall be given
17     by depositing such notice together with a copy of the
18     proposed economic development plan in the United States
19     Postal Service by certified mail addressed to the person or
20     persons in whose name the general taxes for the last
21     preceding year were paid on each lot, block, tract, or
22     parcel of land lying within the proposed economic
23     development project area. The notice shall be mailed not
24     less than 10 days prior to the dates set for the public
25     hearing. In the event taxes for the last preceding year
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1     last listed on the tax rolls within the preceding 3 years
2     as the owners of the property.
3         (2) The notices issued pursuant to this Section shall
4     include the following:
5             (A) The time and place of public hearing;
6             (B) The boundaries of the proposed economic
7         development project area by legal description and by
8         street location where possible;
9             (C) A notification that all interested persons
10         will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public
11         hearing;
12             (D) An invitation for any person to submit
13         alternative proposals or bids for any proposed
14         conveyance, lease, mortgage or other disposition of
15         land within the proposed economic development project
16         area;
17             (E) A description of the economic development plan
18         or economic development project if a plan or project is
19         a subject matter of the hearing; and
20             (F) Such other matters as the county may deem
21         appropriate.
22         (3) Not less than 45 days prior to the date set for
23     hearing, the county shall give notice by mail as provided
24     in this subsection (c) to all taxing districts of which
25     taxable property is included in the economic development
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1     other requirements under this subsection (c), the notice
2     shall include an invitation to the Department and each
3     taxing district to submit comments to the county concerning
4     the subject matter of the hearing prior to the date of the
5     hearing.
6     (d) At the public hearing any interested person, the
7 Department or any affected taxing district may file written
8 objections with the county clerk and may be heard orally with
9 respect to any issues embodied in the notice. The county shall
10 hear and determine all alternate proposals or bids for any
11 proposed conveyance, lease, mortgage or other disposition of
12 land and all protests and objections at the hearing, and the
13 hearing may be adjourned to another date without further notice
14 other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes fixing the
15 time and place of the adjourned hearing. Public hearings with
16 regard to an economic development plan, economic development
17 project area, or economic development project may be held
18 simultaneously.
19     (e) At the public hearing, or at any time prior to the
20 adoption by the county of an ordinance approving an economic
21 development plan, the county may make changes in the economic
22 development plan. Changes which (1) alter the exterior
23 boundaries of the proposed economic development project area,
24 (2) substantially affect the general land uses established in
25 the proposed economic development plan, (3) substantially
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1 (4) change the general description of any proposed developer,
2 user or tenant of any property to be located or improved within
3 the economic development project area, or (5) change the
4 description of the type, class and number of employees to be
5 employed in the operation of the facilities to be developed or
6 improved within the economic development project area shall be
7 made only after review by joint review board, notice and
8 hearing pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section.
9 Changes which do not (1) alter the exterior boundaries of a
10 proposed economic development project area, (2) substantially
11 affect the general land uses established in the proposed plan,
12 (3) substantially change the nature of the proposed economic
13 development plan, (4) change the general description of any
14 proposed developer, user or tenant of any property to be
15 located or improved within the economic development project
16 area, or (5) change the description of the type, class and
17 number of employees to be employed in the operation of the
18 facilities to be developed or improved within the economic
19 development project area may be made without further notice or
20 hearing, provided that the county shall give notice of its
21 changes by mail to the Department and to each affected taxing
22 district and by publication in a newspaper or newspapers of
23 general circulation with the affected taxing districts. Such
24 notice by mail and by publication shall each occur not later
25 than 10 days following the adoption by ordinance of such
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1     (f) At any time within 90 days of the final adjournment of
2 the public hearing, a county may, by ordinance, approve the
3 economic development plan, establish the economic development
4 project area, and authorize property tax allocation financing
5 for such economic development project area.
6     Any ordinance adopted by Whiteside County which approves
7 the economic development plan shall contain findings that the
8 economic development project is reasonably expected to create
9 or retain not less than 500 full-time equivalent jobs, that
10 private investment in an amount not less than $25,000,000 is
11 reasonably expected to occur in the economic development
12 project area, that the economic development project will
13 encourage the increase of commerce and industry within the
14 State, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment
15 and increasing opportunities for personal income, and that the
16 economic development project will increase or maintain the
17 property, sales and income tax bases of the county and of the
18 State.
19     Any ordinance adopted by Grundy County that approves the
20 economic development plan shall contain findings that the
21 economic development project is reasonably expected to create
22 or retain not less than 250 full-time equivalent jobs, that
23 private investment in an amount not less than $50,000,000 is
24 reasonably expected to occur in the economic development
25 project area, that the economic development project will
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1 State, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment
2 and increasing opportunities for personal income, and that the
3 economic development project will increase or maintain the
4 property, sales, and income tax bases of the county and of the
5 State.
6     Any ordinance adopted by Stephenson County that approves an
7 economic development plan shall contain findings that (i) the
8 economic development project is reasonably expected to create
9 or retain not less than 500 full-time equivalent jobs; (ii)
10 private investment in an amount not less than $10,000,000 is
11 reasonably expected to occur in the economic development area;
12 (iii) 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 (iv) 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 Before the economic development project area is established by
19 Stephenson County, the following additional conditions must be
20 included in an intergovernmental agreement approved by both the
21 Stephenson County Board and the corporate authorities of the
22 City of Freeport: (i) the corporate authorities of the City of
23 Freeport must concur by resolution with the findings of
24 Stephenson County; (ii) both the corporate authorities of the
25 City of Freeport and the Stephenson County Board shall approve
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1 for any economic development project within the economic
2 development area; (iii) any economic development project that
3 receives funds under this Act, except for any economic
4 development project specifically excluded from annexation in
5 the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement, shall agree
6 to and must enter into an annexation agreement with the City of
7 Freeport to annex property included in the economic development
8 project area to the City of Freeport at the first point in time
9 that the property becomes contiguous to the City of Freeport;
10 (iv) the local share of all State occupation and use taxes
11 allocable to the City of Freeport and Stephenson County and
12 derived from commercial projects within the economic
13 development project area shall be equally shared by and between
14 the City of Freeport and Stephenson County for the duration of
15 the economic development project; and (v) any development in
16 the economic development project area shall be built in
17 accordance with the building and related codes of both the City
18 of Freeport and Stephenson County and the City of Freeport
19 shall approve all provisions for water and sewer service.
20     Any ordinance adopted by Peoria County that approves an
21 economic development plan shall contain findings that (i) the
22 economic development project is reasonably expected to create
23 or retain not less than 250 full-time equivalent jobs; (ii)
24 private investment in an amount not less than $15,000,000 is
25 reasonably expected to occur in the economic development
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1 encourage the increase of commerce and industry within the
2 State, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment
3 and increasing opportunities for personal income; and (iv) the
4 economic development project will increase or maintain the
5 property, sales, and income tax bases of the county and of the
6 State.
7     The ordinance shall also state that the economic
8 development project area shall not include parcels to be used
9 for purposes of residential development. Any ordinance adopted
10 which establishes an economic development project area shall
11 contain the boundaries of such area by legal description and,
12 where possible, by street location. Any ordinance adopted which
13 authorizes property tax allocation financing shall provide
14 that the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon
15 taxable real property in such economic development project area
16 by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner
17 provided in subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act each year
18 after the effective date of the ordinance until economic
19 development project costs and all county obligations financing
20 economic development project costs incurred under this Act have
21 been paid shall be divided as follows:
22         (1) That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot,
23     block, tract or parcel of real property which is
24     attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed
25     value or the initial equalized assessed value of each such
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1     economic development project area shall be allocated to,
2     and when collected, shall be paid by the county collector
3     to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner
4     required by law in the absence of the adoption of property
5     tax allocation financing.
6         (2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is
7     attributable to the increase in the current equalized
8     assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract or
9     parcel of real property in the economic development project
10     area over and above the initial equalized assessed value of
11     each property in the economic development project area
12     shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid to
13     the county treasurer who shall deposit those taxes into a
14     special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the
15     county for the purpose of paying economic development
16     project costs and obligations incurred in the payment
17     thereof.
18     (g) After a county has by ordinance approved an economic
19 development plan and established an economic development
20 project area, the plan may be amended and the boundaries of the
21 area may be altered only as herein provided. Amendments which
22 (1) alter the exterior boundaries of an economic development
23 project area, (2) substantially affect the general land uses
24 established pursuant to the economic development plan, (3)
25 substantially change the nature of the economic development
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1 developer, user, or tenant of any property to be located or
2 improved within the economic development project area, or (5)
3 change the description of the type, class and number of
4 employees to be employed in the operation of the facilities to
5 be developed or improved shall be made only after review by a
6 joint review board, notice and hearing pursuant to the
7 procedures set forth in this Section. Amendments which do not
8 (1) alter the exterior boundaries of an economic development
9 project area, (2) substantially affect the general land uses
10 established in the economic development plan, (3)
11 substantially change the nature of the economic development
12 plan, (4) change the description of any proposed developer,
13 user, or tenant of any property to be located or improved
14 within the economic development project area, or (5) change the
15 description of the type, class and number of employees to be
16 employed in the operation of the facilities to be developed or
17 improved within the economic development project area may be
18 made without further hearing or notice, provided that the
19 county shall give notice of any amendment by mail to the
20 Department and to each taxing district and by publication in a
21 newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the
22 affected taxing districts. Such notices by mail and by
23 publication shall each occur not later than 10 days following
24 the adoption by ordinance of such amendments.
25     (h) After the adoption of an ordinance adopting property
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1 area, the county shall annually report to each taxing district
2 having taxable property within such economic development
3 project area (i) any increase or decrease in the equalized
4 assessed value of the real property located within such
5 economic development project area above or below the initial
6 equalized assessed value of such real property, (ii) that
7 portion, if any, of the ad valorem taxes arising from the
8 levies upon taxable real property in such economic development
9 project area by the taxing districts which is attributable to
10 the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of
11 each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the
12 economic development project area over and above the initial
13 equalized value of each property and which has been allocated
14 to the county in the current year, and (iii) such other
15 information as the county may deem relevant.
16     (i) The county shall give notice by mail as provided in
17 this Section and shall reconvene the joint review board not
18 less than annually for each of the 2 years following its
19 adoption of an ordinance adopting property tax allocation
20 financing for an economic development project area and not less
21 than once in each 3-year period thereafter. The county shall
22 provide such information, and may provide administrative
23 support and facilities as the joint review board may reasonably
24 require for each of such meetings.
25     (j) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
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1 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
2 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
3 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
4 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
5 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
6 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
7 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
8 and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
9 Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
10 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
11 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
12 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
13 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
14 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
15 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
16 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
17 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
18 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
19 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
20 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
21 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
22 jurisdiction of the Governor.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-959, eff. 8-20-04; 94-259, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
24     (55 ILCS 85/5)  (from Ch. 34, par. 7005)
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1 Department.
2     (a) The county shall submit certified copies of any
3 ordinances adopted approving a proposed economic development
4 plan, establishing an economic development project area, and
5 authorizing tax increment allocation financing to the
6 Department, together with (1) a map of the economic development
7 project area, (2) a copy of the economic development plan as
8 approved, (3) an analysis, and any supporting documents and
9 statistics, demonstrating (i) that the economic development
10 project is reasonably expected to create or retain not less
11 than 500 full-time equivalent jobs and (ii) that private
12 investment in the amount of not less than $25,000,000 for all
13 ordinances adopted by Whiteside County , and in the amount of
14 not less than $10,000,000 for any ordinance adopted by
15 Stephenson County, and in the amount of not less than
16 $15,000,000 for any ordinance adopted by Peoria County is
17 reasonably expected to occur in the economic development
18 project area, (4) an estimate of the economic impact of the
19 economic development plan and the use of property tax
20 allocation financing upon the revenues of the county and the
21 affected taxing districts, (5) a record of all public hearings
22 held in connection with the establishment of the economic
23 development project area, and (6) such other information as the
24 Department by regulation may require.
25     (b) Upon receipt of an application from a county the
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1 the economic development project area qualifies as an economic
2 development project area under this Act. At its discretion, the
3 Department may accept or reject the application or may request
4 such additional information as it deems necessary or advisable
5 to aid its review. If any such area is found to be qualified to
6 be an economic development project area, the Department shall
7 approve and certify such economic development project area and
8 shall provide written notice of its approval and certification
9 to the county and to the county clerk. In determining whether
10 an economic development project area shall be approved and
11 certified, the Department shall consider (1) whether, without
12 public intervention, the State would suffer substantial
13 economic dislocation, such as relocation of a commercial
14 business or industrial or manufacturing facility to another
15 state, territory or country, or would not otherwise benefit
16 from private investment offering substantial employment
17 opportunities and economic growth, and (2) the impact on the
18 revenues of the county and the affected taxing districts of the
19 use of tax increment allocation financing in connection with
20 the economic development project.
21     (c) On or before July 1, 2007, the Department shall submit
22 to the General Assembly a report detailing the number of
23 economic development project areas it has approved and
24 certified, the number and type of jobs created or retained
25 therein, the aggregate amount of private investment therein,
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1 districts of the use of property tax allocation financing
2 therein, and such additional information as the Department may
3 determine to be relevant. On July 1, 2009 2008 the authority
4 granted hereunder to counties to establish economic
5 development project areas and to adopt property tax allocation
6 financing in connection therewith and to the Department to
7 approve and certify economic development project areas shall
8 expire unless the General Assembly shall have authorized
9 counties and the Department to continue to exercise the powers
10 granted to them under this Act.
11     (d) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that
12 may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head
13 under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to
14 make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions
15 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If,
16 however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to
17 implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of
18 the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to
19 the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House
20 and Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
21 Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
22 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
23 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
24 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
25 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
26 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise

 

 

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1 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
2 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
3 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
4 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
5 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
6 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
7 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
8 jurisdiction of the Governor.
9 (Source: P.A. 92-791, eff. 8-6-02; 93-959, eff. 8-20-04.)
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.".