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91_HB3535
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1 AN ACT to create the Municipal Assistance Commission.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community
5 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 605-455 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 605/605-455 new)
8 Sec. 605-455. Municipal Assistance Commission.
9 (a) There is created in the Department a Municipal
10 Assistance Commission consisting of 10 members, including the
11 Director, or his or her designee, and 9 members of the public
12 appointed by the Governor. Two of the public members must be
13 residents Cook County outside of the City of Chicago, 3
14 public members must be residents of a county adjacent to Cook
15 County, and 4 public members must be residents of other areas
16 of the State. Public members of the Commission may not be
17 officers or employees of a unit of local government.
18 The initial appointments shall be made as soon as
19 possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20 the 91st General Assembly. Of the initial appointments, 5
21 members shall serve for 2 years and 4 members shall serve for
22 4 years. Thereafter, all members shall serve for terms of 4
23 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
24 Vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall be filled
25 in the same manner as the original appointments.
26 Members of the Commission shall serve without
27 compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses
28 incurred in the performance of their duties.
29 (b) The Commission shall make grants to units of local
30 government, other than the City of Chicago, from the
31 Municipal Assistance Grant Fund. A unit of local government
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1 that (i) is located in an area in need of economic
2 development, (ii) has developed a specific proposal for
3 economic development, and (iii) does not have available local
4 revenues necessary to implement the proposal may apply to the
5 Commission for a grant. The Commission may make a grant to
6 the unit of local government if the Commission believes the
7 proposal has a reasonable possibility of success and at least
8 6 members of the Commission approve the proposal.
9 In determining whether or not to make a grant to a unit
10 of local government, the Commission shall consider the per
11 capita income of the community, the unemployment rate in the
12 community, the relative probability of the success of the
13 unit of local government's proposal compared to other
14 proposals, the availability of adequate transportation
15 infrastructure, and the availability of trained individuals
16 and adequate financing to carry out the proposal.
17 Units of local government that receive grants from the
18 Commission must file periodic progress reports. The
19 Commission shall monitor and conduct on-site inspections of
20 all projects conducted with grant moneys.
21 (c) The Commission must adopt any rules necessary to
22 implement and administer this Section.
23 (d) There is created the Municipal Assistance Grant Fund,
24 a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys appropriated
25 for the purposes of this Section and moneys from any other
26 public or private source shall be deposited into the Fund.
27 Moneys in the Fund may be used by the Commission, subject to
28 appropriation, to make grants to units of local government
29 under this Section.
30 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
31 Section 5.541 as follows:
32 (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
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1 Sec. 5.541. The Municipal Assistance Grant Fund.
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
3 January 1, 2001.