Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 5/18/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1519

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1519, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 11-74.4-3 and 11-74.4-7 as follows:
 
7     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3)
8     Sec. 11-74.4-3. Definitions. The following terms, wherever
9 used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have the
10 following respective meanings, unless in any case a different
11 meaning clearly appears from the context.
12     (a) For any redevelopment project area that has been
13 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
14 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
15 91-478), "blighted area" shall have the meaning set forth in
16 this Section prior to that date.

 

 

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1     On and after November 1, 1999, "blighted area" means any
2 improved or vacant area within the boundaries of a
3 redevelopment project area located within the territorial
4 limits of the municipality where:
5         (1) If improved, industrial, commercial, and
6     residential buildings or improvements are detrimental to
7     the public safety, health, or welfare because of a
8     combination of 5 or more of the following factors, each of
9     which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a
10     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
11     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
12     of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the
13     improved part of the redevelopment project area:
14             (A) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair
15         or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary
16         structural components of buildings or improvements in
17         such a combination that a documented building
18         condition analysis determines that major repair is
19         required or the defects are so serious and so extensive
20         that the buildings must be removed.
21             (B) Obsolescence. The condition or process of
22         falling into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited
23         for the original use.
24             (C) Deterioration. With respect to buildings,
25         defects including, but not limited to, major defects in
26         the secondary building components such as doors,

 

 

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1         windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia.
2         With respect to surface improvements, that the
3         condition of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters,
4         sidewalks, off-street parking, and surface storage
5         areas evidence deterioration, including, but not
6         limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
7         depressions, loose paving material, and weeds
8         protruding through paved surfaces.
9             (D) Presence of structures below minimum code
10         standards. All structures that do not meet the
11         standards of zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and
12         other governmental codes applicable to property, but
13         not including housing and property maintenance codes.
14             (E) Illegal use of individual structures. The use
15         of structures in violation of applicable federal,
16         State, or local laws, exclusive of those applicable to
17         the presence of structures below minimum code
18         standards.
19             (F) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
20         that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that
21         represent an adverse influence on the area because of
22         the frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.
23             (G) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
24         facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for
25         light or air circulation in spaces or rooms without
26         windows, or that require the removal of dust, odor,

 

 

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1         gas, smoke, or other noxious airborne materials.
2         Inadequate natural light and ventilation means the
3         absence of skylights or windows for interior spaces or
4         rooms and improper window sizes and amounts by room
5         area to window area ratios. Inadequate sanitary
6         facilities refers to the absence or inadequacy of
7         garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities,
8         hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies
9         preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms and
10         units within a building.
11             (H) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
12         utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage,
13         sanitary sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and
14         electrical services that are shown to be inadequate.
15         Inadequate utilities are those that are: (i) of
16         insufficient capacity to serve the uses in the
17         redevelopment project area, (ii) deteriorated,
18         antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or (iii)
19         lacking within the redevelopment project area.
20             (I) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
21         structures and community facilities. The
22         over-intensive use of property and the crowding of
23         buildings and accessory facilities onto a site.
24         Examples of problem conditions warranting the
25         designation of an area as one exhibiting excessive land
26         coverage are: (i) the presence of buildings either

 

 

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1         improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels of
2         inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
3         standards of development for health and safety and (ii)
4         the presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel.
5         For there to be a finding of excessive land coverage,
6         these parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
7         conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
8         within or around buildings, increased threat of spread
9         of fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack
10         of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way,
11         lack of reasonably required off-street parking, or
12         inadequate provision for loading and service.
13             (J) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence
14         of incompatible land-use relationships, buildings
15         occupied by inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses
16         considered to be noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for
17         the surrounding area.
18             (K) Environmental clean-up. The proposed
19         redevelopment project area has incurred Illinois
20         Environmental Protection Agency or United States
21         Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for,
22         or a study conducted by an independent consultant
23         recognized as having expertise in environmental
24         remediation has determined a need for, the clean-up of
25         hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground
26         storage tanks required by State or federal law,

 

 

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1         provided that the remediation costs constitute a
2         material impediment to the development or
3         redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.
4             (L) Lack of community planning. The proposed
5         redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
6         without the benefit or guidance of a community plan.
7         This means that the development occurred prior to the
8         adoption by the municipality of a comprehensive or
9         other community plan or that the plan was not followed
10         at the time of the area's development. This factor must
11         be documented by evidence of adverse or incompatible
12         land-use relationships, inadequate street layout,
13         improper subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and
14         size to meet contemporary development standards, or
15         other evidence demonstrating an absence of effective
16         community planning.
17             (M) The total equalized assessed value of the
18         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
19         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
20         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
21         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
22         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
23         calendar years for which information is available or is
24         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
25         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
26         by the United States Department of Labor or successor

 

 

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1         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
2         year in which the redevelopment project area is
3         designated.
4         (2) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
5     project area is impaired by a combination of 2 or more of
6     the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with
7     that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a
8     municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly
9     present within the intent of the Act and (ii) reasonably
10     distributed throughout the vacant part of the
11     redevelopment project area to which it pertains:
12             (A) Obsolete platting of vacant land that results
13         in parcels of limited or narrow size or configurations
14         of parcels of irregular size or shape that would be
15         difficult to develop on a planned basis and in a manner
16         compatible with contemporary standards and
17         requirements, or platting that failed to create
18         rights-of-ways for streets or alleys or that created
19         inadequate right-of-way widths for streets, alleys, or
20         other public rights-of-way or that omitted easements
21         for public utilities.
22             (B) Diversity of ownership of parcels of vacant
23         land sufficient in number to retard or impede the
24         ability to assemble the land for development.
25             (C) Tax and special assessment delinquencies exist
26         or the property has been the subject of tax sales under

 

 

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1         the Property Tax Code within the last 5 years.
2             (D) Deterioration of structures or site
3         improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the
4         vacant land.
5             (E) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
6         Protection Agency or United States Environmental
7         Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
8         conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
9         having expertise in environmental remediation has
10         determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
11         hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
12         required by State or federal law, provided that the
13         remediation costs constitute a material impediment to
14         the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment
15         project area.
16             (F) The total equalized assessed value of the
17         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
18         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
19         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
20         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
21         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
22         calendar years for which information is available or is
23         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
24         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
25         by the United States Department of Labor or successor
26         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the

 

 

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1         year in which the redevelopment project area is
2         designated.
3         (3) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
4     project area is impaired by one of the following factors
5     that (i) is present, with that presence documented, to a
6     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
7     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
8     of the Act and (ii) is reasonably distributed throughout
9     the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which
10     it pertains:
11             (A) The area consists of one or more unused
12         quarries, mines, or strip mine ponds.
13             (B) The area consists of unused rail yards, rail
14         tracks, or railroad rights-of-way.
15             (C) The area, prior to its designation, is subject
16         to (i) chronic flooding that adversely impacts on real
17         property in the area as certified by a registered
18         professional engineer or appropriate regulatory agency
19         or (ii) surface water that discharges from all or a
20         part of the area and contributes to flooding within the
21         same watershed, but only if the redevelopment project
22         provides for facilities or improvements to contribute
23         to the alleviation of all or part of the flooding.
24             (D) The area consists of an unused or illegal
25         disposal site containing earth, stone, building
26         debris, or similar materials that were removed from

 

 

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1         construction, demolition, excavation, or dredge sites.
2             (E) Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not less
3         than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is
4         vacant (notwithstanding that the area has been used for
5         commercial agricultural purposes within 5 years prior
6         to the designation of the redevelopment project area),
7         and the area meets at least one of the factors itemized
8         in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the area has been
9         designated as a town or village center by ordinance or
10         comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982,
11         and the area has not been developed for that designated
12         purpose.
13             (F) The area qualified as a blighted improved area
14         immediately prior to becoming vacant, unless there has
15         been substantial private investment in the immediately
16         surrounding area.
17     (b) For any redevelopment project area that has been
18 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
19 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
20 91-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth
21 in this Section prior to that date.
22     On and after November 1, 1999, "conservation area" means
23 any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment
24 project area located within the territorial limits of the
25 municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area
26 have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a

 

 

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1 blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the
2 following factors is detrimental to the public safety, health,
3 morals or welfare and such an area may become a blighted area:
4         (1) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair or
5     neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural
6     components of buildings or improvements in such a
7     combination that a documented building condition analysis
8     determines that major repair is required or the defects are
9     so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be
10     removed.
11         (2) Obsolescence. The condition or process of falling
12     into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited for the
13     original use.
14         (3) Deterioration. With respect to buildings, defects
15     including, but not limited to, major defects in the
16     secondary building components such as doors, windows,
17     porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia. With respect
18     to surface improvements, that the condition of roadways,
19     alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking, and
20     surface storage areas evidence deterioration, including,
21     but not limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
22     depressions, loose paving material, and weeds protruding
23     through paved surfaces.
24         (4) Presence of structures below minimum code
25     standards. All structures that do not meet the standards of
26     zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and other

 

 

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1     governmental codes applicable to property, but not
2     including housing and property maintenance codes.
3         (5) Illegal use of individual structures. The use of
4     structures in violation of applicable federal, State, or
5     local laws, exclusive of those applicable to the presence
6     of structures below minimum code standards.
7         (6) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
8     that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent an
9     adverse influence on the area because of the frequency,
10     extent, or duration of the vacancies.
11         (7) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
12     facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for light
13     or air circulation in spaces or rooms without windows, or
14     that require the removal of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or
15     other noxious airborne materials. Inadequate natural light
16     and ventilation means the absence or inadequacy of
17     skylights or windows for interior spaces or rooms and
18     improper window sizes and amounts by room area to window
19     area ratios. Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the
20     absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure,
21     bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchens, and
22     structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to
23     and from all rooms and units within a building.
24         (8) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
25     utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage, sanitary
26     sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and electrical

 

 

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1     services that are shown to be inadequate. Inadequate
2     utilities are those that are: (i) of insufficient capacity
3     to serve the uses in the redevelopment project area, (ii)
4     deteriorated, antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or
5     (iii) lacking within the redevelopment project area.
6         (9) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
7     structures and community facilities. The over-intensive
8     use of property and the crowding of buildings and accessory
9     facilities onto a site. Examples of problem conditions
10     warranting the designation of an area as one exhibiting
11     excessive land coverage are: the presence of buildings
12     either improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels
13     of inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
14     standards of development for health and safety and the
15     presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel. For
16     there to be a finding of excessive land coverage, these
17     parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
18     conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
19     within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of
20     fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack of
21     adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of
22     reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate
23     provision for loading and service.
24         (10) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence of
25     incompatible land-use relationships, buildings occupied by
26     inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses considered to be

 

 

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1     noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for the surrounding
2     area.
3         (11) Lack of community planning. The proposed
4     redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
5     without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This
6     means that the development occurred prior to the adoption
7     by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community
8     plan or that the plan was not followed at the time of the
9     area's development. This factor must be documented by
10     evidence of adverse or incompatible land-use
11     relationships, inadequate street layout, improper
12     subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet
13     contemporary development standards, or other evidence
14     demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.
15         (12) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
16     Protection Agency or United States Environmental
17     Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
18     conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
19     having expertise in environmental remediation has
20     determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
21     hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
22     required by State or federal law, provided that the
23     remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the
24     development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project
25     area.
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1     redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of the last 5
2     calendar years for which information is available or is
3     increasing at an annual rate that is less than the balance
4     of the municipality for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for
5     which information is available or is increasing at an
6     annual rate that is less than the Consumer Price Index for
7     All Urban Consumers published by the United States
8     Department of Labor or successor agency for 3 of the last 5
9     calendar years for which information is available.
10     (c) "Industrial park" means an area in a blighted or
11 conservation area suitable for use by any manufacturing,
12 industrial, research or transportation enterprise, of
13 facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills,
14 processing plants, assembly plants, packing plants,
15 fabricating plants, industrial distribution centers,
16 warehouses, repair overhaul or service facilities, freight
17 terminals, research facilities, test facilities or railroad
18 facilities.
19     (d) "Industrial park conservation area" means an area
20 within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located
21 within the territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor
22 surplus municipality or within 1 1/2 miles of the territorial
23 limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus municipality
24 if the area is annexed to the municipality; which area is zoned
25 as industrial no later than at the time the municipality by
26 ordinance designates the redevelopment project area, and which

 

 

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1 area includes both vacant land suitable for use as an
2 industrial park and a blighted area or conservation area
3 contiguous to such vacant land.
4     (e) "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in
5 which, at any time during the 6 months before the municipality
6 by ordinance designates an industrial park conservation area,
7 the unemployment rate was over 6% and was also 100% or more of
8 the national average unemployment rate for that same time as
9 published in the United States Department of Labor Bureau of
10 Labor Statistics publication entitled "The Employment
11 Situation" or its successor publication. For the purpose of
12 this subsection, if unemployment rate statistics for the
13 municipality are not available, the unemployment rate in the
14 municipality shall be deemed to be the same as the unemployment
15 rate in the principal county in which the municipality is
16 located.
17     (f) "Municipality" shall mean a city, village,
18 incorporated town, or a township that is located in the
19 unincorporated portion of a county with 3 million or more
20 inhabitants, if the county adopted an ordinance that approved
21 the township's redevelopment plan.
22     (g) "Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount of taxes
23 paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act,
24 Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
25 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
26 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on

 

 

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1 transactions at places located in a State Sales Tax Boundary
2 during the calendar year 1985.
3     (g-1) "Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount
4 of taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax
5 Act, Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
6 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
7 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
8 transactions at places located within the State Sales Tax
9 Boundary revised pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8a(9) of this Act.
10     (h) "Municipal Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal
11 to the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid to a
12 municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from
13 sales by retailers and servicemen within the redevelopment
14 project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be,
15 for as long as the redevelopment project area or State Sales
16 Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist over and above the
17 aggregate amount of taxes as certified by the Illinois
18 Department of Revenue and paid under the Municipal Retailers'
19 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act
20 by retailers and servicemen, on transactions at places of
21 business located in the redevelopment project area or State
22 Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, during the base year
23 which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year
24 in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation
25 financing. For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of
26 such taxes for base years occurring prior to 1985, the

 

 

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1 Department of Revenue shall determine the Initial Sales Tax
2 Amounts for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to
3 4% of the aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the
4 base year is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction
5 of 12%. The amount so determined shall be known as the
6 "Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts". For purposes of
7 determining the Municipal Sales Tax Increment, the Department
8 of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the amount paid
9 to the municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising
10 from sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located
11 in the redevelopment project area or the State Sales Tax
12 Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax
13 Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
14 Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Municipal Retailers'
15 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax
16 Act. For the State Fiscal Year 1989, this calculation shall be
17 made by utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax
18 amounts received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this
19 calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from January
20 1, 1988, until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts
21 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
22 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
23 Occupation Tax Act, which shall have deducted therefrom
24 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the
25 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
26 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year 1991,

 

 

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1 this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from
2 October 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989, to determine the tax amounts
3 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
4 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
5 Occupation Tax Act which shall have deducted therefrom
6 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
7 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
8 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year
9 thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months
10 beginning July 1 and ending June 30 to determine the tax
11 amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the
12 certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales
13 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as the
14 case may be.
15     (i) "Net State Sales Tax Increment" means the sum of the
16 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Sales Tax
17 Increment annually generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary;
18 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
19 $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually generated within
20 a State Sales Tax Boundary; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
21 excess of $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually
22 generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary. If, however, a
23 municipality established a tax increment financing district in
24 a county with a population in excess of 3,000,000 before
25 January 1, 1986, and the municipality entered into a contract
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1 1986, to finance redevelopment project costs within a State
2 Sales Tax Boundary, then the Net State Sales Tax Increment
3 means, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1990, and July 1,
4 1991, 100% of the State Sales Tax Increment annually generated
5 within a State Sales Tax Boundary; and notwithstanding any
6 other provision of this Act, for those fiscal years the
7 Department of Revenue shall distribute to those municipalities
8 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment before any
9 distribution to any other municipality and regardless of
10 whether or not those other municipalities will receive 100% of
11 their Net State Sales Tax Increment. For Fiscal Year 1999, and
12 every year thereafter until the year 2007, for any municipality
13 that has not entered into a contract or has not issued bonds
14 prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment project costs
15 within a State Sales Tax Boundary, the Net State Sales Tax
16 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
17 Net State Sales Tax Increment by 90% in the State Fiscal Year
18 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State
19 Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the
20 State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30%
21 in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year
22 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall
23 be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
24     Municipalities that issued bonds in connection with a
25 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
26 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991, or that

 

 

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1 entered into contracts in connection with a redevelopment
2 project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988,
3 shall continue to receive their proportional share of the
4 Illinois Tax Increment Fund distribution until the date on
5 which the redevelopment project is completed or terminated. If,
6 however, a municipality that issued bonds in connection with a
7 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
8 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991 retires the
9 bonds prior to June 30, 2007 or a municipality that entered
10 into contracts in connection with a redevelopment project in a
11 redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988 completes the
12 contracts prior to June 30, 2007, then so long as the
13 redevelopment project is not completed or is not terminated,
14 the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be calculated,
15 beginning on the date on which the bonds are retired or the
16 contracts are completed, as follows: By multiplying the Net
17 State Sales Tax Increment by 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002;
18 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year
19 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State
20 Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No
21 payment shall be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and
22 thereafter. Refunding of any bonds issued prior to July 29,
23 1991, shall not alter the Net State Sales Tax Increment.
24     (j) "State Utility Tax Increment Amount" means an amount
25 equal to the aggregate increase in State electric and gas tax
26 charges imposed on owners and tenants, other than residential

 

 

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1 customers, of properties located within the redevelopment
2 project area under Section 9-222 of the Public Utilities Act,
3 over and above the aggregate of such charges as certified by
4 the Department of Revenue and paid by owners and tenants, other
5 than residential customers, of properties within the
6 redevelopment project area during the base year, which shall be
7 the calendar year immediately prior to the year of the adoption
8 of the ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation
9 financing.
10     (k) "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the sum of the
11 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Utility Tax
12 Increment annually generated by a redevelopment project area;
13 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
14 $500,000 of the State Utility Tax Increment annually generated
15 by a redevelopment project area; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
16 excess of $500,000 of State Utility Tax Increment annually
17 generated by a redevelopment project area. For the State Fiscal
18 Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year 2007, for
19 any municipality that has not entered into a contract or has
20 not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment
21 project costs within a redevelopment project area, the Net
22 State Utility Tax Increment shall be calculated as follows: By
23 multiplying the Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in the
24 State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70%
25 in the State Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year
26 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State

 

 

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1 Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the
2 State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007.
3 No payment shall be made for the State Fiscal Year 2008 and
4 thereafter.
5     Municipalities that issue bonds in connection with the
6 redevelopment project during the period from June 1, 1988 until
7 3 years after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1988
8 shall receive the Net State Utility Tax Increment, subject to
9 appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the issuance of
10 such bonds. For the 16th through the 20th State Fiscal Years
11 after issuance of the bonds, the Net State Utility Tax
12 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
13 Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in year 16; 80% in year
14 17; 70% in year 18; 60% in year 19; and 50% in year 20.
15 Refunding of any bonds issued prior to June 1, 1988, shall not
16 alter the revised Net State Utility Tax Increment payments set
17 forth above.
18     (l) "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures, notes,
19 special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued
20 by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to
21 refund outstanding obligations.
22     (m) "Payment in lieu of taxes" means those estimated tax
23 revenues from real property in a redevelopment project area
24 derived from real property that has been acquired by a
25 municipality which according to the redevelopment project or
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1 would have received had a municipality not acquired the real
2 property and adopted tax increment allocation financing and
3 which would result from levies made after the time of the
4 adoption of tax increment allocation financing to the time the
5 current equalized value of real property in the redevelopment
6 project area exceeds the total initial equalized value of real
7 property in said area.
8     (n) "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program
9 of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended
10 by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or
11 eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the
12 redevelopment project area as a "blighted area" or
13 "conservation area" or combination thereof or "industrial park
14 conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the
15 taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment project
16 area. On and after November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
17 Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may be approved or
18 amended that includes the development of vacant land (i) with a
19 golf course and related clubhouse and other facilities or (ii)
20 designated by federal, State, county, or municipal government
21 as public land for outdoor recreational activities or for
22 nature preserves and used for that purpose within 5 years prior
23 to the adoption of the redevelopment plan. For the purpose of
24 this subsection, "recreational activities" is limited to mean
25 camping and hunting. Each redevelopment plan shall set forth in
26 writing the program to be undertaken to accomplish the

 

 

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1 objectives and shall include but not be limited to:
2         (A) an itemized list of estimated redevelopment
3     project costs;
4         (B) evidence indicating that the redevelopment project
5     area on the whole has not been subject to growth and
6     development through investment by private enterprise;
7         (C) an assessment of any financial impact of the
8     redevelopment project area on or any increased demand for
9     services from any taxing district affected by the plan and
10     any program to address such financial impact or increased
11     demand;
12         (D) the sources of funds to pay costs;
13         (E) the nature and term of the obligations to be
14     issued;
15         (F) the most recent equalized assessed valuation of the
16     redevelopment project area;
17         (G) an estimate as to the equalized assessed valuation
18     after redevelopment and the general land uses to apply in
19     the redevelopment project area;
20         (H) a commitment to fair employment practices and an
21     affirmative action plan;
22         (I) if it concerns an industrial park conservation
23     area, the plan shall also include a general description of
24     any proposed developer, user and tenant of any property, a
25     description of the type, structure and general character of
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1     class and number of new employees to be employed in the
2     operation of the facilities to be developed; and
3         (J) if property is to be annexed to the municipality,
4     the plan shall include the terms of the annexation
5     agreement.
6     The provisions of items (B) and (C) of this subsection (n)
7 shall not apply to a municipality that before March 14, 1994
8 (the effective date of Public Act 88-537) had fixed, either by
9 its corporate authorities or by a commission designated under
10 subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time and place for a
11 public hearing as required by subsection (a) of Section
12 11-74.4-5. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless a
13 municipality complies with all of the following requirements:
14         (1) The municipality finds that the redevelopment
15     project area on the whole has not been subject to growth
16     and development through investment by private enterprise
17     and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed
18     without the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
19         (2) The municipality finds that the redevelopment plan
20     and project conform to the comprehensive plan for the
21     development of the municipality as a whole, or, for
22     municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more,
23     regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was
24     adopted, the redevelopment plan and project either: (i)
25     conforms to the strategic economic development or
26     redevelopment plan issued by the designated planning

 

 

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1     authority of the municipality, or (ii) includes land uses
2     that have been approved by the planning commission of the
3     municipality.
4         (3) The redevelopment plan establishes the estimated
5     dates of completion of the redevelopment project and
6     retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment
7     project costs. Those dates: shall not be later than
8     December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
9     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
10     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
11     ad valorem taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year
12     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
13     redevelopment project area is adopted if the ordinance was
14     adopted on or after January 15, 1981; shall not be later
15     than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
16     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
17     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
18     ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-third calendar year
19     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
20     redevelopment project area if the ordinance was adopted on
21     May 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling; and shall not be
22     later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to
23     the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
24     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
25     ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-fifth calendar year
26     after the year in which the ordinance approving the

 

 

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1     redevelopment project area is adopted:
2             (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15,
3         1981, or
4             (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983,
5         April 1984, July 1985, or December 1989, or
6             (C) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1987
7         and the redevelopment project is located within one
8         mile of Midway Airport, or
9             (D) if the ordinance was adopted before January 1,
10         1987 by a municipality in Mason County, or
11             (E) if the municipality is subject to the Local
12         Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or
13         the Financially Distressed City Law, or
14             (F) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1984
15         by the Village of Rosemont, or
16             (G) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
17         1986 by a municipality located in Clinton County for
18         which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds were
19         authorized on June 17, 1997, or if the ordinance was
20         adopted on December 31, 1986 by a municipality with a
21         population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that is located
22         in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
23         34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment
24         bonds were authorized on June 17, 1997, or
25             (H) if the ordinance was adopted on October 5, 1982
26         by the City of Kankakee, or if the ordinance was

 

 

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1         adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St. Louis, or
2             (I) if the ordinance was adopted on November 12,
3         1991 by the Village of Sauget, or
4             (J) if the ordinance was adopted on February 11,
5         1985 by the City of Rock Island, or
6             (K) if the ordinance was adopted before December
7         18, 1986 by the City of Moline, or
8             (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
9         by Sauk Village, or
10             (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October 1993 by
11         Sauk Village, or
12             (N) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
13         1986 by the City of Galva, or
14             (O) if the ordinance was adopted in March 1991 by
15         the City of Centreville, or
16             (P) if the ordinance was adopted on January 23,
17         1991 by the City of East St. Louis, or
18             (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
19         1986 by the City of Aledo, or
20             (R) if the ordinance was adopted on February 5,
21         1990 by the City of Clinton, or
22             (S) if the ordinance was adopted on September 6,
23         1994 by the City of Freeport, or
24             (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
25         1986 by the City of Tuscola, or
26             (U) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,

 

 

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1         1986 by the City of Sparta, or
2             (V) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
3         1986 by the City of Beardstown, or
4             (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27, 1981,
5         October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
6         Belleville, or
7             (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
8         1986 by the City of Collinsville, or
9             (Y) if the ordinance was adopted on September 14,
10         1994 by the City of Alton, or
11             (Z) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
12         1996 by the City of Lexington, or
13             (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
14         1984 by the City of LeRoy, or
15             (BB) if the ordinance was adopted on April 3, 1991
16         or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or
17             (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
18         1986 by the City of Pekin, or
19             (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
20         1981 by the City of Champaign, or
21             (EE) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
22         1986 by the City of Urbana, or
23             (FF) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
24         1986 by the Village of Heyworth, or
25             (GG) if the ordinance was adopted on February 24,
26         1992 by the Village of Heyworth, or

 

 

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1             (HH) if the ordinance was adopted on March 16, 1995
2         by the Village of Heyworth, or
3             (II) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
4         1986 by the Town of Cicero, or
5             (JJ) if the ordinance was adopted on December 30,
6         1986 by the City of Effingham, or
7             (KK) if the ordinance was adopted on May 9, 1991 by
8         the Village of Tilton, or
9             (LL) if the ordinance was adopted on October 20,
10         1986 by the City of Elmhurst, or
11             (MM) if the ordinance was adopted on January 19,
12         1988 by the City of Waukegan, or
13             (NN) if the ordinance was adopted on September 21,
14         1998 by the City of Waukegan, or
15             (OO) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
16         1986 by the City of Sullivan, or
17             (PP) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
18         1991 by the City of Sullivan, or
19             (QQ) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
20         1986 by the City of Oglesby, or
21             (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on July 28, 1987
22         by the City of Marion, or
23             (SS) if the ordinance was adopted on April 23, 1990
24         by the City of Marion, or
25             (TT) if the ordinance was adopted on August 20,
26         1985 by the Village of Mount Prospect, or

 

 

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1             (UU) if the ordinance was adopted on February 2,
2         1998 by the Village of Woodhull, or
3             (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on April 20, 1993
4         by the Village of Princeville, or .
5             (WW) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July 1,
6         1986 by the City of Granite City, or .
7             (XX) (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on February
8         2, 1989 by the Village of Lombard, or
9             (YY) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on December
10         29, 1986 by the Village of Gardner, or
11             (ZZ) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July 14,
12         1999 by the Village of Paw Paw, or .
13             (AAA) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on November
14         17, 1986 by the Village of Franklin Park, or .
15             (BBB) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on November
16         20, 1989 by the Village of South Holland, or .
17             (CCC) if the ordinance was adopted on December 30,
18         1986 by the Village of Manteno; or
19             (DDD) if the ordinance was adopted on April 3, 1989
20         by the City of Chicago Heights; or
21             (EEE) if the ordinance was adopted on January 6,
22         1999 by the Village of Rosemont.
23         However, for redevelopment project areas for which
24     bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, or for which
25     contracts were entered into before June 1, 1988, in
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1     the State Sales Tax Boundary, the estimated dates of
2     completion of the redevelopment project and retirement of
3     obligations to finance redevelopment project costs may be
4     extended by municipal ordinance to December 31, 2013. The
5     termination procedures of subsection (b) of Section
6     11-74.4-8 are not required for these redevelopment project
7     areas in 2009 but are required in 2013. The extension
8     allowed by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall not apply to
9     real property tax increment allocation financing under
10     Section 11-74.4-8.
11         A municipality may by municipal ordinance amend an
12     existing redevelopment plan to conform to this paragraph
13     (3) as amended by Public Act 91-478, which municipal
14     ordinance may be adopted without further hearing or notice
15     and without complying with the procedures provided in this
16     Act pertaining to an amendment to or the initial approval
17     of a redevelopment plan and project and designation of a
18     redevelopment project area.
19         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
20     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
21     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
22     redevelopment project areas that were adopted on or after
23     December 16, 1986 and for which at least $8 million worth
24     of municipal bonds were authorized on or after December 19,
25     1989 but before January 1, 1990; provided that the
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1     project area to 35 years by the adoption of an ordinance
2     after at least 14 but not more than 30 days' written notice
3     to the taxing bodies, that would otherwise constitute the
4     joint review board for the redevelopment project area,
5     before the adoption of the ordinance.
6         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
7     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
8     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
9     redevelopment project areas that were established on or
10     after December 1, 1981 but before January 1, 1982 and for
11     which at least $1,500,000 worth of tax increment revenue
12     bonds were authorized on or after September 30, 1990 but
13     before July 1, 1991; provided that the municipality elects
14     to extend the life of the redevelopment project area to 35
15     years by the adoption of an ordinance after at least 14 but
16     not more than 30 days' written notice to the taxing bodies,
17     that would otherwise constitute the joint review board for
18     the redevelopment project area, before the adoption of the
19     ordinance.
20         (3.5) The municipality finds, in the case of an
21     industrial park conservation area, also that the
22     municipality is a labor surplus municipality and that the
23     implementation of the redevelopment plan will reduce
24     unemployment, create new jobs and by the provision of new
25     facilities enhance the tax base of the taxing districts
26     that extend into the redevelopment project area.

 

 

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1         (4) If any incremental revenues are being utilized
2     under Section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of this Act in
3     redevelopment project areas approved by ordinance after
4     January 1, 1986, the municipality finds: (a) that the
5     redevelopment project area would not reasonably be
6     developed without the use of such incremental revenues, and
7     (b) that such incremental revenues will be exclusively
8     utilized for the development of the redevelopment project
9     area.
10         (5) If the redevelopment plan will not result in
11     displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited
12     residential units, and the municipality certifies in the
13     plan that such displacement will not result from the plan,
14     a housing impact study need not be performed. If, however,
15     the redevelopment plan would result in the displacement of
16     residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, or
17     if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or more
18     inhabited residential units and no certification is made,
19     then the municipality shall prepare, as part of the
20     separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of
21     Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.
22         Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i)
23     data as to whether the residential units are single family
24     or multi-family units, (ii) the number and type of rooms
25     within the units, if that information is available, (iii)
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1     determined not less than 45 days before the date that the
2     ordinance or resolution required by subsection (a) of
3     Section 11-74.4-5 is passed, and (iv) data as to the racial
4     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
5     residential units. The data requirement as to the racial
6     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
7     residential units shall be deemed to be fully satisfied by
8     data from the most recent federal census.
9         Part II of the housing impact study shall identify the
10     inhabited residential units in the proposed redevelopment
11     project area that are to be or may be removed. If inhabited
12     residential units are to be removed, then the housing
13     impact study shall identify (i) the number and location of
14     those units that will or may be removed, (ii) the
15     municipality's plans for relocation assistance for those
16     residents in the proposed redevelopment project area whose
17     residences are to be removed, (iii) the availability of
18     replacement housing for those residents whose residences
19     are to be removed, and shall identify the type, location,
20     and cost of the housing, and (iv) the type and extent of
21     relocation assistance to be provided.
22         (6) On and after November 1, 1999, the housing impact
23     study required by paragraph (5) shall be incorporated in
24     the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment project area.
25         (7) On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment
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1     shall residential housing that is occupied by households of
2     low-income and very low-income persons in currently
3     existing redevelopment project areas be removed after
4     November 1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides,
5     with respect to inhabited housing units that are to be
6     removed for households of low-income and very low-income
7     persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not
8     less than that which would be provided under the federal
9     Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
10     Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations under
11     that Act, including the eligibility criteria. Affordable
12     housing may be either existing or newly constructed
13     housing. For purposes of this paragraph (7), "low-income
14     households", "very low-income households", and "affordable
15     housing" have the meanings set forth in the Illinois
16     Affordable Housing Act. The municipality shall make a good
17     faith effort to ensure that this affordable housing is
18     located in or near the redevelopment project area within
19     the municipality.
20         (8) On and after November 1, 1999, if, after the
21     adoption of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment
22     project area, any municipality desires to amend its
23     redevelopment plan to remove more inhabited residential
24     units than specified in its original redevelopment plan,
25     that change shall be made in accordance with the procedures
26     in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-5.

 

 

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1         (9) For redevelopment project areas designated prior
2     to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may be amended
3     without further joint review board meeting or hearing,
4     provided that the municipality shall give notice of any
5     such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and
6     registrant on the interested party registry, to authorize
7     the municipality to expend tax increment revenues for
8     redevelopment project costs defined by paragraphs (5) and
9     (7.5), subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (11), and
10     paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3, so
11     long as the changes do not increase the total estimated
12     redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment
13     plan by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from
14     the date the plan was adopted.
15     (o) "Redevelopment project" means any public and private
16 development project in furtherance of the objectives of a
17 redevelopment plan. On and after November 1, 1999 (the
18 effective date of Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may
19 be approved or amended that includes the development of vacant
20 land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and other
21 facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county, or
22 municipal government as public land for outdoor recreational
23 activities or for nature preserves and used for that purpose
24 within 5 years prior to the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
25 For the purpose of this subsection, "recreational activities"
26 is limited to mean camping and hunting.

 

 

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1     (p) "Redevelopment project area" means an area designated
2 by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than 1
3 1/2 acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a
4 finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be
5 classified as an industrial park conservation area or a
6 blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both
7 blighted areas and conservation areas.
8     (q) "Redevelopment project costs" mean and include the sum
9 total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or
10 estimated to be incurred, and any such costs incidental to a
11 redevelopment plan and a redevelopment project. Such costs
12 include, without limitation, the following:
13         (1) Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans,
14     and specifications, implementation and administration of
15     the redevelopment plan including but not limited to staff
16     and professional service costs for architectural,
17     engineering, legal, financial, planning or other services,
18     provided however that no charges for professional services
19     may be based on a percentage of the tax increment
20     collected; except that on and after November 1, 1999 (the
21     effective date of Public Act 91-478), no contracts for
22     professional services, excluding architectural and
23     engineering services, may be entered into if the terms of
24     the contract extend beyond a period of 3 years. In
25     addition, "redevelopment project costs" shall not include
26     lobbying expenses. After consultation with the

 

 

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1     municipality, each tax increment consultant or advisor to a
2     municipality that plans to designate or has designated a
3     redevelopment project area shall inform the municipality
4     in writing of any contracts that the consultant or advisor
5     has entered into with entities or individuals that have
6     received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax
7     increment revenues produced by the redevelopment project
8     area with respect to which the consultant or advisor has
9     performed, or will be performing, service for the
10     municipality. This requirement shall be satisfied by the
11     consultant or advisor before the commencement of services
12     for the municipality and thereafter whenever any other
13     contracts with those individuals or entities are executed
14     by the consultant or advisor;
15         (1.5) After July 1, 1999, annual administrative costs
16     shall not include general overhead or administrative costs
17     of the municipality that would still have been incurred by
18     the municipality if the municipality had not designated a
19     redevelopment project area or approved a redevelopment
20     plan;
21         (1.6) The cost of marketing sites within the
22     redevelopment project area to prospective businesses,
23     developers, and investors;
24         (2) Property assembly costs, including but not limited
25     to acquisition of land and other property, real or
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1     buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve
2     as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below
3     ground environmental contamination, including, but not
4     limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt
5     barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;
6         (3) Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair
7     or remodeling of existing public or private buildings,
8     fixtures, and leasehold improvements; and the cost of
9     replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the
10     implementation of a redevelopment project the existing
11     public building is to be demolished to use the site for
12     private investment or devoted to a different use requiring
13     private investment;
14         (4) Costs of the construction of public works or
15     improvements, except that on and after November 1, 1999,
16     redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of
17     constructing a new municipal public building principally
18     used to provide offices, storage space, or conference
19     facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for
20     administrative, public safety, or public works personnel
21     and that is not intended to replace an existing public
22     building as provided under paragraph (3) of subsection (q)
23     of Section 11-74.4-3 unless either (i) the construction of
24     the new municipal building implements a redevelopment
25     project that was included in a redevelopment plan that was
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1     (ii) the municipality makes a reasonable determination in
2     the redevelopment plan, supported by information that
3     provides the basis for that determination, that the new
4     municipal building is required to meet an increase in the
5     need for public safety purposes anticipated to result from
6     the implementation of the redevelopment plan;
7         (5) Costs of job training and retraining projects,
8     including the cost of "welfare to work" programs
9     implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment
10     project area;
11         (6) Financing costs, including but not limited to all
12     necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance
13     of obligations and which may include payment of interest on
14     any obligations issued hereunder including interest
15     accruing during the estimated period of construction of any
16     redevelopment project for which such obligations are
17     issued and for not exceeding 36 months thereafter and
18     including reasonable reserves related thereto;
19         (7) To the extent the municipality by written agreement
20     accepts and approves the same, all or a portion of a taxing
21     district's capital costs resulting from the redevelopment
22     project necessarily incurred or to be incurred within a
23     taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the
24     redevelopment plan and project.
25         (7.5) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
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1     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
2     on or after November 1, 1999, an elementary, secondary, or
3     unit school district's increased costs attributable to
4     assisted housing units located within the redevelopment
5     project area for which the developer or redeveloper
6     receives financial assistance through an agreement with
7     the municipality or because the municipality incurs the
8     cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the
9     boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the
10     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act, and
11     which costs shall be paid by the municipality from the
12     Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue
13     is received as a result of the assisted housing units and
14     shall be calculated annually as follows:
15             (A) for foundation districts, excluding any school
16         district in a municipality with a population in excess
17         of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase
18         in attendance resulting from the net increase in new
19         students enrolled in that school district who reside in
20         housing units within the redevelopment project area
21         that have received financial assistance through an
22         agreement with the municipality or because the
23         municipality incurs the cost of necessary
24         infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of
25         the housing sites necessary for the completion of that
26         housing as authorized by this Act since the designation

 

 

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1         of the redevelopment project area by the most recently
2         available per capita tuition cost as defined in Section
3         10-20.12a of the School Code less any increase in
4         general State aid as defined in Section 18-8.05 of the
5         School Code attributable to these added new students
6         subject to the following annual limitations:
7                 (i) for unit school districts with a district
8             average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less
9             than $5,900, no more than 25% of the total amount
10             of property tax increment revenue produced by
11             those housing units that have received tax
12             increment finance assistance under this Act;
13                 (ii) for elementary school districts with a
14             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
15             of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of the total
16             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
17             by those housing units that have received tax
18             increment finance assistance under this Act; and
19                 (iii) for secondary school districts with a
20             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
21             of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of the total
22             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
23             by those housing units that have received tax
24             increment finance assistance under this Act.
25             (B) For alternate method districts, flat grant
26         districts, and foundation districts with a district

 

 

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1         average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge equal to or
2         more than $5,900, excluding any school district with a
3         population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the
4         district's increase in attendance resulting from the
5         net increase in new students enrolled in that school
6         district who reside in housing units within the
7         redevelopment project area that have received
8         financial assistance through an agreement with the
9         municipality or because the municipality incurs the
10         cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within
11         the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
12         completion of that housing as authorized by this Act
13         since the designation of the redevelopment project
14         area by the most recently available per capita tuition
15         cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code
16         less any increase in general state aid as defined in
17         Section 18-8.05 of the School Code attributable to
18         these added new students subject to the following
19         annual limitations:
20                 (i) for unit school districts, no more than 40%
21             of the total amount of property tax increment
22             revenue produced by those housing units that have
23             received tax increment finance assistance under
24             this Act;
25                 (ii) for elementary school districts, no more
26             than 27% of the total amount of property tax

 

 

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1             increment revenue produced by those housing units
2             that have received tax increment finance
3             assistance under this Act; and
4                 (iii) for secondary school districts, no more
5             than 13% of the total amount of property tax
6             increment revenue produced by those housing units
7             that have received tax increment finance
8             assistance under this Act.
9             (C) For any school district in a municipality with
10         a population in excess of 1,000,000, the following
11         restrictions shall apply to the reimbursement of
12         increased costs under this paragraph (7.5):
13                 (i) no increased costs shall be reimbursed
14             unless the school district certifies that each of
15             the schools affected by the assisted housing
16             project is at or over its student capacity;
17                 (ii) the amount reimbursable shall be reduced
18             by the value of any land donated to the school
19             district by the municipality or developer, and by
20             the value of any physical improvements made to the
21             schools by the municipality or developer; and
22                 (iii) the amount reimbursed may not affect
23             amounts otherwise obligated by the terms of any
24             bonds, notes, or other funding instruments, or the
25             terms of any redevelopment agreement.
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1         paragraph (7.5) shall, after July 1 and before
2         September 30 of each year, provide the municipality
3         with reasonable evidence to support its claim for
4         reimbursement before the municipality shall be
5         required to approve or make the payment to the school
6         district. If the school district fails to provide the
7         information during this period in any year, it shall
8         forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that year.
9         School districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
10         right to all or a portion of the reimbursement
11         otherwise required by this paragraph (7.5). By
12         acceptance of this reimbursement the school district
13         waives the right to directly or indirectly set aside,
14         modify, or contest in any manner the establishment of
15         the redevelopment project area or projects;
16         (7.7) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
17     redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
18     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
19     on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public
20     Act 93-961), a public library district's increased costs
21     attributable to assisted housing units located within the
22     redevelopment project area for which the developer or
23     redeveloper receives financial assistance through an
24     agreement with the municipality or because the
25     municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure
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1     sites necessary for the completion of that housing as
2     authorized by this Act shall be paid to the library
3     district by the municipality from the Special Tax
4     Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received
5     as a result of the assisted housing units. This paragraph
6     (7.7) applies only if (i) the library district is located
7     in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
8     Limitation Law or (ii) the library district is not located
9     in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
10     Limitation Law but the district is prohibited by any other
11     law from increasing its tax levy rate without a prior voter
12     referendum.
13         The amount paid to a library district under this
14     paragraph (7.7) shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the
15     net increase in the number of persons eligible to obtain a
16     library card in that district who reside in housing units
17     within the redevelopment project area that have received
18     financial assistance through an agreement with the
19     municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of
20     necessary infrastructure improvements within the
21     boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
22     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since
23     the designation of the redevelopment project area by (ii)
24     the per-patron cost of providing library services so long
25     as it does not exceed $120. The per-patron cost shall be
26     the Total Operating Expenditures Per Capita as stated in

 

 

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1     the most recent Illinois Public Library Statistics
2     produced by the Library Research Center at the University
3     of Illinois. The municipality may deduct from the amount
4     that it must pay to a library district under this paragraph
5     any amount that it has voluntarily paid to the library
6     district from the tax increment revenue. The amount paid to
7     a library district under this paragraph (7.7) shall be no
8     more than 2% of the amount produced by the assisted housing
9     units and deposited into the Special Tax Allocation Fund.
10         A library district is not eligible for any payment
11     under this paragraph (7.7) unless the library district has
12     experienced an increase in the number of patrons from the
13     municipality that created the tax-increment-financing
14     district since the designation of the redevelopment
15     project area.
16         Any library district seeking payment under this
17     paragraph (7.7) shall, after July 1 and before September 30
18     of each year, provide the municipality with convincing
19     evidence to support its claim for reimbursement before the
20     municipality shall be required to approve or make the
21     payment to the library district. If the library district
22     fails to provide the information during this period in any
23     year, it shall forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that
24     year. Library districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
25     right to all or a portion of the reimbursement otherwise
26     required by this paragraph (7.7). By acceptance of such

 

 

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1     reimbursement, the library district shall forfeit any
2     right to directly or indirectly set aside, modify, or
3     contest in any manner whatsoever the establishment of the
4     redevelopment project area or projects;
5         (8) Relocation costs to the extent that a municipality
6     determines that relocation costs shall be paid or is
7     required to make payment of relocation costs by federal or
8     State law or in order to satisfy subparagraph (7) of
9     subsection (n);
10         (9) Payment in lieu of taxes;
11         (10) Costs of job training, retraining, advanced
12     vocational education or career education, including but
13     not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or
14     technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred
15     by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs
16     (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of
17     additional job training, advanced vocational education or
18     career education programs for persons employed or to be
19     employed by employers located in a redevelopment project
20     area; and (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or taxing
21     districts other than the municipality, are set forth in a
22     written agreement by or among the municipality and the
23     taxing district or taxing districts, which agreement
24     describes the program to be undertaken, including but not
25     limited to the number of employees to be trained, a
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1     the number and type of positions available or to be
2     available, itemized costs of the program and sources of
3     funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement.
4     Such costs include, specifically, the payment by community
5     college districts of costs pursuant to Sections 3-37, 3-38,
6     3-40 and 3-40.1 of the Public Community College Act and by
7     school districts of costs pursuant to Sections 10-22.20a
8     and 10-23.3a of The School Code;
9         (11) Interest cost incurred by a redeveloper related to
10     the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a
11     redevelopment project provided that:
12             (A) such costs are to be paid directly from the
13         special tax allocation fund established pursuant to
14         this Act;
15             (B) such payments in any one year may not exceed
16         30% of the annual interest costs incurred by the
17         redeveloper with regard to the redevelopment project
18         during that year;
19             (C) if there are not sufficient funds available in
20         the special tax allocation fund to make the payment
21         pursuant to this paragraph (11) then the amounts so due
22         shall accrue and be payable when sufficient funds are
23         available in the special tax allocation fund;
24             (D) the total of such interest payments paid
25         pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
26         (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the

 

 

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1         redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project
2         costs excluding any property assembly costs and any
3         relocation costs incurred by a municipality pursuant
4         to this Act; and
5             (E) the cost limits set forth in subparagraphs (B)
6         and (D) of paragraph (11) shall be modified for the
7         financing of rehabilitated or new housing units for
8         low-income households and very low-income households,
9         as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable
10         Housing Act. The percentage of 75% shall be substituted
11         for 30% in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11).
12             (F) Instead of the eligible costs provided by
13         subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11), as
14         modified by this subparagraph, and notwithstanding any
15         other provisions of this Act to the contrary, the
16         municipality may pay from tax increment revenues up to
17         50% of the cost of construction of new housing units to
18         be occupied by low-income households and very
19         low-income households as defined in Section 3 of the
20         Illinois Affordable Housing Act. The cost of
21         construction of those units may be derived from the
22         proceeds of bonds issued by the municipality under this
23         Act or other constitutional or statutory authority or
24         from other sources of municipal revenue that may be
25         reimbursed from tax increment revenues or the proceeds
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1         housing.
2             The eligible costs provided under this
3         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11) shall be an eligible
4         cost for the construction, renovation, and
5         rehabilitation of all low and very low-income housing
6         units, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
7         Affordable Housing Act, within the redevelopment
8         project area. If the low and very low-income units are
9         part of a residential redevelopment project that
10         includes units not affordable to low and very
11         low-income households, only the low and very
12         low-income units shall be eligible for benefits under
13         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11). The standards for
14         maintaining the occupancy by low-income households and
15         very low-income households, as defined in Section 3 of
16         the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, of those units
17         constructed with eligible costs made available under
18         the provisions of this subparagraph (F) of paragraph
19         (11) shall be established by guidelines adopted by the
20         municipality. The responsibility for annually
21         documenting the initial occupancy of the units by
22         low-income households and very low-income households,
23         as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable
24         Housing Act, shall be that of the then current owner of
25         the property. For ownership units, the guidelines will
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1         funds, or other appropriate methods designed to
2         preserve the original affordability of the ownership
3         units. For rental units, the guidelines will provide,
4         at a minimum, for the affordability of rent to low and
5         very low-income households. As units become available,
6         they shall be rented to income-eligible tenants. The
7         municipality may modify these guidelines from time to
8         time; the guidelines, however, shall be in effect for
9         as long as tax increment revenue is being used to pay
10         for costs associated with the units or for the
11         retirement of bonds issued to finance the units or for
12         the life of the redevelopment project area, whichever
13         is later.
14         (11.5) If the redevelopment project area is located
15     within a municipality with a population of more than
16     100,000, the cost of day care services for children of
17     employees from low-income families working for businesses
18     located within the redevelopment project area and all or a
19     portion of the cost of operation of day care centers
20     established by redevelopment project area businesses to
21     serve employees from low-income families working in
22     businesses located in the redevelopment project area. For
23     the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families"
24     means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of
25     the municipal, county, or regional median income, adjusted
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1     county, or regional median income are determined from time
2     to time by the United States Department of Housing and
3     Urban Development.
4         (12) Unless explicitly stated herein the cost of
5     construction of new privately-owned buildings shall not be
6     an eligible redevelopment project cost.
7         (13) After November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
8     Public Act 91-478), none of the redevelopment project costs
9     enumerated in this subsection shall be eligible
10     redevelopment project costs if those costs would provide
11     direct financial support to a retail entity initiating
12     operations in the redevelopment project area while
13     terminating operations at another Illinois location within
14     10 miles of the redevelopment project area but outside the
15     boundaries of the redevelopment project area municipality.
16     For purposes of this paragraph, termination means a closing
17     of a retail operation that is directly related to the
18     opening of the same operation or like retail entity owned
19     or operated by more than 50% of the original ownership in a
20     redevelopment project area, but it does not mean closing an
21     operation for reasons beyond the control of the retail
22     entity, as documented by the retail entity, subject to a
23     reasonable finding by the municipality that the current
24     location contained inadequate space, had become
25     economically obsolete, or was no longer a viable location
26     for the retailer or serviceman.

 

 

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1     If a special service area has been established pursuant to
2 the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax
3 Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax
4 imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special
5 Service Area Tax Law may be used within the redevelopment
6 project area for the purposes permitted by that Act or Law as
7 well as the purposes permitted by this Act.
8     (r) "State Sales Tax Boundary" means the redevelopment
9 project area or the amended redevelopment project area
10 boundaries which are determined pursuant to subsection (9) of
11 Section 11-74.4-8a of this Act. The Department of Revenue shall
12 certify pursuant to subsection (9) of Section 11-74.4-8a the
13 appropriate boundaries eligible for the determination of State
14 Sales Tax Increment.
15     (s) "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to
16 the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by retailers
17 and servicemen, other than retailers and servicemen subject to
18 the Public Utilities Act, on transactions at places of business
19 located within a State Sales Tax Boundary pursuant to the
20 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use
21 Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, except such
22 portion of such increase that is paid into the State and Local
23 Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Local Government Distributive Fund,
24 the Local Government Tax Fund and the County and Mass Transit
25 District Fund, for as long as State participation exists, over
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1 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such
2 taxes as certified by the Department of Revenue and paid under
3 those Acts by retailers and servicemen on transactions at
4 places of business located within the State Sales Tax Boundary
5 during the base year which shall be the calendar year
6 immediately prior to the year in which the municipality adopted
7 tax increment allocation financing, less 3.0% of such amounts
8 generated under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act
9 and Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act,
10 which sum shall be appropriated to the Department of Revenue to
11 cover its costs of administering and enforcing this Section.
12 For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of such taxes
13 for base years occurring prior to 1985, the Department of
14 Revenue shall compute the Initial Sales Tax Amount for such
15 taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to 4% of the
16 aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the base year
17 is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction of 12%.
18 The amount so determined shall be known as the "Adjusted
19 Initial Sales Tax Amount". For purposes of determining the
20 State Sales Tax Increment the Department of Revenue shall for
21 each period subtract from the tax amounts received from
22 retailers and servicemen on transactions located in the State
23 Sales Tax Boundary, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
24 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or Revised Initial Sales Tax
25 Amounts for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act,
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1 the State Fiscal Year 1989 this calculation shall be made by
2 utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax amounts
3 received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation
4 shall be made by utilizing the period from January 1, 1988,
5 until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts received
6 from retailers and servicemen, which shall have deducted
7 therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax
8 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
9 Initial Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal
10 Year 1991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the
11 period from October 1, 1988, until June 30, 1989, to determine
12 the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen, which
13 shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified
14 Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax
15 Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as
16 appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year thereafter, the
17 applicable period shall be the 12 months beginning July 1 and
18 ending on June 30, to determine the tax amounts received which
19 shall have deducted therefrom the certified Initial Sales Tax
20 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
21 Initial Sales Tax Amounts. Municipalities intending to receive
22 a distribution of State Sales Tax Increment must report a list
23 of retailers to the Department of Revenue by October 31, 1988
24 and by July 31, of each year thereafter.
25     (t) "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities
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1 sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health,
2 fire protection, river conservancy, tuberculosis sanitarium
3 and any other municipal corporations or districts with the
4 power to levy taxes.
5     (u) "Taxing districts' capital costs" means those costs of
6 taxing districts for capital improvements that are found by the
7 municipal corporate authorities to be necessary and directly
8 result from the redevelopment project.
9     (v) As used in subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this
10 Act, "vacant land" means any parcel or combination of parcels
11 of real property without industrial, commercial, and
12 residential buildings which has not been used for commercial
13 agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation
14 of the redevelopment project area, unless the parcel is
15 included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel
16 has been subdivided; provided that if the parcel was part of a
17 larger tract that has been divided into 3 or more smaller
18 tracts that were accepted for recording during the period from
19 1950 to 1990, then the parcel shall be deemed to have been
20 subdivided, and all proceedings and actions of the municipality
21 taken in that connection with respect to any previously
22 approved or designated redevelopment project area or amended
23 redevelopment project area are hereby validated and hereby
24 declared to be legally sufficient for all purposes of this Act.
25 For purposes of this Section and only for land subject to the
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1 when the original plat of the proposed Redevelopment Project
2 Area or relevant portion thereof has been properly certified,
3 acknowledged, approved, and recorded or filed in accordance
4 with the Plat Act and a preliminary plat, if any, for any
5 subsequent phases of the proposed Redevelopment Project Area or
6 relevant portion thereof has been properly approved and filed
7 in accordance with the applicable ordinance of the
8 municipality.
9     (w) "Annual Total Increment" means the sum of each
10 municipality's annual Net Sales Tax Increment and each
11 municipality's annual Net Utility Tax Increment. The ratio of
12 the Annual Total Increment of each municipality to the Annual
13 Total Increment for all municipalities, as most recently
14 calculated by the Department, shall determine the proportional
15 shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to be distributed to
16 each municipality.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-298, eff. 7-23-03; 93-708, eff. 1-1-05;
18 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff. 8-12-04; 93-961, eff.
19 1-1-05; 93-983, eff. 8-23-04; 93-984, eff. 8-23-04; 93-985,
20 eff. 8-23-04; 93-986, eff. 8-23-04; 93-987, eff. 8-23-04;
21 93-995, eff. 8-23-04; 93-1024, eff. 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff.
22 1-18-05; 94-260, eff. 7-19-05; 94-268, eff. 7-19-05; 94-297,
23 eff. 7-21-05; 94-302, eff. 7-21-05; 94-702, eff. 6-1-06;
24 94-704, eff. 12-5-05; 94-711, eff. 6-1-06; 94-778, eff.
25 5-19-06; 94-782, eff. 5-19-06; 94-783, eff. 5-19-06; 94-810,
26 eff. 5-26-06; 94-903, eff. 6-22-06; 94-1091, eff. 1-26-07;

 

 

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1 94-1092, eff. 1-26-07; revised 1-30-07.)
 
2     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-7)
3     Sec. 11-74.4-7. Obligations secured by the special tax
4 allocation fund set forth in Section 11-74.4-8 for the
5 redevelopment project area may be issued to provide for
6 redevelopment project costs. Such obligations, when so issued,
7 shall be retired in the manner provided in the ordinance
8 authorizing the issuance of such obligations by the receipts of
9 taxes levied as specified in Section 11-74.4-9 against the
10 taxable property included in the area, by revenues as specified
11 by Section 11-74.4-8a and other revenue designated by the
12 municipality. A municipality may in the ordinance pledge all or
13 any part of the funds in and to be deposited in the special tax
14 allocation fund created pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8 to the
15 payment of the redevelopment project costs and obligations. Any
16 pledge of funds in the special tax allocation fund shall
17 provide for distribution to the taxing districts and to the
18 Illinois Department of Revenue of moneys not required, pledged,
19 earmarked, or otherwise designated for payment and securing of
20 the obligations and anticipated redevelopment project costs
21 and such excess funds shall be calculated annually and deemed
22 to be "surplus" funds. In the event a municipality only applies
23 or pledges a portion of the funds in the special tax allocation
24 fund for the payment or securing of anticipated redevelopment
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1 the special tax allocation fund after complying with the
2 requirements of the application or pledge, shall also be
3 calculated annually and deemed "surplus" funds. All surplus
4 funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed
5 annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's
6 fiscal year by being paid by the municipal treasurer to the
7 County Collector, to the Department of Revenue and to the
8 municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental
9 revenue received as a result of an increase in the equalized
10 assessed value of property in the redevelopment project area,
11 tax incremental revenue received from the State and tax
12 incremental revenue received from the municipality, but not to
13 exceed as to each such source the total incremental revenue
14 received from that source. The County Collector shall
15 thereafter make distribution to the respective taxing
16 districts in the same manner and proportion as the most recent
17 distribution by the county collector to the affected districts
18 of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment
19 project area.
20     Without limiting the foregoing in this Section, the
21 municipality may in addition to obligations secured by the
22 special tax allocation fund pledge for a period not greater
23 than the term of the obligations towards payment of such
24 obligations any part or any combination of the following: (a)
25 net revenues of all or part of any redevelopment project; (b)
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1 municipality; (c) the full faith and credit of the
2 municipality; (d) a mortgage on part or all of the
3 redevelopment project; or (e) any other taxes or anticipated
4 receipts that the municipality may lawfully pledge.
5     Such obligations may be issued in one or more series
6 bearing interest at such rate or rates as the corporate
7 authorities of the municipality shall determine by ordinance.
8 Such obligations shall bear such date or dates, mature at such
9 time or times not exceeding 20 years from their respective
10 dates, be in such denomination, carry such registration
11 privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such
12 medium of payment at such place or places, contain such
13 covenants, terms and conditions, and be subject to redemption
14 as such ordinance shall provide. Obligations issued pursuant to
15 this Act may be sold at public or private sale at such price as
16 shall be determined by the corporate authorities of the
17 municipalities. No referendum approval of the electors shall be
18 required as a condition to the issuance of obligations pursuant
19 to this Division except as provided in this Section.
20     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
21 obligations pursuant to the authority of this Division secured
22 by the full faith and credit of the municipality, which
23 obligations are other than obligations which may be issued
24 under home rule powers provided by Article VII, Section 6 of
25 the Illinois Constitution, or pledges taxes pursuant to (b) or
26 (c) of the second paragraph of this section, the ordinance

 

 

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1 authorizing the issuance of such obligations or pledging such
2 taxes shall be published within 10 days after such ordinance
3 has been passed in one or more newspapers, with general
4 circulation within such municipality. The publication of the
5 ordinance shall be accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific
6 number of voters required to sign a petition requesting the
7 question of the issuance of such obligations or pledging taxes
8 to be submitted to the electors; (2) the time in which such
9 petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective
10 referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form
11 to any individual requesting one.
12     If no petition is filed with the municipal clerk, as
13 hereinafter provided in this Section, within 30 days after the
14 publication of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be in effect.
15 But, if within that 30 day period a petition is filed with the
16 municipal clerk, signed by electors in the municipality
17 numbering 10% or more of the number of registered voters in the
18 municipality, asking that the question of issuing obligations
19 using full faith and credit of the municipality as security for
20 the cost of paying for redevelopment project costs, or of
21 pledging taxes for the payment of such obligations, or both, be
22 submitted to the electors of the municipality, the corporate
23 authorities of the municipality shall call a special election
24 in the manner provided by law to vote upon that question, or,
25 if a general, State or municipal election is to be held within
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1 such petition is filed, shall submit the question at the next
2 general, State or municipal election. If it appears upon the
3 canvass of the election by the corporate authorities that a
4 majority of electors voting upon the question voted in favor
5 thereof, the ordinance shall be in effect, but if a majority of
6 the electors voting upon the question are not in favor thereof,
7 the ordinance shall not take effect.
8     The ordinance authorizing the obligations may provide that
9 the obligations shall contain a recital that they are issued
10 pursuant to this Division, which recital shall be conclusive
11 evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their
12 issuance.
13     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
14 obligations pursuant to this Section secured by the full faith
15 and credit of the municipality, the ordinance authorizing the
16 obligations may provide for the levy and collection of a direct
17 annual tax upon all taxable property within the municipality
18 sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as
19 it matures, which levy may be in addition to and exclusive of
20 the maximum of all other taxes authorized to be levied by the
21 municipality, which levy, however, shall be abated to the
22 extent that monies from other sources are available for payment
23 of the obligations and the municipality certifies the amount of
24 said monies available to the county clerk.
25     A certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed with the
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1 municipality is situated, and shall constitute the authority
2 for the extension and collection of the taxes to be deposited
3 in the special tax allocation fund.
4     A municipality may also issue its obligations to refund in
5 whole or in part, obligations theretofore issued by such
6 municipality under the authority of this Act, whether at or
7 prior to maturity, provided however, that the last maturity of
8 the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to mature
9 later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
10 municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section
11 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem
12 taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year after the year
13 in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area
14 is adopted if the ordinance was adopted on or after January 15,
15 1981, not later than December 31 of the year in which the
16 payment to the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection
17 (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect
18 to ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-third calendar year
19 after the year in which the ordinance approving the
20 redevelopment project area if the ordinance was adopted on May
21 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling, and not later than
22 December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal
23 treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of
24 this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied
25 in the thirty-fifth calendar year after the year in which the
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1 (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15, 1981, or
2 (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983, April 1984,
3 July 1985, or December 1989, or (C) if the ordinance was
4 adopted in December, 1987 and the redevelopment project is
5 located within one mile of Midway Airport, or (D) if the
6 ordinance was adopted before January 1, 1987 by a municipality
7 in Mason County, or (E) if the municipality is subject to the
8 Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or the
9 Financially Distressed City Law, or (F) if the ordinance was
10 adopted in December 1984 by the Village of Rosemont, or (G) if
11 the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
12 municipality located in Clinton County for which at least
13 $250,000 of tax increment bonds were authorized on June 17,
14 1997, or if the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
15 municipality with a population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that
16 is located in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
17 34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds
18 were authorized on June 17, 1997, or (H) if the ordinance was
19 adopted on October 5, 1982 by the City of Kankakee, or (I) if
20 the ordinance was adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St.
21 Louis, or if the ordinance was adopted on November 12, 1991 by
22 the Village of Sauget, or (J) if the ordinance was adopted on
23 February 11, 1985 by the City of Rock Island, or (K) if the
24 ordinance was adopted before December 18, 1986 by the City of
25 Moline, or (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
26 by Sauk Village, or (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October

 

 

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1 1993 by Sauk Village, or (N) if the ordinance was adopted on
2 December 29, 1986 by the City of Galva, or (O) if the ordinance
3 was adopted in March 1991 by the City of Centreville, or (P) if
4 the ordinance was adopted on January 23, 1991 by the City of
5 East St. Louis, or (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December
6 22, 1986 by the City of Aledo, or (R) if the ordinance was
7 adopted on February 5, 1990 by the City of Clinton, or (S) if
8 the ordinance was adopted on September 6, 1994 by the City of
9 Freeport, or (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
10 1986 by the City of Tuscola, or (U) if the ordinance was
11 adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of Sparta, or (V) if
12 the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of
13 Beardstown, or (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27,
14 1981, October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
15 Belleville, or (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
16 1986 by the City of Collinsville, or (Y) if the ordinance was
17 adopted on September 14, 1994 by the City of Alton, or (Z) if
18 the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1996 by the City of
19 Lexington, or (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
20 1984 by the City of LeRoy, or (BB) if the ordinance was adopted
21 on April 3, 1991 or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or (CC)
22 if the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1986 by the City
23 of Pekin, or (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
24 1981 by the City of Champaign, or (EE) if the ordinance was
25 adopted on December 15, 1986 by the City of Urbana, or (FF) if
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1 of Heyworth, or (GG) if the ordinance was adopted on February
2 24, 1992 by the Village of Heyworth, or (HH) if the ordinance
3 was adopted on March 16, 1995 by the Village of Heyworth, or
4 (II) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the
5 Town of Cicero, or (JJ) if the ordinance was adopted on
6 December 30, 1986 by the City of Effingham, or (KK) if the
7 ordinance was adopted on May 9, 1991 by the Village of Tilton,
8 or (LL) if the ordinance was adopted on October 20, 1986 by the
9 City of Elmhurst, or (MM) if the ordinance was adopted on
10 January 19, 1988 by the City of Waukegan, or (NN) if the
11 ordinance was adopted on September 21, 1998 by the City of
12 Waukegan, or (OO) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
13 1986 by the City of Sullivan, or (PP) if the ordinance was
14 adopted on December 23, 1991 by the City of Sullivan, or (QQ)
15 if the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by the City
16 of Oglesby, or (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on July 28,
17 1987 by the City of Marion, or (SS) if the ordinance was
18 adopted on April 23, 1990 by the City of Marion, or (TT) if the
19 ordinance was adopted on August 20, 1985 by the Village of
20 Mount Prospect, or (UU) if the ordinance was adopted on
21 February 2, 1998 by the Village of Woodhull, or (VV) if the
22 ordinance was adopted on April 20, 1993 by the Village of
23 Princeville, or (WW) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July
24 1, 1986 by the City of Granite City, or (XX) (RR) if the
25 ordinance was adopted on February 2, 1989 by the Village of
26 Lombard, or (YY) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on December

 

 

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1 29, 1986 by the Village of Gardner, or (ZZ) (VV) if the
2 ordinance was adopted on July 14, 1999 by the Village of Paw
3 Paw, or (AAA) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on November 17,
4 1986 by the Village of Franklin Park,, or (BBB) (VV) if the
5 ordinance was adopted on November 20, 1989 by the Village of
6 South Holland, or (CCC) if the ordinance was adopted on
7 December 30, 1986 by the Village of Manteno, or (DDD) if the
8 ordinance was adopted on April 3, 1989 by the City of Chicago
9 Heights, or (EEE) if the ordinance was adopted on January 6,
10 1999 by the Village of Rosemont and, for redevelopment project
11 areas for which bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, in
12 connection with a redevelopment project in the area within the
13 State Sales Tax Boundary and which were extended by municipal
14 ordinance under subsection (n) of Section 11-74.4-3, the last
15 maturity of the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to
16 mature later than the date on which the redevelopment project
17 area is terminated or December 31, 2013, whichever date occurs
18 first.
19     In the event a municipality issues obligations under home
20 rule powers or other legislative authority the proceeds of
21 which are pledged to pay for redevelopment project costs, the
22 municipality may, if it has followed the procedures in
23 conformance with this division, retire said obligations from
24 funds in the special tax allocation fund in amounts and in such
25 manner as if such obligations had been issued pursuant to the
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1     All obligations heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to
2 this Act shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
3 municipality issuing such obligations or any other taxing
4 district for the purpose of any limitation imposed by law.
5 (Source: P.A. 93-298, eff. 7-23-03; 93-708, eff. 1-1-05;
6 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff. 8-12-04; 93-983, eff.
7 8-23-04; 93-984, eff. 8-23-04; 93-985, eff. 8-23-04; 93-986,
8 eff. 8-23-04; 93-987, eff. 8-23-04; 93-995, eff. 8-23-04;
9 93-1024, eff. 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff. 1-18-05; 94-260, eff.
10 7-19-05; 94-297, eff. 7-21-05; 94-302, eff. 7-21-05; 94-702,
11 eff. 6-1-06; 94-704, eff. 12-5-05; 94-711, eff. 6-1-06; 94-778,
12 eff. 5-19-06; 94-782, eff. 5-19-06; 94-783, eff. 5-19-06;
13 94-810, eff. 5-26-06; 94-903, eff. 6-22-06; 94-1091, eff.
14 1-26-07; 94-1092, eff. 1-26-07; revised 1-30-07.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".