97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4992

 

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 115/10-2
65 ILCS 115/10-5.3

    Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is authorized to certify additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones in the City of Yorkville and the Village of Oswego. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act is amended
5by changing Sections 10-2 and 10-5.3 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 115/10-2)
7    Sec. 10-2. Findings. The General Assembly finds and
8declares that those municipalities adjacent to or surrounding
9river areas often lack critical tools to safely revive and
10redevelop environmentally-challenged properties that will
11stimulate economic revitalization and create jobs in Illinois.
12Environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or
13surrounding Illinois rivers are a threat to the health, safety,
14and welfare of the people of this State. Many of these
15environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or
16surrounding rivers were former industrial areas that now,
17subject to appropriate environmental clean-up and remediation,
18would be ideal for office, residential, retail, hospitality,
19commercial, recreational, warehouse and distribution, and
20other economically productive uses. The cost of the cleaning
21and remediation of these environmentally-challenged properties
22is often the primary obstacle to returning these properties to
23a safe and economically productive use.

 

 

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1    Cooperative and continuous partnership among the State,
2through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and
3the Environmental Protection Agency, municipalities adjacent
4to or surrounding rivers, and the private sector is necessary
5to appropriately encourage the cost-effective cleaning and
6remediation of these environmentally-challenged properties in
7order to bring about a safe and economically productive use of
8the properties.
9     Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this Act to
10identify and initiate 3 pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones to
11stimulate the safe and cost-effective re-use of
12environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or
13surrounding rivers by means of tax incentives or grants. On or
14after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
15General Assembly, the Department may certify an additional
16pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones Zone in the City of
17Peoria, the City of Yorkville, and the Village of Oswego.
18(Source: P.A. 97-203, eff. 7-28-11.)
 
19    (65 ILCS 115/10-5.3)
20    Sec. 10-5.3. Certification of River Edge Redevelopment
21Zones.
22    (a) Approval of designated River Edge Redevelopment Zones
23shall be made by the Department by certification of the
24designating ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a
25certificate for each zone upon its approval. The certificate

 

 

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1shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make
2specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall be
3attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the
4Secretary of State. A certified copy of the River Edge
5Redevelopment Zone Certificate, or a duplicate original
6thereof, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of
7deeds of the county in which the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
8lies.
9    (b) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be effective upon
10its certification. The Department shall transmit a copy of the
11certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the
12designating municipality. Upon certification of a River Edge
13Redevelopment Zone, the terms and provisions of the designating
14ordinance shall be in effect, and may not be amended or
15repealed except in accordance with Section 10-5.4.
16    (c) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be in effect for
17the period stated in the certificate, which shall in no event
18exceed 30 calendar years. Zones shall terminate at midnight of
19December 31 of the final calendar year of the certified term,
20except as provided in Section 10-5.4.
21    (d) In calendar years 2006 and 2007, the Department may
22certify one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of
23East St. Louis, one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the
24City of Rockford, and one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone
25in the City of Aurora.
26    In calendar year 2009, the Department may certify one pilot

 

 

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1River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Elgin.
2    On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3the 97th General Assembly, the Department may certify one
4additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones Zone in the
5City of Peoria, the City of Yorkville, and the Village of
6Oswego.
7    Thereafter the Department may not certify any additional
8River Edge Redevelopment Zones, but may amend and rescind
9certifications of existing River Edge Redevelopment Zones in
10accordance with Section 10-5.4.
11    (e) A municipality in which a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
12has been certified must submit to the Department, within 60
13days after the certification, a plan for encouraging the
14participation by minority persons, females, persons with
15disabilities, and veterans in the zone. The Department may
16assist the municipality in developing and implementing the
17plan. The terms "minority person", "female", and "person with a
18disability" have the meanings set forth under Section 2 of the
19Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with
20Disabilities Act. "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who is a
21veteran as defined in subsection (h) of Section 1491 of Title
2210 of the United States Code.
23(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 97-203, eff. 7-28-11.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.