98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3111

 

Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/1-1-10  from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-10

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates a 5-year pilot program for non-home rule municipalities with populations in excess of 5,000 located in Kane, Kendall, and DeKalb Counties. Provides that such non-home rule municipalities shall exercise the same powers as home rule municipalities except the power to tax or impose fees. Provides that a municipality with a population in excess of 5,000 located in Kane, Kendall, or DeKalb County that previously held home rule status, and later ended its home rule status by referendum, decrease in population, or otherwise, shall also exercise the powers granted under the Act. Provides legislative intent. Effective immediately.


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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 1-1-10 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/1-1-10)  (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-10)
7    Sec. 1-1-10. It is the policy of this State that all powers
8granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this
9Code, by Illinois statute, or the Illinois Constitution to
10municipalities may be exercised by those municipalities, and
11the officers, employees and agents of each notwithstanding
12effects on competition.
13    It is further the policy of this State that home-rule
14municipalities, the officers, employees and agents of each may
15(1) exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to
16their government and affairs or (2) exercise those powers
17within traditional areas of municipal activity, except as
18limited by the Illinois Constitution or a proper limiting
19statute, notwithstanding effects on competition.
20    It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State
21action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust
22statutes be fully available to all municipalities, and the
23agents, officers and employees of each to the extent they are

 

 

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1exercising authority as aforesaid, including, but not limited
2to, the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 10 of Article VII of
3the Illinois Constitution or the provisions of the following
4Illinois statutes, as each is now in existence or may
5hereinafter be amended:
6    (a) The Illinois Local Library Act; "An Act to provide the
7manner of levying or imposing taxes for the provision of
8special services to areas within the boundaries of home rule
9units and non-home rule municipalities and counties", approved
10September 21, 1973, as amended; "An Act to facilitate the
11development and construction of housing, to provide
12governmental assistance therefor, and to repeal an Act herein
13named", approved July 2, 1947, as amended; or the Housing
14Authorities Act, the Housing Cooperation Law, the Blighted
15Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947, the Blighted Vacant Areas
16Development Act of 1949, the Urban Community Conservation Act,
17the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or any other power exercised
18pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act; or
19    (b) Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article 7 of the
20Illinois Municipal Code; Divisions 9, 10 and 11 of Article 8 of
21the Illinois Municipal Code; Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of
22Article 9 of the Illinois Municipal Code; and all of Divisions
23of Articles 10 and 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code; or
24    (c) Any other Illinois statute or constitutional provision
25now existing or which may be enacted in the future, by which
26any municipality may exercise authority.

 

 

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1    The "State action exemption" for which provision is made by
2this Section shall be liberally construed in favor of such
3municipalities and the agents, employees and officers thereof,
4and such exemption shall be available notwithstanding that the
5action of the municipality or its agents, officers or employees
6constitutes an irregular exercise of constitutional or
7statutory powers. However, this exemption shall not apply where
8the action alleged to be in violation of antitrust law exceeds
9either (1) powers granted, either expressly or by necessary
10implication, by Illinois statute or the Illinois Constitution
11or (2) powers granted to a home rule municipality to perform
12any function pertaining to its government and affairs or to act
13within traditional areas of municipal activity, except as
14limited by the Illinois Constitution or a proper limiting
15statute.
16    Notwithstanding the foregoing, where it is alleged that a
17violation of the antitrust laws has occurred, the relief
18available to the plaintiffs shall be limited to an injunction
19which enjoins the alleged activity.
20    Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit or limit
21any cause of action other than under an antitrust theory.
22    (d) Municipal authority modernization; pilot program. The
23General Assembly finds that smaller municipalities in areas of
24growth are presented with increasingly complex issues related
25to the health, safety, and welfare of their residents. To
26determine whether those municipalities would be better

 

 

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1equipped to craft effective solutions for their unique
2circumstances, the General Assembly creates the following
3pilot program:
4        (1) There is created a pilot program for non-home rule
5    municipalities with populations in excess of 5,000 located
6    in DeKalb, Kane, and Kendall Counties. Those
7    municipalities shall exercise the same powers granted to
8    home rule municipalities under subsection (b) of this
9    Section, except for the power to tax or impose fees not
10    otherwise provided for by law.
11        (2) A municipality with a population in excess of 5,000
12    located in DeKalb, Kane, or Kendall County that has
13    previously held home rule status, and later ended its home
14    rule status by referendum, decrease in population, or
15    otherwise, shall also exercise the powers granted under
16    this subsection (d).
17        (3) This subsection (d) is repealed 5 years after the
18    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
19    Assembly.
20(Source: P.A. 84-1050.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.