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 1        AN ACT concerning municipalities.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Municipal Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 11-15.1-2 as follows:

 6        (65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-15.1-2)
 7        Sec. 11-15.1-2. Any such agreement may  provide  for  the
 8    following  as  it relates to the land which is the subject of
 9    the agreement:
10        (a)  The   annexation   of   such   territory   to    the
11    municipality, subject to the provisions of Article 7.
12        (b)  The   continuation   in  effect,  or  amendment,  or
13    continuation in effect as amended, of any ordinance  relating
14    to subdivision controls, zoning, official plan, and building,
15    housing and related restrictions; provided, however, that any
16    public hearing required by law to be held before the adoption
17    of  any  ordinance amendment provided in such agreement shall
18    be held prior to the execution  of  the  agreement,  and  all
19    ordinance  amendments  provided  in  such  agreement shall be
20    enacted according to law. Unless  a  continuation  in  effect
21    requirement  is  included  in an annexation agreement entered
22    into after the effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the
23    93rd  General  Assembly,  municipal  ordinances  relating  to
24    subdivision  controls,  zoning,  official plan, and building,
25    housing and related restrictions, as changed and  amended  by
26    the  municipality after the date of the annexation agreement,
27    shall apply to the annexation property.
28        (c)  A limitation upon increases in permit fees  required
29    by the municipality.
30        (d)  Contributions  of either land or monies, or both, to
31    any municipality and  to  other  units  of  local  government
 
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 1    having  jurisdiction  over  all  or part of land  that is the
 2    subject matter of any annexation agreement entered into under
 3    the provisions of this Section shall  be  deemed  valid  when
 4    made  and  shall  survive  the  expiration  date  of any such
 5    annexation agreement with respect to all or any part  of  the
 6    land that was the subject matter of the annexation agreement.
 7        (e)  The granting of utility franchises for such land.
 8        (e-5)  The abatement of property taxes.
 9        (f)  Any   other   matter   not   inconsistent  with  the
10    provisions of this Code, nor forbidden by law.
11        Any action taken by the corporate authorities during  the
12    period  such  agreement is in effect, which, if it applied to
13    the land which is the subject of the agreement,  would  be  a
14    breach  of  such  agreement,  shall  not  apply  to such land
15    without an amendment of such agreement.
16        After the effective term of any annexation agreement  and
17    unless otherwise provided for within the annexation agreement
18    or  an  amendment to the annexation agreement, the provisions
19    of any ordinance relating to the zoning of the land  that  is
20    provided  for  within  the  agreement  or an amendment to the
21    agreement,  shall  remain  in  effect  unless   modified   in
22    accordance   with  law.   This  amendatory  Act  of  1995  is
23    declarative of existing law and shall apply to all annexation
24    agreements.
25    (Source: P.A.  89-432,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-537,  eff.  1-1-97;
26    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)