093_HB3400

 
                                     LRB093 11206 MKM 12244 b

 1        AN ACT concerning land use planning.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Regional  Planning  Commission  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (50 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1021)
 7        Sec.  1.  Governing  bodies of counties, cities, or other
 8    local governmental units, when authorized by  the  Department
 9    of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs, may cooperate with the
10    governing  bodies  of  the  counties  and  cities  or   other
11    governing  bodies  of  any  adjoining  state or states in the
12    creation of  a  joint  planning  commission  where  the  such
13    cooperation has been authorized by law by the adjoining state
14    or  states.  The  Such  a  joint  planning  commission may be
15    designated  to  be  a  regional  or   metropolitan   planning
16    commission  and  shall  have  powers, duties and functions as
17    authorized by "An Act to provide for  regional  planning  and
18    for   the  creation,  organization  and  powers  of  regional
19    planning commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as  heretofore
20    or  hereafter  amended,  and,  as  agreed among the governing
21    bodies. Such a planning commission shall be  a  legal  entity
22    for all purposes.
23    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

24        Section  10.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended  by adding
25    Section 5-1130 as follows:

26        (55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)
27        Sec. 5-1130.  Intergovernmental Cooperation Council.