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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/8-11-15

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-15)
    Sec. 8-11-15. (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality of over 100,000 inhabitants may, upon approval of the electors of the municipality pursuant to subsection (b), impose a tax of one cent per gallon on motor fuel sold at retail within such municipality. A tax imposed pursuant to this Section shall be paid in addition to any other taxes on such motor fuel.
    (b) The corporate authorities of the municipality may by resolution call for the submission to the electors of the municipality of the question of whether the municipality shall impose such tax. Such question shall be certified by the municipal clerk to the election authority in accordance with Section 28-5 of The Election Code. The question shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall the city (village or
 incorporated town) of .......     YES
 impose a tax of one cent per   ------------------------------
 gallon on motor fuel sold at       NO
 retail within its boundaries?
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    If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting upon the question vote in the affirmative, such tax shall be imposed.
    (c) The purchaser of the motor fuel shall be liable for payment of a tax imposed pursuant to this Section. This Section shall not be construed to impose a tax on the occupation of persons engaged in the sale of motor fuel.
    If a municipality imposes a tax on motor fuel pursuant to this Section, it shall be the duty of any person engaged in the retail sale of motor fuel within such municipality to collect such tax from the purchaser at the same time he collects the purchase price of the motor fuel and to pay over such tax to the municipality as prescribed by the ordinance of the municipality imposing such tax.
    (d) For purposes of this Section, "motor fuel" shall have the same meaning as provided in the "Motor Fuel Tax Law".
(Source: P.A. 84-1099.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-16

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-16)
    Sec. 8-11-16. The Department of Revenue shall submit to each municipality each year a list of those persons within that municipality who are registered with the Department under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
    The list shall indicate the street address of each retail outlet operated in the municipality by the persons so registered and the name under which the retailer conducts business, if different from the corporate name. The municipal clerk shall forward any changes or corrections to the list to the Department within 6 months. The Department shall update and correct its records to reflect such changes, or notify the municipality in writing that the suggested changes are erroneous, within 90 days. The Department shall also provide monthly updates to each municipality showing additions or deletions to the list of retail outlets within the municipality. The Department shall provide a copy of the annual listing herein provided for contiguous jurisdictions when a municipality so requests. The list required by this Section shall contain only the names and street addresses of persons who are registered with the Department and shall not include the amount of tax paid by such persons. The list required by this Section shall be provided to each municipality no later than September 1 annually.
    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a municipality under Section 8-11-1, 8-11-5, 8-11-6 of this Act or Section 6z-18 of "An Act in relation to State finance", the Department shall increase or decrease such amount by an amount necessary to offset any misallocation of previous disbursements. The offset amount shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6 months from the time a misallocation is discovered.
    The Department of Revenue must upon the request of any municipality received pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph furnish to such municipality data setting forth the aggregate amount of retailers' occupation tax collected on behalf of such municipality from any shopping center identified in such request and located within such municipality for each month beginning with the first month following the month within which such a request is received by the Department, provided that such data may be provided only with respect to shopping centers (1) which consist of 50 or more persons registered with the Department to pay Retailers' Occupation Tax, and (2) where the developers or owners thereof or their predecessors in interest have entered into written agreements with the municipality to transfer property to or perform services for or on behalf of such municipality in exchange for payments based solely or in part on the amount of retailers' occupation tax collected on behalf of the municipality from persons within such shopping centers. Data given pursuant to this paragraph shall not identify by amounts the individual sources of such taxes. A request for data pursuant to this paragraph shall first be submitted to the Department of Revenue by the Municipal Clerk, City Council or Village Board of Trustees. The Department of Revenue shall review each such request to determine whether the requirements of item (2) of the first sentence of this paragraph have been met and, within 30 days following its receipt of such a request, shall either certify that the request meets such requirements, or notify the person submitting the request that the request does not meet such requirements.
    As used in this Section, "Municipal" or "Municipality" means or refers to a city, village or incorporated town, including an incorporated town which has superseded a civil township, and "shopping center" means a group of retail stores and other business and service establishments in an integrated building arrangement operated under common ownership or diverse ownership under unified control involving common parking areas and mutual easements.
(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-17

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-17)
    Sec. 8-11-17. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 7-1-02. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-03.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-18

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-18)
    Sec. 8-11-18. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-597, eff. 8-28-94. Repealed internally, eff. 9-6-97.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-20

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-20)
    Sec. 8-11-20. Economic incentive agreements. The corporate authorities of a municipality may enter into an economic incentive agreement relating to the development or redevelopment of land within the corporate limits of the municipality. Under this agreement, the municipality may agree to share or rebate a portion of any retailers' occupation taxes received by the municipality that were generated by the development or redevelopment over a finite period of time. Before entering into the agreement authorized by this Section, the corporate authorities shall make the following findings:
    (1) If the property subject to the agreement is vacant:
        (A) that the property has remained vacant for at
    
least one year, or
        (B) that any building located on the property was
    
demolished within the last year and that the building would have qualified under finding (2) of this Section;
    (2) If the property subject to the agreement is currently developed:
        (A) that the buildings on the property no longer
    
comply with current building codes, or
        (B) that the buildings on the property have remained
    
less than significantly unoccupied or underutilized for a period of at least one year;
    (3) That the project is expected to create or retain job opportunities within the municipality;
    (4) That the project will serve to further the development of adjacent areas;
    (5) That without the agreement, the project would not be possible;
    (6) That the developer meets high standards of creditworthiness and financial strength as demonstrated by one or more of the following:
        (A) corporate debenture ratings of BBB or higher by
    
Standard & Poor's Corporation or Baa or higher by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.;
        (B) a letter from a financial institution with assets
    
of $10,000,000 or more attesting to the financial strength of the developer; or
        (C) specific evidence of equity financing for not
    
less than 10% of the total project costs;
    (7) That the project will strengthen the commercial sector of the municipality;
    (8) That the project will enhance the tax base of the municipality; and
    (9) That the agreement is made in the best interest of the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 92-263, eff. 8-7-01.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-21

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-21)
    Sec. 8-11-21. Agreements to share or rebate occupation taxes.
    (a) On and after June 1, 2004, the corporate authorities of a municipality shall not enter into any agreement to share or rebate any portion of retailers' occupation taxes generated by retail sales of tangible personal property if: (1) the tax on those retail sales, absent the agreement, would have been paid to another unit of local government; and (2) the retailer maintains, within that other unit of local government, a retail location from which the tangible personal property is delivered to purchasers, or a warehouse from which the tangible personal property is delivered to purchasers. Any unit of local government denied retailers' occupation tax revenue because of an agreement that violates this Section may file an action in circuit court against only the municipality. Any agreement entered into prior to June 1, 2004 is not affected by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. Any unit of local government that prevails in the circuit court action is entitled to damages in the amount of the tax revenue it was denied as a result of the agreement, statutory interest, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and an amount equal to 50% of the tax.
    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a home rule unit shall not enter into any agreement prohibited by this Section. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
    (c) Any municipality that enters into an agreement to share or rebate any portion of retailers' occupation taxes generated by retail sales of tangible personal property must complete and submit a report by electronic filing to the Department of Revenue within 30 days after the execution of the agreement. Any municipality that has entered into such an agreement before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly that has not been terminated or expired as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall submit a report with respect to the agreements within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
    Any agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is not valid until the municipality entering into the agreement complies with the requirements set forth in this subsection. Any municipality that fails to comply with the requirements set forth in this subsection within the 30 days after the execution of the agreement shall be responsible for paying to the Department of Revenue a delinquency penalty of $20 per day for each day the municipality fails to submit a report by electronic filing to the Department of Revenue. A municipality that has previously failed to report an agreement in effect on the effective date of this subsection will begin to accrue a delinquency penalty for each day the agreement remains unreported beginning on the effective date of this subsection. The Department of Revenue may adopt rules to implement and administer these penalties.
    (d) The report described in this Section shall be made on a form to be supplied by the Department of Revenue and shall contain the following:
        (1) the names of the municipality and the business
    
entering into the agreement;
        (2) the location or locations of the business within
    
the municipality;
        (3) a statement, to be answered in the affirmative or
    
negative, as to whether or not the company maintains additional places of business in the State other than those described pursuant to paragraph (2);
        (4) the terms of the agreement, including (i) the
    
manner in which the amount of any retailers' occupation tax to be shared, rebated, or refunded is to be determined each year for the duration of the agreement, (ii) the duration of the agreement, and (iii) the name of any business who is not a party to the agreement but who directly or indirectly receives a share, refund, or rebate of the retailers' occupation tax; and
        (5) a copy of the agreement to share or rebate any
    
portion of retailers' occupation taxes generated by retail sales of tangible personal property.
    An updated report must be filed by the municipality within 30 days after the execution of any amendment made to an agreement.
    Reports filed with the Department pursuant to this Section shall not constitute tax returns.
    (e) The Department and the municipality shall redact the sales figures, the amount of sales tax collected, and the amount of sales tax rebated prior to disclosure of information contained in a report required by this Section or the Freedom of Information Act. The information redacted shall be exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
    (f) All reports, except the copy of the agreement, required to be filed with the Department of Revenue pursuant to this Section shall be posted on the Department's website within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The website shall be updated on a monthly basis to include newly received reports.
(Source: P.A. 97-976, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-1098, eff. 8-26-14.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-22

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-22)
    Sec. 8-11-22. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19. Repealed by P.A. 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)

65 ILCS 5/8-11-23

    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-23)
    Sec. 8-11-23. Municipal Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Law.
    (a) This Section may be referred to as the Municipal Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Law. The corporate authorities of any municipality may, by ordinance, impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling cannabis, other than cannabis purchased under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, at retail in the municipality on the gross receipts from these sales made in the course of that business. If imposed, the tax may not exceed 3% of the gross receipts from these sales and shall only be imposed in 1/4% increments. The tax imposed under this Section and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected and enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall have full power to administer and enforce this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty under this Section. In the administration of and compliance with this Section, the Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than the State rate of tax), 2a, 2b, 2c, 2i, 3 (except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth herein.
    (b) Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating that tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination, in a single amount, with any State tax that sellers are required to collect.
    (c) Whenever the Department of Revenue determines that a refund should be made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the Department of Revenue shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified and to the person named in the notification from the Department of Revenue.
    (d) The Department of Revenue shall immediately pay over to the State Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties collected hereunder for deposit into the Local Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Trust Fund.
    (e) On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the amount of money to be disbursed from the Local Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Trust Fund to municipalities from which retailers have paid taxes or penalties under this Section during the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each municipality shall be the amount (not including credit memoranda) collected under this Section from sales made in the municipality during the second preceding calendar month, plus an amount the Department of Revenue determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of such municipality, and not including any amount that the Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the municipality, less 1.5% of the remainder, which the Department shall transfer into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the time of each monthly disbursement to the municipalities, shall prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund under this Section. Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the municipalities and the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund provided for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance with the directions contained in the certification.
    (f) An ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing a tax under this Section or effecting a change in the rate thereof that is adopted on or after June 25, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-27) and for which a certified copy is filed with the Department on or before April 1, 2020 shall be administered and enforced by the Department beginning on July 1, 2020. For ordinances filed with the Department after April 1, 2020, an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing a tax under this Section or effecting a change in the rate thereof shall either (i) be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before the first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of January next following the adoption and filing.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 8 Div. 12

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 8 Div. 12 heading)
DIVISION 12. FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED CITY LAW

65 ILCS 5/8-12-1

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-1)
    Sec. 8-12-1. This Division 12 may be cited as the Financially Distressed City Law.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-2

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-2)
    Sec. 8-12-2. (a) Pursuant to the authority of the General Assembly to provide for the public health, safety and welfare, the General Assembly hereby finds and declares that it is the public policy and a public purpose of the State to offer assistance to a financially distressed city so that it may provide for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, pay when due principal and interest on its debt obligations, meet financial obligations to its employees, vendors and suppliers, and provide for proper financial accounting procedures, budgeting and taxing practices, as well as strengthen the human and economic development of the city.
    (b) It is the purpose of this Division to provide a secure financial basis for the continued operation of a financially distressed city. The intention of the General Assembly, in enacting this legislation is to establish sound, efficient and generally accepted accounting, budgeting and taxing procedures and practices within a financially distressed city, to provide powers to a financial advisory authority established for a financially distressed city, and to impose restrictions upon a financially distressed city in order to assist that city in assuring its financial integrity while leaving municipal services policies to the city, consistent with the requirements for satisfying the public policy and purposes herein set forth.
    (c) It also is the purpose of this Division to authorize a city which has been certified and designated as a financially distressed city under the procedure set forth in Section 8-12-4, and which has by ordinance requested that a financial advisory authority be appointed for the city and that the city receive assistance as provided in this Division, and which has filed certified copies of that ordinance in the manner provided by Section 8-12-4, to enter into such agreements as are necessary to receive assistance as provided in this Division and in applicable provisions of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-3

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-3)
    Sec. 8-12-3. As used in this Division:
    (1) "Authority" means the "(Name of Financially Distressed City) Financial Advisory Authority".
    (2) "Financially distressed city" means any municipality which is a home rule unit and which (i) is certified by the Department of Revenue as being in the highest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of the aggregate of the rate per cent of all taxes levied pursuant to statute or ordinance upon all taxable property of the municipality and as being in the lowest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of per capita tax yield, and (ii) is designated by joint resolution of the General Assembly as a financially distressed city.
    (3) "Home rule municipality" means a municipality which is a home rule unit as provided in Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
    (4) "Budget" means an annual appropriation ordinance or annual budget as described in Division 2 of Article 8, as from time to time in effect in the financially distressed city.
    (5) "Chairperson" means the chairperson of the Authority appointed pursuant to Section 8-12-7.
    (6) "Financial Plan" means the financially distressed city's financial plan as developed pursuant to Section 8-12-15, as from time to time in effect.
    (7) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the financially distressed city.
    (8) "Obligations" means bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the Illinois Finance Authority in connection with the provision of financial aid to a financially distressed city pursuant to this Division and applicable provisions of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-4

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-4)
    Sec. 8-12-4. In order to receive assistance as provided in this Division, a home rule municipality shall first, by ordinance passed by its corporate authorities, request (i) that the Department of Revenue certify that it is in the highest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of the aggregate of the rate per cent of all taxes levied pursuant to statute or ordinance upon all taxable property of the municipality and in the lowest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of per capita tax yield, and (ii) that the General Assembly by joint resolution designate it as a financially distressed city. A home rule municipality which is so certified and designated as a financially distressed city and which desires to receive assistance as provided in this Division shall, by ordinance passed by its corporate authorities, request that a financial advisory authority be appointed for the city and that the city receive assistance as provided in this Division, and shall file a certified copy of that ordinance with the Governor, with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and with the Secretary of the Senate. Upon the filing of the certified copies of that ordinance as required by this Section this Division and all of its provisions shall then and thereafter be applicable to the financially distressed city, shall govern and control its financial accounting, budgeting and taxing procedures and practices, and, subject to the limitations of subsection (a) of Section 8-12-22, shall remain in full force and effect with respect thereto until such time as the financial advisory authority established under Section 8-12-5 is abolished as provided in subsection (c) of Section 8-12-22.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-5

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-5)
    Sec. 8-12-5. For each financially distressed city to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4, there is established a body both corporate and politic to be known as the "(Name of Financially Distressed City) Financial Advisory Authority" which, in such name, shall exercise all authority vested in such Authority by this Division. The Authority shall constitute an agency of State government, and as such may receive and expend amounts appropriated by the General Assembly to the Authority to enable it to exercise and perform its powers and responsibilities under this Division. The financially distressed city shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by the Authority in the conduct of its powers and responsibilities under this Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-6

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-6)
    Sec. 8-12-6. Purposes and powers.
    (a) The purposes of the Authority shall be to provide a secure financial basis for and to furnish assistance to a financially distressed city to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4, and to request the Illinois Finance Authority to issue its Obligations on behalf of and thereby provide financial aid to the city in accordance with applicable provisions of the Illinois Finance Authority Act, so that the city can provide basic municipal services within its jurisdictional limits, while permitting the distressed city to meet its obligations to its creditors and the holders of its notes and bonds.
    (b) Except as expressly limited by this Division, the Authority shall have all powers necessary to meet its responsibilities and to carry out its purposes and the purposes of this Division, including, but not limited to, the following powers:
        (1) To provide for its organization and internal
    
management, and to make rules and regulations governing the use of its property and facilities.
        (2) To make and execute contracts, leases, subleases
    
and all other instruments or agreements necessary or convenient for the exercise of the powers and functions granted by this Division.
        (3) To approve all loans, grants, or other financial
    
aid from any State agency.
        (4) To appoint officers, agents, and employees of the
    
Authority, define their duties and qualifications and fix their compensation and employee benefits.
        (5) To engage the services of consultants for
    
rendering professional and technical assistance and advice on matters within the Authority's power.
        (6) To pay the expenses of its operations.
        (7) To determine, in its discretion but consistent
    
with the requirements of this Division, the terms and conditions of any loans it may make to the financially distressed city.
    (c) Any loan repayments received by the Authority from the distressed city may be deposited by the Authority into a revolving fund under the control of the Authority. Money in the revolving fund may be used by the Authority to support activities leading to a restructuring of the distressed city's debt and may be pledged by the Authority as security for any new debt incurred by the distressed city with the approval of the Authority.
    (d) From any funds appropriated to the Authority for the purpose of making a loan to a distressed city, the Authority may expend not more than $250,000 for the expenses of its operations in the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made.
(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-7

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-7)
    Sec. 8-12-7. The governing body of the Authority shall be a board consisting of 5 Directors. Directors shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. At least 2 Directors must be residents of the financially distressed city. The Governor shall select one of the Directors to serve as Chairperson during the term of his or her appointment.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-8

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-8)
    Sec. 8-12-8. The initial Directors shall be appointed, as provided in Section 8-12-7, within 30 days after this Division first becomes applicable to the financially distressed city as provided in Section 8-12-4. Of the initial Directors so appointed, 3 shall be appointed to serve for terms expiring 3 years from the date of their appointment, and 2 shall be appointed to serve for terms expiring 2 years from the date of their appointment. Thereafter each Director shall be appointed to hold office for a term of 3 years and until his or her successor has been appointed as provided in Section 8-12-7. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment. Any vacancy which shall arise shall be filled by appointment by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the unexpired term and until his or her successor has been appointed as provided in Section 8-12-7. A vacancy shall occur upon resignation, death, conviction of a felony or removal from office of a Director. A Director may be removed for incompetency, malfeasance or neglect of duty at the instance of the Governor. If the Senate is not in session or is in recess when appointments subject to its confirmation are made, the Governor shall make temporary appointments which shall be subject to subsequent Senate approval.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-9

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-9)
    Sec. 8-12-9. The Chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Directors. The Directors may establish such offices and appoint such officers for the Authority as they may deem appropriate.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-10

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-10)
    Sec. 8-12-10. Any State agency or unit of local government, within its respective function, may render such services to the Authority as the Authority may request. Upon the Authority's request any such agency or unit of local government may transfer to the Authority such officers and employees as the Authority and any such agency or unit of local government deem necessary to carry out the Authority's functions and duties. Officers and employees so transferred shall not lose or forfeit their employment status or rights.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-11

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-11)
    Sec. 8-12-11. The Directors shall serve without compensation, but each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a Director.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-12

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-12)
    Sec. 8-12-12. (a) The Governor shall call the first meeting of the Authority. Thereafter, the Directors shall prescribe the times and places for their meetings and the manner in which regular and special meetings may be called. The Directors shall comply in all respects with the Open Meetings Act. The Authority shall be a public body to which The Freedom of Information Act applies.
    (b) A majority of the Directors holding office shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The affirmative votes of at least 3 Directors shall be necessary for adopting any rule or regulation, and for any other action required by this Division to be taken by resolution, directive or ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-13

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-13)
    Sec. 8-12-13. In carrying out the purposes of this Division, and pursuant to Sections 8-12-14 through 8-12-24, as hereinafter provided, the Authority shall have the power to approve or to reject the Financial Plans, Budgets and contracts which are inconsistent with the Financial Plan and Budget of the financially distressed city; provided, however, that the Authority shall have no authority to impair any existing contract or obligation of the city; and provided further, that with respect to any multi-year employment contract or collective bargaining agreement authorized or entered into by the city in accordance with applicable statutes and ordinances, the Authority's power to approve or reject the same shall be limited to the first year of such contract or agreement as provided in Section 8-12-17.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-14

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-14)
    Sec. 8-12-14. The Budget of the financially distressed city for its first fiscal year commencing after this Division first becomes applicable to the financially distressed city as provided in Section 8-12-4, and for each subsequent fiscal year shall be balanced in accordance with such accounting system and procedures as may be prescribed by the Authority and the requirements of State law, with substantial progress toward balancing the Budget to be achieved during the remaining portion of what is the financially distressed city's current fiscal year at the time this Division first becomes applicable to the city as provided in Section 8-12-4.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-15

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-15)
    Sec. 8-12-15. The financially distressed city shall develop, adopt and submit to the Authority, within 45 days after this Division first becomes applicable to the city as provided in Section 8-12-4, for approval by the Authority, an initial Financial Plan with respect to the remaining portion of what is the city's current fiscal year at the time this Division first becomes applicable to the city as provided in Section 8-12-4 and for the 2 succeeding fiscal years. The city shall develop and adopt subsequent Financial Plans annually and during interim periods as directed by the Authority. Interim updates shall be directed only when the Authority in its discretion determines that a change in circumstances warrants such an update. The Authority shall require that each Financial Plan cover a period of at least 3 fiscal years. After adoption by the city, the city shall submit each plan to the Authority for its approval not later than 60 days prior to the commencement of the first fiscal year to which the Financial Plan relates. The Authority shall approve or reject the Financial Plan not later than 30 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year. No Financial Plan shall have force or effect without approval of the Authority. Each Financial Plan shall be developed, submitted, approved and monitored in accordance with the following procedures:
    (1) The financially distressed city shall determine and submit to the Authority, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the Authority, estimates of revenues available to the city during the period for which the Financial Plan is to be in effect. The Authority shall approve, reject or amend the revenue estimates. In the event the city fails, for any reason, to submit to the Authority estimates of revenue as required by this paragraph, the Authority may prepare such estimates. The Financial Plan submitted by the city shall be based upon revenue estimates approved or prepared by the Authority. As soon as practicable following the establishment of the Authority, the corporate authorities of the city shall, at the request of the Chairperson of the Authority, make available to such Chairperson copies of the audited financial statements and of the books and records of account of the city for the preceding 3 fiscal years of the city.
    (2) Each Financial Plan for each fiscal year or part thereof to which it relates, shall contain: (i) a description of revenues and expenditures, provision for debt service, cash resources and uses, and capital improvements, each in such manner and detail as the Authority shall prescribe; (ii) a description of the means by which the Budget will be brought into balance in accordance with Section 8-12-14; and (iii) such other financial matters that the Authority, in its discretion, requires. The Authority may prescribe any reasonable time, standards, procedures or forms for preparation and submission of the Financial Plan.
    (3) The Authority shall approve the initial and each subsequent Financial Plan if, in its judgement, the plan is complete, is reasonably capable of being achieved, and meets the requirement set forth in Section 8-12-14. Otherwise, the Authority shall reject the Financial Plan. The Authority's review of the Financial Plan shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards. No Financial Plan submitted by the financially distressed city shall be arbitrarily or capriciously rejected by the Authority. Any rejection by the Authority of any Financial Plan submitted by the city shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the rejection. In the event of rejection, the Authority may prescribe a procedure and standards for revision of the Financial Plan by the financially distressed city.
    (4) The financially distressed city shall report to the Authority, at such times and in such manner as the Authority may direct, concerning the city's compliance with each Financial Plan. The Authority may review the city's operation, obtain budgetary data and financial statements, require the city to produce reports, and have access to any other information in the possession of the city that it deems relevant to the Financial Plan and the city's compliance with that Plan. The Authority may issue recommendations or directives within its powers to the city to assure compliance with the Financial Plan. The city shall produce such budgetary data, financial statements, reports and other information and comply with such directives.
    (5) After approval of each Financial Plan, the financially distressed city shall regularly reexamine the revenue and expenditure estimates on which it was based and revise them as necessary. The city shall promptly notify the Authority of any material change in the revenue or expenditure estimates in the Financial Plan. The city may submit to the Authority, or the Authority may require the city to submit, modified Financial Plans based upon revised revenue or expenditure estimates or for any other good reason. The Authority shall approve or reject each modified Financial Plan pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

65 ILCS 5/8-12-16

    (65 ILCS 5/8-12-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-16)
    Sec. 8-12-16. The financially distressed city shall develop, adopt and submit to the Authority, within 30 days after this Division first becomes applicable to the city as provided in Section 8-12-4, a revised Budget for the remaining portion of what is the city's current fiscal year at the time this Division first becomes applicable to the city as provided in Section 8-12-4 and, thereafter, an annual Budget for each subsequent fiscal year. After adoption by the city, the city shall submit each Budget to the Authority for its approval not later than 60 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year to which the Budget relates. The Authority shall approve or reject the Budget not later than 30 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year. No Budget shall have force or effect without approval of the Authority. Each Budget shall be developed, submitted, approved and monitored in accordance with the following procedures:
    (1) Each Budget submitted by the financially distressed city shall be based upon revenue estimates approved or prepared by the Authority, as provided in paragraph (1) of Section 8-12-15.
    (2) Each Budget shall contain such information and detail as may be prescribed by the Authority. Any deficit for a fiscal year or any portion of a fiscal year to which any Budget relates shall be included as a current expense item for the succeeding fiscal year.
    (3) The Authority shall approve each Budget if, in its judgment, the Budget is complete with respect to providing a detailed accounting of revenues and expenditures, is reasonably capable of being achieved, will meet the requirement set forth in Section 8-12-14, and will be consistent with the Financial Plan in effect. Otherwise, the Authority shall reject the Budget. The Authority's review of the Budget shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and standards. No Budget submitted by the financially distressed city shall be arbitrarily or capriciously rejected by the Authority. Any rejection by the Authority of any Budget submitted by the city shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the rejection. In the event of rejection, the Authority may prescribe a procedure and standards for revision of the Budget by the city.
    (4) The financially distressed city shall report to the Authority at such times and such manner as the Authority may direct, concerning the city's compliance with each Budget. The Authority may review the city's operations, obtain budgetary data and financial statements, require the city to produce reports, and have access to any other information in the possession of the city that the Authority deems relevant. The Authority may issue recommendations or directives within its powers to the city to assure compliance with the Budget. The city shall produce such budgetary data, financial statements, reports and other information and comply with such directives.
    (5) After approval of each Budget, the financially distressed city shall promptly notify the Authority of any material change in the revenue or expenditure estimates in the Budget. The city may submit to the Authority, or the Authority may require the city to submit, a supplemental Budget based upon revised revenue or expenditure estimates or for any other good reason. The Authority shall approve or reject each supplemental Budget pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)