Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Filed: 3/9/2011

 

 


 

 


 
09700SB0539sam001LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 539

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 539 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-74.6-15 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-15)
7    Sec. 11-74.6-15. Municipal Powers and Duties. A
8municipality may:
9    (a) By ordinance introduced in the governing body of the
10municipality within 14 to 90 days from the final adjournment of
11the hearing specified in Section 11-74.6-22, approve
12redevelopment plans and redevelopment projects, and designate
13redevelopment planning areas and redevelopment project areas
14pursuant to notice and hearing required by this Act. No
15redevelopment planning area or redevelopment project area
16shall be designated unless a plan and project are approved

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 2 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1before the designation of the area and the area shall include
2only those parcels of real property and improvements on those
3parcels substantially benefited by the proposed redevelopment
4project improvements. Upon adoption of the ordinances, the
5municipality shall forthwith transmit to the county clerk of
6the county or counties within which the redevelopment project
7area is located a certified copy of the ordinances, a legal
8description of the redevelopment project area, a map of the
9redevelopment project area, identification of the year that the
10county clerk shall use for determining the total initial
11equalized assessed value of the redevelopment project area
12consistent with subsection (a) of Section 11-74.6-40, and a
13list of the parcel or tax identification number of each parcel
14of property included in the redevelopment project area.
15    (b) Make and enter into all contracts necessary or
16incidental to the implementation and furtherance of its
17redevelopment plan and project.
18    (c) Within a redevelopment project area, acquire by
19purchase, donation, lease or eminent domain; own, convey,
20lease, mortgage or dispose of land and other property, real or
21personal, or rights or interests therein, and grant or acquire
22licenses, easements and options with respect to that property,
23all in the manner and at a price that the municipality
24determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of
25the redevelopment plan and project. No conveyance, lease,
26mortgage, disposition of land or other property owned by a

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 3 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1municipality, or agreement relating to the development of the
2municipal property shall be made or executed except pursuant to
3prior official action of the corporate authorities of the
4municipality. No conveyance, lease, mortgage, or other
5disposition of land owned by a municipality, and no agreement
6relating to the development of the municipal property, shall be
7made without making public disclosure of the terms and the
8disposition of all bids and proposals submitted to the
9municipality in connection therewith. The procedures for
10obtaining the bids and proposals shall provide reasonable
11opportunity for any person to submit alternative proposals or
12bids.
13    (d) Within a redevelopment project area, clear any area by
14demolition or removal of any existing buildings, structures,
15fixtures, utilities or improvements, and to clear and grade
16land.
17    (e) Within a redevelopment project area, renovate or
18rehabilitate or construct any structure or building, as
19permitted under this Law.
20    (f) Within or without a redevelopment project area,
21install, repair, construct, reconstruct or relocate streets,
22utilities and site improvements essential to the preparation of
23the redevelopment area for use in accordance with a
24redevelopment plan.
25    (g) Within a redevelopment project area, fix, charge and
26collect fees, rents and charges for the use of all or any part

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 4 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1of any building or property owned or leased by it.
2    (h) Issue obligations as provided in this Act.
3    (i) Accept grants, guarantees and donations of property,
4labor, or other things of value from a public or private source
5for use within a project redevelopment area.
6    (j) Acquire and construct public facilities within a
7redevelopment project area, as permitted under this Law.
8    (k) Incur, pay or cause to be paid redevelopment project
9costs; provided, however, that on and after the effective date
10of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, no
11municipality shall incur redevelopment project costs (except
12for planning and other eligible costs authorized by municipal
13ordinance or resolution that are subsequently included in the
14redevelopment plan for the area and are incurred after the
15ordinance or resolution is adopted) that are not consistent
16with the program for accomplishing the objectives of the
17redevelopment plan as included in that plan and approved by the
18municipality until the municipality has amended the
19redevelopment plan as provided elsewhere in this Law. Any
20payments to be made by the municipality to redevelopers or
21other nongovernmental persons for redevelopment project costs
22incurred by such redeveloper or other nongovernmental person
23shall be made only pursuant to the prior official action of the
24municipality evidencing an intent to pay or cause to be paid
25such redevelopment project costs. A municipality is not
26required to obtain any right, title or interest in any real or

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 5 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1personal property in order to pay redevelopment project costs
2associated with such property. The municipality shall adopt
3such accounting procedures as may be necessary to determine
4that such redevelopment project costs are properly paid.
5    (l) Create a commission of not less than 5 or more than 15
6persons to be appointed by the mayor or president of the
7municipality with the consent of the majority of the governing
8board of the municipality. Members of a commission appointed
9after the effective date of this Law shall be appointed for
10initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively, in
11numbers so that the terms of not more than 1/3 of all members
12expire in any one year. Their successors shall be appointed for
13a term of 5 years. The commission, subject to approval of the
14corporate authorities of the municipality, may exercise the
15powers enumerated in this Section. The commission shall also
16have the power to hold the public hearings required by this Act
17and make recommendations to the corporate authorities
18concerning the adoption of redevelopment plans, redevelopment
19projects and designation of redevelopment project areas.
20    (m) Make payment in lieu of all or a portion of real
21property taxes due to taxing districts. If payments in lieu of
22all or a portion of taxes are made to taxing districts, those
23payments shall be made to all districts within a redevelopment
24project area on a basis that is proportional to the current
25collection of revenue which each taxing district receives from
26real property in the redevelopment project area.

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 6 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1    (n) Exercise any and all other powers necessary to
2effectuate the purposes of this Act.
3    (o) In conjunction with other municipalities, undertake
4and perform redevelopment plans and projects and utilize the
5provisions of the Act wherever they have contiguous
6redevelopment project areas or they determine to adopt tax
7increment allocation financing with respect to a redevelopment
8project area that includes contiguous real property within the
9boundaries of the municipalities, and, by agreement between
10participating municipalities, to issue obligations, separately
11or jointly, and expend revenues received under this Act for
12eligible expenses anywhere within contiguous redevelopment
13project areas or as otherwise permitted in the Act. Two or more
14municipalities may designate a joint redevelopment project
15area under this subsection (o) if at least one of the
16municipalities is eligible to designate a redevelopment
17project area under this Division.
18    (p) Create an Industrial Jobs Recovery Advisory Committee
19of not more than 15 members to be appointed by the mayor or
20president of the municipality with the consent of the majority
21of the governing board of the municipality. The members of that
22Committee shall be appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, and 3
23years respectively, in numbers so that the terms of not more
24than 1/3 of all members expire in any one year. Their
25successors shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The
26Committee shall have none of the powers enumerated in this

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 7 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1Section. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity
2only. The Committee may advise the governing board of the
3municipality and other municipal officials regarding
4development issues and opportunities within the redevelopment
5project area. The Committee may also promote and publicize
6development opportunities in the redevelopment project area.
7    (q) If a redevelopment project has not been initiated in a
8redevelopment project area within 5 years after the area was
9designated by ordinance under subsection (a), the municipality
10shall adopt an ordinance repealing the area's designation as a
11redevelopment project area. Initiation of a redevelopment
12project shall be evidenced by either a signed redevelopment
13agreement or expenditures on eligible redevelopment project
14costs associated with a redevelopment project.
15    (r) Within a redevelopment planning area, transfer or loan
16tax increment revenues from one redevelopment project area to
17another redevelopment project area for expenditure on eligible
18costs in the receiving area.
19    (s) Use tax increment revenue produced in a redevelopment
20project area created under this Law by transferring or loaning
21such revenues to a redevelopment project area created under the
22Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act that is either
23contiguous to, or separated only by a public right of way from,
24the redevelopment project area that initially produced and
25received those revenues.
26    

 

 

09700SB0539sam001- 8 -LRB097 04328 HLH 52245 a

1(Source: P.A. 90-258, eff. 7-30-97; 91-474, eff. 11-1-99.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".