Full Text of SB1892 94th General Assembly
SB1892ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
Filed: 5/3/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1892
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1892 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 17 of the 94th | 5 |
| General Assembly becomes law, the River Edge Redevelopment Zone | 6 |
| Act is amended by changing Sections 10-2, 10-4, and 10-5.3 as | 7 |
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| (94SB17 Art. 10, Sec. 10-2)
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| Sec. 10-2. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | 10 |
| declares that those municipalities adjacent to or surrounding | 11 |
| river areas often lack critical tools to safely revive and | 12 |
| redevelop environmentally-challenged properties that will | 13 |
| stimulate economic revitalization and create jobs in Illinois. | 14 |
| Environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or | 15 |
| surrounding Illinois rivers are a threat to the health, safety, | 16 |
| and welfare of the people of this State. Many of these | 17 |
| environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or | 18 |
| surrounding rivers were former industrial areas that now, | 19 |
| subject to appropriate environmental clean-up and remediation, | 20 |
| would be ideal for office, residential, retail, hospitality, | 21 |
| commercial, recreational, warehouse and distribution, and | 22 |
| other economically productive uses. The cost of the cleaning | 23 |
| and remediation of these environmentally-challenged properties | 24 |
| is often the primary obstacle to returning these properties to |
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| a safe and economically productive use. | 2 |
| Cooperative and continuous partnership among the State, | 3 |
| through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and | 4 |
| the Environmental Protection Agency, municipalities adjacent | 5 |
| to or surrounding rivers, and the private sector is necessary | 6 |
| to appropriately encourage the cost-effective cleaning and | 7 |
| remediation of these environmentally-challenged properties in | 8 |
| order to bring about a safe and economically productive use of | 9 |
| the properties. | 10 |
| Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this Act to | 11 |
| identify and initiate 3
2 pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones | 12 |
| to stimulate the safe and cost-effective re-use of | 13 |
| environmentally-challenged properties adjacent to or | 14 |
| surrounding rivers by means of tax incentives or grants.
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| (Source: 94SB17ham003.) | 16 |
| (94SB17 Art. 10, Sec. 10-4)
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| Sec. 10-4. Qualifications for River Edge Redevelopment | 18 |
| Zones. An area is qualified to become a zone if it: | 19 |
| (1) is a contiguous area adjacent to or surrounding a | 20 |
| river; | 21 |
| (2) comprises a minimum of one half square mile and not | 22 |
| more than 12 square miles, exclusive of lakes and | 23 |
| waterways; | 24 |
| (3) satisfies any additional criteria established by | 25 |
| the Department consistent with the purposes of this Act; | 26 |
| (4) is entirely within a single home rule municipality; | 27 |
| and | 28 |
| (5) has at least 100 acres of environmentally | 29 |
| challenged land within 1500 yards of the riverfront.
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| (Source: 94SB17ham003.) | 31 |
| (94SB17 Art. 10, Sec. 10-5.3)
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| Sec. 10-5.3. Certification of River Edge Redevelopment |
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| Zones. | 2 |
| (a) Approval of designated River Edge Redevelopment Zones | 3 |
| shall be made by the Department by certification of the | 4 |
| designating ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a | 5 |
| certificate for each zone upon its approval. The certificate | 6 |
| shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make | 7 |
| specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall be | 8 |
| attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the | 9 |
| Secretary of State. A certified copy of the River Edge | 10 |
| Redevelopment Zone Certificate, or a duplicate original | 11 |
| thereof, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of | 12 |
| deeds of the county in which the River Edge Redevelopment Zone | 13 |
| lies. | 14 |
| (b) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be effective upon | 15 |
| its certification. The Department shall transmit a copy of the | 16 |
| certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the | 17 |
| designating municipality.
Upon certification of a River Edge | 18 |
| Redevelopment Zone, the terms and provisions of the designating | 19 |
| ordinance shall be in effect, and may not be amended or | 20 |
| repealed except in accordance with Section 10-5.4. | 21 |
| (c) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be in effect for | 22 |
| the period stated in the certificate, which shall in no event | 23 |
| exceed 30 calendar years. Zones shall terminate at midnight of | 24 |
| December 31 of the final calendar year of the certified term, | 25 |
| except as provided in Section 10-5.4. | 26 |
| (d) In calendar years 2006 and 2007, the Department may | 27 |
| certify one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of | 28 |
| East St. Louis , one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the | 29 |
| City of Rockford, and one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone | 30 |
| in the City of Aurora. | 31 |
| Thereafter the Department may not certify any additional | 32 |
| River Edge Redevelopment Zones, but may amend and rescind | 33 |
| certifications of existing River Edge Redevelopment Zones in | 34 |
| accordance with Section 10-5.4. |
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| (e) A municipality in which a River Edge Redevelopment Zone | 2 |
| has been certified must submit to the Department, within 60 | 3 |
| days after the certification, a plan for encouraging the | 4 |
| participation by minority persons, females, persons with | 5 |
| disabilities, and veterans in the zone. The Department may | 6 |
| assist the municipality in developing and implementing the | 7 |
| plan. The terms "minority person", "female", and "person with a | 8 |
| disability" have the meanings set forth under Section 2 of the | 9 |
| Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with | 10 |
| Disabilities Act. "Veteran" means an Illinois resident who is a | 11 |
| veteran as defined in subsection (h) of Section 1491 of Title | 12 |
| 10 of the United States Code.
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| (Source: 94SB17ham003.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.".
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