Full Text of SB2186 99th General Assembly
SB2186sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Pamela J. Althoff Filed: 3/29/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2186
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2186 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 5-12021 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-12021 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-12021. Special provisions relating to public | 8 | | schools. | 9 | | (a) In exercising the powers under this Division with | 10 | | respect to public school districts, a county shall act in a | 11 | | reasonable manner that neither regulates educational | 12 | | activities, such as school curricula, administration, and | 13 | | staffing, nor frustrates a school district's statutory duties. | 14 | | This subsection (a) is declarative of existing law and does not | 15 | | change the substantive operation of this Division. | 16 | | (b) In processing zoning applications from public school |
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| 1 | | districts, a county shall make reasonable efforts to streamline | 2 | | the zoning application and review process for the school board | 3 | | and minimize the administrative burdens involved in the zoning | 4 | | review process, including, but not limited to, reducing | 5 | | application fees and other costs associated with the project of | 6 | | a school board to the greatest extent practicable but in no | 7 | | event more than the lowest fees customarily imposed by the | 8 | | county for similar applications, limiting the number of times | 9 | | the school district must amend its site plans, reducing the | 10 | | number of copies of site plans and any other documents required | 11 | | to be submitted by the county, and expediting the zoning review | 12 | | process for the purpose of rendering a decision on any | 13 | | application from a school district within 90 days after a | 14 | | completed application is submitted to the county. | 15 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 16 | | Section 110-70 as follows:
| 17 | | (60 ILCS 1/110-70)
| 18 | | Sec. 110-70. School district affected . | 19 | | (a) In any hearing before a zoning
commission or board of | 20 | | appeals, any school district within which the property
in | 21 | | issue, or any part of that property, is located may appear and | 22 | | present
evidence.
| 23 | | (b) In exercising the powers under this Article with | 24 | | respect to public school districts, a township shall act in a |
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| 1 | | reasonable manner that neither regulates educational | 2 | | activities, such as school curricula, administration, and | 3 | | staffing, nor frustrates a school district's statutory duties. | 4 | | This subsection (b) is declarative of existing law and does not | 5 | | change the substantive operation of this Article. | 6 | | (c) In processing zoning applications from public school | 7 | | districts, a township shall make reasonable efforts to | 8 | | streamline the zoning application and review process for the | 9 | | school board and minimize the administrative burdens involved | 10 | | in the zoning review process, including, but not limited to, | 11 | | reducing application fees and other costs associated with the | 12 | | project of a school board to the greatest extent practicable | 13 | | but in no event more than the lowest fees customarily imposed | 14 | | by the township for similar applications, limiting the number | 15 | | of times the school district must amend its site plans, | 16 | | reducing the number of copies of site plans and any other | 17 | | documents required to be submitted by the township, and | 18 | | expediting the zoning review process for the purpose of | 19 | | rendering a decision on any application from a school district | 20 | | within 90 days after a completed application is submitted to | 21 | | the township. | 22 | | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3481; P.A. 88-62.)
| 23 | | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 24 | | adding Section 11-13-27 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-13-27 new) | 2 | | Sec. 11-13-27. Special provisions relating to public | 3 | | schools. | 4 | | (a) In exercising the powers under this Division with | 5 | | respect to public school districts, a municipality shall act in | 6 | | a reasonable manner that neither regulates educational | 7 | | activities, such as school curricula, administration, and | 8 | | staffing, nor frustrates a school district's statutory duties. | 9 | | This subsection (a) is declarative of existing law and does not | 10 | | change the substantive operation of this Division. | 11 | | (b) In processing zoning applications from public school | 12 | | districts, a municipality shall make reasonable efforts to | 13 | | streamline the zoning application and review process for the | 14 | | school board and minimize the administrative burdens involved | 15 | | in the zoning review process, including, but not limited to, | 16 | | reducing application fees and other costs associated with the | 17 | | project of a school board to the greatest extent practicable | 18 | | but in no event more than the lowest fees customarily imposed | 19 | | by the municipality for similar applications, limiting the | 20 | | number of times the school district must amend its site plans, | 21 | | reducing the number of copies of site plans and any other | 22 | | documents required to be submitted by the municipality, and | 23 | | expediting the zoning review process for the purpose of | 24 | | rendering a decision on any application from a school district | 25 | | within 90 days after a completed application is submitted to | 26 | | the municipality. |
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| 1 | | Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 2 | | 10-22.13a as follows:
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.13a)
| 4 | | Sec. 10-22.13a.
Zoning changes, variations, and special | 5 | | uses for school
district property ; zoning compliance . To seek | 6 | | zoning changes, variations, or special uses for
property held | 7 | | or controlled by the school district.
| 8 | | A school district is subject to and its school board must | 9 | | comply with any valid local government zoning ordinance or | 10 | | resolution that applies where the pertinent part of the | 11 | | building, structure, or site owned by the school district is | 12 | | located. The changes to this Section made by this amendatory | 13 | | Act of the 99th General Assembly are declarative of existing | 14 | | law and do not change the substantive operation of this | 15 | | Section. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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