Full Text of HB1815 97th General Assembly
HB1815 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB1815 Introduced , by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-1 | from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.2-1 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 11-74.2-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.2-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-74.2-1. It is hereby found and declared:
| 8 | | (a) In certain municipalities of the the State there exist | 9 | | commercial
blight or conservation areas where a major portion | 10 | | of the commercial buildings and
structures are detrimental to | 11 | | the health, safety and welfare of the
occupants and the welfare | 12 | | of the urban community because of age,
dilapidation, | 13 | | overcrowding or faulty arrangement, or lack of
ventilation, | 14 | | light, sanitation facilities, adequate utilities or access
to | 15 | | transportation, commercial marketing centers or to adequate | 16 | | labor
supplies.
| 17 | | (b) Such commercial blight or conservation areas are | 18 | | usually situated in the older
and centrally located areas of | 19 | | the municipalities involved, and once
existing, spread unless | 20 | | eradicated.
| 21 | | (c) As a result of these degenerative conditions the | 22 | | commercial
properties embraced in a commercial blight or | 23 | | conservation area fall into a state of
non-productiveness or |
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| 1 | | limited productiveness, and fail to produce their
due and | 2 | | proper share of taxes.
| 3 | | (d) The conditions in a commercial blight or conservation | 4 | | area necessitate excessive
and disproportionate expenditures | 5 | | of public funds for crime prevention,
public health and safety, | 6 | | fire and accident protection, and other public
services and | 7 | | facilities and constitute a drain upon the public revenue.
| 8 | | These conditions impair the efficient, economical and | 9 | | indispensable
governmental functions of the municipalities | 10 | | embracing such areas, as
well as the governmental functions of | 11 | | the State.
| 12 | | (e) In order to promote and protect the health, safety, | 13 | | morals and
welfare of the public it is necessary to provide for | 14 | | the eradication and
elimination of commercial blight or | 15 | | conservation areas and the construction of
redevelopment | 16 | | projects and commercial projects in these areas.
| 17 | | (f) The eradication and elimination of commercial blight or | 18 | | conservation areas and
the construction of redevelopment | 19 | | projects financed by private capital,
with financial | 20 | | assistance from governmental bodies, in the manner
provided in | 21 | | this Division are hereby declared to be a public use
essential | 22 | | to the public interest.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 81-3.)
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