(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 72 heading)
TREES AND FORESTRY
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 72 heading) DIVISION 72.
PLANTING OF TREES
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(65 ILCS 5/11-72-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-72-1)
Sec. 11-72-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may plant
trees upon the streets and other municipal property.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 73 heading) DIVISION 73.
FORESTRY PROGRAM AND TAX
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73-1)
Sec. 11-73-1.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may levy, annually, a
tax of not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein,
for the current year, to provide for the establishment and maintenance
of a long term forestry program for the propagation and preservation of
community trees and for the removal of dead or diseased trees in the
municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by
law to be levied and collected in the municipality and shall be in
addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as
provided by Section 8-3-1.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73-2)
Sec. 11-73-2.
This Division 73 shall not be in force in any municipality
until the question of its adoption is submitted to the electors of the
municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The
municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority
shall submit the question at an election in accordance with the
general election law.
The question shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall Division 73 of the Illinois Municipal Code permitting municipalities to levy an additional YES annual tax of not to exceed 0.05% for the establishment and maintenance
of a long term forestry program for the propagation and preservation NO of community trees and for the removal of dead or diseased trees be adopted?
If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of adopting
this Division 73, the Division is adopted. It shall be in force in the
adopting municipality for the purpose of the fiscal years succeeding the
year in which the election is held.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 73.1 heading) DIVISION 73.1.
MUNICIPAL AND JOINT MUNICIPAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73.1-1)
Sec. 11-73.1-1.
The following terms whenever used or referred to in
this Division shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Governing body" means, with respect to a municipality, the council,
city council, board of trustees, or other corporate authority of the municipality
which exercises the general governmental powers of such municipality.
(2) "Municipality" means a city, village or incorporated town in the State
of Illinois which establishes a municipal tree planting program.
(3) "Long-term contract" means an agreement with a duration of 10 years or less.
(4) "Municipal tree planting program" means a plan established by
a municipality which provides for the planting of trees
on property located within the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 83-1466.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73.1-2)
Sec. 11-73.1-2.
Municipal tree planting programs.
Any municipality may
by ordinance establish a tree planting program. Any municipality or any
2 or more municipalities, contiguous or noncontiguous, may by ordinance adopted
by the governing body of each municipality enter into long term contracts
with a vendor of trees for the purchase and delivery of such trees as may
be necessary and appropriate for, and consistent with, an established tree
planting program.
(Source: P.A. 83-1466.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73.1-3)
Sec. 11-73.1-3.
Each municipality shall have full power and authority,
subject to the provisions of its charter and laws regarding local finance,
to appropriate money for the payment of expenses related to a tree planting program.
(Source: P.A. 83-1466.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-73.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-73.1-4)
Sec. 11-73.1-4.
A municipality may perform any act authorized by this
Division through, or by means of, its officers, agents or employees or by
contract with others, including, without limitation, the employment of engineers,
landscapers, attorneys and other such consultants as may be required in the
judgment of the governing body of the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 84-946.)
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(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 74 heading)
PROCUREMENT OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 74 heading) DIVISION 74.
INDUSTRIAL PROJECT
REVENUE BOND ACT
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(65 ILCS 5/11-74-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74-1)
Sec. 11-74-1.
This Division 74 may be cited as "The Industrial Project Revenue Bond
Act".
(Source: P.A. 77-1453.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-74-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74-2)
Sec. 11-74-2.
Whenever used in this Division 74, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) "Industrial project" means any: (a) capital project, including one or
more buildings and other structures, improvements, machinery and equipment
whether or not on the same site or sites now existing or hereafter
acquired, suitable for use by any manufacturing, industrial, research,
transportation or commercial enterprise, including but not limited to use
as a factory, mill, processing plant, assembly plant, packaging plant,
fabricating plant, office building, industrial distribution center,
warehouse, repair, overhaul or service facility, freight terminal, research
facility, test facility, railroad facility, or commercial facility, and
including also the sites thereof and other rights in land therefor whether
improved or unimproved, site preparation and landscaping, and all
appurtenances and facilities incidental thereto such as utilities, access
roads, railroad sidings, truck docking and similar facilities, parking
facilities, dockage, wharfage, and other improvements necessary or
convenient thereto; (b) land, buildings, machinery or equipment
comprising an addition to or renovation, rehabilitation or improvement of
any existing capital project; (c) construction, remodeling or conversion
of a structure to be leased to the Illinois Department of Corrections for
the purposes of its serving as a correctional institution or facility
pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 3-2-2 of the Unified Code of
Corrections; (d) construction, remodeling or conversion of a structure
to be leased to the Department of Central Management Services for the
purpose of serving as a State facility pursuant to Section 405-320
of the
Department of Central Management Services Law; or (e) use or disposal of surplus real estate owned by the municipality.
(2) "Municipality" includes any city, village or incorporated town in this
State.
(Source: P.A. 102-239, eff. 8-3-21.)
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