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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8b

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8b)
    Sec. 11-74.4-8b. Cancellation and repayment of tax and other benefits. Any tax abatement or benefit granted by a taxing district under an agreement entered into under this Act to a private individual or entity for the purpose of originating, locating, maintaining, rehabilitating, or expanding a business facility shall be cancelled if the individual or entity relocated its entire facility in violation of the agreement, and the amount of the abatements or tax benefits granted before the cancellation shall be repaid to the taxing district within 30 days, as provided in Section 18-183 of the Property Tax Code.
    In addition, any private individual or entity that receives other benefits under this Act for the purpose of originating, locating, maintaining, rehabilitating, or expanding a business facility and that abandons or relocates its facility in violation of the agreement shall pay to the municipality an amount equal to the value of the benefit prorated based on (i) the time from the date of the agreement to the date of abandonment or relocation; compared to (ii) the time from the date of the agreement to the date upon which the redevelopment plan must be completed, determined at the time of the agreement.
(Source: P.A. 96-324, eff. 1-1-10.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8c

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8c)
    Sec. 11-74.4-8c. Enterprise zone abatements. If a redevelopment project area is or has been established under Section 11-74.4-4 on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 and the redevelopment project area contains property that is located within an enterprise zone established under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, then the property that is located in both the redevelopment project area and the enterprise zone shall not be eligible for the abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code if the requirements of Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act are satisfied. If an abatement is limited under Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a municipality shall notify the county clerk and the board of review or board of appeals of the change in writing not later than July 1 of the assessment year to be first affected by the change.
(Source: P.A. 90-258, eff. 7-30-97.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8d

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8d)
    Sec. 11-74.4-8d. Website postings; municipalities of 1,000,000 or more.
    (a) In any municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the following shall be posted on a website maintained by the municipality:
        (1) Any ordinance designating a redevelopment project
    
area or approving a redevelopment plan, redevelopment project, or redevelopment agreement pursuant to this Division 74.4, including all attachments, and any amendments thereto.
        (2) Written staff reports presented to a board
    
created in subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4.
        (3) The information required to be submitted pursuant
    
to subsection (d) of Section 11-74.4-5 and any other overviews prepared by the municipality relating to redevelopment or financing pursuant to this Division 74.4.
        (4) Any certificates of completion issued by the
    
municipality or annual employment certifications received by the municipality pursuant to a redevelopment agreement.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), all ordinances described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be made available on the website within 7 business days after the ordinance is passed and published by the municipality. Except as provided in subsection (c), all documents described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be made available on the website within 14 business days after the document has been completed in final form.
    (c) The requirements of this Section apply with respect to any redevelopment project area designated or amended on or after July 30, 2004. The ordinances and documents that passed or were completed prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be made available on the website no later than 30 days after that effective date.
(Source: P.A. 96-773, eff. 8-28-09.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-9)
    Sec. 11-74.4-9. Equalized assessed value of property.
    (a) If a municipality by ordinance provides for tax increment allocation financing pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8, the county clerk immediately thereafter shall determine (1) the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property within such redevelopment project area from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within such redevelopment project area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within such project area, from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, and shall certify such amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within such project area.
    (b) In reference to any municipality which has adopted tax increment financing after January 1, 1978, and in respect to which the county clerk has certified the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the property in the redevelopment area, the municipality may thereafter request the clerk in writing to adjust the initial equalized value of all taxable real property within the redevelopment project area by deducting therefrom the exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code applicable to each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property within such redevelopment project area. The county clerk shall immediately after the written request to adjust the total initial equalized value is received determine the total homestead exemptions in the redevelopment project area provided by Sections 15-170, 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code by adding together the homestead exemptions provided by said Sections on each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property within such redevelopment project area and then shall deduct the total of said exemptions from the total initial equalized assessed value. The county clerk shall then promptly certify such amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real property within such redevelopment project area.
    (c) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in such area, then in respect to every taxing district containing a redevelopment project area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable property within such district for the purpose of computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable property within such district, shall in every year that tax increment allocation financing is in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in a redevelopment project area by including in such amount the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified "total initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property in such area, except that after he has certified the "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" he shall in the year of said certification if tax rates have not been extended and in every year thereafter that tax increment allocation financing is in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in a redevelopment project area by including in such amount the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" of all taxable real property in such area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be extended to the current equalized assessed value of all property in the redevelopment project area in the same manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other taxable property in the taxing district. The method of extending taxes established under this Section shall terminate when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the redevelopment project area. This Division shall not be construed as relieving property owners within a redevelopment project area from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.
(Source: P.A. 95-644, eff. 10-12-07.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-10

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-10)
    Sec. 11-74.4-10. Revenues received by the municipality from any property, building or facility owned, leased or operated by the municipality or any agency or authority established by the municipality, or from repayments of loans, may be used to pay redevelopment project costs, or reduce outstanding obligations of the municipality incurred under this Division for redevelopment project costs. The municipality may place such revenues in the special tax allocation fund which shall be held by the municipal treasurer or other person designated by the municipality. Revenue received by the municipality from the sale or other disposition of real property acquired by the municipality with the proceeds of obligations funded by tax increment allocation financing shall be deposited by the municipality in the special tax allocation fund.
(Source: P.A. 93-298, eff. 7-23-03.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-11

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-11)
    Sec. 11-74.4-11. If any Section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of this Division is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect any remaining portion, Section or part thereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision.
(Source: P.A. 79-1525.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-12

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-12)
    Sec. 11-74.4-12. Metro East Police District. A municipality may use moneys from the special tax allocation fund to hire police officers, if the corporate authorities of the municipality determine by ordinance or resolution that, as a result of the development associated with the tax increment financing, more police officers are needed to protect the public health and safety of the residents, and the municipality is: (i) within the territory of the Metro East Police District created under the Metro East Police District Act, or (ii) contiguous to 2 or more municipalities within the territory of the Metro East Police District and having a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants, according to the 2000 federal census. The moneys used to hire police officers may amount to no more than 10% of the funds available.
(Source: P.A. 97-971, eff. 1-1-13.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 74.5

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 74.5 heading)
DIVISION 74.5. MUNICIPAL HOUSING FINANCE LAW

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-1)
    Sec. 11-74.5-1. This Division 74.5 may be referred to as the Municipal Housing Finance Law.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-2)
    Sec. 11-74.5-2. Whenever used in this Division:
    (a) "Appraised value" means the fair market value of a home determined in accordance with generally accepted procedures and standards applicable to the appraisal of real property.
    (b) "Bonds" means any revenue bonds authorized under this Division and payable as provided hereunder.
    (c) "Corporate authorities" means the corporate authorities as defined in this Illinois Municipal Code.
    (d) "Home" means real property and improvements thereon located within the municipality consisting of not more than 4 dwelling units, including but not limited to, condominium units owned by one mortgagor who occupies or intends to occupy one of such units.
    (e) "Home mortgage loan" means an interest bearing loan to a mortgagor evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a mortgage on a home, purchased or originated in accordance with this Division made for the purpose of acquiring a home having an appraised value or a purchase price, whichever is less, of not less than the minimum home value and less than the maximum home value.
    (f) "Lender" means any lending institution participating in a residential housing finance plan as the originator of home mortgage loans or as a servicing agent for home mortgage loans.
    (g) "Lending institution" means any bank, bank holding company, credit union, trust company, savings bank, national banking association, savings and loan association, building and loan association, mortgage banker or other financial institution which customarily provides service or otherwise aids in the financing of home mortgages, or any holding company for any of the foregoing.
    (h) "Maximum home value" means the amount determined by the corporate authorities.
    (i) "Minimum home value" means the amount determined by the corporate authorities.
    (j) "Mortgagor" means a person of low or moderate income and who has received or qualifies to receive a home mortgage loan on a home.
    (k) "Municipality" means a municipality as defined in this Illinois Municipal Code.
    (l) "Ordinance" means an ordinance adopted and approved by the corporate authorities of a municipality.
    (m) "Purchase price" means the actual consideration paid to the seller of a home.
    (n) "Person" means a natural person or persons or a trust, provided that such trust is for the benefit of a natural person or members of such person's immediate family.
    (o) "Participation commitment" means any undertaking or agreement by a lending institution to participate in the implementation of a residential housing finance plan.
    (p) "Persons of low or moderate income" means a person or family (consisting of one or more persons all of whom occupy or will occupy the home) whose aggregate gross income including the gross income of any co-signer or guarantor of the promissory note made in connection with the making of a home mortgage loan does not exceed a maximum amount to be established by the corporate authorities and determined in accordance with appropriate criteria, rules and regulations, approved by the corporate authorities in connection with the implementation of a residential housing finance plan.
    (q) "Residential housing finance plan" means a program implemented under this Division by a municipality to assist persons of low or moderate income in acquiring safe, decent and sanitary housing which they can afford.
    (r) "Trustee" means any State or national bank or trust company, having trust powers, located within or outside the State of Illinois, which may be appointed to act in any capacity with respect to a residential housing finance plan and the issuance of bonds to finance such plan whether designated as a trustee, custodian or administrator.
(Source: P.A. 90-706, eff. 8-7-98.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-3)
    Sec. 11-74.5-3. In addition to powers which a municipality may now have, municipalities have the following powers:
    (a) To acquire, and to contract and enter into advance commitments to acquire, directly or indirectly, home mortgages owned or originated by lending institutions at such prices and upon such other terms and conditions as shall be determined by such municipality or trustee as it may designate as its agent;
    (b) To make and execute contracts with lending institutions for the origination and servicing of home mortgage loans on behalf of a municipality and to pay the reasonable value of services rendered in accordance with such contracts;
    (c) To make loans to lenders to enable such lenders to make home mortgage loans in accordance with this Division;
    (d) To establish, by rules or regulations, by ordinances relating to any issuance of bonds or in any financing documents relating to such issuance, such standards and requirements applicable to the purchase of home mortgage loans or the origination of home mortgage loans or loans to lenders as such municipality deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the public purposes of this Act, including but not limited to: (i) the time within which lending institutions must make participation commitments and make disbursements for home mortgage loans; (ii) the terms and conditions of home mortgage loans to be acquired or originated; (iii) the standards and criteria to be applied by the municipality in defining persons of low or moderate income; (iv) the amounts and types of insurance coverage required on homes, home mortgage loans and bonds; (v) the representations and warranties to be required of persons and lending institutions as evidence of compliance with such standards and requirements; (vi) restrictions as to interest rate and other terms of home mortgage loans or the return realized therefrom by lending institutions; (vii) the type and amount of collateral security to be provided to assure repayment of any loans to lenders by such municipalities and to assure repayment of bonds; and (viii) any other matters related to the purchase or origination of home mortgage loans or the making of loans to lenders as shall be deemed relevant or necessary by the corporate authorities of such municipality.
    (e) To require from each lending institution from which home mortgage loans are to be purchased or which will originate home mortgage loans on behalf of the municipality or from lenders to which loans are made, the submission, at the time of making participation commitments, of evidence satisfactory to such municipality of the ability and intention of such lending institution to make home mortgage loans, and the submission, within the time specified by such municipality for making disbursements for home mortgage loans, of evidence satisfactory to such municipality of the making of home mortgage loans and of compliance with any standards and requirements established by such municipality.
    (f) To require that a lending institution or lender furnish, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of any participation commitment by a lending institution, a commitment fee in the form of a cash deposit, letter of credit, promissory note, surety bond or other instrument approved by the corporate authorities executed by or on behalf of such lending institution, in an amount to be determined by the corporate authorities.
    (g) To issue its bonds to defray, in whole or in part (i) the cost of acquiring or originating home mortgage loans or making loans to lenders in order to enable them to make home mortgage loans; (ii) if deemed necessary or advisable, the costs of paying interest on bonds during a reasonable period necessary to acquire or originate the home mortgage loans or to make the loans to lender, (iii) the costs of studies and surveys, insurance premiums, underwriting fees, legal, accounting and marketing services incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds, including amounts required to establish reasonably necessary bond and interest reserve accounts, and trustee, custodian and rating agency fees; (iv) the costs of reasonable reserves; and (v) such other costs as are reasonably related to the foregoing.
    (h) To authorize the sale or other disposition of any home mortgage loan, in whole or in part, upon such terms, at such prices and times, and from time to time, as may be necessary to assure that the revenues and receipts to be derived with respect to the home mortgage loans, together with any insurance proceeds, funds held in reserve accounts and earnings thereon, shall produce and provide revenues and receipts at least sufficient to provide for the prompt payment of the principal of, redemption premiums, if any, and interest at maturity of all bonds issued pursuant to this Division or to otherwise authorize the sale or other disposition of any home mortgage loan after the bonds have been paid or deemed to be paid.
    (i) To pledge any revenues and receipts to be received from any home mortgage loans to the punctual payment of bonds authorized under this Division, and the interest and redemption premiums, if any, thereon.
    (j) To mortgage, pledge or grant security interests in any home mortgage loans, notes or other property in favor of the holder or holders of bonds issued therefor.
    (k) to issue its bonds in such amount as may be necessary (and not limited by the amount of bonds refunded) for the purpose of refunding, in whole or in part at any time, bonds theretofore issued by such municipality under authority of this Division, the proceeds of which refunding bonds may be used, at the discretion of the corporate authorities, for paying bonds at maturity, calling bonds for payment and paying bonds prior to maturity, or for deposit into an escrow or trust fund in advance of maturity of bonds to be held for payment thereof at maturity or earlier.
    (l) To appoint or designate a trustee or trustees for the benefit of the bondholders and to delegate and assign thereto, insofar as it may lawfully do so, its rights, duties and responsibilities with respect to carrying out and enforcing the terms and provisions of its residential housing finance plan.
    (m) To provide for and authorize the use and disposition of any funds remaining in the possession of the municipality (or trustees) following payment and retirement of, or following the making of provision for the payment of, the bonds of a designated series issued pursuant to this Division.
    (n) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of any of the powers granted herein.
(Source: P.A. 90-706, eff. 8-7-98.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-4)
    Sec. 11-74.5-4. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 82-783. Repealed by P.A. 90-706, eff. 8-7-98.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-5)
    Sec. 11-74.5-5. The exercise of any or all powers granted by this Division shall be authorized and the bonds shall be authorized to be issued under this Division for the purposes set forth in this Act, by an ordinance adopted by the corporate authorities of a municipality which shall take effect immediately upon adoption. Any such ordinance shall set forth a finding and declaration (i) of the public purpose therefor and (ii) that such ordinance is adopted pursuant to this Division, which finding and declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the existence and sufficiency of the public purpose and of the power to carry out and give effect to such public purposes.
    The bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates (subject only to the limitations set forth in paragraph (a) of Section 11-74.5-4 and without regard to any other law pertaining to interest rate limitations), may be payable at such time or times, may be in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption at such premiums, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as the corporate authorities shall provide. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at such price, in such manner and upon such terms as the corporate authorities may determine. Pending the preparation of definitive bonds and in anticipation thereof, interim notes, in such form and with such provisions as may be authorized by the corporate authorities, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this Division. The bonds and interim notes shall be deemed to be securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(Source: P.A. 90-706, eff. 8-7-98.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-6)
    Sec. 11-74.5-6. Any ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds under this Division may contain covenants regarding (a) the use and disposition of the revenues and receipts from any home mortgage loans for which the bonds are to be issued, including the creation and maintenance of such reasonable and adequate reserves as the corporate authorities may determine; (b) the insurance to be carried on any home mortgage loan or bonds and the use and disposition of the proceeds of such insurance; (c) the appointment of one or more trustees for the benefit of the bondholders, paying agents or bond registrars; (d) the investment of any funds held by such trustees or lender; (e) the maximum interest rate payable on any home mortgage loan (subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 11-74.5-4); and (f) the terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds or any portion thereof, or any trustees therefor, are entitled to the appointment of a receiver by a court of competent jurisdiction, and such terms and conditions may provide that the receiver may take possession of the home mortgage loans or any part thereof and maintain, sell or otherwise dispose of such home mortgage loans, prescribe other payments and collect, receive and apply all income and revenues thereafter derived therefrom. An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Division may provide that payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on any bonds issued under this Division shall be secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust of or with respect to such home mortgage loans and a lien upon the revenues and receipts derived therefrom or from any notes or other obligations of lending institutions, with respect to which the bonds are issued. Such mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust may contain such covenants and agreements as may be necessary or appropriate to safeguard the interests of the holders of the bonds and shall be executed in the manner authorized by the ordinance authorizing the bonds. The provisions of this Division and any such ordinance and any such mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust shall constitute a contract with the holder or holders of the bonds and continue in effect until the principal of, the interest on, and the redemption premiums, if any, on the bonds have been fully paid or provision made for the payment thereof, and the duties of the municipality and its corporate authorities and officers under this Division and any such ordinance and any such mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust shall be enforceable as provided therein by any bondholder by mandamus, foreclosure of any such mortgage, pledge, security interest or indenture of trust or other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction; provided the ordinance or any mortgage, pledge, security interest, insurance agreement or indenture of trust under which the bonds are issued may provide that all such remedies and rights to enforcement may be vested in a trustee (with full power of appointment) for the benefit of all the bondholders, which trustee shall be subject to the control of such number of holders or owners of any outstanding bonds as provided therein.
(Source: P.A. 81-580.)

65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.5-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.5-7)
    Sec. 11-74.5-7. The bonds shall bear the manual or facsimile signatures of such officers of a municipality as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing such bonds and such signatures shall constitute the valid and binding signatures of such officers, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of such municipality. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the home mortgage loans acquired or made from proceeds of the bonds. A recital in the bonds that they are issued pursuant to this Division shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
(Source: P.A. 81-580.)