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Full Text of SB0549 97th General Assembly

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SB0549eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0549 Engrossed LRB097 04360 RLJ 44399 b

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 adding
5 Section 11-74.4-12 as follows:

6     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-12 new)
7     Sec. 11-74.4-12. Financially distressed cities.
8     A municipality may use moneys from the special tax
9 allocation fund to hire police officers, if the corporate
10 authorities of the municipality determine by ordinance or
11 resolution that, as a result of the development associated with
12 the tax increment financing, more police officers are needed to
13 protect the public health and safety of the residents, and the
14 municipality: (i) has been designated as a financially
15 distressed city, as defined in the Financially Distressed City
16 Law, or (ii) has a median household income of less than 200% of
17 the federal poverty level. The moneys used to hire police
18 officers may amount to no more than 10% of the funds available.

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