Sen. Michael W. Halpin

Filed: 5/21/2025

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3493

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3493 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended
5by adding Section 10.20 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3105/10.20 new)
7    Sec. 10.20. Local regulation of State facilities.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as
9otherwise provided in this Section, no ordinance or permitting
10requirement of a unit of local government shall be enforced
11against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or
12installation of a State facility, other than an ordinance or
13permitting requirement that is (i) an ordinance or permitting
14requirement of a sanitary district or an ordinance or
15permitting requirement regulating a municipally-owned
16wastewater system and (ii) mandated by State or federal laws,

 

 

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1rules, or regulations or related to environmental protection,
2as supported by industry standards.
3    Upon the Board's request, a sanitary district or unit of
4local government regulating a municipally-owned wastewater
5system must provide to the Board information that verifies
6that an ordinance or permitting requirement described in
7subsection (a) is mandated by State or federal laws, rules, or
8regulations or that an ordinance or permitting requirement
9described in subsection (a) related to environmental
10protection is supported by industry standards.
11    (b) The Board shall coordinate with local utilities
12regarding utility connection requirements and procedures.
13    (c) Before undertaking any activity involving the
14construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of
15any State facility, the Board shall coordinate and consult
16with the units of local government that are responsible for
17providing utility and fire protection services to that State
18facility in order to ensure that utility and fire protection
19services can be provided by the unit of local government to the
20State facility in the most effective manner.
21    (d) Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from
22compliance with any State or federal mandate. This Section
23does not relieve the Board from the obligation to compensate
24units of local governments for fair and reasonable connection,
25restoration, or impact costs.
26    (e) This Section applies to the construction,

 

 

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1reconstruction, improvement, and installation of State
2facilities that is ongoing on the effective date of this
3amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly and to all
4projects that begin on or after the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
6    (f) This Section does not apply to a municipality with
7more than 500,000 inhabitants that has entered into one or
8more comprehensive or project-specific agreements with the
9Board establishing terms explicitly agreed upon as alternative
10or supplemental to this Section. Nothing in this Section shall
11prohibit those municipalities from regulating the use of the
12public right-of-way, including streets, sidewalks, and alleys,
13in connection with the construction, reconstruction,
14improvement, or installation of a State facility. In those
15municipalities, the Board shall comply with all applicable
16municipal regulations governing street closures, temporary
17traffic control, and pedestrian access in the same manner
18required of private entities.
19    (g) A home rule unit may not regulate the construction,
20reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State
21facility in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section.
22This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
23of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
24exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
25by the State.
26    (h) As used in this Section:

 

 

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1    "Fair and reasonable connection, restoration, or impact
2costs" means demonstrated costs incurred by the unit of local
3government that (i) directly result from the Board's use of or
4impact on local infrastructure or (ii) are consistent with
5similar costs that are applied to non-governmental capital
6projects.
7    "State facility" means any capital project under the
8authority of the Capital Development Board.".