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| | SB0549 Engrossed | | LRB097 04360 RLJ 44399 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-74.4-12 as follows:
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| 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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