101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5611

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-12-9  from Ch. 24, par. 11-12-9

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that for territory located within 5 miles of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, if one or more municipalities have agreed upon a jurisdictional boundary line and an application for annexation, zoning change, or a similar development request has been made by a third party to one of the municipalities that is a party to such an agreement or agreements, then the agreement or agreements between each of the municipalities are automatically extended for a period of 20 years from the date the application or development request is filed if: (1) as of the date the application or development request is filed, a boundary agreement expired within the last calendar year or there is less than 10 years remaining on a boundary agreement or agreements between municipalities; (2) the proposed development is in excess of 500 acres; and (3) the proposed development is located within 2 miles of any jurisdictional boundary line set forth in a boundary agreement or agreements or the proposed development would require annexing land that is designated to another municipality under an existing boundary agreement. Provides that the provisions modify existing boundary line agreements and apply retroactively to applications for annexation, zoning change, or a similar development request made on or after January 1, 2020. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-12-9 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-12-9)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-12-9)
7    Sec. 11-12-9. If unincorporated territory is within one and
8one-half miles of the boundaries of two or more corporate
9authorities that have adopted official plans, the corporate
10authorities involved may agree upon a line which shall mark the
11boundaries of the jurisdiction of each of the corporate
12authorities who have adopted such agreement. On and after
13September 24, 1987, such agreement may provide that one or more
14of the municipalities shall not annex territory which lies
15within the jurisdiction of any other municipality, as
16established by such line. In the absence of such a boundary
17line agreement, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as
18a limitation on the power of any municipality to annex
19territory. In arriving at an agreement for a jurisdictional
20boundary line, the corporate authorities concerned shall give
21consideration to the natural flow of storm water drainage, and,
22when practical, shall include all of any single tract having
23common ownership within the jurisdiction of one corporate

 

 

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1authority. Such agreement shall not become effective until
2copies thereof, certified as to adoption by the municipal
3clerks of the respective municipalities, have been filed in the
4Recorder's Office and made available in the office of the
5municipal clerk of each agreeing municipality.
6    Any agreement for a jurisdictional boundary line shall be
7valid for such term of years as may be stated therein, but not
8to exceed 20 years, and if no term is stated, shall be valid
9for a term of 20 years. The term of such agreement may be
10extended, renewed or revised at the end of the initial or
11extended term thereof by further agreement of the
12municipalities.
13    For territory located within 5 miles of the Midewin
14National Tallgrass Prairie, if one or more municipalities have
15agreed upon a jurisdictional boundary line and an application
16for annexation, zoning change, or a similar development request
17has been made by a third party to one of the municipalities
18that is a party to such an agreement or agreements, the
19agreement or agreements between each of the municipalities are
20automatically extended for a period of 20 years from the date
21the application or development request is filed if: (1) as of
22the date the application or development request is filed, a
23boundary agreement expired within the last calendar year or
24there is less than 10 years remaining on a boundary agreement
25or agreements between municipalities; (2) the proposed
26development is in excess of 500 acres; and (3) the proposed

 

 

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1development is located within 2 miles of any jurisdictional
2boundary line set forth in a boundary agreement or agreements
3or the proposed development would require annexing land that is
4designated to another municipality under an existing boundary
5agreement.
6    In the absence of such agreement, the jurisdiction of any
7one of the corporate authorities shall extend to a median line
8equidistant from its boundary and the boundary of the other
9corporate authority nearest to the boundary of the first
10corporate authority at any given point on the line.
11    On and after January 1, 2006, no corporate authority may
12enter into an agreement pursuant to this Section unless, not
13less than 30 days and not more than 120 days prior to formal
14approval thereof by the corporate authority, it shall have
15first provided public notice of the proposed boundary agreement
16by both of the following:
17        (1) the posting of a public notice for not less than 15
18    consecutive days in the same location at which notices of
19    village board or city council meetings are posted; and
20        (2) publication on at least one occasion in a newspaper
21    of general circulation within the territory that is subject
22    to the proposed agreement.
23The validity of a boundary agreement may not be legally
24challenged on the grounds that the notice as required by this
25Section was not properly given unless the challenge is
26initiated within 12 months after the formal approval of the

 

 

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1boundary agreement.
2    An agreement that addresses jurisdictional boundary lines
3shall be entirely unenforceable for any party thereto that
4subsequently enters into another agreement that addresses
5jurisdictional boundary lines that is in conflict with any of
6the terms of the first agreement without the consent of all
7parties to the first agreement. For purposes of this Section,
8it shall not be considered a "conflict" when a municipality
9that is a party to a jurisdictional boundary line agreement
10cedes property within its own jurisdiction to another
11municipality not a party to the same jurisdictional boundary
12line agreement.
13    This amendatory Act of 1990 is declarative of the existing
14law and shall not be construed to modify or amend existing
15boundary line agreements, nor shall it be construed to create
16powers of a municipality not already in existence.
17    Except for those provisions to take effect prospectively,
18this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly is declarative
19of existing law and shall not be construed to modify or amend
20existing boundary line agreements entered into on or before the
21effective date of this amendatory Act, nor shall it be
22construed to create powers of a municipality not already in
23existence on the effective date of this amendatory Act.
24    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 101st
25General Assembly modify existing boundary line agreements and
26apply retroactively to applications for annexation, zoning

 

 

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1change, or a similar development request made on or after
2January 1, 2020.
3(Source: P.A. 99-292, eff. 8-6-15.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.