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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 Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6is amended by adding Section 605-1115 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1115 new)
8    Sec. 605-1115. Task Force on Interjurisdictional
9Industrial Zoning Impacts.
10    (a) The General Assembly finds that industrial
11developments typically have regional impacts, both positive
12and negative. Those impacts extend beyond the zoning authority
13of the unit of local government where the development is
14located. Units of local government may experience impacts on
15public health, public safety, the environment, traffic,
16property values, population, and other considerations as a
17result of industrial development occurring outside of the
18their zoning jurisdiction, including areas adjacent to their
19borders.
20    (b) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
21Zoning Impacts is created within the Department of Commerce
22and Economic Opportunity. The Task Force shall examine the
23following:

 

 

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1        (1) current State and local zoning laws and policies
2    related to large industrial developments;
3        (2) current State and local laws and policies related
4    to annexation;
5        (3) State and local zoning and annexation laws and
6    policies outside of Illinois;
7        (4) the potential impacts of large industrial
8    developments on neighboring units of local government,
9    including how those developments may affect residential
10    communities;
11        (5) trends in industrial zoning across urban,
12    suburban, and rural regions of Illinois;
13        (6) available methodologies to determine the impact of
14    large industrial developments; and
15        (7) outcomes in recent zoning proceedings for large
16    industrial developments or attempts to develop properties
17    for large industrial purposes, including the recent
18    attempt to convert a 101 acre campus in Lake County near
19    Deerfield.
20    (c) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
21Zoning Impacts shall consist of the following members:
22        (1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
23    or his or her designee;
24        (2) one member, appointed by the President of the
25    Senate, representing a statewide organization of
26    municipalities described in Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois

 

 

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1    Municipal Code;
2        (3) one member, appointed by the President of the
3    Senate, representing a regional association of
4    municipalities and mayors;
5        (4) one member, appointed by the President of the
6    Senate, representing a regional association that
7    represents the commercial real estate industry;
8        (5) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
9    of Representatives, representing a statewide association
10    representing counties;
11        (6) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
12    of Representatives, representing a regional association of
13    municipalities and mayors;
14        (7) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
15    the Senate, representing a statewide professional economic
16    development association;
17        (8) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
18    the House of Representatives, representing a statewide
19    association of park districts;
20        (9) one member representing a statewide labor
21    organization, appointed by the Governor;
22        (10) one member representing the Office of the
23    Governor, appointed by the Governor;
24        (11) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
25    President of the Senate;
26        (12) one member of the Senate, appointed by the

 

 

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1    Minority Leader of the Senate;
2        (13) one member of the House of Representatives,
3    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
4        (14) one member of the House of Representatives,
5    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
6    Representatives; and
7        (15) one member representing a statewide manufacturing
8    association, appointed by the Governor.
9    (d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
10compensation. The Department of Commerce and Economic
11Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task
12Force.
13    (e) The Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months.
14Upon the first meeting of the Task Force, the members of the
15Task Force shall elect a chairperson of the Task Force.
16    (f) The Task Force shall prepare a report on its findings
17concerning zoning for large industrial development and
18associated interjurisdictional impacts, including any
19recommendations. The report shall be submitted to the Governor
20and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2025.
21    (g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.