Rep. Ricca Slone

Filed: 5/19/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1906

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1906, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Local Planning Technical Assistance Act is
6 amended by adding Sections 34 and 42 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 662/34 new)
8     Sec. 34. Priority Funding Advisory Committee.
9     (a) The Priority Funding Advisory Committee is established
10 to develop detailed criteria for use by the Department, if the
11 Department is authorized to designate priority funding areas,
12 for designation of priority funding areas and for making
13 funding decisions for those areas. In developing these
14 criteria, the Committee may consider giving preference to (i)
15 areas where there is existing public infrastructure, (ii) units
16 of local government that have adopted zoning or other
17 ordinances that promote the compact and mixed-use development,
18 and (iii) units of local government that participate in an
19 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council established under
20 Section 5-1130 of the Counties Code.
21     (b) The committee shall consist of 19 members as follows:
22 (i) the Director, or his or her designee, of the following: the
23 Department of Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection
24 Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the Governor's

 

 

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1 Office of Management and Budget; (ii) the Secretary of
2 Transportation, or his or her designee; (iii) the Chairman of
3 the Illinois Housing Development Authority, or his or her
4 designee; (iv) the Executive Director of the Capital
5 Development Board, or his or her designee; (v) the presiding
6 officer, or his or her designee, of the following: the Illinois
7 Association of Regional Councils, the Northeastern Illinois
8 Planning Commission, the Southwestern Illinois Metro Planning
9 Commission, the Illinois Municipal League, and the
10 Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; (vi) a representative of county
11 government from outside the boundaries of the Northeastern
12 Illinois Planning Commission and the Southwestern Illinois
13 Metro Planning Commission; (vii) one member of the General
14 Assembly appointed by each of the following: the Speaker of the
15 House, the House Minority Leader, the President of the Senate,
16 and the Senate Minority Leader; and (viii) 2 public members
17 appointed by the Governor. The Director of the Department of
18 Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall serve as the chair of
19 the committee. Ten members shall constitute a quorum. Members
20 of the committee are not entitled to compensation for their
21 services as members but are entitled to reimbursement for all
22 necessary expenses incurred in connection with the performance
23 of their duties as members.
24     (c) The committee shall conduct a minimum of 8 meetings and
25 shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly within
26 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
27 93rd General Assembly concerning its recommendations and a
28 timetable for implementing funding for priority funding areas
29 and Intergovernmental Cooperation Councils.
 
30     (20 ILCS 662/42 new)
31     Sec. 42. Local Planning Task Force.
32     (a) The Local Planning Task Force is hereby created. The
33 Task Force shall consist of the following members: (i) the

 

 

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1 Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her
2 designee, who shall serve as the chair of the Task Force; (ii)
3 the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee; (iii)
4 the Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, or
5 his or her designee; (iv) the Director of Natural Resources, or
6 his or designee; (v) the Director of the Environmental
7 Protection Agency, or his or her designee; and (vi) the
8 Director of Agriculture, or his or her designee.
9     (b) The Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair.
10 Meetings of the Task Force are subject to the Open Meetings
11 Act, and the Task Force must afford an opportunity for public
12 comment at each of its meetings.
13     (c) The Task Force shall:
14         (1) Identify existing State planning programs within
15     the State departments and agencies represented on the Task
16     Force.
17         (2) Recommend that the State departments or agencies
18     responsible for the identified programs adopt rules to
19     require those programs to comply with Section 25 of this
20     Act.
21         (3) Identify additional State resources to provide
22     local planning grants.
23         (4) Report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2004
24     concerning the completion of the tasks required by this
25     Section.
 
26     Section 10. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
27 Act is amended by adding Section 2.8 as follows:
 
28     (20 ILCS 3005/2.8 new)
29     Sec. 2.8. Authorization of funding for proposed projects or
30 activities; review of negative interagency review comments and
31 findings. If a Department or Agency of the State has conducted
32 an interagency review of a proposed project or activity and if

 

 

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1 the Department or Agency has received negative comments or
2 findings as a result of that interagency review, then the
3 Office must review those comments and findings before funding
4 may be authorized for the proposed project or activity.
 
5     Section 15. The Regional Planning Commission Act is
6 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
7     (50 ILCS 15/1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1021)
8     Sec. 1. Governing bodies of counties, cities, or other
9 local governmental units, when authorized by the Department of
10 Commerce and Community Affairs, may cooperate with the
11 governing bodies of the counties and cities or other governing
12 bodies of any adjoining state or states in the creation of a
13 joint planning commission where such cooperation has been
14 authorized by law by the adjoining state or states. Such a
15 joint planning commission may be designated to be a regional or
16 metropolitan planning commission and shall have powers, duties
17 and functions as authorized by "An Act to provide for regional
18 planning and for the creation, organization and powers of
19 regional planning commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as
20 heretofore or hereafter amended, and, as agreed among the
21 governing bodies. Such a planning commission shall be a legal
22 entity for all purposes.
23     An Intergovernmental Cooperation Council created in
24 accordance with Section 5-1130 of the Counties Code may serve
25 as the planning commission if so designated by the county board
26 as provided in that Section.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-1509; revised 12-6-03.)
 
28     Section 20. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
29 5-1130 as follows:
 
30     (55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 5-1130. Intergovernmental Cooperation Council.
2     (a) The purpose of this Section is to provide a framework
3 and incentives for intergovernmental cooperation for
4 development and implementation of coordinated land use,
5 transportation, and infrastructure plans that reduce traffic
6 congestion, conserve land, provide housing conveniently
7 accessible to jobs, and make the most efficient use of public
8 infrastructure investments.
9     (b) A county board may, by resolution, establish an
10 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council ("Council") with its
11 membership consisting of the mayor of each municipality within
12 the county, up to 6 county board members, and such other
13 members as may be determined by the county and municipal
14 members, except that the number of county board members
15 appointed to the Council shall not exceed the number of mayors
16 appointed to the Council. The county board members shall be
17 appointed by the chairman of the county board. If the county
18 has an existing planning commission that was established by the
19 county board under the Regional Planning Commission Act or
20 under Division 5-14 of the Counties Code, then the county board
21 may designate that planning commission as the
22 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council for that county. If the
23 county is within the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
24 or the Southwestern Illinois Metro Planning Commission, then
25 the county board may designate that commission as the
26 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council for the county.
27     Within 60 days after the establishment of an
28 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council in accordance with this
29 Section, the Council must notify the Department of Commerce and
30 Economic Opportunity of the establishment of the Council and
31 the identity of the Council members.
32     Each municipal and county board representative shall be
33 entitled to a vote; the other members shall be nonvoting
34 members, unless authorized to vote by the unanimous consent of

 

 

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1 the voting members.
2     A municipality that is located in more than one county may
3 choose, at the time of formation of the Council, to participate
4 in the Council program of either or both of the counties.
5     The Council shall adopt by-laws, by a majority vote of the
6 county and municipal members, to govern the functions of the
7 Council and its subcommittees.
8     Officers of the Council shall include a chair and vice
9 chair, one of whom shall be a county representative and one a
10 municipal representative.
11     Principal duties of the Council, as further described in
12 this Section, shall be (i) to develop coordinated land use,
13 transportation, and infrastructure plans and intergovernmental
14 Local Land Resource Management Plans that address the elements
15 of a comprehensive plan under Section 25 of the Local Planning
16 Technical Assistance Act and that foster intergovernmental
17 cooperation and (ii) to direct implementation and revision of
18 the plans and procedures.
19     The Council must coordinate all plans and activities with
20 any Economic Development Districts designated by the Economic
21 Development Administration Division of the U.S. Department of
22 Commerce that are within the county.
23     The Council may retain planning, mediation, negotiation,
24 engineering, legal, and financial advisors and administrative
25 personnel, subject to the budgetary, purchasing, and personnel
26 policies of the county.
27     The Council shall meet at least quarterly and shall hold at
28 least one public hearing during the preparation of each plan.
29     (c) The county board may, by resolution, assign the
30 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council to serve as the county
31 planning commission as provided in Division 5-14 and in the
32 Regional Planning Commission Act. In counties exercising this
33 option, the Council shall assume all the duties and
34 responsibilities of the county planning commission and the

 

 

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1 Local Land Resource Management Plan shall meet the requirements
2 of and serve as the county plan as provided in Section 5-14001.
3     (d) The Intergovernmental Cooperation Council shall have
4 the responsibility to prepare, for recommendation to the county
5 board, a Local Land Resource Management Plan for all or
6 substantial portions of the county. The Local Land Resource
7 Management Plan shall, to the greatest extent practical,
8 include coordinated land use, transportation, and
9 infrastructure plans and encourage development and
10 redevelopment patterns that reduce traffic congestion, support
11 transit, conserve land, protect natural resources, provide
12 housing conveniently accessible to jobs, and make the most
13 efficient use of public infrastructure investments. The Local
14 Land Resource Management Plan should incorporate (i) municipal
15 and intergovernmental plans and other countywide plans and (ii)
16 the elements of a comprehensive plan under Section 25 of the
17 Local Planning Technical Assistance Act, to the greatest extent
18 practical.
19     (e) The Intergovernmental Cooperation Council may prepare,
20 for recommendation to the county board, a procedure for
21 intergovernmental cooperation that provides for:
22         (1) an efficient and timely process for
23     intergovernmental review of public and private land use,
24     development, and transportation proposals with greater
25     than local impacts; and
26         (2) a voluntary procedure for early resolution of
27     intergovernmental disputes regarding public and private
28     land use, development, transportation, and annexation
29     actions, prior to administrative or judicial hearings.
30     Public and private land use, development, and
31 transportation proposals with greater than local impact shall
32 require notification to interested governments, which shall
33 include, at a minimum: (i) any local government with
34 jurisdiction over the property in question; (ii) the county;

 

 

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1 (iii) adjacent municipalities; (iv) the Metropolitan Planning
2 Organization or any other regional transportation agency; and
3 (v) any regional planning agency established by State law
4 having jurisdiction for the county. It shall be the
5 responsibility of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council to
6 establish definitions and procedures for implementation of
7 this subsection. The notification requirement shall extend to
8 any local development project that meets certain threshold
9 conditions as to size and probable impact as defined by the
10 Intergovernmental Cooperation Council. Within 45 days after
11 notification, notified entities must prepare and submit
12 comments. The sponsoring government may hold a meeting with
13 interested parties to discuss and seek resolution of issues
14 raised in the comments. Completion of notification and
15 responsiveness to comments shall enhance the priority position
16 for State funding in support of the proposed project.
17     (f) An Intergovernmental Cooperation Council may develop a
18 procedure providing for the early voluntary resolution of
19 intergovernmental disputes. These procedures shall allow local
20 governmental entities to request the Council to review disputes
21 regarding public and private land use, development,
22 transportation, and annexation actions, prior to seeking
23 administrative or judicial hearings. The Council shall review
24 actions only if each party to the dispute requests it. In
25 conducting the review, the Council shall provide each party the
26 opportunity to present its case. In making its finding the
27 Council shall determine whether the proposed action on the part
28 of the first party does in fact have a negative impact on the
29 second party, and if so, identify an appropriate mitigation or
30 alternative course of action. In making its decision, the
31 Council shall consider the adopted Local Land Resource
32 Management Plan and any other plans prepared by the Council.
33 The Council shall forward its written findings to the governing
34 body of each party. The findings of the Council shall be

 

 

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1 non-binding and shall in no case affect the ability of each
2 party to pursue other administrative or judicial hearings,
3 unless otherwise agreed in writing by each party.
4     (g) In the preparation of its plans, the Intergovernmental
5 Cooperation Council shall coordinate the planning process with
6 any regional or multi-county planning agency having
7 jurisdiction for the county and shall coordinate with each
8 adjoining county to ensure that recommended plans and projects
9 have minimum adverse impacts. An adopted Local Land Resource
10 Management Plan and any other plan prepared by the Council
11 shall identify steps taken to coordinate the development of
12 plan recommendations with adjoining counties and any regional
13 or multi-county planning agency having jurisdiction for the
14 county.
15     (h) A unit of local government shall receive priority
16 consideration for State grants and other State programs if the
17 affected unit of local government is located in a county that
18 has: (i) established an Intergovernmental Cooperation Council;
19 (ii) adopted a Local Land Resource Management Plan that has
20 been deemed to be "joint and compatible" by resolution of the
21 affected unit of local government; and (iii) established
22 procedures for intergovernmental review.
23     (i) The powers granted under this Section are in addition
24 to any other powers granted under any other law.
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
26 1, 2006, except that Section 5 and this Section take effect
27 upon becoming law.".