Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1539

Deletes everything. Creates the Development Impact Fee Authorization for Local Governments Act. Provides that municipalities and counties are authorized to adopt development impact fee ordinances and to impose, collect, and expend development impact fees for all public facilities capital improvements. Sets forth the requirements for development fee impact ordinances. Sets forth uses for which development impact fees may be imposed and expended. Provides that moneys received from development impact fees shall be placed in a separate fund and accounted for separately and may be used only for authorized purposes. Sets forth procedures for public hearings, appeals, and judicial review of development impact fee ordinances. Provides that units of local government and school districts that are jointly affected by developments may enter into intergovernmental agreements with each other, with other governmental authorities, or with the State to create, assess, collect, and expend development impact fees. Provides that a municipality or county may, in its sole discretion, require a developer to dedicate land in place of development impact fees. Provides that this Act shall not prevent a municipality from acting in accordance with any planning or zoning powers under the Illinois Municipal Code and shall not prevent a county from acting in accordance with any planning or zoning powers under the Counties Code. Provides that all development impact fees must be expended or encumbered within 20 years or else must be refunded. Provides that, no later than 2 years after the effective date of this Act, municipalities and counties must amend any existing development impact fee ordinances to comply with the requirements of this Act. Provides that this Act applies only to road impact fee ordinances adopted after the effective date of this Act. Effective January 1, 2004.

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