HB4872 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4872

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/8-1-19 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall receive a waiver from paying a required match to a State grant of State moneys if the municipality meets all the other requirements needed for approval of the grant and submits documentation to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, in a form and manner prescribed by the Office, that the municipality: (1) has a population under 25,000; (2) has over 13% of its residents under the federal poverty guidelines; (3) has had a negative fund balance within the past 5 years; or (4) has at least twice the debt compared to the retail market value of the municipality's real and personal property and moneys in the municipality's accounts.. Effective July 1, 2025.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 8-1-19 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/8-1-19 new)

Sec. 8-1-19. Matching payments for grants. A municipality shall receive a waiver from paying a required match to a State grant of State moneys if the municipality meets all the other requirements needed for approval of the grant and submits documentation to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, in a form and manner prescribed by the Office, that the municipality:

(1) has a population under 25,000;

(2) has over 13% of its residents under the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2);

(3) has had a negative fund balance within the past 5 years; or

(4) has at least twice the debt compared to the retail market value of the municipality's real and personal property and moneys in the municipality's accounts.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025.