093_HB3400
LRB093 11206 MKM 12244 b
1 AN ACT concerning land use planning.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Regional Planning Commission Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1021)
7 Sec. 1. Governing bodies of counties, cities, or other
8 local governmental units, when authorized by the Department
9 of Commerce and Community Affairs, may cooperate with the
10 governing bodies of the counties and cities or other
11 governing bodies of any adjoining state or states in the
12 creation of a joint planning commission where thesuch
13 cooperation has been authorized by law by the adjoining state
14 or states. TheSuch a joint planning commission may be
15 designated to be a regional or metropolitan planning
16 commission and shall have powers, duties and functions as
17 authorized by "An Act to provide for regional planning and
18 for the creation, organization and powers of regional
19 planning commissions", approved June 25, 1929, as heretofore
20 or hereafter amended, and, as agreed among the governing
21 bodies. Such a planning commission shall be a legal entity
22 for all purposes.
23 (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
24 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding
25 Section 5-1130 as follows:
26 (55 ILCS 5/5-1130 new)
27 Sec. 5-1130. Intergovernmental Cooperation Council.