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SB0821ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Revenue Committee

Filed: 11/15/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 821

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 821 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 11-74.4-3 and 11-74.4-7 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3)
7     Sec. 11-74.4-3. Definitions. The following terms, wherever
8 used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have the
9 following respective meanings, unless in any case a different
10 meaning clearly appears from the context.
11     (a) For any redevelopment project area that has been
12 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
13 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
14 91-478), "blighted area" shall have the meaning set forth in
15 this Section prior to that date.
16     On and after November 1, 1999, "blighted area" means any
17 improved or vacant area within the boundaries of a
18 redevelopment project area located within the territorial
19 limits of the municipality where:
20         (1) If improved, industrial, commercial, and
21     residential buildings or improvements are detrimental to
22     the public safety, health, or welfare because of a
23     combination of 5 or more of the following factors, each of
24     which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a

 

 

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1     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
2     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
3     of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the
4     improved part of the redevelopment project area:
5             (A) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair
6         or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary
7         structural components of buildings or improvements in
8         such a combination that a documented building
9         condition analysis determines that major repair is
10         required or the defects are so serious and so extensive
11         that the buildings must be removed.
12             (B) Obsolescence. The condition or process of
13         falling into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited
14         for the original use.
15             (C) Deterioration. With respect to buildings,
16         defects including, but not limited to, major defects in
17         the secondary building components such as doors,
18         windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia.
19         With respect to surface improvements, that the
20         condition of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters,
21         sidewalks, off-street parking, and surface storage
22         areas evidence deterioration, including, but not
23         limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
24         depressions, loose paving material, and weeds
25         protruding through paved surfaces.
26             (D) Presence of structures below minimum code
27         standards. All structures that do not meet the
28         standards of zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and
29         other governmental codes applicable to property, but
30         not including housing and property maintenance codes.
31             (E) Illegal use of individual structures. The use
32         of structures in violation of applicable federal,
33         State, or local laws, exclusive of those applicable to
34         the presence of structures below minimum code

 

 

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1         standards.
2             (F) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
3         that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that
4         represent an adverse influence on the area because of
5         the frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.
6             (G) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
7         facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for
8         light or air circulation in spaces or rooms without
9         windows, or that require the removal of dust, odor,
10         gas, smoke, or other noxious airborne materials.
11         Inadequate natural light and ventilation means the
12         absence of skylights or windows for interior spaces or
13         rooms and improper window sizes and amounts by room
14         area to window area ratios. Inadequate sanitary
15         facilities refers to the absence or inadequacy of
16         garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities,
17         hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies
18         preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms and
19         units within a building.
20             (H) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
21         utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage,
22         sanitary sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and
23         electrical services that are shown to be inadequate.
24         Inadequate utilities are those that are: (i) of
25         insufficient capacity to serve the uses in the
26         redevelopment project area, (ii) deteriorated,
27         antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or (iii)
28         lacking within the redevelopment project area.
29             (I) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
30         structures and community facilities. The
31         over-intensive use of property and the crowding of
32         buildings and accessory facilities onto a site.
33         Examples of problem conditions warranting the
34         designation of an area as one exhibiting excessive land

 

 

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1         coverage are: (i) the presence of buildings either
2         improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels of
3         inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
4         standards of development for health and safety and (ii)
5         the presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel.
6         For there to be a finding of excessive land coverage,
7         these parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
8         conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
9         within or around buildings, increased threat of spread
10         of fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack
11         of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way,
12         lack of reasonably required off-street parking, or
13         inadequate provision for loading and service.
14             (J) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence
15         of incompatible land-use relationships, buildings
16         occupied by inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses
17         considered to be noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for
18         the surrounding area.
19             (K) Environmental clean-up. The proposed
20         redevelopment project area has incurred Illinois
21         Environmental Protection Agency or United States
22         Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for,
23         or a study conducted by an independent consultant
24         recognized as having expertise in environmental
25         remediation has determined a need for, the clean-up of
26         hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground
27         storage tanks required by State or federal law,
28         provided that the remediation costs constitute a
29         material impediment to the development or
30         redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.
31             (L) Lack of community planning. The proposed
32         redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
33         without the benefit or guidance of a community plan.
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1         adoption by the municipality of a comprehensive or
2         other community plan or that the plan was not followed
3         at the time of the area's development. This factor must
4         be documented by evidence of adverse or incompatible
5         land-use relationships, inadequate street layout,
6         improper subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and
7         size to meet contemporary development standards, or
8         other evidence demonstrating an absence of effective
9         community planning.
10             (M) The total equalized assessed value of the
11         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
12         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
13         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
14         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
15         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
16         calendar years for which information is available or is
17         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
18         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
19         by the United States Department of Labor or successor
20         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
21         year in which the redevelopment project area is
22         designated.
23         (2) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
24     project area is impaired by a combination of 2 or more of
25     the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with
26     that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a
27     municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly
28     present within the intent of the Act and (ii) reasonably
29     distributed throughout the vacant part of the
30     redevelopment project area to which it pertains:
31             (A) Obsolete platting of vacant land that results
32         in parcels of limited or narrow size or configurations
33         of parcels of irregular size or shape that would be
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1         compatible with contemporary standards and
2         requirements, or platting that failed to create
3         rights-of-ways for streets or alleys or that created
4         inadequate right-of-way widths for streets, alleys, or
5         other public rights-of-way or that omitted easements
6         for public utilities.
7             (B) Diversity of ownership of parcels of vacant
8         land sufficient in number to retard or impede the
9         ability to assemble the land for development.
10             (C) Tax and special assessment delinquencies exist
11         or the property has been the subject of tax sales under
12         the Property Tax Code within the last 5 years.
13             (D) Deterioration of structures or site
14         improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the
15         vacant land.
16             (E) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
17         Protection Agency or United States Environmental
18         Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
19         conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
20         having expertise in environmental remediation has
21         determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
22         hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
23         required by State or federal law, provided that the
24         remediation costs constitute a material impediment to
25         the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment
26         project area.
27             (F) The total equalized assessed value of the
28         proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
29         of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
30         the redevelopment project area is designated or is
31         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
32         balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
33         calendar years for which information is available or is
34         increasing at an annual rate that is less than the

 

 

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1         Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
2         by the United States Department of Labor or successor
3         agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
4         year in which the redevelopment project area is
5         designated.
6         (3) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
7     project area is impaired by one of the following factors
8     that (i) is present, with that presence documented, to a
9     meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
10     find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
11     of the Act and (ii) is reasonably distributed throughout
12     the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which
13     it pertains:
14             (A) The area consists of one or more unused
15         quarries, mines, or strip mine ponds.
16             (B) The area consists of unused rail yards, rail
17         tracks, or railroad rights-of-way.
18             (C) The area, prior to its designation, is subject
19         to (i) chronic flooding that adversely impacts on real
20         property in the area as certified by a registered
21         professional engineer or appropriate regulatory agency
22         or (ii) surface water that discharges from all or a
23         part of the area and contributes to flooding within the
24         same watershed, but only if the redevelopment project
25         provides for facilities or improvements to contribute
26         to the alleviation of all or part of the flooding.
27             (D) The area consists of an unused or illegal
28         disposal site containing earth, stone, building
29         debris, or similar materials that were removed from
30         construction, demolition, excavation, or dredge sites.
31             (E) Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not less
32         than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is
33         vacant (notwithstanding that the area has been used for
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1         to the designation of the redevelopment project area),
2         and the area meets at least one of the factors itemized
3         in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the area has been
4         designated as a town or village center by ordinance or
5         comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982,
6         and the area has not been developed for that designated
7         purpose.
8             (F) The area qualified as a blighted improved area
9         immediately prior to becoming vacant, unless there has
10         been substantial private investment in the immediately
11         surrounding area.
12     (b) For any redevelopment project area that has been
13 designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
14 prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
15 91-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth
16 in this Section prior to that date.
17     On and after November 1, 1999, "conservation area" means
18 any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment
19 project area located within the territorial limits of the
20 municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area
21 have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a
22 blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the
23 following factors is detrimental to the public safety, health,
24 morals or welfare and such an area may become a blighted area:
25         (1) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair or
26     neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural
27     components of buildings or improvements in such a
28     combination that a documented building condition analysis
29     determines that major repair is required or the defects are
30     so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be
31     removed.
32         (2) Obsolescence. The condition or process of falling
33     into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited for the
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1         (3) Deterioration. With respect to buildings, defects
2     including, but not limited to, major defects in the
3     secondary building components such as doors, windows,
4     porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia. With respect
5     to surface improvements, that the condition of roadways,
6     alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking, and
7     surface storage areas evidence deterioration, including,
8     but not limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
9     depressions, loose paving material, and weeds protruding
10     through paved surfaces.
11         (4) Presence of structures below minimum code
12     standards. All structures that do not meet the standards of
13     zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and other
14     governmental codes applicable to property, but not
15     including housing and property maintenance codes.
16         (5) Illegal use of individual structures. The use of
17     structures in violation of applicable federal, State, or
18     local laws, exclusive of those applicable to the presence
19     of structures below minimum code standards.
20         (6) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
21     that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent an
22     adverse influence on the area because of the frequency,
23     extent, or duration of the vacancies.
24         (7) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
25     facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for light
26     or air circulation in spaces or rooms without windows, or
27     that require the removal of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or
28     other noxious airborne materials. Inadequate natural light
29     and ventilation means the absence or inadequacy of
30     skylights or windows for interior spaces or rooms and
31     improper window sizes and amounts by room area to window
32     area ratios. Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the
33     absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure,
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1     structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to
2     and from all rooms and units within a building.
3         (8) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
4     utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage, sanitary
5     sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and electrical
6     services that are shown to be inadequate. Inadequate
7     utilities are those that are: (i) of insufficient capacity
8     to serve the uses in the redevelopment project area, (ii)
9     deteriorated, antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or
10     (iii) lacking within the redevelopment project area.
11         (9) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
12     structures and community facilities. The over-intensive
13     use of property and the crowding of buildings and accessory
14     facilities onto a site. Examples of problem conditions
15     warranting the designation of an area as one exhibiting
16     excessive land coverage are: the presence of buildings
17     either improperly situated on parcels or located on parcels
18     of inadequate size and shape in relation to present-day
19     standards of development for health and safety and the
20     presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel. For
21     there to be a finding of excessive land coverage, these
22     parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
23     conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
24     within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of
25     fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack of
26     adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of
27     reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate
28     provision for loading and service.
29         (10) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence of
30     incompatible land-use relationships, buildings occupied by
31     inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses considered to be
32     noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for the surrounding
33     area.
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1     redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
2     without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This
3     means that the development occurred prior to the adoption
4     by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community
5     plan or that the plan was not followed at the time of the
6     area's development. This factor must be documented by
7     evidence of adverse or incompatible land-use
8     relationships, inadequate street layout, improper
9     subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet
10     contemporary development standards, or other evidence
11     demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.
12         (12) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
13     Protection Agency or United States Environmental
14     Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
15     conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
16     having expertise in environmental remediation has
17     determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
18     hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
19     required by State or federal law, provided that the
20     remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the
21     development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project
22     area.
23         (13) The total equalized assessed value of the proposed
24     redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of the last 5
25     calendar years for which information is available or is
26     increasing at an annual rate that is less than the balance
27     of the municipality for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for
28     which information is available or is increasing at an
29     annual rate that is less than the Consumer Price Index for
30     All Urban Consumers published by the United States
31     Department of Labor or successor agency for 3 of the last 5
32     calendar years for which information is available.
33     (c) "Industrial park" means an area in a blighted or
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1 industrial, research or transportation enterprise, of
2 facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills,
3 processing plants, assembly plants, packing plants,
4 fabricating plants, industrial distribution centers,
5 warehouses, repair overhaul or service facilities, freight
6 terminals, research facilities, test facilities or railroad
7 facilities.
8     (d) "Industrial park conservation area" means an area
9 within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located
10 within the territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor
11 surplus municipality or within 1 1/2 miles of the territorial
12 limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus municipality
13 if the area is annexed to the municipality; which area is zoned
14 as industrial no later than at the time the municipality by
15 ordinance designates the redevelopment project area, and which
16 area includes both vacant land suitable for use as an
17 industrial park and a blighted area or conservation area
18 contiguous to such vacant land.
19     (e) "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in
20 which, at any time during the 6 months before the municipality
21 by ordinance designates an industrial park conservation area,
22 the unemployment rate was over 6% and was also 100% or more of
23 the national average unemployment rate for that same time as
24 published in the United States Department of Labor Bureau of
25 Labor Statistics publication entitled "The Employment
26 Situation" or its successor publication. For the purpose of
27 this subsection, if unemployment rate statistics for the
28 municipality are not available, the unemployment rate in the
29 municipality shall be deemed to be the same as the unemployment
30 rate in the principal county in which the municipality is
31 located.
32     (f) "Municipality" shall mean a city, village,
33 incorporated town, or a township that is located in the
34 unincorporated portion of a county with 3 million or more

 

 

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1 inhabitants, if the county adopted an ordinance that approved
2 the township's redevelopment plan.
3     (g) "Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount of taxes
4 paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act,
5 Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
6 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
7 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
8 transactions at places located in a State Sales Tax Boundary
9 during the calendar year 1985.
10     (g-1) "Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount
11 of taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax
12 Act, Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
13 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
14 Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
15 transactions at places located within the State Sales Tax
16 Boundary revised pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8a(9) of this Act.
17     (h) "Municipal Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal
18 to the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid to a
19 municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from
20 sales by retailers and servicemen within the redevelopment
21 project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be,
22 for as long as the redevelopment project area or State Sales
23 Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist over and above the
24 aggregate amount of taxes as certified by the Illinois
25 Department of Revenue and paid under the Municipal Retailers'
26 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act
27 by retailers and servicemen, on transactions at places of
28 business located in the redevelopment project area or State
29 Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, during the base year
30 which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year
31 in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation
32 financing. For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of
33 such taxes for base years occurring prior to 1985, the
34 Department of Revenue shall determine the Initial Sales Tax

 

 

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1 Amounts for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to
2 4% of the aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the
3 base year is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction
4 of 12%. The amount so determined shall be known as the
5 "Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts". For purposes of
6 determining the Municipal Sales Tax Increment, the Department
7 of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the amount paid
8 to the municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising
9 from sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located
10 in the redevelopment project area or the State Sales Tax
11 Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax
12 Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
13 Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Municipal Retailers'
14 Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax
15 Act. For the State Fiscal Year 1989, this calculation shall be
16 made by utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax
17 amounts received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this
18 calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from January
19 1, 1988, until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts
20 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
21 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
22 Occupation Tax Act, which shall have deducted therefrom
23 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the
24 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
25 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year 1991,
26 this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from
27 October 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989, to determine the tax amounts
28 received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
29 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
30 Occupation Tax Act which shall have deducted therefrom
31 nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
32 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales
33 Tax Amounts as appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year
34 thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months

 

 

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1 beginning July 1 and ending June 30 to determine the tax
2 amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the
3 certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales
4 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as the
5 case may be.
6     (i) "Net State Sales Tax Increment" means the sum of the
7 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Sales Tax
8 Increment annually generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary;
9 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
10 $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually generated within
11 a State Sales Tax Boundary; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
12 excess of $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually
13 generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary. If, however, a
14 municipality established a tax increment financing district in
15 a county with a population in excess of 3,000,000 before
16 January 1, 1986, and the municipality entered into a contract
17 or issued bonds after January 1, 1986, but before December 31,
18 1986, to finance redevelopment project costs within a State
19 Sales Tax Boundary, then the Net State Sales Tax Increment
20 means, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1990, and July 1,
21 1991, 100% of the State Sales Tax Increment annually generated
22 within a State Sales Tax Boundary; and notwithstanding any
23 other provision of this Act, for those fiscal years the
24 Department of Revenue shall distribute to those municipalities
25 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment before any
26 distribution to any other municipality and regardless of
27 whether or not those other municipalities will receive 100% of
28 their Net State Sales Tax Increment. For Fiscal Year 1999, and
29 every year thereafter until the year 2007, for any municipality
30 that has not entered into a contract or has not issued bonds
31 prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment project costs
32 within a State Sales Tax Boundary, the Net State Sales Tax
33 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
34 Net State Sales Tax Increment by 90% in the State Fiscal Year

 

 

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1 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State
2 Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the
3 State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30%
4 in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year
5 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall
6 be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
7     Municipalities that issued bonds in connection with a
8 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
9 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991, or that
10 entered into contracts in connection with a redevelopment
11 project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988,
12 shall continue to receive their proportional share of the
13 Illinois Tax Increment Fund distribution until the date on
14 which the redevelopment project is completed or terminated. If,
15 however, a municipality that issued bonds in connection with a
16 redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
17 the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991 retires the
18 bonds prior to June 30, 2007 or a municipality that entered
19 into contracts in connection with a redevelopment project in a
20 redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988 completes the
21 contracts prior to June 30, 2007, then so long as the
22 redevelopment project is not completed or is not terminated,
23 the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be calculated,
24 beginning on the date on which the bonds are retired or the
25 contracts are completed, as follows: By multiplying the Net
26 State Sales Tax Increment by 60% in the State Fiscal Year 2002;
27 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year
28 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State
29 Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No
30 payment shall be made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and
31 thereafter. Refunding of any bonds issued prior to July 29,
32 1991, shall not alter the Net State Sales Tax Increment.
33     (j) "State Utility Tax Increment Amount" means an amount
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1 charges imposed on owners and tenants, other than residential
2 customers, of properties located within the redevelopment
3 project area under Section 9-222 of the Public Utilities Act,
4 over and above the aggregate of such charges as certified by
5 the Department of Revenue and paid by owners and tenants, other
6 than residential customers, of properties within the
7 redevelopment project area during the base year, which shall be
8 the calendar year immediately prior to the year of the adoption
9 of the ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation
10 financing.
11     (k) "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the sum of the
12 following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Utility Tax
13 Increment annually generated by a redevelopment project area;
14 (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
15 $500,000 of the State Utility Tax Increment annually generated
16 by a redevelopment project area; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
17 excess of $500,000 of State Utility Tax Increment annually
18 generated by a redevelopment project area. For the State Fiscal
19 Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year 2007, for
20 any municipality that has not entered into a contract or has
21 not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment
22 project costs within a redevelopment project area, the Net
23 State Utility Tax Increment shall be calculated as follows: By
24 multiplying the Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in the
25 State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the State Fiscal Year 2000; 70%
26 in the State Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State Fiscal Year
27 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State
28 Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the
29 State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007.
30 No payment shall be made for the State Fiscal Year 2008 and
31 thereafter.
32     Municipalities that issue bonds in connection with the
33 redevelopment project during the period from June 1, 1988 until
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1 shall receive the Net State Utility Tax Increment, subject to
2 appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the issuance of
3 such bonds. For the 16th through the 20th State Fiscal Years
4 after issuance of the bonds, the Net State Utility Tax
5 Increment shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
6 Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in year 16; 80% in year
7 17; 70% in year 18; 60% in year 19; and 50% in year 20.
8 Refunding of any bonds issued prior to June 1, 1988, shall not
9 alter the revised Net State Utility Tax Increment payments set
10 forth above.
11     (l) "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures, notes,
12 special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued
13 by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to
14 refund outstanding obligations.
15     (m) "Payment in lieu of taxes" means those estimated tax
16 revenues from real property in a redevelopment project area
17 derived from real property that has been acquired by a
18 municipality which according to the redevelopment project or
19 plan is to be used for a private use which taxing districts
20 would have received had a municipality not acquired the real
21 property and adopted tax increment allocation financing and
22 which would result from levies made after the time of the
23 adoption of tax increment allocation financing to the time the
24 current equalized value of real property in the redevelopment
25 project area exceeds the total initial equalized value of real
26 property in said area.
27     (n) "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program
28 of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended
29 by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or
30 eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the
31 redevelopment project area as a "blighted area" or
32 "conservation area" or combination thereof or "industrial park
33 conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the
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1 area. On and after November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
2 Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may be approved or
3 amended that includes the development of vacant land (i) with a
4 golf course and related clubhouse and other facilities or (ii)
5 designated by federal, State, county, or municipal government
6 as public land for outdoor recreational activities or for
7 nature preserves and used for that purpose within 5 years prior
8 to the adoption of the redevelopment plan. For the purpose of
9 this subsection, "recreational activities" is limited to mean
10 camping and hunting. Each redevelopment plan shall set forth in
11 writing the program to be undertaken to accomplish the
12 objectives and shall include but not be limited to:
13         (A) an itemized list of estimated redevelopment
14     project costs;
15         (B) evidence indicating that the redevelopment project
16     area on the whole has not been subject to growth and
17     development through investment by private enterprise;
18         (C) an assessment of any financial impact of the
19     redevelopment project area on or any increased demand for
20     services from any taxing district affected by the plan and
21     any program to address such financial impact or increased
22     demand;
23         (D) the sources of funds to pay costs;
24         (E) the nature and term of the obligations to be
25     issued;
26         (F) the most recent equalized assessed valuation of the
27     redevelopment project area;
28         (G) an estimate as to the equalized assessed valuation
29     after redevelopment and the general land uses to apply in
30     the redevelopment project area;
31         (H) a commitment to fair employment practices and an
32     affirmative action plan;
33         (I) if it concerns an industrial park conservation
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1     any proposed developer, user and tenant of any property, a
2     description of the type, structure and general character of
3     the facilities to be developed, a description of the type,
4     class and number of new employees to be employed in the
5     operation of the facilities to be developed; and
6         (J) if property is to be annexed to the municipality,
7     the plan shall include the terms of the annexation
8     agreement.
9     The provisions of items (B) and (C) of this subsection (n)
10 shall not apply to a municipality that before March 14, 1994
11 (the effective date of Public Act 88-537) had fixed, either by
12 its corporate authorities or by a commission designated under
13 subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time and place for a
14 public hearing as required by subsection (a) of Section
15 11-74.4-5. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless a
16 municipality complies with all of the following requirements:
17         (1) The municipality finds that the redevelopment
18     project area on the whole has not been subject to growth
19     and development through investment by private enterprise
20     and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed
21     without the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
22         (2) The municipality finds that the redevelopment plan
23     and project conform to the comprehensive plan for the
24     development of the municipality as a whole, or, for
25     municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more,
26     regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was
27     adopted, the redevelopment plan and project either: (i)
28     conforms to the strategic economic development or
29     redevelopment plan issued by the designated planning
30     authority of the municipality, or (ii) includes land uses
31     that have been approved by the planning commission of the
32     municipality.
33         (3) The redevelopment plan establishes the estimated
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1     retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment
2     project costs. Those dates: shall not be later than
3     December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
4     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
5     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
6     ad valorem taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year
7     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
8     redevelopment project area is adopted if the ordinance was
9     adopted on or after January 15, 1981; shall not be later
10     than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
11     municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
12     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
13     ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-third calendar year
14     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
15     redevelopment project area if the ordinance was adopted on
16     May 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling; and shall not be
17     later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to
18     the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
19     Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to
20     ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-fifth calendar year
21     after the year in which the ordinance approving the
22     redevelopment project area is adopted:
23             (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15,
24         1981, or
25             (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983,
26         April 1984, July 1985, or December 1989, or
27             (C) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1987
28         and the redevelopment project is located within one
29         mile of Midway Airport, or
30             (D) if the ordinance was adopted before January 1,
31         1987 by a municipality in Mason County, or
32             (E) if the municipality is subject to the Local
33         Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or
34         the Financially Distressed City Law, or

 

 

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1             (F) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1984
2         by the Village of Rosemont, or
3             (G) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
4         1986 by a municipality located in Clinton County for
5         which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds were
6         authorized on June 17, 1997, or if the ordinance was
7         adopted on December 31, 1986 by a municipality with a
8         population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that is located
9         in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
10         34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment
11         bonds were authorized on June 17, 1997, or
12             (H) if the ordinance was adopted on October 5, 1982
13         by the City of Kankakee, or if the ordinance was
14         adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St. Louis, or
15             (I) if the ordinance was adopted on November 12,
16         1991 by the Village of Sauget, or
17             (J) if the ordinance was adopted on February 11,
18         1985 by the City of Rock Island, or
19             (K) if the ordinance was adopted before December
20         18, 1986 by the City of Moline, or
21             (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
22         by Sauk Village, or
23             (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October 1993 by
24         Sauk Village, or
25             (N) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
26         1986 by the City of Galva, or
27             (O) if the ordinance was adopted in March 1991 by
28         the City of Centreville, or
29             (P) if the ordinance was adopted on January 23,
30         1991 by the City of East St. Louis, or
31             (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
32         1986 by the City of Aledo, or
33             (R) if the ordinance was adopted on February 5,
34         1990 by the City of Clinton, or

 

 

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1             (S) if the ordinance was adopted on September 6,
2         1994 by the City of Freeport, or
3             (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
4         1986 by the City of Tuscola, or
5             (U) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
6         1986 by the City of Sparta, or
7             (V) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
8         1986 by the City of Beardstown, or
9             (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27, 1981,
10         October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
11         Belleville, or
12             (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
13         1986 by the City of Collinsville, or
14             (Y) if the ordinance was adopted on September 14,
15         1994 by the City of Alton, or
16             (Z) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
17         1996 by the City of Lexington, or
18             (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
19         1984 by the City of LeRoy, or
20             (BB) if the ordinance was adopted on April 3, 1991
21         or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or
22             (CC) if the ordinance was adopted on November 11,
23         1986 by the City of Pekin, or
24             (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
25         1981 by the City of Champaign, or
26             (EE) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
27         1986 by the City of Urbana, or
28             (FF) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
29         1986 by the Village of Heyworth, or
30             (GG) if the ordinance was adopted on February 24,
31         1992 by the Village of Heyworth, or
32             (HH) if the ordinance was adopted on March 16, 1995
33         by the Village of Heyworth, or
34             (II) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,

 

 

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1         1986 by the Town of Cicero, or
2             (JJ) if the ordinance was adopted on December 30,
3         1986 by the City of Effingham, or
4             (KK) if the ordinance was adopted on May 9, 1991 by
5         the Village of Tilton, or
6             (LL) if the ordinance was adopted on October 20,
7         1986 by the City of Elmhurst, or
8             (MM) if the ordinance was adopted on January 19,
9         1988 by the City of Waukegan, or
10             (NN) if the ordinance was adopted on September 21,
11         1998 by the City of Waukegan, or
12             (OO) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
13         1986 by the City of Sullivan, or
14             (PP) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23,
15         1991 by the City of Sullivan, or
16             (QQ) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
17         1986 by the City of Oglesby, or
18             (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on July 28, 1987
19         by the City of Marion, or
20             (SS) if the ordinance was adopted on April 23, 1990
21         by the City of Marion, or
22             (TT) if the ordinance was adopted on August 20,
23         1985 by the Village of Mount Prospect, or
24             (UU) if the ordinance was adopted on February 2,
25         1998 by the Village of Woodhull, or
26             (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on April 20, 1993
27         by the Village of Princeville, or .
28             (WW) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July 1,
29         1986 by the City of Granite City, or .
30             (XX) (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on February
31         2, 1989 by the Village of Lombard, or
32             (YY) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on December
33         29, 1986 by the Village of Gardner, or
34             (ZZ) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July 14,

 

 

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1         1999 by the Village of Paw Paw, or .
2             (AAA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 20,
3         1989 by the Village of South Holland.
4         However, for redevelopment project areas for which
5     bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, or for which
6     contracts were entered into before June 1, 1988, in
7     connection with a redevelopment project in the area within
8     the State Sales Tax Boundary, the estimated dates of
9     completion of the redevelopment project and retirement of
10     obligations to finance redevelopment project costs may be
11     extended by municipal ordinance to December 31, 2013. The
12     termination procedures of subsection (b) of Section
13     11-74.4-8 are not required for these redevelopment project
14     areas in 2009 but are required in 2013. The extension
15     allowed by this amendatory Act of 1993 shall not apply to
16     real property tax increment allocation financing under
17     Section 11-74.4-8.
18         A municipality may by municipal ordinance amend an
19     existing redevelopment plan to conform to this paragraph
20     (3) as amended by Public Act 91-478, which municipal
21     ordinance may be adopted without further hearing or notice
22     and without complying with the procedures provided in this
23     Act pertaining to an amendment to or the initial approval
24     of a redevelopment plan and project and designation of a
25     redevelopment project area.
26         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
27     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
28     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
29     redevelopment project areas that were adopted on or after
30     December 16, 1986 and for which at least $8 million worth
31     of municipal bonds were authorized on or after December 19,
32     1989 but before January 1, 1990; provided that the
33     municipality elects to extend the life of the redevelopment
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1     after at least 14 but not more than 30 days' written notice
2     to the taxing bodies, that would otherwise constitute the
3     joint review board for the redevelopment project area,
4     before the adoption of the ordinance.
5         Those dates, for purposes of real property tax
6     increment allocation financing pursuant to Section
7     11-74.4-8 only, shall be not more than 35 years for
8     redevelopment project areas that were established on or
9     after December 1, 1981 but before January 1, 1982 and for
10     which at least $1,500,000 worth of tax increment revenue
11     bonds were authorized on or after September 30, 1990 but
12     before July 1, 1991; provided that the municipality elects
13     to extend the life of the redevelopment project area to 35
14     years by the adoption of an ordinance after at least 14 but
15     not more than 30 days' written notice to the taxing bodies,
16     that would otherwise constitute the joint review board for
17     the redevelopment project area, before the adoption of the
18     ordinance.
19         (3.5) The municipality finds, in the case of an
20     industrial park conservation area, also that the
21     municipality is a labor surplus municipality and that the
22     implementation of the redevelopment plan will reduce
23     unemployment, create new jobs and by the provision of new
24     facilities enhance the tax base of the taxing districts
25     that extend into the redevelopment project area.
26         (4) If any incremental revenues are being utilized
27     under Section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of this Act in
28     redevelopment project areas approved by ordinance after
29     January 1, 1986, the municipality finds: (a) that the
30     redevelopment project area would not reasonably be
31     developed without the use of such incremental revenues, and
32     (b) that such incremental revenues will be exclusively
33     utilized for the development of the redevelopment project
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1         (5) If the redevelopment plan will not result in
2     displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited
3     residential units, and the municipality certifies in the
4     plan that such displacement will not result from the plan,
5     a housing impact study need not be performed. If, however,
6     the redevelopment plan would result in the displacement of
7     residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, or
8     if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or more
9     inhabited residential units and no certification is made,
10     then the municipality shall prepare, as part of the
11     separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of
12     Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.
13         Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i)
14     data as to whether the residential units are single family
15     or multi-family units, (ii) the number and type of rooms
16     within the units, if that information is available, (iii)
17     whether the units are inhabited or uninhabited, as
18     determined not less than 45 days before the date that the
19     ordinance or resolution required by subsection (a) of
20     Section 11-74.4-5 is passed, and (iv) data as to the racial
21     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
22     residential units. The data requirement as to the racial
23     and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited
24     residential units shall be deemed to be fully satisfied by
25     data from the most recent federal census.
26         Part II of the housing impact study shall identify the
27     inhabited residential units in the proposed redevelopment
28     project area that are to be or may be removed. If inhabited
29     residential units are to be removed, then the housing
30     impact study shall identify (i) the number and location of
31     those units that will or may be removed, (ii) the
32     municipality's plans for relocation assistance for those
33     residents in the proposed redevelopment project area whose
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1     replacement housing for those residents whose residences
2     are to be removed, and shall identify the type, location,
3     and cost of the housing, and (iv) the type and extent of
4     relocation assistance to be provided.
5         (6) On and after November 1, 1999, the housing impact
6     study required by paragraph (5) shall be incorporated in
7     the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment project area.
8         (7) On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment
9     plan shall be adopted, nor an existing plan amended, nor
10     shall residential housing that is occupied by households of
11     low-income and very low-income persons in currently
12     existing redevelopment project areas be removed after
13     November 1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides,
14     with respect to inhabited housing units that are to be
15     removed for households of low-income and very low-income
16     persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not
17     less than that which would be provided under the federal
18     Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
19     Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations under
20     that Act, including the eligibility criteria. Affordable
21     housing may be either existing or newly constructed
22     housing. For purposes of this paragraph (7), "low-income
23     households", "very low-income households", and "affordable
24     housing" have the meanings set forth in the Illinois
25     Affordable Housing Act. The municipality shall make a good
26     faith effort to ensure that this affordable housing is
27     located in or near the redevelopment project area within
28     the municipality.
29         (8) On and after November 1, 1999, if, after the
30     adoption of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment
31     project area, any municipality desires to amend its
32     redevelopment plan to remove more inhabited residential
33     units than specified in its original redevelopment plan,
34     that change shall be made in accordance with the procedures

 

 

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1     in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-5.
2         (9) For redevelopment project areas designated prior
3     to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may be amended
4     without further joint review board meeting or hearing,
5     provided that the municipality shall give notice of any
6     such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and
7     registrant on the interested party registry, to authorize
8     the municipality to expend tax increment revenues for
9     redevelopment project costs defined by paragraphs (5) and
10     (7.5), subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (11), and
11     paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3, so
12     long as the changes do not increase the total estimated
13     redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment
14     plan by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from
15     the date the plan was adopted.
16     (o) "Redevelopment project" means any public and private
17 development project in furtherance of the objectives of a
18 redevelopment plan. On and after November 1, 1999 (the
19 effective date of Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may
20 be approved or amended that includes the development of vacant
21 land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and other
22 facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county, or
23 municipal government as public land for outdoor recreational
24 activities or for nature preserves and used for that purpose
25 within 5 years prior to the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
26 For the purpose of this subsection, "recreational activities"
27 is limited to mean camping and hunting.
28     (p) "Redevelopment project area" means an area designated
29 by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than 1
30 1/2 acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a
31 finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be
32 classified as an industrial park conservation area or a
33 blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both
34 blighted areas and conservation areas.

 

 

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1     (q) "Redevelopment project costs" mean and include the sum
2 total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or
3 estimated to be incurred, and any such costs incidental to a
4 redevelopment plan and a redevelopment project. Such costs
5 include, without limitation, the following:
6         (1) Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans,
7     and specifications, implementation and administration of
8     the redevelopment plan including but not limited to staff
9     and professional service costs for architectural,
10     engineering, legal, financial, planning or other services,
11     provided however that no charges for professional services
12     may be based on a percentage of the tax increment
13     collected; except that on and after November 1, 1999 (the
14     effective date of Public Act 91-478), no contracts for
15     professional services, excluding architectural and
16     engineering services, may be entered into if the terms of
17     the contract extend beyond a period of 3 years. In
18     addition, "redevelopment project costs" shall not include
19     lobbying expenses. After consultation with the
20     municipality, each tax increment consultant or advisor to a
21     municipality that plans to designate or has designated a
22     redevelopment project area shall inform the municipality
23     in writing of any contracts that the consultant or advisor
24     has entered into with entities or individuals that have
25     received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax
26     increment revenues produced by the redevelopment project
27     area with respect to which the consultant or advisor has
28     performed, or will be performing, service for the
29     municipality. This requirement shall be satisfied by the
30     consultant or advisor before the commencement of services
31     for the municipality and thereafter whenever any other
32     contracts with those individuals or entities are executed
33     by the consultant or advisor;
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1     shall not include general overhead or administrative costs
2     of the municipality that would still have been incurred by
3     the municipality if the municipality had not designated a
4     redevelopment project area or approved a redevelopment
5     plan;
6         (1.6) The cost of marketing sites within the
7     redevelopment project area to prospective businesses,
8     developers, and investors;
9         (2) Property assembly costs, including but not limited
10     to acquisition of land and other property, real or
11     personal, or rights or interests therein, demolition of
12     buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve
13     as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below
14     ground environmental contamination, including, but not
15     limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt
16     barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;
17         (3) Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair
18     or remodeling of existing public or private buildings,
19     fixtures, and leasehold improvements; and the cost of
20     replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the
21     implementation of a redevelopment project the existing
22     public building is to be demolished to use the site for
23     private investment or devoted to a different use requiring
24     private investment;
25         (4) Costs of the construction of public works or
26     improvements, except that on and after November 1, 1999,
27     redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of
28     constructing a new municipal public building principally
29     used to provide offices, storage space, or conference
30     facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for
31     administrative, public safety, or public works personnel
32     and that is not intended to replace an existing public
33     building as provided under paragraph (3) of subsection (q)
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1     the new municipal building implements a redevelopment
2     project that was included in a redevelopment plan that was
3     adopted by the municipality prior to November 1, 1999 or
4     (ii) the municipality makes a reasonable determination in
5     the redevelopment plan, supported by information that
6     provides the basis for that determination, that the new
7     municipal building is required to meet an increase in the
8     need for public safety purposes anticipated to result from
9     the implementation of the redevelopment plan;
10         (5) Costs of job training and retraining projects,
11     including the cost of "welfare to work" programs
12     implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment
13     project area;
14         (6) Financing costs, including but not limited to all
15     necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance
16     of obligations and which may include payment of interest on
17     any obligations issued hereunder including interest
18     accruing during the estimated period of construction of any
19     redevelopment project for which such obligations are
20     issued and for not exceeding 36 months thereafter and
21     including reasonable reserves related thereto;
22         (7) To the extent the municipality by written agreement
23     accepts and approves the same, all or a portion of a taxing
24     district's capital costs resulting from the redevelopment
25     project necessarily incurred or to be incurred within a
26     taxing district in furtherance of the objectives of the
27     redevelopment plan and project.
28         (7.5) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
29     redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
30     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
31     on or after November 1, 1999, an elementary, secondary, or
32     unit school district's increased costs attributable to
33     assisted housing units located within the redevelopment
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1     receives financial assistance through an agreement with
2     the municipality or because the municipality incurs the
3     cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the
4     boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the
5     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act, and
6     which costs shall be paid by the municipality from the
7     Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue
8     is received as a result of the assisted housing units and
9     shall be calculated annually as follows:
10             (A) for foundation districts, excluding any school
11         district in a municipality with a population in excess
12         of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase
13         in attendance resulting from the net increase in new
14         students enrolled in that school district who reside in
15         housing units within the redevelopment project area
16         that have received financial assistance through an
17         agreement with the municipality or because the
18         municipality incurs the cost of necessary
19         infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of
20         the housing sites necessary for the completion of that
21         housing as authorized by this Act since the designation
22         of the redevelopment project area by the most recently
23         available per capita tuition cost as defined in Section
24         10-20.12a of the School Code less any increase in
25         general State aid as defined in Section 18-8.05 of the
26         School Code attributable to these added new students
27         subject to the following annual limitations:
28                 (i) for unit school districts with a district
29             average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less
30             than $5,900, no more than 25% of the total amount
31             of property tax increment revenue produced by
32             those housing units that have received tax
33             increment finance assistance under this Act;
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1             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
2             of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of the total
3             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
4             by those housing units that have received tax
5             increment finance assistance under this Act; and
6                 (iii) for secondary school districts with a
7             district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
8             of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of the total
9             amount of property tax increment revenue produced
10             by those housing units that have received tax
11             increment finance assistance under this Act.
12             (B) For alternate method districts, flat grant
13         districts, and foundation districts with a district
14         average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge equal to or
15         more than $5,900, excluding any school district with a
16         population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the
17         district's increase in attendance resulting from the
18         net increase in new students enrolled in that school
19         district who reside in housing units within the
20         redevelopment project area that have received
21         financial assistance through an agreement with the
22         municipality or because the municipality incurs the
23         cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within
24         the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
25         completion of that housing as authorized by this Act
26         since the designation of the redevelopment project
27         area by the most recently available per capita tuition
28         cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code
29         less any increase in general state aid as defined in
30         Section 18-8.05 of the School Code attributable to
31         these added new students subject to the following
32         annual limitations:
33                 (i) for unit school districts, no more than 40%
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1             revenue produced by those housing units that have
2             received tax increment finance assistance under
3             this Act;
4                 (ii) for elementary school districts, no more
5             than 27% of the total amount of property tax
6             increment revenue produced by those housing units
7             that have received tax increment finance
8             assistance under this Act; and
9                 (iii) for secondary school districts, no more
10             than 13% of the total amount of property tax
11             increment revenue produced by those housing units
12             that have received tax increment finance
13             assistance under this Act.
14             (C) For any school district in a municipality with
15         a population in excess of 1,000,000, the following
16         restrictions shall apply to the reimbursement of
17         increased costs under this paragraph (7.5):
18                 (i) no increased costs shall be reimbursed
19             unless the school district certifies that each of
20             the schools affected by the assisted housing
21             project is at or over its student capacity;
22                 (ii) the amount reimbursable shall be reduced
23             by the value of any land donated to the school
24             district by the municipality or developer, and by
25             the value of any physical improvements made to the
26             schools by the municipality or developer; and
27                 (iii) the amount reimbursed may not affect
28             amounts otherwise obligated by the terms of any
29             bonds, notes, or other funding instruments, or the
30             terms of any redevelopment agreement.
31         Any school district seeking payment under this
32         paragraph (7.5) shall, after July 1 and before
33         September 30 of each year, provide the municipality
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1         reimbursement before the municipality shall be
2         required to approve or make the payment to the school
3         district. If the school district fails to provide the
4         information during this period in any year, it shall
5         forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that year.
6         School districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
7         right to all or a portion of the reimbursement
8         otherwise required by this paragraph (7.5). By
9         acceptance of this reimbursement the school district
10         waives the right to directly or indirectly set aside,
11         modify, or contest in any manner the establishment of
12         the redevelopment project area or projects;
13         (7.7) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
14     redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
15     number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
16     on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public
17     Act 93-961), a public library district's increased costs
18     attributable to assisted housing units located within the
19     redevelopment project area for which the developer or
20     redeveloper receives financial assistance through an
21     agreement with the municipality or because the
22     municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure
23     improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing
24     sites necessary for the completion of that housing as
25     authorized by this Act shall be paid to the library
26     district by the municipality from the Special Tax
27     Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received
28     as a result of the assisted housing units. This paragraph
29     (7.7) applies only if (i) the library district is located
30     in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
31     Limitation Law or (ii) the library district is not located
32     in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
33     Limitation Law but the district is prohibited by any other
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1     referendum.
2         The amount paid to a library district under this
3     paragraph (7.7) shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the
4     net increase in the number of persons eligible to obtain a
5     library card in that district who reside in housing units
6     within the redevelopment project area that have received
7     financial assistance through an agreement with the
8     municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of
9     necessary infrastructure improvements within the
10     boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
11     completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since
12     the designation of the redevelopment project area by (ii)
13     the per-patron cost of providing library services so long
14     as it does not exceed $120. The per-patron cost shall be
15     the Total Operating Expenditures Per Capita as stated in
16     the most recent Illinois Public Library Statistics
17     produced by the Library Research Center at the University
18     of Illinois. The municipality may deduct from the amount
19     that it must pay to a library district under this paragraph
20     any amount that it has voluntarily paid to the library
21     district from the tax increment revenue. The amount paid to
22     a library district under this paragraph (7.7) shall be no
23     more than 2% of the amount produced by the assisted housing
24     units and deposited into the Special Tax Allocation Fund.
25         A library district is not eligible for any payment
26     under this paragraph (7.7) unless the library district has
27     experienced an increase in the number of patrons from the
28     municipality that created the tax-increment-financing
29     district since the designation of the redevelopment
30     project area.
31         Any library district seeking payment under this
32     paragraph (7.7) shall, after July 1 and before September 30
33     of each year, provide the municipality with convincing
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1     municipality shall be required to approve or make the
2     payment to the library district. If the library district
3     fails to provide the information during this period in any
4     year, it shall forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that
5     year. Library districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
6     right to all or a portion of the reimbursement otherwise
7     required by this paragraph (7.7). By acceptance of such
8     reimbursement, the library district shall forfeit any
9     right to directly or indirectly set aside, modify, or
10     contest in any manner whatsoever the establishment of the
11     redevelopment project area or projects;
12         (8) Relocation costs to the extent that a municipality
13     determines that relocation costs shall be paid or is
14     required to make payment of relocation costs by federal or
15     State law or in order to satisfy subparagraph (7) of
16     subsection (n);
17         (9) Payment in lieu of taxes;
18         (10) Costs of job training, retraining, advanced
19     vocational education or career education, including but
20     not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or
21     technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred
22     by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs
23     (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of
24     additional job training, advanced vocational education or
25     career education programs for persons employed or to be
26     employed by employers located in a redevelopment project
27     area; and (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or taxing
28     districts other than the municipality, are set forth in a
29     written agreement by or among the municipality and the
30     taxing district or taxing districts, which agreement
31     describes the program to be undertaken, including but not
32     limited to the number of employees to be trained, a
33     description of the training and services to be provided,
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1     available, itemized costs of the program and sources of
2     funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement.
3     Such costs include, specifically, the payment by community
4     college districts of costs pursuant to Sections 3-37, 3-38,
5     3-40 and 3-40.1 of the Public Community College Act and by
6     school districts of costs pursuant to Sections 10-22.20a
7     and 10-23.3a of The School Code;
8         (11) Interest cost incurred by a redeveloper related to
9     the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a
10     redevelopment project provided that:
11             (A) such costs are to be paid directly from the
12         special tax allocation fund established pursuant to
13         this Act;
14             (B) such payments in any one year may not exceed
15         30% of the annual interest costs incurred by the
16         redeveloper with regard to the redevelopment project
17         during that year;
18             (C) if there are not sufficient funds available in
19         the special tax allocation fund to make the payment
20         pursuant to this paragraph (11) then the amounts so due
21         shall accrue and be payable when sufficient funds are
22         available in the special tax allocation fund;
23             (D) the total of such interest payments paid
24         pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
25         (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the
26         redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project
27         costs excluding any property assembly costs and any
28         relocation costs incurred by a municipality pursuant
29         to this Act; and
30             (E) the cost limits set forth in subparagraphs (B)
31         and (D) of paragraph (11) shall be modified for the
32         financing of rehabilitated or new housing units for
33         low-income households and very low-income households,
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1         Housing Act. The percentage of 75% shall be substituted
2         for 30% in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11).
3             (F) Instead of the eligible costs provided by
4         subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11), as
5         modified by this subparagraph, and notwithstanding any
6         other provisions of this Act to the contrary, the
7         municipality may pay from tax increment revenues up to
8         50% of the cost of construction of new housing units to
9         be occupied by low-income households and very
10         low-income households as defined in Section 3 of the
11         Illinois Affordable Housing Act. The cost of
12         construction of those units may be derived from the
13         proceeds of bonds issued by the municipality under this
14         Act or other constitutional or statutory authority or
15         from other sources of municipal revenue that may be
16         reimbursed from tax increment revenues or the proceeds
17         of bonds issued to finance the construction of that
18         housing.
19             The eligible costs provided under this
20         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11) shall be an eligible
21         cost for the construction, renovation, and
22         rehabilitation of all low and very low-income housing
23         units, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
24         Affordable Housing Act, within the redevelopment
25         project area. If the low and very low-income units are
26         part of a residential redevelopment project that
27         includes units not affordable to low and very
28         low-income households, only the low and very
29         low-income units shall be eligible for benefits under
30         subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11). The standards for
31         maintaining the occupancy by low-income households and
32         very low-income households, as defined in Section 3 of
33         the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, of those units
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1         the provisions of this subparagraph (F) of paragraph
2         (11) shall be established by guidelines adopted by the
3         municipality. The responsibility for annually
4         documenting the initial occupancy of the units by
5         low-income households and very low-income households,
6         as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable
7         Housing Act, shall be that of the then current owner of
8         the property. For ownership units, the guidelines will
9         provide, at a minimum, for a reasonable recapture of
10         funds, or other appropriate methods designed to
11         preserve the original affordability of the ownership
12         units. For rental units, the guidelines will provide,
13         at a minimum, for the affordability of rent to low and
14         very low-income households. As units become available,
15         they shall be rented to income-eligible tenants. The
16         municipality may modify these guidelines from time to
17         time; the guidelines, however, shall be in effect for
18         as long as tax increment revenue is being used to pay
19         for costs associated with the units or for the
20         retirement of bonds issued to finance the units or for
21         the life of the redevelopment project area, whichever
22         is later.
23         (11.5) If the redevelopment project area is located
24     within a municipality with a population of more than
25     100,000, the cost of day care services for children of
26     employees from low-income families working for businesses
27     located within the redevelopment project area and all or a
28     portion of the cost of operation of day care centers
29     established by redevelopment project area businesses to
30     serve employees from low-income families working in
31     businesses located in the redevelopment project area. For
32     the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families"
33     means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of
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1     for family size, as the annual income and municipal,
2     county, or regional median income are determined from time
3     to time by the United States Department of Housing and
4     Urban Development.
5         (12) Unless explicitly stated herein the cost of
6     construction of new privately-owned buildings shall not be
7     an eligible redevelopment project cost.
8         (13) After November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
9     Public Act 91-478), none of the redevelopment project costs
10     enumerated in this subsection shall be eligible
11     redevelopment project costs if those costs would provide
12     direct financial support to a retail entity initiating
13     operations in the redevelopment project area while
14     terminating operations at another Illinois location within
15     10 miles of the redevelopment project area but outside the
16     boundaries of the redevelopment project area municipality.
17     For purposes of this paragraph, termination means a closing
18     of a retail operation that is directly related to the
19     opening of the same operation or like retail entity owned
20     or operated by more than 50% of the original ownership in a
21     redevelopment project area, but it does not mean closing an
22     operation for reasons beyond the control of the retail
23     entity, as documented by the retail entity, subject to a
24     reasonable finding by the municipality that the current
25     location contained inadequate space, had become
26     economically obsolete, or was no longer a viable location
27     for the retailer or serviceman.
28     If a special service area has been established pursuant to
29 the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax
30 Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax
31 imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special
32 Service Area Tax Law may be used within the redevelopment
33 project area for the purposes permitted by that Act or Law as
34 well as the purposes permitted by this Act.

 

 

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1     (r) "State Sales Tax Boundary" means the redevelopment
2 project area or the amended redevelopment project area
3 boundaries which are determined pursuant to subsection (9) of
4 Section 11-74.4-8a of this Act. The Department of Revenue shall
5 certify pursuant to subsection (9) of Section 11-74.4-8a the
6 appropriate boundaries eligible for the determination of State
7 Sales Tax Increment.
8     (s) "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to
9 the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by retailers
10 and servicemen, other than retailers and servicemen subject to
11 the Public Utilities Act, on transactions at places of business
12 located within a State Sales Tax Boundary pursuant to the
13 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use
14 Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, except such
15 portion of such increase that is paid into the State and Local
16 Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Local Government Distributive Fund,
17 the Local Government Tax Fund and the County and Mass Transit
18 District Fund, for as long as State participation exists, over
19 and above the Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales
20 Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such
21 taxes as certified by the Department of Revenue and paid under
22 those Acts by retailers and servicemen on transactions at
23 places of business located within the State Sales Tax Boundary
24 during the base year which shall be the calendar year
25 immediately prior to the year in which the municipality adopted
26 tax increment allocation financing, less 3.0% of such amounts
27 generated under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act
28 and Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act,
29 which sum shall be appropriated to the Department of Revenue to
30 cover its costs of administering and enforcing this Section.
31 For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of such taxes
32 for base years occurring prior to 1985, the Department of
33 Revenue shall compute the Initial Sales Tax Amount for such
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1 aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the base year
2 is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction of 12%.
3 The amount so determined shall be known as the "Adjusted
4 Initial Sales Tax Amount". For purposes of determining the
5 State Sales Tax Increment the Department of Revenue shall for
6 each period subtract from the tax amounts received from
7 retailers and servicemen on transactions located in the State
8 Sales Tax Boundary, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
9 Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or Revised Initial Sales Tax
10 Amounts for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act,
11 the Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act. For
12 the State Fiscal Year 1989 this calculation shall be made by
13 utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax amounts
14 received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation
15 shall be made by utilizing the period from January 1, 1988,
16 until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts received
17 from retailers and servicemen, which shall have deducted
18 therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax
19 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
20 Initial Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal
21 Year 1991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the
22 period from October 1, 1988, until June 30, 1989, to determine
23 the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen, which
24 shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified
25 Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax
26 Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as
27 appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year thereafter, the
28 applicable period shall be the 12 months beginning July 1 and
29 ending on June 30, to determine the tax amounts received which
30 shall have deducted therefrom the certified Initial Sales Tax
31 Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
32 Initial Sales Tax Amounts. Municipalities intending to receive
33 a distribution of State Sales Tax Increment must report a list
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1 and by July 31, of each year thereafter.
2     (t) "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities
3 and incorporated towns and villages, school, road, park,
4 sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health,
5 fire protection, river conservancy, tuberculosis sanitarium
6 and any other municipal corporations or districts with the
7 power to levy taxes.
8     (u) "Taxing districts' capital costs" means those costs of
9 taxing districts for capital improvements that are found by the
10 municipal corporate authorities to be necessary and directly
11 result from the redevelopment project.
12     (v) As used in subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this
13 Act, "vacant land" means any parcel or combination of parcels
14 of real property without industrial, commercial, and
15 residential buildings which has not been used for commercial
16 agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation
17 of the redevelopment project area, unless the parcel is
18 included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel
19 has been subdivided; provided that if the parcel was part of a
20 larger tract that has been divided into 3 or more smaller
21 tracts that were accepted for recording during the period from
22 1950 to 1990, then the parcel shall be deemed to have been
23 subdivided, and all proceedings and actions of the municipality
24 taken in that connection with respect to any previously
25 approved or designated redevelopment project area or amended
26 redevelopment project area are hereby validated and hereby
27 declared to be legally sufficient for all purposes of this Act.
28 For purposes of this Section and only for land subject to the
29 subdivision requirements of the Plat Act, land is subdivided
30 when the original plat of the proposed Redevelopment Project
31 Area or relevant portion thereof has been properly certified,
32 acknowledged, approved, and recorded or filed in accordance
33 with the Plat Act and a preliminary plat, if any, for any
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1 relevant portion thereof has been properly approved and filed
2 in accordance with the applicable ordinance of the
3 municipality.
4     (w) "Annual Total Increment" means the sum of each
5 municipality's annual Net Sales Tax Increment and each
6 municipality's annual Net Utility Tax Increment. The ratio of
7 the Annual Total Increment of each municipality to the Annual
8 Total Increment for all municipalities, as most recently
9 calculated by the Department, shall determine the proportional
10 shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to be distributed to
11 each municipality.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-298, eff. 7-23-03; 93-708, eff. 1-1-05;
13 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff. 8-12-04; 93-961, eff.
14 1-1-05; 93-983, eff. 8-23-04; 93-984, eff. 8-23-04; 93-985,
15 eff. 8-23-04; 93-986, eff. 8-23-04; 93-987, eff. 8-23-04;
16 93-995, eff. 8-23-04; 93-1024, eff. 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff.
17 1-18-05; 94-260, eff. 7-19-05; 94-268, eff. 7-19-05; 94-297,
18 eff. 7-21-05; 94-302, eff. 7-21-05; 94-702, eff. 6-1-06;
19 94-704, eff. 12-5-05; 94-711, eff. 6-1-06; 94-778, eff.
20 5-19-06; 94-782, eff. 5-19-06; 94-783, eff. 5-19-06; 94-810,
21 eff. 5-26-06; 94-903, eff. 6-22-06; revised 8-3-06.)
 
22     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-7)
23     Sec. 11-74.4-7. Obligations secured by the special tax
24 allocation fund set forth in Section 11-74.4-8 for the
25 redevelopment project area may be issued to provide for
26 redevelopment project costs. Such obligations, when so issued,
27 shall be retired in the manner provided in the ordinance
28 authorizing the issuance of such obligations by the receipts of
29 taxes levied as specified in Section 11-74.4-9 against the
30 taxable property included in the area, by revenues as specified
31 by Section 11-74.4-8a and other revenue designated by the
32 municipality. A municipality may in the ordinance pledge all or
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1 allocation fund created pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8 to the
2 payment of the redevelopment project costs and obligations. Any
3 pledge of funds in the special tax allocation fund shall
4 provide for distribution to the taxing districts and to the
5 Illinois Department of Revenue of moneys not required, pledged,
6 earmarked, or otherwise designated for payment and securing of
7 the obligations and anticipated redevelopment project costs
8 and such excess funds shall be calculated annually and deemed
9 to be "surplus" funds. In the event a municipality only applies
10 or pledges a portion of the funds in the special tax allocation
11 fund for the payment or securing of anticipated redevelopment
12 project costs or of obligations, any such funds remaining in
13 the special tax allocation fund after complying with the
14 requirements of the application or pledge, shall also be
15 calculated annually and deemed "surplus" funds. All surplus
16 funds in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed
17 annually within 180 days after the close of the municipality's
18 fiscal year by being paid by the municipal treasurer to the
19 County Collector, to the Department of Revenue and to the
20 municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental
21 revenue received as a result of an increase in the equalized
22 assessed value of property in the redevelopment project area,
23 tax incremental revenue received from the State and tax
24 incremental revenue received from the municipality, but not to
25 exceed as to each such source the total incremental revenue
26 received from that source. The County Collector shall
27 thereafter make distribution to the respective taxing
28 districts in the same manner and proportion as the most recent
29 distribution by the county collector to the affected districts
30 of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment
31 project area.
32     Without limiting the foregoing in this Section, the
33 municipality may in addition to obligations secured by the
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1 than the term of the obligations towards payment of such
2 obligations any part or any combination of the following: (a)
3 net revenues of all or part of any redevelopment project; (b)
4 taxes levied and collected on any or all property in the
5 municipality; (c) the full faith and credit of the
6 municipality; (d) a mortgage on part or all of the
7 redevelopment project; or (e) any other taxes or anticipated
8 receipts that the municipality may lawfully pledge.
9     Such obligations may be issued in one or more series
10 bearing interest at such rate or rates as the corporate
11 authorities of the municipality shall determine by ordinance.
12 Such obligations shall bear such date or dates, mature at such
13 time or times not exceeding 20 years from their respective
14 dates, be in such denomination, carry such registration
15 privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such
16 medium of payment at such place or places, contain such
17 covenants, terms and conditions, and be subject to redemption
18 as such ordinance shall provide. Obligations issued pursuant to
19 this Act may be sold at public or private sale at such price as
20 shall be determined by the corporate authorities of the
21 municipalities. No referendum approval of the electors shall be
22 required as a condition to the issuance of obligations pursuant
23 to this Division except as provided in this Section.
24     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
25 obligations pursuant to the authority of this Division secured
26 by the full faith and credit of the municipality, which
27 obligations are other than obligations which may be issued
28 under home rule powers provided by Article VII, Section 6 of
29 the Illinois Constitution, or pledges taxes pursuant to (b) or
30 (c) of the second paragraph of this section, the ordinance
31 authorizing the issuance of such obligations or pledging such
32 taxes shall be published within 10 days after such ordinance
33 has been passed in one or more newspapers, with general
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1 ordinance shall be accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific
2 number of voters required to sign a petition requesting the
3 question of the issuance of such obligations or pledging taxes
4 to be submitted to the electors; (2) the time in which such
5 petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective
6 referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form
7 to any individual requesting one.
8     If no petition is filed with the municipal clerk, as
9 hereinafter provided in this Section, within 30 days after the
10 publication of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be in effect.
11 But, if within that 30 day period a petition is filed with the
12 municipal clerk, signed by electors in the municipality
13 numbering 10% or more of the number of registered voters in the
14 municipality, asking that the question of issuing obligations
15 using full faith and credit of the municipality as security for
16 the cost of paying for redevelopment project costs, or of
17 pledging taxes for the payment of such obligations, or both, be
18 submitted to the electors of the municipality, the corporate
19 authorities of the municipality shall call a special election
20 in the manner provided by law to vote upon that question, or,
21 if a general, State or municipal election is to be held within
22 a period of not less than 30 or more than 90 days from the date
23 such petition is filed, shall submit the question at the next
24 general, State or municipal election. If it appears upon the
25 canvass of the election by the corporate authorities that a
26 majority of electors voting upon the question voted in favor
27 thereof, the ordinance shall be in effect, but if a majority of
28 the electors voting upon the question are not in favor thereof,
29 the ordinance shall not take effect.
30     The ordinance authorizing the obligations may provide that
31 the obligations shall contain a recital that they are issued
32 pursuant to this Division, which recital shall be conclusive
33 evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their
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1     In the event the municipality authorizes issuance of
2 obligations pursuant to this Section secured by the full faith
3 and credit of the municipality, the ordinance authorizing the
4 obligations may provide for the levy and collection of a direct
5 annual tax upon all taxable property within the municipality
6 sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as
7 it matures, which levy may be in addition to and exclusive of
8 the maximum of all other taxes authorized to be levied by the
9 municipality, which levy, however, shall be abated to the
10 extent that monies from other sources are available for payment
11 of the obligations and the municipality certifies the amount of
12 said monies available to the county clerk.
13     A certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed with the
14 county clerk of each county in which any portion of the
15 municipality is situated, and shall constitute the authority
16 for the extension and collection of the taxes to be deposited
17 in the special tax allocation fund.
18     A municipality may also issue its obligations to refund in
19 whole or in part, obligations theretofore issued by such
20 municipality under the authority of this Act, whether at or
21 prior to maturity, provided however, that the last maturity of
22 the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to mature
23 later than December 31 of the year in which the payment to the
24 municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section
25 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem
26 taxes levied in the twenty-third calendar year after the year
27 in which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project area
28 is adopted if the ordinance was adopted on or after January 15,
29 1981, not later than December 31 of the year in which the
30 payment to the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection
31 (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with respect
32 to ad valorem taxes levied in the thirty-third calendar year
33 after the year in which the ordinance approving the
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1 20, 1985 by the Village of Wheeling, and not later than
2 December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal
3 treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of
4 this Act is to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied
5 in the thirty-fifth calendar year after the year in which the
6 ordinance approving the redevelopment project area is adopted
7 (A) if the ordinance was adopted before January 15, 1981, or
8 (B) if the ordinance was adopted in December 1983, April 1984,
9 July 1985, or December 1989, or (C) if the ordinance was
10 adopted in December, 1987 and the redevelopment project is
11 located within one mile of Midway Airport, or (D) if the
12 ordinance was adopted before January 1, 1987 by a municipality
13 in Mason County, or (E) if the municipality is subject to the
14 Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or the
15 Financially Distressed City Law, or (F) if the ordinance was
16 adopted in December 1984 by the Village of Rosemont, or (G) if
17 the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
18 municipality located in Clinton County for which at least
19 $250,000 of tax increment bonds were authorized on June 17,
20 1997, or if the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by a
21 municipality with a population in 1990 of less than 3,600 that
22 is located in a county with a population in 1990 of less than
23 34,000 and for which at least $250,000 of tax increment bonds
24 were authorized on June 17, 1997, or (H) if the ordinance was
25 adopted on October 5, 1982 by the City of Kankakee, or (I) if
26 the ordinance was adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St.
27 Louis, or if the ordinance was adopted on November 12, 1991 by
28 the Village of Sauget, or (J) if the ordinance was adopted on
29 February 11, 1985 by the City of Rock Island, or (K) if the
30 ordinance was adopted before December 18, 1986 by the City of
31 Moline, or (L) if the ordinance was adopted in September 1988
32 by Sauk Village, or (M) if the ordinance was adopted in October
33 1993 by Sauk Village, or (N) if the ordinance was adopted on
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1 was adopted in March 1991 by the City of Centreville, or (P) if
2 the ordinance was adopted on January 23, 1991 by the City of
3 East St. Louis, or (Q) if the ordinance was adopted on December
4 22, 1986 by the City of Aledo, or (R) if the ordinance was
5 adopted on February 5, 1990 by the City of Clinton, or (S) if
6 the ordinance was adopted on September 6, 1994 by the City of
7 Freeport, or (T) if the ordinance was adopted on December 22,
8 1986 by the City of Tuscola, or (U) if the ordinance was
9 adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of Sparta, or (V) if
10 the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City of
11 Beardstown, or (W) if the ordinance was adopted on April 27,
12 1981, October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the City of
13 Belleville, or (X) if the ordinance was adopted on December 29,
14 1986 by the City of Collinsville, or (Y) if the ordinance was
15 adopted on September 14, 1994 by the City of Alton, or (Z) if
16 the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1996 by the City of
17 Lexington, or (AA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 5,
18 1984 by the City of LeRoy, or (BB) if the ordinance was adopted
19 on April 3, 1991 or June 3, 1992 by the City of Markham, or (CC)
20 if the ordinance was adopted on November 11, 1986 by the City
21 of Pekin, or (DD) if the ordinance was adopted on December 15,
22 1981 by the City of Champaign, or (EE) if the ordinance was
23 adopted on December 15, 1986 by the City of Urbana, or (FF) if
24 the ordinance was adopted on December 15, 1986 by the Village
25 of Heyworth, or (GG) if the ordinance was adopted on February
26 24, 1992 by the Village of Heyworth, or (HH) if the ordinance
27 was adopted on March 16, 1995 by the Village of Heyworth, or
28 (II) if the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the
29 Town of Cicero, or (JJ) if the ordinance was adopted on
30 December 30, 1986 by the City of Effingham, or (KK) if the
31 ordinance was adopted on May 9, 1991 by the Village of Tilton,
32 or (LL) if the ordinance was adopted on October 20, 1986 by the
33 City of Elmhurst, or (MM) if the ordinance was adopted on
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1 ordinance was adopted on September 21, 1998 by the City of
2 Waukegan, or (OO) if the ordinance was adopted on December 31,
3 1986 by the City of Sullivan, or (PP) if the ordinance was
4 adopted on December 23, 1991 by the City of Sullivan, or (QQ)
5 if the ordinance was adopted on December 31, 1986 by the City
6 of Oglesby, or (RR) if the ordinance was adopted on July 28,
7 1987 by the City of Marion, or (SS) if the ordinance was
8 adopted on April 23, 1990 by the City of Marion, or (TT) if the
9 ordinance was adopted on August 20, 1985 by the Village of
10 Mount Prospect, or (UU) if the ordinance was adopted on
11 February 2, 1998 by the Village of Woodhull, or (VV) if the
12 ordinance was adopted on April 20, 1993 by the Village of
13 Princeville, or (WW) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on July
14 1, 1986 by the City of Granite City, or (XX) (RR) if the
15 ordinance was adopted on February 2, 1989 by the Village of
16 Lombard, or (YY) (VV) if the ordinance was adopted on December
17 29, 1986 by the Village of Gardner, or (ZZ) (VV) if the
18 ordinance was adopted on July 14, 1999 by the Village of Paw
19 Paw, or (AAA) if the ordinance was adopted on November 20, 1989
20 by the Village of South Holland and, for redevelopment project
21 areas for which bonds were issued before July 29, 1991, in
22 connection with a redevelopment project in the area within the
23 State Sales Tax Boundary and which were extended by municipal
24 ordinance under subsection (n) of Section 11-74.4-3, the last
25 maturity of the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to
26 mature later than the date on which the redevelopment project
27 area is terminated or December 31, 2013, whichever date occurs
28 first.
29     In the event a municipality issues obligations under home
30 rule powers or other legislative authority the proceeds of
31 which are pledged to pay for redevelopment project costs, the
32 municipality may, if it has followed the procedures in
33 conformance with this division, retire said obligations from
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1 manner as if such obligations had been issued pursuant to the
2 provisions of this division.
3     All obligations heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to
4 this Act shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
5 municipality issuing such obligations or any other taxing
6 district for the purpose of any limitation imposed by law.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-298, eff. 7-23-03; 93-708, eff. 1-1-05;
8 93-747, eff. 7-15-04; 93-924, eff. 8-12-04; 93-983, eff.
9 8-23-04; 93-984, eff. 8-23-04; 93-985, eff. 8-23-04; 93-986,
10 eff. 8-23-04; 93-987, eff. 8-23-04; 93-995, eff. 8-23-04;
11 93-1024, eff. 8-25-04; 93-1076, eff. 1-18-05; 94-260, eff.
12 7-19-05; 94-297, eff. 7-21-05; 94-302, eff. 7-21-05; 94-702,
13 eff. 6-1-06; 94-704, eff. 12-5-05; 94-711, eff. 6-1-06; 94-778,
14 eff. 5-19-06; 94-782, eff. 5-19-06; 94-783, eff. 5-19-06;
15 94-810, eff. 5-26-06; 94-903, eff. 6-22-06; revised 8-3-06.)".