Full Text of HB5329 98th General Assembly
HB5329 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5329 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/1-1-10 | from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-10 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates a 5-year pilot program for non-home rule municipalities with populations in excess of 5,000 located in Kane, Kendall, and DeKalb Counties. Provides that such non-home rule municipalities shall exercise the same powers as home rule municipalities except the power to tax or impose fees. Provides that a municipality with a population in excess of 5,000 located in Kane, Kendall, or DeKalb County that previously held home rule status, and later ended its home rule status by referendum, decrease in population, or otherwise, shall also exercise the powers granted under the Act. Provides legislative intent. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 1-1-10 as follows:
| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/1-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-1-10.
It is the policy of this State that all powers | 8 | | granted, either
expressly or by necessary implication, by this | 9 | | Code, by Illinois statute,
or the Illinois Constitution to | 10 | | municipalities may be exercised
by those municipalities, and | 11 | | the officers, employees and agents of each
notwithstanding | 12 | | effects on competition.
| 13 | | It is further the policy of this State that home-rule | 14 | | municipalities,
the officers, employees and agents of each may
| 15 | | (1) exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to | 16 | | their government
and affairs or (2) exercise those powers | 17 | | within traditional areas of municipal
activity, except as | 18 | | limited by the Illinois Constitution or a proper limiting
| 19 | | statute, notwithstanding effects on competition.
| 20 | | It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State | 21 | | action exemption"
to the application of federal antitrust | 22 | | statutes be fully available to
all municipalities, and the | 23 | | agents, officers and employees of each
to the extent they are |
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| 1 | | exercising authority as aforesaid, including, but
not limited | 2 | | to, the provisions of Sections 6, 7 and 10 of Article VII of
| 3 | | the Illinois Constitution or the provisions of the following | 4 | | Illinois
statutes, as each is now in existence or may | 5 | | hereinafter be amended:
| 6 | | (a) The Illinois Local Library Act; "An Act to provide the | 7 | | manner of
levying or imposing taxes for the provision of | 8 | | special services to areas
within the boundaries of home rule | 9 | | units and non-home rule municipalities
and counties", approved | 10 | | September 21, 1973, as amended; "An Act to
facilitate the | 11 | | development and construction of housing, to provide
| 12 | | governmental assistance therefor, and to repeal an Act herein | 13 | | named", approved July
2, 1947, as amended; or the Housing | 14 | | Authorities Act, the Housing
Cooperation Law, the Blighted | 15 | | Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947, the Blighted
Vacant Areas | 16 | | Development Act of 1949, the Urban Community Conservation Act,
| 17 | | the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or any other power exercised | 18 | | pursuant to
the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act; or
| 19 | | (b) Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article 7 of the | 20 | | Illinois Municipal
Code; Divisions 9, 10 and 11 of Article 8 of | 21 | | the Illinois Municipal Code;
Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of | 22 | | Article 9 of the Illinois Municipal Code; and
all of Divisions | 23 | | of Articles 10 and 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code; or
| 24 | | (c) Any other Illinois statute or constitutional provision | 25 | | now existing
or which may be enacted in the future, by which | 26 | | any municipality may exercise authority.
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| 1 | | The "State action exemption" for which provision is made by | 2 | | this Section
shall be liberally construed in favor of such | 3 | | municipalities and the
agents, employees and officers thereof, | 4 | | and such exemption shall be
available notwithstanding that the | 5 | | action of the municipality or its
agents, officers or employees
| 6 | | constitutes an irregular exercise of constitutional or | 7 | | statutory powers.
However, this exemption shall not apply where | 8 | | the action alleged to be in
violation of antitrust law exceeds | 9 | | either (1) powers granted, either
expressly or by necessary | 10 | | implication, by Illinois statute or the Illinois
Constitution | 11 | | or (2) powers granted to a home rule municipality to perform
| 12 | | any function pertaining to its government and affairs or to act | 13 | | within
traditional areas of municipal activity, except as | 14 | | limited by the Illinois
Constitution or a proper limiting | 15 | | statute.
| 16 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, where it is alleged that a | 17 | | violation of
the antitrust laws has occurred, the relief | 18 | | available to the plaintiffs
shall be limited to an injunction | 19 | | which enjoins the alleged activity.
| 20 | | Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit or limit | 21 | | any cause of
action other than under an antitrust theory.
| 22 | | (d) Municipal authority modernization; pilot program. The | 23 | | General Assembly finds that smaller municipalities in areas of | 24 | | growth are presented with increasingly complex issues related | 25 | | to the health, safety, and welfare of their residents. To | 26 | | determine whether those municipalities would be better |
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| 1 | | equipped to craft effective solutions for their unique | 2 | | circumstances, the General Assembly creates the following | 3 | | pilot program: | 4 | | (1) There is created a pilot program for non-home rule | 5 | | municipalities with populations in excess of 5,000 located | 6 | | in DeKalb, Kane, and Kendall Counties. Those | 7 | | municipalities shall exercise the same powers granted to | 8 | | home rule municipalities under subsection (b) of this | 9 | | Section, except for the power to tax or impose fees not | 10 | | otherwise provided for by law. | 11 | | (2) A municipality with a population in excess of 5,000 | 12 | | located in DeKalb, Kane, or Kendall County that has | 13 | | previously held home rule status, and later ended its home | 14 | | rule status by referendum, decrease in population, or | 15 | | otherwise, shall also exercise the powers granted under | 16 | | this subsection (d). | 17 | | (3) This subsection (d) is repealed 5 years after the | 18 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | 19 | | Assembly. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1050.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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