20 ILCS 607/3-45

(20 ILCS 607/3-45)

Sec. 3-45. Eligible activities. Funds held in the South Suburban Brownfields Redevelopment Fund may be expended for the following purposes:

(1) Payment of costs undertaken directly by the Managing Partner or reimbursement of costs incurred by an eligible developer or eligible employer as part of the execution of an agreement, any of which services may be subcontracted out to third parties for the following activities:

(A) environmental site assessments, site investigations, remediation action plans, and remediation of brownfield sites located on property where any portion of an eligible project is taking place;

(B) land acquisition and site assembly, site development plans, and demolition of derelict or outdated structures.

(C) recruiting and training of individuals who are both (i) members of a minority group, and (ii) residing in one of the municipalities containing property that is part of the Zone, for employment in logistics or light manufacturing, such as through pre-employment services, pre-apprenticeship training, apprenticeship training, and skills training; expenditures for these recruiting or training activities shall not exceed 20% of the total dollars transferred to the South Suburban Brownfields Redevelopment Fund in any fiscal year or 15% of the total dollars transferred to this Fund during the entire period of the Fund's existence.

(2) Payment of the costs of repairing or upgrading public infrastructure on publicly owned land within the Zone, including rights of way, provided such infrastructure is on public property that is either included within the Brownfields Redevelopment Zone or which is essential to the development of a Project.

In agreements with for-profit eligible developers and employers governing redevelopment of privately held land, reimbursements must first and foremost prioritize the activities described in item (A).

(3) Program administration costs. The Managing Partner may request up to a total of 15% of amounts in the Fund over the course of the fiscal year to support its responsibilities in that fiscal year or in prior years as detailed in Section 3-30 of this Act. The Managing Partner must find additional funds for any program administration costs not covered by the 15%. Subject to the Department's approval, the Managing Partner may impose a reasonable fee upon eligible developers and eligible employers who submit proposals, for purposes of processing these applications and performing such due diligence as may be necessary to assess overall feasibility of the proposed projects and their consistency with the development objectives of this Act and the Zone Master Plan as discussed in Section 3-30 of this Act. Those fees may not exceed 2% of the dollar amount requested from the Fund for the proposed project, and the Managing Partner may use these fees to support program administration. The income to the Managing Partner generated by those fees shall be counted as part of the 15% of total transfers to the Fund permitted for the Managing Partner's compensation.

(Source: P.A. 100-774, eff. 8-10-18.)