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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 524
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  524  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning districts."; and
 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:
 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is  amended
 8    by changing Section 5.4 and adding Section 5.4.1 as follows:
 9        (20 ILCS 655/5.4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 609)
10        Sec.  5.4.   Amendment and De-Certification of Enterprise
11    Zones.  (a)  The  terms  of  a  certified   enterprise   zone
12    designating ordinance may be amended to
13        (i)  alter the boundaries of the Enterprise Zone, or
14        (ii)  expand,  limit or repeal tax incentives or benefits
15    provided in the ordinance, or
16        (iii)  alter the termination date of the zone, or
17        (iv)  make technical corrections in the  enterprise  zone
18    designating  ordinance;  but  such  amendment  shall  not  be
19    effective unless the Department issues an amended certificate
20    for  the  Enterprise  Zone, approving the amended designating
21    ordinance. Upon the adoption of  any  ordinance  amending  or
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 1    repealing   the   terms   of   a  certified  enterprise  zone
 2    designating  ordinance,  the  municipality  or  county  shall
 3    promptly file with the Department an application for approval
 4    thereof, containing substantially  the  same  information  as
 5    required  for  an  application  under  Section 5.1 insofar as
 6    material to the proposed changes. The municipality or  county
 7    must  hold  a  public  hearing  on  the  proposed  changes as
 8    specified in Section 5 and, if the amendment is to effectuate
 9    the limitation of tax abatements under  Section  5.4.1,  then
10    the  public  notice  of the hearing shall state that property
11    that is in both  the  enterprise  zone  and  a  redevelopment
12    project  area may not receive tax abatements unless within 60
13    days after the adoption of the amendment the eligibility  for
14    tax abatements is established, or
15        (v)  include  an  area  within  another  municipality  or
16    county as part of the designated enterprise zone provided the
17    requirements of Section 4 are complied with, or.
18        (vi)  effectuate  the  limitation of tax abatements under
19    Section 5.4.1.
20        (b)  The  Department  shall  approve  or   disapprove   a
21    proposed  amendment  to a certified enterprise zone within 90
22    days of its receipt of the application from the  municipality
23    or  county.  The Department may not approve changes in a Zone
24    which are  not  in  conformity  with  this  Act,  as  now  or
25    hereafter  amended,  or  with  other  applicable laws. If the
26    Department issues an amended certificate  for  an  Enterprise
27    Zone, the amended certificate, together with the amended zone
28    designating   ordinance,   shall   be   filed,  recorded  and
29    transmitted as provided in Section 5.3.
30        (c)  An Enterprise Zone  may  be  de-certified  by  joint
31    action  of  the  Department  and  the  designating  county or
32    municipality in accordance with this Section. The designating
33    county or municipality shall  conduct  at  least  one  public
34    hearing within the zone prior to its adoption of an ordinance
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 1    of  de-designation. The mayor of the designating municipality
 2    or the chairman of the county board of the designating county
 3    shall execute a joint  de-certification  agreement  with  the
 4    Department.  A  de-certification  of an Enterprise Zone shall
 5    not become effective  until  at  least  6  months  after  the
 6    execution  of  the de-certification agreement, which shall be
 7    filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
 8        (d)  An Enterprise Zone may be decertified for  cause  by
 9    the  Department  in  accordance  with  this Section. Prior to
10    decertification: (1) the Department shall  notify  the  chief
11    elected official of the designating county or municipality in
12    writing  of the specific deficiencies which provide cause for
13    decertification;  (2)  the   Department   shall   place   the
14    designating county or municipality on probationary status for
15    at  least 6 months during which time corrective action may be
16    achieved in the enterprise zone by the designating county  or
17    municipality;  and, (3) the Department shall conduct at least
18    one public hearing within the zone. If such corrective action
19    is  not  achieved  during  the   probationary   period,   the
20    Department  shall  issue an amended certificate signed by the
21    Director of the Department decertifying the enterprise  zone,
22    which  certificate  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of the
23    Secretary  of  State.  A  certified  copy  of   the   amended
24    enterprise zone certificate, or a duplicate original thereof,
25    shall  be recorded in the office of recorder of the county in
26    which the enterprise zone lies, and shall be provided to  the
27    chief   elected   official   of  the  designating  county  or
28    municipality. Decertification of an Enterprise Zone shall not
29    become effective until 60 days after the date of filing.
30        (e)  In the event of a de-certification, or an  amendment
31    reducing  the length of the term or the area of an Enterprise
32    Zone or the adoption of an ordinance reducing or  eliminating
33    tax  benefits  in an Enterprise Zone, all benefits previously
34    extended within the Zone pursuant to this Act or pursuant  to
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 1    any  other Illinois law providing benefits specifically to or
 2    within Enterprise  Zones  shall  remain  in  effect  for  the
 3    original  stated term of the Enterprise Zone, with respect to
 4    business enterprises within the Zone on the effective date of
 5    such de-certification  or  amendment,  and  with  respect  to
 6    individuals  participating  in urban homestead programs under
 7    this Act.
 8        (f)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4.1,  with
 9    respect to business enterprises (or expansions thereof) which
10    are  proposed  or under development within a Zone at the time
11    of a de-certification or an amendment reducing the length  of
12    the  term  of  the  Zone, or excluding from the Zone area the
13    site of the proposed enterprise, or an ordinance reducing  or
14    eliminating  tax benefits in a Zone, such business enterprise
15    shall be  entitled  to  the  benefits  previously  applicable
16    within  the Zone for the original stated term of the Zone, if
17    the business enterprise establishes:
18        (i)  that the proposed business enterprise  or  expansion
19    has been committed to be located within the Zone;
20        (ii)  that  substantial and binding financial obligations
21    have been made towards the development  of  such  enterprise;
22    and
23        (iii)  that such commitments have been made in reasonable
24    reliance on the benefits and programs which were to have been
25    applicable to the enterprise by reason of the Zone, including
26    in  the  case  of a reduction in term of a zone, the original
27    length of the term.
28        In declaratory judgment actions under this paragraph, the
29    Department and the designating municipality or  county  shall
30    be necessary parties defendant.
31    (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
32        (20 ILCS 655/5.4.1 new)
33        Sec. 5.4.1.  Adoption of Tax Increment Financing.
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 1        (a)  If  (i) a redevelopment project area is, will be, or
 2    has been created by a municipality under   Division  74.4  of
 3    the  Illinois  Municipal Code, (ii) the redevelopment project
 4    area contains property that is located in an enterprise zone,
 5    (iii) the municipality adopts an amendment to the  enterprise
 6    zone  designating  ordinance  pursuant to Section 5.4 of this
 7    Act  specifically  concerning  the  abatement  of  taxes   on
 8    property  located within a redevelopment project area created
 9    pursuant to Division 74.4 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and
10    (iv) the Department certifies the ordinance  amendment,  then
11    the  property that is located in both the enterprise zone and
12    the redevelopment project area shall not be eligible for  the
13    abatement  of  taxes under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax
14    Code.
15        No  business  enterprise  or  expansion  or   individual,
16    however,  that has constructed a new improvement or renovated
17    or rehabilitated an existing improvement and has received  an
18    abatement  on  the  improvement  under  Section 18-170 of the
19    Property Tax Code shall  be  denied  any  benefit  previously
20    extended  within the zone pursuant to this Act or pursuant to
21    any other Illinois law providing benefits specifically to  or
22    within   enterprise   zones.    Moreover,   if  the  business
23    enterprise or expansion or individual establishes, within  60
24    days  after  the adoption by the municipality of an amendment
25    to the designating ordinance, that before  the  date  of  the
26    adoption   by  the  municipality  of  the  amendment  to  the
27    designating  ordinance  (i)  the   business   enterprise   or
28    expansion  or  individual was committed to  locate within the
29    enterprise zone, (ii)  substantial  and    binding  financial
30    obligations   were   made  towards  the  development  of  the
31    enterprise,  and  (iii)  those    commitments  were  made  in
32    reasonable reliance on the benefits and  programs  that  were
33    applicable  to  the  enterprise or expansion or individual by
34    reason  of  the  enterprise  zone,  then  the  enterprise  or
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 1    expansion or individual  shall  not  be  denied  any  benefit
 2    previously  extended  within the zone pursuant to this Act or
 3    pursuant  to  any  other  Illinois  law  providing   benefits
 4    specifically to or within enterprise zones.
 5        (b)  This  Section applies to all property located within
 6    both a  redevelopment project  area  adopted  under  Division
 7    74.4  of  the  Illinois Municipal Code and an enterprise zone
 8    even if the redevelopment  project  area  or  the  enterprise
 9    zone   was  adopted  before  the  effective    date  of  this
10    amendatory Act of 1997.
11        (c)  After July 1, 1997, if (i) a  redevelopment  project
12    area  is created by a municipality under Division 74.4 of the
13    Illinois Municipal Code and (ii)  the  redevelopment  project
14    area contains property that is located in an enterprise zone,
15    the  municipality  must  adopt  an amendment to the certified
16    enterprise zone designating ordinance under Section 5.4  that
17    property  that is located in both the enterprise zone and the
18    redevelopment project area shall  not  be  eligible  for  any
19    abatement  of  taxes under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax
20    Code for new improvements or the renovation or rehabilitation
21    of existing improvements.
22        (d)  In declaratory judgment actions under this  Section,
23    the  Department    and  the designating municipality shall be
24    necessary parties defendant.
25        Section 10.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
26    Section 18-170 as follows:
27        (35 ILCS 200/18-170)
28        Sec. 18-170.  Enterprise zone abatement.  In addition  to
29    the authority to abate taxes under Section 18-165, any taxing
30    district,  upon  a  majority vote of its governing authority,
31    may order the county clerk to abate any portion of its  taxes
32    on   property,  or  any  class  thereof,  located  within  an
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 1    Enterprise Zone created under the  Illinois  Enterprise  Zone
 2    Act,  and  upon  which  either  new  improvements  have  been
 3    constructed  or  existing improvements have been renovated or
 4    rehabilitated after December 7, 1982. However, any  abatement
 5    of   taxes   on  any  parcel  shall  not  exceed  the  amount
 6    attributable to the construction of the improvements and  the
 7    renovation  or rehabilitation of existing improvements on the
 8    parcel.  In the case of property within a redevelopment  area
 9    created under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act,
10    the abatement shall not apply unless a business enterprise or
11    individual  with  regard  to new improvements or renovated or
12    rehabilitated  improvements  has  met  the  requirements   of
13    Section  5.4.1 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act exceed the
14    amount of taxes allocable  to  the  taxing  district.  If  an
15    abatement  is discontinued under this Section, a municipality
16    shall notify the county clerk and  the  board  of  review  or
17    board of appeals of the change in writing not later than July
18    1  of the assessment year to be first affected by the change.
19    However, within a county economic  development  project  area
20    created  under  the  County Economic Development Project Area
21    Property Tax Allocation Act, any municipality or county which
22    has adopted tax increment allocation financing under the  Tax
23    Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or the County Economic
24    Development  Project  Area  Tax  Increment Allocation Act may
25    abate any portion of its taxes as provided in  this  Section.
26    Any   other   taxing  district  within  the  county  economic
27    development project area may order any portion or all of  its
28    taxes  abated as provided above if the county or municipality
29    which created the  tax  increment  district  has  agreed,  in
30    writing, to the abatement.
31        A  copy  of an abatement order adopted under this Section
32    shall be delivered to the county clerk and to  the  board  of
33    review  or  board  of  appeals  not  later than July 1 of the
34    assessment year to be first affected by the order. If  it  is
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 1    delivered  on  or  after  that date, it will first affect the
 2    taxes extended on the assessment of the following year.   The
 3    board  of  review  or  board  of appeals shall, each time the
 4    assessment books are delivered  to  the  county  clerk,  also
 5    deliver  a  list  of parcels affected by an abatement and the
 6    assessed value attributable to new  improvements  or  to  the
 7    renovation or rehabilitation of existing improvements.
 8    (Source:  P.A.  88-455;  89-126,  eff.  7-11-95; 89-671, eff.
 9    8-14-96.)
10        Section 15.  The Illinois Municipal Code  is  amended  by
11    changing Sections 11-74.4-8 and 11-74.4-8a and adding Section
12    11-74.4-8c as follows:
13        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-8)
14        Sec.   11-74.4-8.   A  municipality  may  not  adopt  tax
15    increment financing in a redevelopment project area after the
16    effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1997  that  will
17    encompass an area that is currently included in an enterprise
18    zone  created  under  the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act unless
19    that municipality, pursuant to Section 5.4  of  the  Illinois
20    Enterprise  Zone  Act, amends the enterprise zone designating
21    ordinance to limit the  eligibility  for  tax  abatements  as
22    provided  in  Section  5.4.1  of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
23    Act.  A municipality, at the  time  a  redevelopment  project
24    area  is  designated,  may  adopt  tax  increment  allocation
25    financing  by  passing  an  ordinance  providing  that the ad
26    valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies  upon  taxable
27    real  property  in  such redevelopment project area by taxing
28    districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided  in
29    paragraph  (c)  of  Section  11-74.4-9  each  year  after the
30    effective date of the ordinance until  redevelopment  project
31    costs  and  all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
32    project costs incurred under this  Division  have  been  paid
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 1    shall be divided as follows:
 2        (a)  That  portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot,
 3    block, tract or parcel of real property which is attributable
 4    to the lower of the current equalized assessed value  or  the
 5    initial  equalized  assessed  value of each such taxable lot,
 6    block, tract or parcel of real property in the  redevelopment
 7    project  area  shall be allocated to and when collected shall
 8    be paid by the county collector to  the  respective  affected
 9    taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence
10    of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.
11        (b)  That  portion,  if  any,  of  such  taxes  which  is
12    attributable   to  the  increase  in  the  current  equalized
13    assessed valuation of  each  taxable  lot,  block,  tract  or
14    parcel  of  real  property  in the redevelopment project area
15    over and above the initial equalized assessed value  of  each
16    property  in  the project area shall be allocated to and when
17    collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer who  shall
18    deposit said taxes into a special fund called the special tax
19    allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying
20    redevelopment  project  costs and obligations incurred in the
21    payment thereof. In any county with a population of 3,000,000
22    or more that has adopted a  procedure  for  collecting  taxes
23    that  provides  for  one  or  more of the installments of the
24    taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated  basis,  the
25    municipal  treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special
26    tax allocation fund  of  the  municipality,  from  the  taxes
27    collected  from  estimated  bills  issued for property in the
28    redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount
29    actually collected from each taxable lot,  block,  tract,  or
30    parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area
31    and  an  amount  determined  by multiplying the rate at which
32    taxes were last extended  against  the  taxable  lot,  block,
33    track,  or  parcel of real property in the manner provided in
34    subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 by the initial  equalized
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 1    assessed  value  of  the  property  divided  by the number of
 2    installments in  which  real  estate  taxes  are  billed  and
 3    collected  within  the county, provided each of the following
 4    conditions are met:
 5             (1)  The  total  equalized  assessed  value  of  the
 6        redevelopment project area as  last  determined  was  not
 7        less  than  175%  of the total initial equalized assessed
 8        value.
 9             (2)  Not  more  than  50%  of  the  total  equalized
10        assessed value of the redevelopment project area as  last
11        determined   is  attributable  to  a  piece  of  property
12        assigned a single real estate index number.
13             (3)  The municipal clerk has certified to the county
14        clerk that the municipality has issued its obligations to
15        which there has been  pledged  the  incremental  property
16        taxes  of  the redevelopment project area or taxes levied
17        and collected on any or all property in the  municipality
18        or  the  full faith and credit of the municipality to pay
19        or  secure  payment  for  all  or  a   portion   of   the
20        redevelopment  project  costs. The certification shall be
21        filed  annually  no  later  than  September  1  for   the
22        estimated  taxes to be distributed in the following year;
23        however, for the year 1992  the  certification  shall  be
24        made at any time on or before March 31, 1992.
25             (4)  The  municipality  has  not  requested that the
26        total initial equalized assessed value of  real  property
27        be  adjusted  as  provided  in  subsection (b) of Section
28        11-74.4-9.
29        It  is  the  intent  of  this  Division  that  after  the
30    effective  date  of   this   amendatory   Act   of   1988   a
31    municipality's  own  ad  valorem  tax  arising from levies on
32    taxable real property be included  in  the  determination  of
33    incremental  revenue  in the manner provided in paragraph (c)
34    of Section 11-74.4-9. If the  municipality  does  not  extend
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 1    such  a  tax, it shall annually deposit in the municipality's
 2    Special Tax Increment Fund an amount  equal  to  10%  of  the
 3    total  contributions  to  the  fund  from  all  other  taxing
 4    districts  in  that year.  The annual 10% deposit required by
 5    this paragraph shall be  limited  to  the  actual  amount  of
 6    municipally  produced  incremental  tax revenues available to
 7    the municipality from taxpayers located in the  redevelopment
 8    project  area  in  that  year  if:  (a) the plan for the area
 9    restricts the use of the  property  primarily  to  industrial
10    purposes, (b) the municipality establishing the redevelopment
11    project  area is a home-rule community with a 1990 population
12    of between 25,000 and 50,000, (c) the municipality is  wholly
13    located  within  a  county  with  a  1990  population of over
14    750,000  and  (d)  the   redevelopment   project   area   was
15    established  by the municipality prior to June 1, 1990.  This
16    payment shall be in lieu of  a  contribution  of  ad  valorem
17    taxes  on  real  property.  If  no  such payment is made, any
18    redevelopment project  area  of  the  municipality  shall  be
19    dissolved.
20        If  a  municipality  has adopted tax increment allocation
21    financing  by  ordinance  and  the  County  Clerk  thereafter
22    certifies the "total  initial  equalized  assessed  value  as
23    adjusted"   of   the   taxable   real  property  within  such
24    redevelopment  project  area  in  the  manner   provided   in
25    paragraph  (b) of Section 11-74.4-9, each year after the date
26    of the certification of the total initial equalized  assessed
27    value  as  adjusted until redevelopment project costs and all
28    municipal obligations financing redevelopment  project  costs
29    have been paid the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the
30    levies  upon  the taxable real property in such redevelopment
31    project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined  in
32    the  manner  provided  in  paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9
33    shall be divided as follows:
34             (1)  That portion of  the  taxes  levied  upon  each
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 1        taxable  lot,  block,  tract  or  parcel of real property
 2        which  is  attributable  to  the  lower  of  the  current
 3        equalized assessed value or "current  equalized  assessed
 4        value  as  adjusted"  or  the  initial equalized assessed
 5        value of each such taxable lot, block, tract,  or  parcel
 6        of  real  property  existing  at  the  time tax increment
 7        financing was adopted, minus the total current  homestead
 8        exemptions  provided by Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the
 9        Property Tax Code in the redevelopment project area shall
10        be allocated to and when collected shall be paid  by  the
11        county   collector  to  the  respective  affected  taxing
12        districts in the manner required by law in the absence of
13        the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.
14             (2)  That portion, if any, of such  taxes  which  is
15        attributable  to  the  increase  in the current equalized
16        assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract,  or
17        parcel  of  real  property  in  the redevelopment project
18        area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value
19        of each property  existing  at  the  time  tax  increment
20        financing  was adopted, minus the total current homestead
21        exemptions pertaining to each piece of property  provided
22        by Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax Code in
23        the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and
24        when  collected shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer,
25        who shall deposit said taxes into a special  fund  called
26        the  special  tax allocation fund of the municipality for
27        the purpose of paying  redevelopment  project  costs  and
28        obligations incurred in the payment thereof.
29        The municipality may pledge in the ordinance the funds in
30    and  to  be  deposited in the special tax allocation fund for
31    the payment of such costs and obligations.  No  part  of  the
32    current  equalized assessed valuation of each property in the
33    redevelopment project area attributable to any increase above
34    the total initial equalized  assessed  value,  or  the  total
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 1    initial   equalized  assessed  value  as  adjusted,  of  such
 2    properties shall be used in  calculating  the  general  State
 3    school  aid  formula,  provided  for  in  Section 18-8 of the
 4    School Code, until such time  as  all  redevelopment  project
 5    costs have been paid as provided for in this Section.
 6        Whenever  a  municipality issues bonds for the purpose of
 7    financing redevelopment project costs, such municipality  may
 8    provide  by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which
 9    may be any trust  company  within  the  State,  and  for  the
10    establishment  of  such funds or accounts to be maintained by
11    such trustee as the  municipality  shall  deem  necessary  to
12    provide  for  the security and payment of the bonds.  If such
13    municipality provides for the appointment of a trustee,  such
14    trustee  shall  be  considered  the  assignee of any payments
15    assigned by the municipality pursuant to such  ordinance  and
16    this  Section.   Any amounts paid to such trustee as assignee
17    shall be deposited  in  the  funds  or  accounts  established
18    pursuant  to  such trust agreement, and shall be held by such
19    trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds,
20    and such holders shall have a lien on and a security interest
21    in such funds  or  accounts  so  long  as  the  bonds  remain
22    outstanding  and  unpaid.  Upon  retirement of the bonds, the
23    trustee shall  pay  over  any  excess  amounts  held  to  the
24    municipality for deposit in the special tax allocation fund.
25        When such redevelopment projects costs, including without
26    limitation  all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
27    project costs incurred under this Division, have  been  paid,
28    all   surplus   funds  then  remaining  in  the  special  tax
29    allocation fund shall be distributed by  being  paid  by  the
30    municipal   treasurer  to  the  Department  of  Revenue,  the
31    municipality  and  the  county  collector;   first   to   the
32    Department   of   Revenue  and  the  municipality  in  direct
33    proportion to the tax incremental revenue received  from  the
34    State  and  the  municipality,  but  not  to exceed the total
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 1    incremental  revenue  received  from   the   State   or   the
 2    municipality   less   any   annual  surplus  distribution  of
 3    incremental revenue previously made; with any remaining funds
 4    to be paid to the  County  Collector  who  shall  immediately
 5    thereafter  pay  said  funds  to  the taxing districts in the
 6    redevelopment project area in the same manner and  proportion
 7    as  the  most  recent distribution by the county collector to
 8    the affected districts  of  real  property  taxes  from  real
 9    property in the redevelopment project area.
10        Upon  the  payment  of  all  redevelopment project costs,
11    retirement of obligations and the distribution of any  excess
12    monies pursuant to this Section, the municipality shall adopt
13    an  ordinance  dissolving the special tax allocation fund for
14    the  redevelopment   project   area   and   terminating   the
15    designation   of   the   redevelopment   project  area  as  a
16    redevelopment  project  area.   If  a  municipality   extends
17    estimated  dates of completion of a redevelopment project and
18    retirement of obligations to finance a redevelopment project,
19    as allowed by this amendatory Act  of  1993,  that  extension
20    shall  not  extend  the  property  tax  increment  allocation
21    financing  authorized  by this Section.  Thereafter the rates
22    of the taxing districts shall be extended and  taxes  levied,
23    collected  and  distributed  in  the manner applicable in the
24    absence  of  the  adoption  of   tax   increment   allocation
25    financing.
26        Nothing  in  this Section shall be construed as relieving
27    property in  such  redevelopment  project  areas  from  being
28    assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving
29    owners  of such property from paying a uniform rate of taxes,
30    as required by  Section  4  of  Article  9  of  the  Illinois
31    Constitution.
32    (Source: P.A. 87-813; 87-872; 87-1272; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
33    !!!
                            -15-           LRB9001031KDmbam01
 1        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-8a)
 2        Sec.  11-74.4-8a.  (1) Until June 1, 1988, a municipality
 3    which has adopted tax increment allocation financing prior to
 4    January  1,  1987,  may  by  ordinance  (1)   authorize   the
 5    Department  of Revenue, subject to appropriation, to annually
 6    certify and cause to be paid from the Illinois Tax  Increment
 7    Fund  to  such municipality for deposit in the municipality's
 8    special tax allocation fund an amount equal to the Net  State
 9    Sales  Tax  Increment  and  (2)  authorize  the Department of
10    Revenue to annually notify the municipality of the amount  of
11    the Municipal Sales Tax Increment which shall be deposited by
12    the municipality in the municipality's special tax allocation
13    fund.   Provided   that  for  purposes  of  this  Section  no
14    amendments  adding  additional  area  to  the   redevelopment
15    project  area which has been certified as the State Sales Tax
16    Boundary shall be taken into account if such  amendments  are
17    adopted  by  the  municipality  after  January 1, 1987. If an
18    amendment is adopted which decreases  the  area  of  a  State
19    Sales  Tax  Boundary,  the municipality shall update the list
20    required by subsection (3)(a) of this Section. The Retailers'
21    Occupation  Tax  liability,  Use   Tax   liability,   Service
22    Occupation  Tax  liability  and Service Use Tax liability for
23    retailers and servicemen located within the disconnected area
24    shall be excluded from the base from which tax increments are
25    calculated  and  the  revenue  from  any  such  retailer   or
26    serviceman  shall  not be included in calculating incremental
27    revenue payable to the municipality. A municipality  adopting
28    an  ordinance under this subsection (1) of this Section for a
29    redevelopment project area which  is  certified  as  a  State
30    Sales Tax Boundary shall not be entitled to payments of State
31    taxes authorized under subsection (2) of this Section for the
32    same  redevelopment  project  area.  Nothing  herein shall be
33    construed to prevent a municipality from receiving payment of
34    State taxes authorized under subsection (2) of  this  Section
                            -16-           LRB9001031KDmbam01
 1    for  a  separate  redevelopment  project  area  that does not
 2    overlap  in  any  way  with  the  State  Sales  Tax  Boundary
 3    receiving payments of State taxes pursuant to subsection  (1)
 4    of this Section.
 5        A  certified copy of such ordinance shall be submitted by
 6    the municipality to the Department of Commerce and  Community
 7    Affairs  and the Department of Revenue not later than 30 days
 8    after the effective date of the ordinance.   Upon  submission
 9    of  the  ordinances, and the information required pursuant to
10    subsection 3 of this Section, the Department of Revenue shall
11    promptly determine the amount of such taxes  paid  under  the
12    Retailers'  Occupation  Tax Act, Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax
13    Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Municipal Retailers'
14    Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service  Occupation  Tax
15    Act  by  retailers  and  servicemen on transactions at places
16    located in the redevelopment project  area  during  the  base
17    year,  and shall certify all the foregoing "initial sales tax
18    amounts" to the municipality within 60 days of submission  of
19    the list required of subsection (3)(a) of this Section.
20        If  a  retailer  or  serviceman  with a place of business
21    located within a redevelopment project area also has  one  or
22    more  other  places  of  business within the municipality but
23    outside the  redevelopment  project  area,  the  retailer  or
24    serviceman  shall, upon request of the Department of Revenue,
25    certify to the Department of Revenue the amount of taxes paid
26    pursuant to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the  Municipal
27    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act
28    and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act at each place of
29    business  which  is  located within the redevelopment project
30    area in the manner and for the periods of time  requested  by
31    the Department of Revenue.
32        When  the  municipality  determines  that a portion of an
33    increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid  by  retailers
34    and  servicemen  under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use
                            -17-           LRB9001031KDmbam01
 1    Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, or the Service  Occupation  Tax
 2    Act  is  the  result  of  a retailer or serviceman initiating
 3    retail or service operations  in  the  redevelopment  project
 4    area   by  such  retailer  or  serviceman  with  a  resulting
 5    termination of retail or service operations by such  retailer
 6    or serviceman at another location in Illinois in the standard
 7    metropolitan  statistical  area  of  such  municipality,  the
 8    Department  of  Revenue  shall be notified that the retailers
 9    occupation  tax  liability,  use   tax   liability,   service
10    occupation  tax  liability, or service use tax liability from
11    such retailer's or serviceman's terminated operation shall be
12    included in the base Initial Sales Tax Amounts from which the
13    State Sales Tax Increment is calculated for purposes of State
14    payments to the affected municipality; provided, however, for
15    purposes of this paragraph "termination" shall mean a closing
16    of a retail or service operation which is directly related to
17    the opening of the same retail  or  service  operation  in  a
18    redevelopment  project  area which is included within a State
19    Sales Tax Boundary,  but  it  shall  not  include  retail  or
20    service  operations  closed for reasons beyond the control of
21    the retailer or serviceman, as determined by the  Department.
22    If  the  municipality  makes the determination referred to in
23    the prior paragraph and notifies the Department  and  if  the
24    relocation  is  from  a location within the municipality, the
25    Department, at the request of the municipality, shall  adjust
26    the  certified  aggregate amount of taxes that constitute the
27    Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment  paid   by   retailers   and
28    servicemen  on  transactions  at  places  of business located
29    within the State Sales Tax  Boundary  during  the  base  year
30    using  the  same  procedures  as  are  employed  to  make the
31    adjustment referred to in the prior paragraph.  The  adjusted
32    Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment calculated by the Department
33    shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection
34    (1) of this Section.
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 1        When a  municipality  which  has  adopted  tax  increment
 2    allocation financing in 1986 determines that a portion of the
 3    aggregate  amount  of  taxes paid by retailers and servicemen
 4    under the Retailers Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act,  Service
 5    Use  Tax  Act,  or  Service Occupation Tax Act, the Municipal
 6    Retailers' Occupation  Tax  Act  and  the  Municipal  Service
 7    Occupation  Tax  Act,  includes  revenue  of  a  retailer  or
 8    serviceman which terminated retailer or service operations in
 9    1986,  prior  to  the  adoption  of  tax increment allocation
10    financing, the Department of Revenue  shall  be  notified  by
11    such   municipality   that   the  retailers'  occupation  tax
12    liability,  use  tax  liability,   service   occupation   tax
13    liability  or service use tax liability, from such retailer's
14    or serviceman's terminated operations shall be excluded  from
15    the  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts for such taxes. The revenue
16    from any such retailer or serviceman which is  excluded  from
17    the  base year under this paragraph, shall not be included in
18    calculating  incremental  revenues  if   such   retailer   or
19    serviceman  reestablishes  such business in the redevelopment
20    project area.
21        For State fiscal year 1992,  the  Department  of  Revenue
22    shall   budget,  and  the  Illinois  General  Assembly  shall
23    appropriate from the Illinois Tax Increment Fund in the State
24    treasury, an amount not to exceed $18,000,000 to pay to  each
25    eligible  municipality  the  Net State Sales Tax Increment to
26    which such municipality is entitled.
27        Beginning  on  January  1,  1993,   each   municipality's
28    proportional  share  of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund shall
29    be determined by  adding  the  annual  Net  State  Sales  Tax
30    Increment  and  the  annual  Net  Utility  Tax  Increment  to
31    determine the Annual Total Increment. The ratio of the Annual
32    Total  Increment  of  each  municipality  to the Annual Total
33    Increment for all municipalities, as most recently calculated
34    by the Department, shall determine the proportional shares of
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 1    the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to  be  distributed  to  each
 2    municipality.
 3        Beginning in October, 1993, and each January, April, July
 4    and  October  thereafter,  the  Department  of  Revenue shall
 5    certify to the Treasurer  and  the  Comptroller  the  amounts
 6    payable  quarter  annually  during  the  fiscal  year to each
 7    municipality  under  this  Section.  The  Comptroller   shall
 8    promptly  then draw warrants, ordering the State Treasurer to
 9    pay such amounts from the Illinois Tax Increment Fund in  the
10    State treasury.
11        The  Department of Revenue shall utilize the same periods
12    established for determining  State  Sales  Tax  Increment  to
13    determine  the  Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment for the area
14    within a State Sales Tax Boundary and certify such amounts to
15    such municipal treasurer who shall transfer such  amounts  to
16    the special tax allocation fund.
17        The  provisions  of  this  subsection (1) do not apply to
18    additional  municipal  retailers'   occupation   or   service
19    occupation  taxes  imposed by municipalities using their home
20    rule  powers  or  imposed  pursuant  to  Sections   8-11-1.3,
21    8-11-1.4  and  8-11-1.5 of this Act. A municipality shall not
22    receive  from  the  State  any  share  of  the  Illinois  Tax
23    Increment Fund unless  such  municipality  deposits  all  its
24    Municipal  Sales Tax Increment and the local incremental real
25    property  tax  revenues,  as  provided   herein,   into   the
26    appropriate  special  tax  allocation  fund.  A  municipality
27    located  within  an economic development project area created
28    under the County Economic  Development Project Area  Property
29    Tax  Allocation  Act  which  has  abated  any  portion of its
30    property taxes which otherwise would have been  deposited  in
31    its  special  tax  allocation fund shall not receive from the
32    State the Net Sales Tax Increment.
33        (2)  A  municipality  which  has  adopted  tax  increment
34    allocation financing with regard to  an  industrial  park  or
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 1    industrial  park conservation area, prior to January 1, 1988,
 2    may by ordinance  authorize  the  Department  of  Revenue  to
 3    annually certify and pay from the Illinois Tax Increment Fund
 4    to  such  municipality  for  deposit  in  the  municipality's
 5    special  tax allocation fund an amount equal to the Net State
 6    Utility Tax Increment. Provided that  for  purposes  of  this
 7    Section   no   amendments   adding  additional  area  to  the
 8    redevelopment project area shall be  taken  into  account  if
 9    such amendments are adopted by the municipality after January
10    1,  1988.  Municipalities  adopting  an  ordinance under this
11    subsection (2) of this Section for  a  redevelopment  project
12    area  shall  not  be  entitled  to  payment  of  State  taxes
13    authorized  under subsection (1) of this Section for the same
14    redevelopment project area which is within a State Sales  Tax
15    Boundary.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed to prevent a
16    municipality from receiving payment of State taxes authorized
17    under  subsection  (1)  of  this  Section  for   a   separate
18    redevelopment  project area within a State Sales Tax Boundary
19    that does not overlap  in  any  way  with  the  redevelopment
20    project  area  receiving  payments of State taxes pursuant to
21    subsection (2) of this Section.
22        A certified copy of such ordinance shall be submitted  to
23    the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community Affairs and the
24    Department of Revenue  not  later  than  30  days  after  the
25    effective date of the ordinance.
26        When  a  municipality  determines  that  a  portion of an
27    increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by  industrial
28    or  commercial  facilities under the Public Utilities Act, is
29    the result of an industrial or commercial facility initiating
30    operations in the redevelopment project area with a resulting
31    termination  of  such  operations  by  such   industrial   or
32    commercial  facility  at  another  location  in Illinois, the
33    Department of Revenue shall be notified by such  municipality
34    that such industrial or commercial facility's liability under
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 1    the Public Utility Tax Act shall be included in the base from
 2    which  tax  increments  are  calculated for purposes of State
 3    payments to the affected municipality.
 4        After receipt of the calculations by the  public  utility
 5    as required by subsection (4) of this Section, the Department
 6    of  Revenue  shall  annually  budget and the Illinois General
 7    Assembly shall annually appropriate from the General  Revenue
 8    Fund  through State Fiscal Year 1989, and thereafter from the
 9    Illinois Tax Increment Fund, an amount sufficient to  pay  to
10    each  eligible municipality the amount of incremental revenue
11    attributable to State electric and gas taxes as reflected  by
12    the  charges  imposed on persons in the project area to which
13    such municipality is  entitled  by  comparing  the  preceding
14    calendar  year  with  the  base  year  as  determined by this
15    Section.  Beginning on January 1, 1993,  each  municipality's
16    proportional  share  of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund shall
17    be determined by adding the  annual  Net  State  Utility  Tax
18    Increment  and  the  annual  Net  Utility  Tax  Increment  to
19    determine the Annual Total Increment. The ratio of the Annual
20    Total  Increment  of  each  municipality  to the Annual Total
21    Increment for all municipalities, as most recently calculated
22    by the Department, shall determine the proportional shares of
23    the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to  be  distributed  to  each
24    municipality.
25        A  municipality  shall  not  receive  any  share  of  the
26    Illinois  Tax  Increment  Fund  from  the  State  unless such
27    municipality imposes the maximum municipal charges authorized
28    pursuant to Section 9-221 of the  Public  Utilities  Act  and
29    deposits  all  municipal  utility tax incremental revenues as
30    certified by the public utilities, and all local real  estate
31    tax   increments   into   such   municipality's  special  tax
32    allocation fund.
33        (3)  Within 30 days after the adoption of  the  ordinance
34    required  by  either subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this
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 1    Section, the municipality shall transmit to the Department of
 2    Commerce and Community Affairs and the Department of  Revenue
 3    the following:
 4             (a)  if   applicable,   a   certified  copy  of  the
 5        ordinance required by subsection  (1)  accompanied  by  a
 6        complete  list  of  street  names and the range of street
 7        numbers of each street located within  the  redevelopment
 8        project area for which payments are to be made under this
 9        Section  in  both the base year and in the year preceding
10        the payment year; and the addresses of persons registered
11        with the Department of Revenue; and, the name under which
12        each such retailer or  serviceman  conducts  business  at
13        that  address,  if different from the corporate name; and
14        the Illinois Business Tax Number of each such person (The
15        municipality shall update this list in  the  event  of  a
16        revision  of  the  redevelopment  project  area,  or  the
17        opening  or  closing or name change of any street or part
18        thereof in the redevelopment  project  area,  or  if  the
19        Department  of  Revenue  informs  the  municipality of an
20        addition or deletion  pursuant  to  the  monthly  updates
21        given by the Department.);
22             (b)  if   applicable,   a   certified  copy  of  the
23        ordinance required by subsection  (2)  accompanied  by  a
24        complete list of street names and range of street numbers
25        of  each  street located within the redevelopment project
26        area, the utility customers in the project area, and  the
27        utilities serving the redevelopment project areas;
28             (c)  certified  copies  of  the ordinances approving
29        the redevelopment plan and designating the  redevelopment
30        project area;
31             (d)  a copy of the redevelopment plan as approved by
32        the municipality;
33             (e)  an   opinion   of   legal   counsel   that  the
34        municipality had complied with the requirements  of  this
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 1        Act; and
 2             (f)  a  certification by the chief executive officer
 3        of the municipality that with regard to  a  redevelopment
 4        project  area:  (1) the municipality has committed all of
 5        the municipal tax increment created pursuant to this  Act
 6        for  deposit  in the special tax allocation fund, (2) the
 7        redevelopment projects  described  in  the  redevelopment
 8        plan  would  not  be  completed  without the use of State
 9        incremental  revenues  pursuant  to  this  Act,  (3)  the
10        municipality  will  pursue  the  implementation  of   the
11        redevelopment  plan  in  an  expeditious  manner, (4) the
12        incremental revenues created  pursuant  to  this  Section
13        will  be  exclusively utilized for the development of the
14        redevelopment project area, and (5) the increased revenue
15        created  pursuant  to  this   Section   shall   be   used
16        exclusively to pay redevelopment project costs as defined
17        in this Act.
18        (4)  The  Department  of  Revenue  upon  receipt  of  the
19    information  set  forth  in  paragraph  (b) of subsection (3)
20    shall immediately forward such  information  to  each  public
21    utility  furnishing  natural  gas or electricity to buildings
22    within the redevelopment project area.  Upon receipt of  such
23    information, each public utility shall promptly:
24             (a)  provide  to  the  Department of Revenue and the
25        municipality separate lists of the names and addresses of
26        persons within the redevelopment project  area  receiving
27        natural  gas  or  electricity  from  such public utility.
28        Such list shall be updated as  necessary  by  the  public
29        utility.  Each  month thereafter the public utility shall
30        furnish the Department of Revenue  and  the  municipality
31        with  an  itemized listing of charges imposed pursuant to
32        Sections 9-221 and 9-222 of the Public Utilities  Act  on
33        persons within the redevelopment project area.
34             (b)  determine   the   amount   of  charges  imposed
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 1        pursuant to  Sections  9-221  and  9-222  of  the  Public
 2        Utilities  Act  on  persons  in the redevelopment project
 3        area during the base year, both as a result of  municipal
 4        taxes  on  electricity  and  gas and as a result of State
 5        taxes on electricity and gas  and  certify  such  amounts
 6        both  to  the municipality and the Department of Revenue;
 7        and
 8             (c)  determine  the  amount   of   charges   imposed
 9        pursuant  to  Sections  9-221  and  9-222  of  the Public
10        Utilities Act on persons  in  the  redevelopment  project
11        area  on  a monthly basis during the base year, both as a
12        result of State and municipal taxes  on  electricity  and
13        gas  and  certify  such  separate  amounts  both  to  the
14        municipality and the Department of Revenue.
15        After  the  determinations are made in paragraphs (b) and
16    (c), the public utility shall monthly during the existence of
17    the redevelopment  project  area  notify  the  Department  of
18    Revenue  and the municipality of any increase in charges over
19    the base year determinations made pursuant to paragraphs  (b)
20    and (c).
21        (5)  The  payments authorized under this Section shall be
22    deposited by the  municipal  treasurer  in  the  special  tax
23    allocation  fund  of  the  municipality, which for accounting
24    purposes shall identify  the  sources  of  each  payment  as:
25    municipal  receipts  from  the  State  retailers  occupation,
26    service  occupation, use and service use taxes; and municipal
27    public utility taxes charged to customers  under  the  Public
28    Utilities  Act  and  State  public  utility  taxes charged to
29    customers under the Public Utilities Act.
30        (6)  Any municipality receiving payments authorized under
31    this Section for  any  redevelopment  project  area  or  area
32    within  a  State  Sales  Tax Boundary within the municipality
33    shall submit to the Department of Revenue and to  the  taxing
34    districts  which are sent the notice required by Section 6 of
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 1    this Act annually within 180 days after  the  close  of  each
 2    municipal  fiscal  year  the  following  information  for the
 3    immediately preceding fiscal year:
 4             (a)  Any amendments to the redevelopment  plan,  the
 5        redevelopment  project  area,  or  the  State  Sales  Tax
 6        Boundary.
 7             (b)  Audited financial statements of the special tax
 8        allocation fund.
 9             (c)  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of
10        the  municipality that the municipality has complied with
11        all of the requirements of this Act during the  preceding
12        fiscal year.
13             (d)  An   opinion   of   legal   counsel   that  the
14        municipality is in compliance with this Act.
15             (e)  An analysis of the special tax allocation  fund
16        which sets forth:
17                  (1)  the  balance in the special tax allocation
18             fund at the beginning of the fiscal year;
19                  (2)  all amounts deposited in the  special  tax
20             allocation fund by source;
21                  (3)  all  expenditures  from  the  special  tax
22             allocation   fund   by   category   of   permissible
23             redevelopment project cost; and
24                  (4)  the  balance in the special tax allocation
25             fund at the end  of  the  fiscal  year  including  a
26             breakdown  of  that  balance  by source. Such ending
27             balance shall be designated as surplus if it is  not
28             required for anticipated redevelopment project costs
29             or  to  pay  debt service on bonds issued to finance
30             redevelopment project costs, as set forth in Section
31             11-74.4-7 hereof.
32             (f)  A description of all property purchased by  the
33        municipality   within   the  redevelopment  project  area
34        including
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 1                  1.  Street address
 2                  2.  Approximate size or description of property
 3                  3.  Purchase price
 4                  4.  Seller of property.
 5             (g)  A  statement  setting  forth   all   activities
 6        undertaken  in  furtherance  of  the  objectives  of  the
 7        redevelopment plan, including:
 8                  1.  Any  project  implemented  in the preceding
 9             fiscal year
10                  2.  A   description   of   the    redevelopment
11             activities undertaken
12                  3.  A  description  of  any  agreements entered
13             into  by  the  municipality  with  regard   to   the
14             disposition  or redevelopment of any property within
15             the redevelopment project area or  the  area  within
16             the State Sales Tax Boundary.
17             (h)  With  regard  to  any obligations issued by the
18        municipality:
19                  1.  copies of bond ordinances or resolutions
20                  2.  copies of any official statements
21                  3.  an analysis prepared by  financial  advisor
22             or underwriter setting forth: (a) nature and term of
23             obligation; and (b) projected debt service including
24             required reserves and debt coverage.
25             (i)  A  certified  audit report reviewing compliance
26        with this statute  performed  by  an  independent  public
27        accountant certified and licensed by the authority of the
28        State  of  Illinois.   The financial portion of the audit
29        must be conducted in accordance with Standards for Audits
30        of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities,  and
31        Functions  adopted  by  the  Comptroller  General  of the
32        United States (1981), as amended.  The audit report shall
33        contain a letter from the  independent  certified  public
34        accountant  indicating  compliance  or noncompliance with
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 1        the requirements of subsection (q) of Section  11-74.4-3.
 2        If  the  audit  indicates  that  expenditures  are not in
 3        compliance with the law, the Department of Revenue  shall
 4        withhold  State  sales and utility tax increment payments
 5        to the municipality until compliance  has  been  reached,
 6        and  an  amount  equal to the ineligible expenditures has
 7        been returned to the Special Tax Allocation Fund.
 8        (6.1)  After July 29, 1988, any funds which have not been
 9    designated for use in a specific development project  in  the
10    annual report shall be designated as surplus. No funds may be
11    held  in  the  Special  Tax  Allocation Fund for more than 36
12    months from the date of receipt unless the money is  required
13    for   payment   of   contractual   obligations  for  specific
14    development project costs. If held for more than 36 months in
15    violation of the preceding  sentence,  such  funds  shall  be
16    designated  as  surplus. Any funds designated as surplus must
17    first be used for early redemption of any  bond  obligations.
18    Any  funds designated as surplus which are not disposed of as
19    otherwise provided in this paragraph, shall be distributed as
20    surplus as provided in Section 11-74.4-7.
21        (7)  Any appropriation made pursuant to this Section  for
22    the  1987 State fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of $7
23    million and for the 1988 State fiscal year the amount of  $10
24    million.   The  amount  which  shall  be  distributed to each
25    municipality shall be the incremental revenue to  which  each
26    municipality  is  entitled as calculated by the Department of
27    Revenue, unless the requests of the municipality  exceed  the
28    appropriation,  then  the  amount  to which each municipality
29    shall be entitled shall be prorated among the  municipalities
30    in  the  same  proportion  as  the  increment  to  which  the
31    municipality  would  be entitled bears to the total increment
32    which all municipalities would receive in the absence of this
33    limitation, provided that  no  municipality  may  receive  an
34    amount  in  excess  of 15% of the appropriation. For the 1987
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 1    Net State Sales Tax Increment payable in Fiscal Year 1989, no
 2    municipality shall  receive  more  than  7.5%  of  the  total
 3    appropriation;   provided,   however,   that   any   of   the
 4    appropriation  remaining  after  such  distribution  shall be
 5    prorated among municipalities on the basis of their pro  rata
 6    share  of  the total increment. Beginning on January 1, 1993,
 7    each municipality's proportional share of  the  Illinois  Tax
 8    Increment  Fund  shall be determined by adding the annual Net
 9    State Sales Tax Increment and  the  annual  Net  Utility  Tax
10    Increment  to determine the Annual Total Increment. The ratio
11    of the Annual Total Increment of  each  municipality  to  the
12    Annual  Total  Increment  for  all  municipalities,  as  most
13    recently  calculated  by  the Department, shall determine the
14    proportional shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to  be
15    distributed to each municipality.
16        (7.1)  No  distribution  of Net State Sales Tax Increment
17    to a municipality for  an  area  within  a  State  Sales  Tax
18    Boundary  shall  exceed  in  any  State Fiscal Year an amount
19    equal  to  3  times  the  sum  of  the  Municipal  Sales  Tax
20    Increment, the real property tax increment  and  deposits  of
21    funds  from other sources, excluding state and federal funds,
22    as certified by the  city  treasurer  to  the  Department  of
23    Revenue  for an area within a State Sales Tax Boundary. After
24    July 29, 1988, for those  municipalities  which  issue  bonds
25    between  June  1,  1988  and  3  years  from July 29, 1988 to
26    finance redevelopment projects within the  area  in  a  State
27    Sales  Tax  Boundary, the distribution of Net State Sales Tax
28    Increment during the 16th through 20th years from the date of
29    issuance of the bonds shall not exceed in  any  State  Fiscal
30    Year  an  amount  equal  to  2 times the sum of the Municipal
31    Sales Tax Increment, the  real  property  tax  increment  and
32    deposits  of  funds  from  other sources, excluding State and
33    federal funds.
34        (8)  Any person who knowingly files or causes to be filed
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 1    false information for the purpose of increasing the amount of
 2    any  State  tax  incremental  revenue  commits  a   Class   A
 3    misdemeanor.
 4        (9)  The   following  procedures  shall  be  followed  to
 5    determine whether municipalities have complied with  the  Act
 6    for the purpose of receiving distributions after July 1, 1989
 7    pursuant to subsection (1) of this Section 11-74.4-8a.
 8             (a)  The  Department  of  Revenue  shall  conduct  a
 9        preliminary review of the redevelopment project areas and
10        redevelopment  plans  pertaining  to those municipalities
11        receiving payments from the State pursuant to  subsection
12        (1)  of  Section  8a  of  this  Act  for  the  purpose of
13        determining compliance with the following standards:
14                  (1)  For any municipality with a population  of
15             more  than  12,000  as  determined  by the 1980 U.S.
16             Census:  (a) the redevelopment project area,  or  in
17             the  case  of a municipality which has more than one
18             redevelopment project area, each such area, must  be
19             contiguous and the total of all such areas shall not
20             comprise  more  than  25%  of  the  area  within the
21             municipal  boundaries  nor  more  than  20%  of  the
22             equalized assessed value of  the  municipality;  (b)
23             the   aggregate   amount   of   1985  taxes  in  the
24             redevelopment project area, or  in  the  case  of  a
25             municipality  which  has more than one redevelopment
26             project area, the total of all such areas, shall  be
27             not  more than 25% of the total base year taxes paid
28             by  retailers  and  servicemen  on  transactions  at
29             places of business located within  the  municipality
30             under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax
31             Act,  the  Service  Use  Tax  Act,  and  the Service
32             Occupation Tax Act.    Redevelopment  project  areas
33             created  prior  to 1986 are not subject to the above
34             standards if their boundaries were  not  amended  in
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 1             1986.
 2                  (2)  For  any municipality with a population of
 3             12,000 or  less  as  determined  by  the  1980  U.S.
 4             Census:   (a)  the redevelopment project area, or in
 5             the case of a municipality which has more  than  one
 6             redevelopment  project area, each such area, must be
 7             contiguous and the total of all such areas shall not
 8             comprise more  than  35%  of  the  area  within  the
 9             municipal  boundaries  nor  more  than  30%  of  the
10             equalized  assessed  value  of the municipality; (b)
11             the  aggregate  amount  of   1985   taxes   in   the
12             redevelopment  project  area,  or  in  the case of a
13             municipality which has more than  one  redevelopment
14             project area, the total of all such areas, shall not
15             be  more  than 35% of the total base year taxes paid
16             by  retailers  and  servicemen  on  transactions  at
17             places of business located within  the  municipality
18             under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax
19             Act,  the  Service  Use  Tax  Act,  and  the Service
20             Occupation Tax  Act.   Redevelopment  project  areas
21             created  prior  to 1986 are not subject to the above
22             standards if their boundaries were  not  amended  in
23             1986.
24                  (3)  Such    preliminary    review    of    the
25             redevelopment   project  areas  applying  the  above
26             standards shall be completed by  November  1,  1988,
27             and  on  or  before November 1, 1988, the Department
28             shall notify each municipality  by  certified  mail,
29             return   receipt   requested  that  either  (1)  the
30             Department requires  additional  time  in  which  to
31             complete   its   preliminary   review;  or  (2)  the
32             Department is issuing either (a)  a  Certificate  of
33             Eligibility  or  (b)  a  Notice  of  Review.  If the
34             Department notifies a municipality that it  requires
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 1             additional   time   to   complete   its  preliminary
 2             investigation, it  shall  complete  its  preliminary
 3             investigation no later than February 1, 1989, and by
 4             February  1,  1989  shall issue to each municipality
 5             either (a) a Certificate of  Eligibility  or  (b)  a
 6             Notice  of  Review. A redevelopment project area for
 7             which a Certificate of Eligibility has  been  issued
 8             shall be deemed a "State Sales Tax Boundary."
 9                  (4)  The Department of Revenue shall also issue
10             a  Notice of Review if the Department has received a
11             request by November 1, 1988 to conduct such a review
12             from taxpayers in  the  municipality,  local  taxing
13             districts  located  in the municipality or the State
14             of Illinois, or if the  redevelopment  project  area
15             has  more  than  5  retailers  and has had growth in
16             State sales  tax  revenue  of  more  than  15%  from
17             calendar year 1985 to 1986.
18             (b)  For  those municipalities receiving a Notice of
19        Review, the Department will conduct  a  secondary  review
20        consisting  of:  (i)  application  of the above standards
21        contained  in  subsection   (9)(a)(1)(a)   and   (b)   or
22        (9)(a)(2)(a)   and  (b),  and  (ii)  the  definitions  of
23        blighted and conservation area provided  for  in  Section
24        11-74.4-3.   Such  secondary review shall be completed by
25        July 1, 1989.
26             Upon  completion  of  the  secondary   review,   the
27        Department will issue (a) a Certificate of Eligibility or
28        (b) a Preliminary Notice of Deficiency.  Any municipality
29        receiving  a  Preliminary  Notice of Deficiency may amend
30        its redevelopment project area to meet the standards  and
31        definitions set forth in this paragraph (b). This amended
32        redevelopment  project area shall become the "State Sales
33        Tax Boundary" for purposes of determining the State Sales
34        Tax Increment.
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 1             (c)  If the municipality advises the  Department  of
 2        its  intent  to comply with the requirements of paragraph
 3        (b) of this subsection outlined in the Preliminary Notice
 4        of Deficiency, within 120 days of receiving  such  notice
 5        from   the  Department,  the  municipality  shall  submit
 6        documentation to the Department of  the  actions  it  has
 7        taken  to  cure  any deficiencies.  Thereafter, within 30
 8        days of the receipt of the documentation, the  Department
 9        shall  either  issue  a  Certificate  of Eligibility or a
10        Final Notice of Deficiency.  If the municipality fails to
11        advise the Department of its intent to comply or fails to
12        submit   adequate   documentation   of   such   cure   of
13        deficiencies the Department shall issue a Final Notice of
14        Deficiency  that  provides  that  the   municipality   is
15        ineligible  for  payment  of  the  Net  State  Sales  Tax
16        Increment.
17             (d)  If  the Department issues a final determination
18        of ineligibility, the municipality  shall  have  30  days
19        from  the receipt of determination to protest and request
20        a hearing. Such hearing shall be conducted in  accordance
21        with  Sections  10-25,  10-35,  10-40,  and  10-50 of the
22        Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act.  The   decision
23        following  the  hearing  shall be subject to review under
24        the Administrative Review Law.
25             (e)  Any Certificate of Eligibility issued  pursuant
26        to  this  subsection 9 shall be binding only on the State
27        for the purposes of establishing municipal eligibility to
28        receive  revenue  pursuant  to  subsection  (1)  of  this
29        Section 11-74.4-8a.
30             (f)  It is the intent of this  subsection  that  the
31        periods of time to cure deficiencies shall be in addition
32        to  all  other periods of time permitted by this Section,
33        regardless of the date by  which  plans  were  originally
34        required  to  be  adopted.   To  cure  said deficiencies,
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 1        however, the municipality shall be required to follow the
 2        procedures and requirements pertaining to amendments,  as
 3        provided in Sections 11-74.4-5 and 11-74.4-6 of this Act.
 4        (10)  If a municipality adopts a State Sales Tax Boundary
 5    in  accordance  with the provisions of subsection (9) of this
 6    Section, such boundaries shall subsequently  be  utilized  to
 7    determine Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts and the Net State
 8    Sales  Tax  Increment;  provided,  however, that such revised
 9    State Sales Tax Boundary shall not have any effect  upon  the
10    boundary  of  the  redevelopment project area established for
11    the purposes of determining the  ad  valorem  taxes  on  real
12    property pursuant to Sections 11-74.4-7 and 11-74.4-8 of this
13    Act  nor  upon  the municipality's authority to implement the
14    redevelopment plan for that redevelopment project area.   For
15    any redevelopment project area with a smaller State Sales Tax
16    Boundary within its area, the municipality may annually elect
17    to   deposit  the  Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment  for  the
18    redevelopment project area in the special tax allocation fund
19    and shall certify the  amount  to  the  Department  prior  to
20    receipt   of   the   Net  State  Sales  Tax  Increment.   Any
21    municipality required by subsection (9) to establish a  State
22    Sales  Tax  Boundary  for  one  or  more of its redevelopment
23    project areas shall submit all necessary information required
24    by the Department concerning such boundary and the  retailers
25    therein,  by  October  1,  1989,  after  complying  with  the
26    procedures  for amendment set forth in Sections 11-74.4-5 and
27    11-74.4-6  of  this  Act.   Net  State  Sales  Tax  Increment
28    produced within the State Sales Tax Boundary shall  be  spent
29    only  within that area. However expenditures of all municipal
30    property tax increment and municipal sales tax increment in a
31    redevelopment project area  are  not  required  to  be  spent
32    within  the  smaller  State  Sales  Tax  Boundary within such
33    redevelopment project area.
34        (11)  The Department of Revenue shall have the  authority
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 1    to  issue rules and regulations for purposes of this Section.
 2    and regulations for purposes of this Section.
 3        (12)  If, under Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois  Enterprise
 4    Zone  Act,  a municipality determines that property that lies
 5    within  a  State  Sales  Tax  Boundary  has  an  improvement,
 6    rehabilitation, or renovation that is entitled to a  property
 7    tax   abatement,   then   that   property   along   with  any
 8    improvements,  rehabilitation,  or   renovations   shall   be
 9    immediately  removed  from any State Sales Tax Boundary.  The
10    municipality that made the  determination  shall  notify  the
11    Department of Revenue within 30 days after the determination.
12    Once  a property is removed from the State Sales Tax Boundary
13    because  of  the  existence  of  a  property  tax   abatement
14    resulting  from  an enterprise zone, then that property shall
15    not be permitted  to  be  amended  into  a  State  Sales  Tax
16    Boundary.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-14; 87-1258; 87-1272; 88-45.)
18        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8c new)
19        Sec.  11-74.4-8c.   Enterprise  zone  abatements.   If  a
20    redevelopment  project  area is or has been established under
21    Section 11-74.4-4 on or before the  effective  date  of  this
22    amendatory  Act  of  1997  and the redevelopment project area
23    contains  property that is located within an enterprise  zone
24    established  under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, then the
25    property that is located in both  the  redevelopment  project
26    area  and  the  enterprise zone shall not be eligible for the
27    abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the  Property  Tax
28    Code  if  the  requirements of  Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois
29    Enterprise Zone Act are satisfied. If an abatement is limited
30    under Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois Enterprise  Zone  Act,  a
31    municipality  shall  notify the county clerk and the board of
32    review or board of appeals of the change in writing not later
33    than July 1 of the assessment year to be  first  affected  by
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 1    the change.
 2        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
 3    Section 8.21 as follows:
 4        (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
 5        Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
 6    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
 7    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 8    amendatory Act of 1997.
 9        Section 95.  Severability.  The provisions  of  this  Act
10    are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
11        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
12    July 1, 1997.".

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