90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0525
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House Sponsors:
LEITCH-SCOTT-FEIGENHOLTZ-SILVA-MOORE,EUGENE.

Senate Sponsors:
PETERSON-RADOGNO-OBAMA-GARCIA-DEL VALLE

Short description: 
MUNI CD-TIF SHORT TITLE-TECH                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical  change  in      
   the short title of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act.          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-1                                                  
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3             from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3          
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-5             from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-5          
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7             from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-7          
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7.1                                                
        Deletes  everything.   Amends  the   Tax   Increment   Allocation      
   Redevelopment  Act  in  the  Illinois  Municipal Code. Provides that a      
   redevelopment plan entered into  after  the  effective  date  of  this      
   amendatory  Act  shall not contain provisions for the development of a      
   golf course.  Excludes from the definition of "redevelopment  project"      
   any project containing a plan to develop a golf course unless the plan      
   was  adopted  before  the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act and      
   construction has begun on  the  project.  Provides  that  professional      
   services  contracts,  except  architectural and engineering contracts,      
   incidental to a redevelopment plan or project may not exceed a term of      
   3 years. Includes, after July 1,  1998,  annual  administrative  costs      
   directly related to the on-going administration of the TIF district in      
   the  definition  of  redevelopment project costs.  Provides that after      
   the effective date of this amendatory Act, none of  the  redevelopment      
   costs  shall  be  eligible  redevelopment  costs  if those costs would      
   provide financial support to a retail operation initiated in  the  TIF      
   district  by  a  retailer  who terminated a retail operation at a site      
   within 10 miles of but outside of the TIF.  Includes in the definition      
   of "redevelopment project costs" the cost  of  replacing  an  existing      
   public  building  if  the  existing  building  is  to be demolished or      
   devoted  to  a  different  use.   Excludes  from  the  definition   of      
   "redevelopment project costs", subject to certain exceptions, the cost      
   of  constructing  a new municipal public building which is intended to      
   be used only to provide office space for administrative  personnel  or      
   in  connection  with public safety or public works.  Excludes payments      
   to   other   taxing   bodies   associated    with    intergovernmental      
   revenue-sharing   agreements  from  the  definition  of  redevelopment      
   project costs. Requires all TIFs to establish a joint review board  to      
   meet  annually.  Provides that the board may, rather than shall, issue      
   a written report describing the redevelopment plan and project.  Makes      
   other changes.                                                              
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.1                                                
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-6             from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-6          
        Requires the municipality to prepare, as part of the  eligibility      
   study,  a  housing  impact  study  addressing  certain  factors if tax      
   increment revenues will  be  used  to  remove  10  or  more  inhabited      
   residential  units  in  a  redevelopment  project area.   Requires the      
   redevelopment plan to provide for certain assistance if the plan would      
   require removal of 10 or more inhabited  residential  units.  Provides      
   that  redevelopment  project  costs  include  up  to 75% of the annual      
   interest  costs  incurred  by  a  redeveloper  with  regard   to   the      
   redevelopment   project   cost   in   a  year  for  the  financing  of      
   rehabilitated or new housing for low and  very  low  income  families.      
   Requires  the  ordinance  or  resolution providing for the feasibility      
   study to include the boundaries of the area to be studied, the purpose      
   of  the  redevelopment  area,  a  description  of  the  tax  increment      
   mechanism, and the name, phone number, and address  of  the  municipal      
   official  to  be  contacted  for additional information. Requires, for      
   redevelopment project  areas  with  redevelopment  plans  or  proposed      
   redevelopment plans that would require removal of 10 or more inhabited      
   residential  units,  mailed notices to contain additional information.      
   Requires  all  municipalities,  rather  than  municipalities  with   a      
   population  under  1,000,000,  to  make  certain information available      
   within 270 days after the close  of  the  fiscal  year.   Makes  other      
   changes.                                                                    
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7                                                  
        Redefines "age", "dilapidation", "obsolescence", "deterioration",      
   "presence of structures below minimum code standards", "illegal use of      
   individual structures", "excessive vacancies", "lack  of  ventilation,      
   light,  or  sanitary  facilities",  "inadequate utilities", "excessive      
   land  coverage  and   overcrowding   of   structures   and   community      
   facilities",   "deleterious  land-use  or  layout",  "depreciation  of      
   physical maintenance", and "lack of community planning"  for  purposes      
   of  the definition of blighted area and conservation area.  Requires a      
   municipality to hold a public meeting before the mailing of notice  of      
   public  hearing if the municipality desires to propose a redevelopment      
   plan or project for a redevelopment project area which  includes  more      
   than  50 inhabited residential units or which provides for the removal      
   of 10 or more inhabited residential units.  Requires the  municipality      
   to  adopt  a  resolution  or  ordinance  providing for the feasibility      
   report if one of the planned purposes  of  the  redevelopment  project      
   area  includes  75 or more inhabited residential units or includes the      
   removal of 10  or  more  inhabited  residential  units.   Makes  other      
   changes.                                                                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.2 new                                            
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4                                                  
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7                                                  
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8                                                  
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8a                                                 
          65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9                                                  
        Deletes everything. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevel-       
   opment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes changes concerning:        
   blighted areas, conservation areas, the development of vacant land,         
   housing impact studies, contracts for professional services, redevel-       
   opment project costs, housing units for low-income households, munici-      
   pal powers in redevelopment project areas, feasibility studies, the         
   designation of redevelopment project areas, public hearings, the use        
   of Special Tax Allocation Funds, and other matters. Provides for the        
   creation of an interested parties registry. Effective immediately.          
          STATE MANDATES ACT FISCAL NOTE, S-AM 1                               
          Creates a local government organization and structure mandate        
          for which no reimbursement by the State is required.                 
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   3     SENATE -   1


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