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91_HB1439
LRB9102128REmbA
1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District Act by adding Section 7h.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by adding Section 7h as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/7h new)
8 Sec. 7h. Payments to Village of Thornton.
9 (a) In order to offset the lost revenues of the Village
10 of Thornton resulting from the Thornton Reservoir Project,
11 the District shall pay to the Village of Thornton an annual
12 amount of $407,387 in each of 16 years, beginning in 2000 and
13 continuing through 2015. This amount represents incremental
14 property tax losses in a TIF district.
15 (b) The annual amount shall be adjusted upward when the
16 Village of Thornton provides to the District substantiation
17 of the Village of Thornton's projected annual revenue losses
18 resulting from the Thornton Reservoir Project from these
19 sources: (i) use and occupation taxes, (ii) vehicle sticker
20 fees, (iii) utility taxes, (iv) telecommunications
21 infrastructure maintenance fees, (v) cable television
22 franchise fees, and (vi) business license fees.
23 (c) In order to make the annual payments to the Village
24 of Thornton, the District shall impose and collect a
25 surcharge on all property owners within the District to the
26 extent of the benefit they receive from the Thornton
27 Reservoir Project.
28 Section 95. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
29 Section 8.23 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 805/8.23 new)
2 Sec. 8.23. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
3 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
4 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
5 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.