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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3287
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3287 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.
6 Section 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are to:
7 (a) Define and disseminate the principles of
8 sensible planning.
9 (b) Encourage counties and municipalities to engage
10 in planning, regulatory, and development approaches and
11 techniques that conform to the principles of sensible
12 planning.
13 (c) Provide demonstration grants to counties and
14 municipalities to prepare and implement comprehensive
15 plans, zoning ordinances, subdivision controls, other
16 land development regulations, and development incentives
17 that conform to the principles of sensible planning.
18 (d) Prepare and distribute model ordinances,
19 manuals, and other technical publications that are
20 founded upon and promote the principles of sensible
21 planning.
22 (e) Research and report upon the results and impact
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1 of activities funded by the demonstration grants.
2 Section 10. Sensible Planning. "Sensible planning"
3 consists of planning, regulatory, and development practices
4 and techniques founded upon and promoting the following
5 principles:
6 (a) Using land resources more efficiently through
7 compact building forms, infill development, and
8 moderation in street and parking standards to lessen land
9 consumption and preserve natural resources.
10 (b) Supporting the location of stores, offices,
11 residences, schools, recreational spaces, and other
12 public facilities within walking distance of each other
13 in compact neighborhoods to provide opportunities for
14 easier movement and interaction.
15 (c) Providing a variety of housing choices, so that
16 the young and old, single persons and families, and those
17 of varying economic ability may find places to live.
18 (d) Supporting walking, cycling, and transit as
19 attractive alternatives to driving, providing alternative
20 routes that disperse, rather than concentrate, traffic
21 congestion, and lowering traffic speeds in neighborhoods.
22 (e) Connecting infrastructure and development
23 decisions to minimize future costs by creating
24 neighborhoods where more people use existing services and
25 facilities, and by integrating development and land use
26 with transit routes and stations.
27 (f) Improving the development review process and
28 development standards so that developers are encouraged
29 to apply the principles stated in this Section.
30 Section 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
31 "Comprehensive plan" means a regional plan under Section
32 5-14001 of the Counties Code, official comprehensive plan
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1 under Section 11-12-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or
2 local land resource management plan under Section 3 of the
3 Local Land Resource Management Planning Act.
4 "Department" means the Department of Commerce and
5 Community Affairs. The Department may delegate its authority
6 under this Act to designated regional planning agencies in
7 the State of Illinois.
8 "Land development regulation" means any ordinance or
9 regulation of a county or municipality that regulates
10 development and land use, including, but not limited to,
11 zoning and subdivision ordinances.
12 "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated
13 town.
14 "Subsidiary plan" means any plan, other than a
15 comprehensive plan, that guides development, land use, and
16 infrastructure for a county or municipality, or a portion
17 thereof.
18 Section 20. Technical assistance grants.
19 (a) The Department may make grants to counties and
20 municipalities to develop, update, administer, and implement
21 comprehensive plans, subsidiary plans, land development
22 regulations, and development incentives that conform to the
23 principles of sensible planning. Technical assistance grants
24 must be made in metropolitan areas of the State.
25 (b) The Department must adopt rules establishing
26 standards and procedures for determining eligibility for the
27 grants, regulating the use of funds under the grants, and
28 requiring periodic reporting of the results and impact of
29 activities funded by the grants.
30 (c) No individual grant under this Act may have a
31 duration of more than 24 months.
32 (d) At least 70% of the funds available under this Act
33 must be made available through technical assistance grants.
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1 (e) The Department, in the determination of grantees,
2 must take into consideration communities with limited means
3 to support local planning efforts and must give priority to
4 communities facing higher than State average growth rates
5 over the past 3 years or having declined in population in the
6 past 5 years.
7 Section 25. Model ordinances and technical publications.
8 (a) The Department may prepare model ordinances,
9 manuals, and other technical publications that are founded
10 upon and promote the principles of sensible planning. The
11 Department and its designees must make all possible use of
12 existing model ordinances, manuals, and other technical
13 publications prepared by regional planning agencies and
14 commissions, councils of government and other organizations,
15 which materials shall conform to the principles of sensible
16 planning.
17 (b) The Department may employ or retain private
18 for-profit or not-for-profit entities, regional planning
19 agencies and commissions, councils of government, and
20 universities to advise, prepare, or conduct the preparation.
21 (c) The Department must distribute any model ordinances,
22 manuals, and other technical publications prepared under this
23 Section to all counties and municipalities, regional planning
24 agencies and commissions, the Illinois State Library, all
25 local public libraries, and to other organizations and
26 libraries at the Department's discretion.
27 Section 30. Educational and training programs.
28 (a) The Department may provide educational and training
29 programs in planning, regulatory, and development practices
30 and techniques founded upon and promoting the principles of
31 sensible planning, including, but not limited to, the use and
32 application of any model ordinances, manuals, and other
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1 technical publications prepared by the Department.
2 (b) The Department may employ or retain private
3 for-profit and not-for-profit entities, regional planning
4 agencies and commissions, and universities to operate or
5 conduct, or assist in the operation or conduct of, the
6 programs.
7 Section 35. Annual report. The Department must, at
8 least annually but more often at its discretion, report in
9 writing to the Governor and General Assembly on:
10 (a) The results and impacts of county and municipal
11 activities funded by the grants authorized by this Act,
12 with a focus upon those planning, regulatory, and
13 development practices and techniques that have
14 successfully implemented the principles of sensible
15 planning.
16 (b) The distribution of the grants.
17 (c) Model ordinances, manuals, and other technical
18 publications that it has prepared.
19 (d) Educational and training programs that it has
20 provided.
21 The report must also be provided to all counties and
22 municipalities, regional planning agencies and commissions,
23 the Illinois State Library, all local public libraries, and
24 to other organizations and libraries at the Department's
25 discretion.
26 Section 40. Local Planning Technical Assistance Fund.
27 The Department must use moneys appropriated to the Local
28 Planning Technical Assistance Fund, a special fund created in
29 the State Treasury, to implement and administer the purposes
30 of this Act.
31 Section 45. Repealer. This Act is repealed on June 30,
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1 2005.
2 Section 105. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
3 Section 5.541 as follows:
4 (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
5 Sec. 5.541. The Local Planning Technical Assistance
6 Fund.
7 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.".