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 1        AN ACT in relation to local government.

 2        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Municipal Code is amended by
 5    changing  Sections  11-74.4-3,  11-74.4-4.1,  11-74.4-5,  and
 6    11-74.4-7 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3)
 8        Sec.  11-74.4-3.   Definitions.   The  following   terms,
 9    wherever used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have
10    the  following  respective  meanings,  unless  in  any case a
11    different meaning clearly appears from the context.
12        (a)  For any redevelopment project  area  that  has  been
13    designated  pursuant  to this Section by an ordinance adopted
14    prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of  Public  Act
15    91-478),  "blighted area" shall have the meaning set forth in
16    this Section prior to that date.
17        On and after November 1, 1999, "blighted area" means  any
18    improved   or   vacant   area  within  the  boundaries  of  a
19    redevelopment project area  located  within  the  territorial
20    limits of the municipality where:
21             (1)  If   improved,   industrial,   commercial,  and
22        residential buildings or improvements are detrimental  to
23        the  public  safety,  health,  or  welfare  because  of a
24        combination of 5 or more of the following  factors,  each
25        of  which  is (i) present, with that presence documented,
26        to  a  meaningful  extent  so  that  a  municipality  may
27        reasonably find that the factor is clearly present within
28        the intent of the Act  and  (ii)  reasonably  distributed
29        throughout the improved part of the redevelopment project
30        area:
31                  (A)  Dilapidation.    An   advanced   state  of
 
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 1             disrepair or neglect of  necessary  repairs  to  the
 2             primary   structural   components  of  buildings  or
 3             improvements in such a combination that a documented
 4             building condition analysis  determines  that  major
 5             repair is required or the defects are so serious and
 6             so extensive that the buildings must be removed.
 7                  (B)  Obsolescence.  The condition or process of
 8             falling   into   disuse.   Structures   have  become
 9             ill-suited for the original use.
10                  (C)  Deterioration.  With respect to buildings,
11             defects including, but not limited to, major defects
12             in the secondary building components such as  doors,
13             windows,   porches,   gutters  and  downspouts,  and
14             fascia.  With respect to surface improvements,  that
15             the  condition  of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters,
16             sidewalks, off-street parking, and  surface  storage
17             areas  evidence  deterioration,  including,  but not
18             limited to, surface cracking,  crumbling,  potholes,
19             depressions,   loose   paving  material,  and  weeds
20             protruding through paved surfaces.
21                  (D)  Presence of structures below minimum  code
22             standards.   All  structures  that  do  not meet the
23             standards of zoning,  subdivision,  building,  fire,
24             and other governmental codes applicable to property,
25             but  not  including housing and property maintenance
26             codes.
27                  (E)  Illegal use of individual structures.  The
28             use  of  structures  in  violation   of   applicable
29             federal,  State,  or  local laws, exclusive of those
30             applicable  to  the  presence  of  structures  below
31             minimum code standards.
32                  (F)  Excessive  vacancies.   The  presence   of
33             buildings  that are unoccupied or under-utilized and
34             that represent an  adverse  influence  on  the  area
 
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 1             because of the frequency, extent, or duration of the
 2             vacancies.
 3                  (G)  Lack  of  ventilation,  light, or sanitary
 4             facilities.  The absence of adequate ventilation for
 5             light or air circulation in spaces or rooms  without
 6             windows,  or that require the removal of dust, odor,
 7             gas, smoke, or  other  noxious  airborne  materials.
 8             Inadequate  natural  light and ventilation means the
 9             absence of skylights or windows for interior  spaces
10             or  rooms  and  improper window sizes and amounts by
11             room  area  to  window  area   ratios.    Inadequate
12             sanitary   facilities   refers  to  the  absence  or
13             inadequacy  of  garbage   storage   and   enclosure,
14             bathroom  facilities,  hot  water  and kitchens, and
15             structural  inadequacies  preventing   ingress   and
16             egress  to  and  from  all  rooms and units within a
17             building.
18                  (H)  Inadequate  utilities.   Underground   and
19             overhead  utilities  such  as storm sewers and storm
20             drainage, sanitary sewers,  water  lines,  and  gas,
21             telephone, and electrical services that are shown to
22             be  inadequate.  Inadequate utilities are those that
23             are: (i) of insufficient capacity to serve the  uses
24             in    the    redevelopment    project   area,   (ii)
25             deteriorated, antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair,
26             or (iii) lacking within  the  redevelopment  project
27             area.
28                  (I)  Excessive  land  coverage and overcrowding
29             of  structures  and   community   facilities.    The
30             over-intensive  use  of property and the crowding of
31             buildings and  accessory  facilities  onto  a  site.
32             Examples   of   problem  conditions  warranting  the
33             designation of an area as one  exhibiting  excessive
34             land  coverage  are:  (i)  the presence of buildings
 
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 1             either improperly situated on parcels or located  on
 2             parcels  of inadequate size and shape in relation to
 3             present-day standards of development for health  and
 4             safety  and  (ii) the presence of multiple buildings
 5             on a single parcel.  For there to be  a  finding  of
 6             excessive  land coverage, these parcels must exhibit
 7             one   or   more   of   the   following   conditions:
 8             insufficient provision for light and air  within  or
 9             around buildings, increased threat of spread of fire
10             due  to  the  close  proximity of buildings, lack of
11             adequate or proper access to a public  right-of-way,
12             lack  of  reasonably required off-street parking, or
13             inadequate provision for loading and service.
14                  (J)  Deleterious  land  use  or  layout.    The
15             existence  of  incompatible  land-use relationships,
16             buildings occupied by inappropriate  mixed-uses,  or
17             uses   considered   to  be  noxious,  offensive,  or
18             unsuitable for the surrounding area.
19                  (K)  Environmental  clean-up.    The   proposed
20             redevelopment  project  area  has  incurred Illinois
21             Environmental Protection  Agency  or  United  States
22             Environmental  Protection  Agency  remediation costs
23             for,  or  a  study  conducted  by   an   independent
24             consultant   recognized   as   having  expertise  in
25             environmental remediation has determined a need for,
26             the   clean-up   of   hazardous   waste,   hazardous
27             substances, or underground storage tanks required by
28             State or federal law, provided that the  remediation
29             costs   constitute  a  material  impediment  to  the
30             development or redevelopment  of  the  redevelopment
31             project area.
32                  (L)  Lack  of community planning.  The proposed
33             redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
34             without the benefit or guidance of a community plan.
 
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 1             This means that the development  occurred  prior  to
 2             the  adoption by the municipality of a comprehensive
 3             or other community plan or that  the  plan  was  not
 4             followed  at  the  time  of  the area's development.
 5             This  factor  must  be  documented  by  evidence  of
 6             adverse  or  incompatible  land-use   relationships,
 7             inadequate   street  layout,  improper  subdivision,
 8             parcels  of  inadequate  shape  and  size  to   meet
 9             contemporary   development   standards,   or   other
10             evidence   demonstrating  an  absence  of  effective
11             community planning.
12                  (M)  The total equalized assessed value of  the
13             proposed redevelopment project area has declined for
14             3  of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in
15             which the redevelopment project area  is  designated
16             or is increasing at an annual rate that is less than
17             the  balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
18             calendar years for which information is available or
19             is increasing at an annual rate that  is  less  than
20             the  Consumer  Price  Index  for All Urban Consumers
21             published by the United States Department  of  Labor
22             or  successor  agency  for  3 of the last 5 calendar
23             years prior to the year in which  the  redevelopment
24             project area is designated.
25             (2)  If    vacant,   the   sound   growth   of   the
26        redevelopment project area is impaired by  a  combination
27        of  2  or more of the following factors, each of which is
28        (i)  present,  with  that  presence  documented,   to   a
29        meaningful  extent  so that a municipality may reasonably
30        find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
31        of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the
32        vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which it
33        pertains:
34                  (A)  Obsolete  platting  of  vacant  land  that
 
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 1             results in parcels of  limited  or  narrow  size  or
 2             configurations of parcels of irregular size or shape
 3             that  would  be  difficult  to  develop on a planned
 4             basis and in a manner compatible  with  contemporary
 5             standards  and requirements, or platting that failed
 6             to create rights-of-ways for streets  or  alleys  or
 7             that  created  inadequate  right-of-way  widths  for
 8             streets,  alleys,  or  other public rights-of-way or
 9             that omitted easements for public utilities.
10                  (B)  Diversity  of  ownership  of  parcels   of
11             vacant land sufficient in number to retard or impede
12             the ability to assemble the land for development.
13                  (C)  Tax  and  special assessment delinquencies
14             exist or the property has been the  subject  of  tax
15             sales  under the Property Tax Code within the last 5
16             years.
17                  (D)  Deterioration  of   structures   or   site
18             improvements  in  neighboring  areas adjacent to the
19             vacant land.
20                  (E)  The    area    has    incurred    Illinois
21             Environmental Protection  Agency  or  United  States
22             Environmental  Protection  Agency  remediation costs
23             for,  or  a  study  conducted  by   an   independent
24             consultant   recognized   as   having  expertise  in
25             environmental remediation has determined a need for,
26             the   clean-up   of   hazardous   waste,   hazardous
27             substances, or underground storage tanks required by
28             State or federal law, provided that the  remediation
29             costs   constitute  a  material  impediment  to  the
30             development or redevelopment  of  the  redevelopment
31             project area.
32                  (F)  The  total equalized assessed value of the
33             proposed redevelopment project area has declined for
34             3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year  in
 
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 1             which  the  redevelopment project area is designated
 2             or is increasing at an annual rate that is less than
 3             the balance of the municipality for 3 of the last  5
 4             calendar years for which information is available or
 5             is  increasing  at  an annual rate that is less than
 6             the Consumer Price Index  for  All  Urban  Consumers
 7             published  by  the United States Department of Labor
 8             or successor agency for 3 of  the  last  5  calendar
 9             years  prior  to the year in which the redevelopment
10             project area is designated.
11             (3)  If   vacant,   the   sound   growth   of    the
12        redevelopment  project  area  is  impaired  by one of the
13        following factors that (i) is present, with that presence
14        documented, to a meaningful extent so that a municipality
15        may reasonably find that the factor  is  clearly  present
16        within  the  intent  of  the  Act  and (ii) is reasonably
17        distributed   throughout   the   vacant   part   of   the
18        redevelopment project area to which it pertains:
19                  (A)  The area consists of one  or  more  unused
20             quarries, mines, or strip mine ponds.
21                  (B)  The  area  consists  of  unused railyards,
22             rail tracks, or railroad rights-of-way.
23                  (C)  The area, prior  to  its  designation,  is
24             subject  to  chronic flooding that adversely impacts
25             on real property in  the  area  as  certified  by  a
26             registered   professional  engineer  or  appropriate
27             regulatory agency.
28                  (D)  The area consists of an unused or  illegal
29             disposal  site  containing  earth,  stone,  building
30             debris,  or similar materials that were removed from
31             construction,  demolition,  excavation,  or   dredge
32             sites.
33                  (E)  Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not
34             less  than  50  nor  more  than 100 acres and 75% of
 
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 1             which is vacant (notwithstanding that the  area  has
 2             been   used  for  commercial  agricultural  purposes
 3             within 5 years  prior  to  the  designation  of  the
 4             redevelopment  project  area), and the area meets at
 5             least one of the factors itemized in  paragraph  (1)
 6             of  this subsection, the area has been designated as
 7             a  town  or   village   center   by   ordinance   or
 8             comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982,
 9             and  the  area  has  not  been  developed  for  that
10             designated purpose.
11                  (F)  The  area qualified as a blighted improved
12             area immediately prior to  becoming  vacant,  unless
13             there has been substantial private investment in the
14             immediately surrounding area.
15        (b)  For  any  redevelopment  project  area that has been
16    designated pursuant to this Section by an  ordinance  adopted
17    prior  to  November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
18    91-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth
19    in this Section prior to that date.
20        On and after November 1, 1999, "conservation area"  means
21    any  improved  area  within the boundaries of a redevelopment
22    project area located within the  territorial  limits  of  the
23    municipality  in  which  50% or more of the structures in the
24    area have an age of 35 years or more. Such an   area  is  not
25    yet a blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more
26    of the following factors is detrimental to the public safety,
27    health,  morals  or  welfare  and  such  an area may become a
28    blighted area:
29             (1)  Dilapidation.  An advanced state  of  disrepair
30        or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural
31        components   of  buildings  or  improvements  in  such  a
32        combination that a documented building condition analysis
33        determines that major repair is required or  the  defects
34        are  so  serious and so extensive that the buildings must
 
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 1        be removed.
 2             (2)  Obsolescence.   The  condition  or  process  of
 3        falling into disuse. Structures  have  become  ill-suited
 4        for the original use.
 5             (3)  Deterioration.    With  respect  to  buildings,
 6        defects including, but not limited to, major  defects  in
 7        the secondary building components such as doors, windows,
 8        porches,   gutters  and  downspouts,  and  fascia.   With
 9        respect to surface improvements, that  the  condition  of
10        roadways,  alleys,  curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street
11        parking,   and    surface    storage    areas    evidence
12        deterioration,  including,  but  not  limited to, surface
13        cracking, crumbling, potholes, depressions, loose  paving
14        material, and weeds protruding through paved surfaces.
15             (4)  Presence   of  structures  below  minimum  code
16        standards.  All structures that do not meet the standards
17        of  zoning,  subdivision,  building,  fire,   and   other
18        governmental   codes  applicable  to  property,  but  not
19        including housing and property maintenance codes.
20             (5)  Illegal use of individual structures.  The  use
21        of  structures in violation of applicable federal, State,
22        or local laws,  exclusive  of  those  applicable  to  the
23        presence of structures below minimum code standards.
24             (6)  Excessive vacancies.  The presence of buildings
25        that  are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent
26        an  adverse  influence  on  the  area  because   of   the
27        frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.
28             (7)  Lack   of   ventilation,   light,  or  sanitary
29        facilities.  The  absence  of  adequate  ventilation  for
30        light  or  air  circulation  in  spaces  or rooms without
31        windows, or that require the removal of dust, odor,  gas,
32        smoke,  or  other noxious airborne materials.  Inadequate
33        natural  light  and  ventilation  means  the  absence  or
34        inadequacy of skylights or windows for interior spaces or
 
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 1        rooms and improper window sizes and amounts by room  area
 2        to  window  area  ratios.  Inadequate sanitary facilities
 3        refers to the absence or inadequacy  of  garbage  storage
 4        and   enclosure,   bathroom  facilities,  hot  water  and
 5        kitchens, and structural inadequacies preventing  ingress
 6        and  egress  to  and  from  all  rooms and units within a
 7        building.
 8             (8)  Inadequate utilities.  Underground and overhead
 9        utilities  such  as  storm  sewers  and  storm  drainage,
10        sanitary sewers, water lines,  and  gas,  telephone,  and
11        electrical  services  that  are  shown  to be inadequate.
12        Inadequate  utilities  are  those  that   are:   (i)   of
13        insufficient   capacity   to   serve   the  uses  in  the
14        redevelopment   project    area,    (ii)    deteriorated,
15        antiquated,  obsolete,  or in disrepair, or (iii) lacking
16        within the redevelopment project area.
17             (9)  Excessive land  coverage  and  overcrowding  of
18        structures  and community facilities.  The over-intensive
19        use  of  property  and  the  crowding  of  buildings  and
20        accessory facilities onto a site.   Examples  of  problem
21        conditions  warranting  the designation of an area as one
22        exhibiting excessive land coverage are: the  presence  of
23        buildings   either  improperly  situated  on  parcels  or
24        located on  parcels  of  inadequate  size  and  shape  in
25        relation  to  present-day  standards  of  development for
26        health and safety and the presence of multiple  buildings
27        on  a  single  parcel.   For  there  to  be  a finding of
28        excessive land coverage, these parcels must  exhibit  one
29        or   more   of  the  following  conditions:  insufficient
30        provision for light and air within or  around  buildings,
31        increased  threat  of  spread  of  fire  due to the close
32        proximity of buildings, lack of adequate or proper access
33        to a public right-of-way,  lack  of  reasonably  required
34        off-street  parking,  or inadequate provision for loading
 
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 1        and service.
 2             (10)  Deleterious land use or layout.  The existence
 3        of   incompatible   land-use   relationships,   buildings
 4        occupied by inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses  considered
 5        to   be   noxious,   offensive,  or  unsuitable  for  the
 6        surrounding area.
 7             (11)  Lack  of  community  planning.   The  proposed
 8        redevelopment project area  was  developed  prior  to  or
 9        without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This
10        means that the development occurred prior to the adoption
11        by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community
12        plan or that the plan was not followed at the time of the
13        area's  development.   This  factor must be documented by
14        evidence   of   adverse    or    incompatible    land-use
15        relationships,   inadequate   street   layout,   improper
16        subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet
17        contemporary  development  standards,  or  other evidence
18        demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.
19             (12)  The area has incurred  Illinois  Environmental
20        Protection   Agency   or   United   States  Environmental
21        Protection Agency  remediation  costs  for,  or  a  study
22        conducted  by  an  independent  consultant  recognized as
23        having  expertise  in   environmental   remediation   has
24        determined  a  need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
25        hazardous  substances,  or  underground   storage   tanks
26        required  by  State  or  federal  law,  provided that the
27        remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the
28        development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project
29        area.
30             (13)  The total  equalized  assessed  value  of  the
31        proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of
32        the  last  5  calendar  years  for  which  information is
33        available or is increasing at an annual rate that is less
34        than the balance of the municipality for 3 of the last  5
 
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 1        calendar  years  for which information is available or is
 2        increasing at an  annual  rate  that  is  less  than  the
 3        Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by
 4        the United States Department of Labor or successor agency
 5        for  3 of the last 5 calendar years for which information
 6        is available.
 7        (c)  "Industrial park" means an area  in  a  blighted  or
 8    conservation  area  suitable  for  use  by any manufacturing,
 9    industrial,  research  or   transportation   enterprise,   of
10    facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills,
11    processing   plants,   assembly   plants,   packing   plants,
12    fabricating    plants,   industrial   distribution   centers,
13    warehouses, repair overhaul or  service  facilities,  freight
14    terminals,  research  facilities, test facilities or railroad
15    facilities.
16        (d)  "Industrial park conservation area"  means  an  area
17    within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located
18    within  the  territorial  limits  of a municipality that is a
19    labor surplus municipality or  within  1  1/2  miles  of  the
20    territorial  limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus
21    municipality if the area  is  annexed  to  the  municipality;
22    which  area  is zoned as industrial no later than at the time
23    the municipality by ordinance  designates  the  redevelopment
24    project  area,  and  which  area  includes  both  vacant land
25    suitable for use as an industrial park and a blighted area or
26    conservation area contiguous to such vacant land.
27        (e)  "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in
28    which,  at  any  time  during  the  6   months   before   the
29    municipality  by  ordinance  designates  an  industrial  park
30    conservation  area, the unemployment rate was over 6% and was
31    also 100% or more of the national average  unemployment  rate
32    for  that  same  time  as  published  in  the  United  States
33    Department  of  Labor  Bureau of Labor Statistics publication
34    entitled  "The  Employment  Situation"   or   its   successor
 
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 1    publication.   For   the   purpose  of  this  subsection,  if
 2    unemployment rate statistics for  the  municipality  are  not
 3    available, the unemployment rate in the municipality shall be
 4    deemed  to  be  the  same  as  the  unemployment  rate in the
 5    principal county in which the municipality is located.
 6        (f)  "Municipality"  shall  mean  a  city,   village   or
 7    incorporated town.
 8        (g)  "Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts"  means  the amount of
 9    taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,  Use  Tax
10    Act, Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
11    Municipal  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax Act, and the Municipal
12    Service Occupation Tax Act by  retailers  and  servicemen  on
13    transactions  at places located in a State Sales Tax Boundary
14    during the calendar year 1985.
15        (g-1)  "Revised Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts"  means  the
16    amount of taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
17    Use  Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax
18    Act, the Municipal Retailers' Occupation  Tax  Act,  and  the
19    Municipal   Service  Occupation  Tax  Act  by  retailers  and
20    servicemen on transactions at places located within the State
21    Sales Tax Boundary revised pursuant to Section  11-74.4-8a(9)
22    of this Act.
23        (h)  "Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment"  means  an amount
24    equal to the increase in the aggregate amount of  taxes  paid
25    to  a municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising
26    from  sales  by   retailers   and   servicemen   within   the
27    redevelopment  project  area  or State Sales Tax Boundary, as
28    the case may be, for as long  as  the  redevelopment  project
29    area  or  State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist
30    over and above the aggregate amount of taxes as certified  by
31    the  Illinois  Department  of  Revenue  and  paid  under  the
32    Municipal  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act and the Municipal
33    Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers  and  servicemen,  on
34    transactions   at   places   of   business   located  in  the
 
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 1    redevelopment project area or State Sales  Tax  Boundary,  as
 2    the  case  may  be,  during  the base year which shall be the
 3    calendar year immediately prior to  the  year  in  which  the
 4    municipality adopted tax increment allocation financing.  For
 5    purposes  of computing the aggregate amount of such taxes for
 6    base years occurring prior to 1985, the Department of Revenue
 7    shall determine the Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such  taxes
 8    and  deduct  therefrom an amount equal to 4% of the aggregate
 9    amount of taxes per year for each year the base year is prior
10    to 1985, but not to exceed a  total  deduction  of  12%.  The
11    amount  so determined shall be known as the "Adjusted Initial
12    Sales  Tax  Amounts".   For  purposes  of   determining   the
13    Municipal  Sales  Tax  Increment,  the  Department of Revenue
14    shall for each period subtract from the amount  paid  to  the
15    municipality  from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from
16    sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located  in
17    the  redevelopment  project  area  or  the  State  Sales  Tax
18    Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax
19    Amounts,  the  Adjusted  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts  or the
20    Revised  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts   for   the   Municipal
21    Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  and  the  Municipal Service
22    Occupation Tax Act.  For the State  Fiscal  Year  1989,  this
23    calculation shall be made by utilizing the calendar year 1987
24    to  determine the tax amounts received.  For the State Fiscal
25    Year 1990, this calculation shall be made  by  utilizing  the
26    period  from  January  1,  1988, until September 30, 1988, to
27    determine  the  tax  amounts  received  from  retailers   and
28    servicemen  pursuant  to  the Municipal Retailers' Occupation
29    Tax and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act, which shall
30    have  deducted  therefrom  nine-twelfths  of  the   certified
31    Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts,  the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax
32    Amounts  or  the  Revised  Initial  Sales  Tax   Amounts   as
33    appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year 1991, this calculation
34    shall  be  made by utilizing the period from October 1, 1988,
 
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 1    to June 30, 1989, to determine the tax amounts received  from
 2    retailers and servicemen pursuant to the Municipal Retailers'
 3    Occupation  Tax  and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act
 4    which shall have  deducted  therefrom  nine-twelfths  of  the
 5    certified  Initial  Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales
 6    Tax Amounts or the  Revised  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts  as
 7    appropriate.  For  every  State  Fiscal  Year thereafter, the
 8    applicable period shall be the 12 months beginning July 1 and
 9    ending June 30 to determine the tax  amounts  received  which
10    shall have deducted therefrom the certified Initial Sales Tax
11    Amounts,  the  Adjusted  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts  or the
12    Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as the case may be.
13        (i)  "Net State Sales Tax Increment" means the sum of the
14    following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State  Sales  Tax
15    Increment   annually  generated  within  a  State  Sales  Tax
16    Boundary; (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not
17    exceeding $500,000 of  State  Sales  Tax  Increment  annually
18    generated  within  a State Sales Tax Boundary; and (c) 40% of
19    all  amounts  in  excess  of  $500,000  of  State  Sales  Tax
20    Increment  annually  generated  within  a  State  Sales   Tax
21    Boundary.   If,  however,  a  municipality  established a tax
22    increment financing district in a county with a population in
23    excess  of  3,000,000  before  January  1,  1986,   and   the
24    municipality  entered  into  a contract or issued bonds after
25    January 1, 1986, but before December  31,  1986,  to  finance
26    redevelopment   project   costs  within  a  State  Sales  Tax
27    Boundary, then the Net State Sales Tax Increment  means,  for
28    the  fiscal  years  beginning July 1, 1990, and July 1, 1991,
29    100% of the State  Sales  Tax  Increment  annually  generated
30    within  a  State  Sales Tax Boundary; and notwithstanding any
31    other provision of this  Act,  for  those  fiscal  years  the
32    Department    of    Revenue   shall   distribute   to   those
33    municipalities 100% of their Net State  Sales  Tax  Increment
34    before   any  distribution  to  any  other  municipality  and
 
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 1    regardless of whether or not those other municipalities  will
 2    receive  100%  of  their  Net State Sales Tax Increment.  For
 3    Fiscal Year 1999, and every year thereafter  until  the  year
 4    2007,  for  any  municipality  that  has  not  entered into a
 5    contract or has not issued bonds prior to  June  1,  1988  to
 6    finance  redevelopment project costs within a State Sales Tax
 7    Boundary,  the  Net  State  Sales  Tax  Increment  shall   be
 8    calculated as follows: By multiplying the Net State Sales Tax
 9    Increment  by  90%  in the State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the
10    State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State  Fiscal  Year  2001;
11    60%  in  the  State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal
12    Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal  Year  2004;  30%  in  the
13    State  Fiscal  Year  2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year 2006;
14    and 10% in the State Fiscal Year 2007. No  payment  shall  be
15    made for State Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
16        Municipalities  that  issued  bonds  in connection with a
17    redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area  within
18    the  State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991, or that
19    entered into contracts in  connection  with  a  redevelopment
20    project  in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988,
21    shall continue to receive their  proportional  share  of  the
22    Illinois  Tax  Increment  Fund distribution until the date on
23    which the redevelopment project is completed  or  terminated.
24    If,  however,  a municipality that issued bonds in connection
25    with a redevelopment project in a redevelopment project  area
26    within  the  State  Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991
27    retires the bonds prior to June 30, 2007  or  a  municipality
28    that   entered   into   contracts   in   connection   with  a
29    redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area  before
30    June  1, 1988 completes the contracts prior to June 30, 2007,
31    then so long as the redevelopment project is not completed or
32    is not terminated, the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be
33    calculated, beginning on the date  on  which  the  bonds  are
34    retired  or  the  contracts  are  completed,  as follows:  By
 
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 1    multiplying the Net State Sales Tax Increment by 60%  in  the
 2    State  Fiscal  Year  2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003;
 3    40% in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in  the  State  Fiscal
 4    Year  2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the
 5    State Fiscal Year 2007.  No payment shall be made  for  State
 6    Fiscal  Year  2008  and  thereafter.  Refunding  of any bonds
 7    issued prior to July 29, 1991, shall not alter the Net  State
 8    Sales Tax Increment.
 9        (j)  "State Utility Tax Increment Amount" means an amount
10    equal to the aggregate increase in State electric and gas tax
11    charges imposed on owners and tenants, other than residential
12    customers,  of  properties  located  within the redevelopment
13    project area under Section 9-222 of the Public Utilities Act,
14    over and above the aggregate of such charges as certified  by
15    the  Department  of  Revenue  and paid by owners and tenants,
16    other than residential customers, of  properties  within  the
17    redevelopment  project area during the base year, which shall
18    be the calendar year immediately prior to  the  year  of  the
19    adoption   of   the   ordinance   authorizing  tax  increment
20    allocation financing.
21        (k)  "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the  sum  of
22    the following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Utility
23    Tax  Increment  annually generated by a redevelopment project
24    area; (b) 60% of the amount in excess  of  $100,000  but  not
25    exceeding   $500,000  of  the  State  Utility  Tax  Increment
26    annually generated by a redevelopment project area;  and  (c)
27    40% of all amounts in excess of $500,000 of State Utility Tax
28    Increment annually generated by a redevelopment project area.
29    For  the  State  Fiscal  Year 1999, and every year thereafter
30    until the year  2007,  for  any  municipality  that  has  not
31    entered into a contract or has not issued bonds prior to June
32    1,  1988  to  finance  redevelopment  project  costs within a
33    redevelopment  project  area,  the  Net  State  Utility   Tax
34    Increment  shall be calculated as follows: By multiplying the
 
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 1    Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in  the  State  Fiscal
 2    Year  1999;  80%  in  the  State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the
 3    State Fiscal Year 2001; 60% in the State  Fiscal  Year  2002;
 4    50%  in  the  State Fiscal Year 2003; 40% in the State Fiscal
 5    Year 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal  Year  2005;  20%  in  the
 6    State  Fiscal  Year  2006;  and  10% in the State Fiscal Year
 7    2007. No payment shall be made for the State Fiscal Year 2008
 8    and thereafter.
 9        Municipalities that issue bonds in  connection  with  the
10    redevelopment  project  during  the  period from June 1, 1988
11    until 3 years after the effective date of this Amendatory Act
12    of 1988 shall receive the Net State  Utility  Tax  Increment,
13    subject to appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the
14    issuance  of such bonds.  For the 16th through the 20th State
15    Fiscal Years after issuance  of  the  bonds,  the  Net  State
16    Utility  Tax  Increment  shall  be  calculated as follows: By
17    multiplying the Net State Utility Tax  Increment  by  90%  in
18    year  16; 80% in year 17; 70% in year 18; 60% in year 19; and
19    50% in year 20. Refunding of any bonds issued prior  to  June
20    1,  1988,  shall  not alter the revised Net State Utility Tax
21    Increment payments set forth above.
22        (l)  "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures,  notes,
23    special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued
24    by  the  municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or
25    to refund outstanding obligations.
26        (m)  "Payment in lieu of taxes" means those estimated tax
27    revenues from real property in a redevelopment  project  area
28    derived  from  real  property  that  has  been  acquired by a
29    municipality which according to the redevelopment project  or
30    plan  is  to be used for a private use which taxing districts
31    would have received had a municipality not acquired the  real
32    property  and  adopted tax increment allocation financing and
33    which would result from levies made after  the  time  of  the
34    adoption  of  tax  increment allocation financing to the time
 
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 1    the  current  equalized  value  of  real  property   in   the
 2    redevelopment   project   area   exceeds  the  total  initial
 3    equalized value of real property in said area.
 4        (n)  "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program
 5    of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended
 6    by the payment of redevelopment project costs  to  reduce  or
 7    eliminate  those  conditions the existence of which qualified
 8    the redevelopment  project  area  as  a  "blighted  area"  or
 9    "conservation  area"  or  combination  thereof or "industrial
10    park conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases
11    of the taxing districts which extend into  the  redevelopment
12    project  area.  On  and after November 1, 1999 (the effective
13    date of Public Act 91-478),  no  redevelopment  plan  may  be
14    approved  or  amended that includes the development of vacant
15    land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse  and  other
16    facilities  or  (ii) designated by federal, State, county, or
17    municipal government as public land for outdoor  recreational
18    activities  or for nature preserves and used for that purpose
19    within 5 years prior to the  adoption  of  the  redevelopment
20    plan.   For  the   purpose  of this subsection, "recreational
21    activities" is limited to  mean  camping  and  hunting.  Each
22    redevelopment  plan shall set forth in writing the program to
23    be undertaken to accomplish the objectives  and shall include
24    but not be limited to:
25             (A)  an itemized  list  of  estimated  redevelopment
26        project costs;
27             (B)  evidence   indicating  that  the  redevelopment
28        project area on the whole has not been subject to  growth
29        and development through investment by private enterprise;
30             (C)  an  assessment  of  any financial impact of the
31        redevelopment project area on or any increased demand for
32        services from any taxing district affected  by  the  plan
33        and  any  program  to  address  such  financial impact or
34        increased demand;
 
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 1             (D)  the sources of funds to pay costs;
 2             (E)  the nature and term of the  obligations  to  be
 3        issued;
 4             (F)  the most recent equalized assessed valuation of
 5        the redevelopment project area;
 6             (G)  an   estimate  as  to  the  equalized  assessed
 7        valuation after redevelopment and the general  land  uses
 8        to apply in the redevelopment project area;
 9             (H)  a  commitment  to fair employment practices and
10        an affirmative action plan;
11             (I)  if it concerns an industrial park  conservation
12        area,  the  plan shall also include a general description
13        of  any  proposed  developer,  user  and  tenant  of  any
14        property,  a  description  of  the  type,  structure  and
15        general character of the facilities to  be  developed,  a
16        description   of  the  type,  class  and  number  of  new
17        employees  to  be  employed  in  the  operation  of   the
18        facilities to be developed; and
19             (J)  if   property   is   to   be   annexed  to  the
20        municipality, the plan shall include  the  terms  of  the
21        annexation agreement.
22        The  provisions  of  items (B) and (C) of this subsection
23    (n) shall not apply to a municipality that before  March  14,
24    1994  (the  effective  date  of Public Act 88-537) had fixed,
25    either by  its  corporate  authorities  or  by  a  commission
26    designated  under subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time
27    and place for a public hearing as required by subsection  (a)
28    of  Section 11-74.4-5. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted
29    unless a municipality complies  with  all  of  the  following
30    requirements:
31             (1)  The  municipality  finds that the redevelopment
32        project area on the whole has not been subject to  growth
33        and  development through investment by private enterprise
34        and would not reasonably be anticipated to  be  developed
 
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 1        without the adoption of the redevelopment plan.
 2             (2)  The  municipality  finds that the redevelopment
 3        plan and project conform to the  comprehensive  plan  for
 4        the  development  of the municipality as a whole, or, for
 5        municipalities with a  population  of  100,000  or  more,
 6        regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was
 7        adopted,  the  redevelopment plan and project either: (i)
 8        conforms  to  the  strategic  economic   development   or
 9        redevelopment  plan  issued  by  the  designated planning
10        authority of the municipality, or (ii) includes land uses
11        that have been approved by the planning commission of the
12        municipality.
13             (3)  The   redevelopment   plan   establishes    the
14        estimated   dates  of  completion  of  the  redevelopment
15        project and retirement of obligations issued  to  finance
16        redevelopment  project  costs.   Those dates shall not be
17        later than December 31 of the year in which  the  payment
18        to  the municipal treasurer as provided in subsection (b)
19        of Section 11-74.4-8 of this  Act  is  to  be  made  with
20        respect  to  ad  valorem taxes levied in the twenty-third
21        calendar year after  the  year  in  which  the  ordinance
22        approving  the  redevelopment  project area is adopted if
23        the ordinance was adopted on or after January  15,  1981,
24        and  not  later than December 31 of the year in which the
25        payment  to  the  municipal  treasurer  as  provided   in
26        subsection  (b) of Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be
27        made with respect to  ad  valorem  taxes  levied  in  the
28        thirty-fifth  calendar  year  after the year in which the
29        ordinance approving the  redevelopment  project  area  is
30        adopted:
31                  (A)  if   the   ordinance  was  adopted  before
32             January 15, 1981, or
33                  (B)  if the ordinance was adopted  in  December
34             1983, April 1984, July 1985, or December 1989, or
 
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 1                  (C)  if  the  ordinance was adopted in December
 2             1987 and the redevelopment project is located within
 3             one mile of Midway Airport, or
 4                  (D)  if  the  ordinance  was   adopted   before
 5             January  1,  1987 by a municipality in Mason County,
 6             or
 7                  (E)  if the  municipality  is  subject  to  the
 8             Local  Government Financial Planning and Supervision
 9             Act or the Financially Distressed City Law, or
10                  (F)  if the ordinance was adopted  in  December
11             1984 by the Village of Rosemont, or
12                  (G)  if  the  ordinance was adopted on December
13             31, 1986 by a municipality located in Clinton County
14             for which at least $250,000 of tax  increment  bonds
15             were   authorized  on  June  17,  1997,  or  if  the
16             ordinance was adopted on  December  31,  1986  by  a
17             municipality  with a population in 1990 of less than
18             3,600 that is located in a county with a  population
19             in  1990  of less than 34,000 and for which at least
20             $250,000 of tax increment bonds were  authorized  on
21             June 17, 1997, or
22                  (H)  if the ordinance was adopted on October 5,
23             1982  by  the  City of Kankakee, or if the ordinance
24             was adopted on December 29, 1986 by East St.  Louis,
25             or
26                  (I)  if  the  ordinance was adopted on November
27             12, 1991 by the Village of Sauget, or
28                  (J)  if the ordinance was adopted  on  February
29             11, 1985 by the City of Rock Island, or
30                  (K)  if   the   ordinance  was  adopted  before
31             December 18, 1986 by the City of Moline, or
32                  (L)  if the ordinance was adopted in  September
33             1988 by Sauk Village, or
34                  (M)  if  the  ordinance  was adopted in October
 
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 1             1993 by Sauk Village, or
 2                  (N)  if the ordinance was adopted  on  December
 3             29, 1986 by the City of Galva, or
 4                  (O)  if the ordinance was adopted in March 1991
 5             by the City of Centreville, or
 6                  (P) (L)  if   the   ordinance  was  adopted  on
 7             January 23, 1991 by the City of East St. Louis, or
 8                  (Q)  if the ordinance was adopted  on  December
 9             22, 1986 by the City of Aledo, or
10                  (R)  if  the  ordinance was adopted on February
11             5, 1990 by the City of Clinton, or
12                  (S)  if the ordinance was adopted on  September
13             6, 1994 by the City of Freeport, or
14                  (T)  if  the  ordinance was adopted on December
15             22, 1986 by the City of Tuscola, or
16                  (U)  if the ordinance was adopted  on  December
17             23, 1986 by the City of Sparta, or
18                  (V)  if  the  ordinance was adopted on December
19             23, 1986 by the City of Beardstown, or
20                  (W)  if the ordinance was adopted on April  27,
21             1981,  October 21, 1985, or December 30, 1986 by the
22             City of Belleville.
23             However, for redevelopment project areas  for  which
24        bonds  were  issued  before  July  29, 1991, or for which
25        contracts were entered  into  before  June  1,  1988,  in
26        connection  with  a  redevelopment  project  in  the area
27        within the State Sales Tax Boundary, the estimated  dates
28        of completion of the redevelopment project and retirement
29        of obligations to finance redevelopment project costs may
30        be  extended by municipal ordinance to December 31, 2013.
31        The  extension  allowed  by  this  amendatory Act of 1993
32        shall not apply to real property tax increment allocation
33        financing under Section 11-74.4-8.
34             A municipality may by municipal ordinance  amend  an
 
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 1        existing  redevelopment plan to conform to this paragraph
 2        (3) as amended by  Public  Act  91-478,  which  municipal
 3        ordinance  may  be  adopted  without  further  hearing or
 4        notice and without complying with the procedures provided
 5        in this Act pertaining to an amendment to or the  initial
 6        approval   of   a  redevelopment  plan  and  project  and
 7        designation of a redevelopment project area.
 8             Those dates,  for  purposes  of  real  property  tax
 9        increment   allocation   financing  pursuant  to  Section
10        11-74.4-8 only, shall be  not  more  than  35  years  for
11        redevelopment project areas that were adopted on or after
12        December 16, 1986 and for which at least $8 million worth
13        of  municipal  bonds were authorized on or after December
14        19, 1989 but before January 1, 1990;  provided  that  the
15        municipality   elects   to   extend   the   life  of  the
16        redevelopment project area to 35 years by the adoption of
17        an ordinance after at least 14 but not more than 30 days'
18        written notice to the taxing bodies, that would otherwise
19        constitute the joint review board for  the  redevelopment
20        project area, before the adoption of the ordinance.
21             Those  dates,  for  purposes  of  real  property tax
22        increment  allocation  financing  pursuant   to   Section
23        11-74.4-8  only,  shall  be  not  more  than 35 years for
24        redevelopment project areas that were established  on  or
25        after December 1, 1981 but before January 1, 1982 and for
26        which  at least $1,500,000 worth of tax increment revenue
27        bonds were authorized on or after September 30, 1990  but
28        before  July  1,  1991;  provided  that  the municipality
29        elects to extend the life of  the  redevelopment  project
30        area to 35 years by the adoption of an ordinance after at
31        least 14 but not more than 30 days' written notice to the
32        taxing  bodies, that would otherwise constitute the joint
33        review board for the redevelopment project  area,  before
34        the adoption of the ordinance.
 
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 1             (3.5)  The  municipality  finds,  in  the case of an
 2        industrial  park  conservation  area,   also   that   the
 3        municipality is a labor surplus municipality and that the
 4        implementation  of  the  redevelopment  plan  will reduce
 5        unemployment, create new jobs and by the provision of new
 6        facilities enhance the tax base of the  taxing  districts
 7        that extend into the redevelopment project area.
 8             (4)  If  any incremental revenues are being utilized
 9        under  Section  8(a)(1)  or  8(a)(2)  of  this   Act   in
10        redevelopment  project  areas approved by ordinance after
11        January 1, 1986, the municipality  finds:  (a)  that  the
12        redevelopment   project  area  would  not  reasonably  be
13        developed without the use of such  incremental  revenues,
14        and   (b)   that   such   incremental  revenues  will  be
15        exclusively  utilized  for   the   development   of   the
16        redevelopment project area.
17             (5)  On   and   after   November  1,  1999,  If  the
18        redevelopment plan will not result in displacement of  10
19        or  more  residents from 10 or more inhabited residential
20        units, and the municipality certifies in  the  plan  that
21        such  displacement  will  not  result  from  the  plan, a
22        housing impact study need not be performed. If,  however,
23        the  redevelopment  plan would result in the displacement
24        of residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units,
25        or if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or  more
26        inhabited residential units and no certification is made,
27        then  the  municipality  shall  prepare,  as  part of the
28        separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of
29        Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.
30             Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i)
31        data as to  whether  the  residential  units  are  single
32        family or multi-family units, (ii) the number and type of
33        rooms within the units, if that information is available,
34        (iii)  whether the units are inhabited or uninhabited, as
 
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 1        determined not less than 45 days before the date that the
 2        ordinance or resolution required  by  subsection  (a)  of
 3        Section  11-74.4-5  is  passed,  and  (iv) data as to the
 4        racial and ethnic composition of  the  residents  in  the
 5        inhabited  residential units.  The data requirement as to
 6        the racial and ethnic composition of the residents in the
 7        inhabited residential units shall be deemed to  be  fully
 8        satisfied by data from the most recent federal census.
 9             Part  II  of the housing impact study shall identify
10        the  inhabited  residential   units   in   the   proposed
11        redevelopment  project  area  that  are  to  be or may be
12        removed.   If  inhabited  residential  units  are  to  be
13        removed, then the housing impact study shall identify (i)
14        the number and location of those units that will  or  may
15        be  removed, (ii) the municipality's plans for relocation
16        assistance  for   those   residents   in   the   proposed
17        redevelopment  project  area  whose  residences are to be
18        removed, (iii) the availability  of  replacement  housing
19        for  those  residents whose residences are to be removed,
20        and shall identify the type, location, and  cost  of  the
21        housing,  and  (iv)  the  type  and  extent of relocation
22        assistance to be provided.
23             (6)  On and after  November  1,  1999,  the  housing
24        impact   study   required   by  paragraph  (5)  shall  be
25        incorporated  in   the   redevelopment   plan   for   the
26        redevelopment project area.
27             (7)  On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment
28        plan  shall be adopted, nor an existing plan amended, nor
29        shall residential housing that is occupied by  households
30        of  low-income  and  very low-income persons in currently
31        existing redevelopment project  areas  be  removed  after
32        November  1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides,
33        with respect to inhabited housing units that  are  to  be
34        removed  for households of low-income and very low-income
 
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 1        persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not
 2        less than that which would be provided under the  federal
 3        Uniform   Relocation   Assistance   and   Real   Property
 4        Acquisition  Policies  Act  of  1970  and the regulations
 5        under  that  Act,  including  the  eligibility  criteria.
 6        Affordable  housing  may  be  either  existing  or  newly
 7        constructed housing. For purposes of this paragraph  (7),
 8        "low-income  households",  "very  low-income households",
 9        and "affordable housing" have the meanings set  forth  in
10        the  Illinois  Affordable  Housing  Act. The municipality
11        shall make a  good  faith  effort  to  ensure  that  this
12        affordable   housing   is   located   in   or   near  the
13        redevelopment project area within the municipality.
14             (8)  On and after November 1, 1999,  if,  after  the
15        adoption  of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment
16        project area,  any  municipality  desires  to  amend  its
17        redevelopment  plan  to remove more inhabited residential
18        units than specified in its original redevelopment  plan,
19        that   change  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the
20        procedures  in  subsection  (c)  of   Section   11-74.4-5
21        increase  in  the  number of units to be removed shall be
22        deemed to be a change in the nature of the  redevelopment
23        plan as to require compliance with the procedures in this
24        Act pertaining to the initial approval of a redevelopment
25        plan.
26             (9)  For   redevelopment  project  areas  designated
27        prior to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may  be
28        amended  without  further  joint  review board meeting or
29        hearing, provided that the municipality shall give notice
30        of any such changes  by  mail  to  each  affected  taxing
31        district and registrant on the interested party registry,
32        to  authorize  the  municipality  to expend tax increment
33        revenues  for  redevelopment  project  costs  defined  by
34        paragraphs (5) and (7.5), subparagraphs (E)  and  (F)  of
 
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 1        paragraph (11), and paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of
 2        Section 11-74.4-3, so long as the changes do not increase
 3        the  total  estimated redevelopment project costs set out
 4        in  the  redevelopment  plan  by  more  than   5%   after
 5        adjustment  for  inflation  from  the  date  the plan was
 6        adopted.
 7        (o)  "Redevelopment project" means any public and private
 8    development project in furtherance of  the  objectives  of  a
 9    redevelopment  plan.  On  and  after  November  1,  1999 (the
10    effective date of Public Act 91-478), no  redevelopment  plan
11    may  be  approved or amended that includes the development of
12    vacant land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse  and
13    other  facilities  or  (ii)  designated  by  federal,  State,
14    county,  or  municipal  government as public land for outdoor
15    recreational activities or for nature preserves and used  for
16    that  purpose  within  5  years  prior to the adoption of the
17    redevelopment plan.  For the   purpose  of  this  subsection,
18    "recreational  activities"  is  limited  to  mean camping and
19    hunting.
20        (p)  "Redevelopment   project   area"   means   an   area
21    designated by the municipality, which  is  not  less  in  the
22    aggregate  than  1  1/2  acres  and  in  respect to which the
23    municipality has made a finding that there  exist  conditions
24    which  cause  the area to be classified as an industrial park
25    conservation area or a blighted area or a conservation  area,
26    or  a  combination  of  both  blighted areas and conservation
27    areas.
28        (q)  "Redevelopment project costs" mean and  include  the
29    sum  total  of  all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or
30    estimated to be incurred, and any such costs incidental to  a
31    redevelopment  plan  and a redevelopment project.  Such costs
32    include, without limitation, the following:
33             (1)  Costs  of  studies,  surveys,  development   of
34        plans,    and    specifications,    implementation    and
 
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 1        administration  of  the  redevelopment plan including but
 2        not limited to staff and professional service  costs  for
 3        architectural, engineering, legal, financial, planning or
 4        other  services,  provided  however  that  no charges for
 5        professional services may be based on a percentage of the
 6        tax  increment  collected;  except  that  on  and   after
 7        November  1,  1999  (the  effective  date  of  Public Act
 8        91-478),  no   contracts   for   professional   services,
 9        excluding  architectural and engineering services, may be
10        entered into if the terms of the contract extend beyond a
11        period of 3 years.  In addition,  "redevelopment  project
12        costs"   shall   not  include  lobbying  expenses.  After
13        consultation with the municipality,  each  tax  increment
14        consultant  or  advisor  to  a municipality that plans to
15        designate or has designated a redevelopment project  area
16        shall inform the municipality in writing of any contracts
17        that  the  consultant  or  advisor  has entered into with
18        entities  or  individuals  that  have  received,  or  are
19        receiving, payments financed by  tax  increment  revenues
20        produced  by  the redevelopment project area with respect
21        to which the consultant or advisor has performed, or will
22        be  performing,  service  for  the  municipality.    This
23        requirement  shall  be  satisfied  by  the  consultant or
24        advisor before  the  commencement  of  services  for  the
25        municipality  and thereafter whenever any other contracts
26        with those individuals or entities are  executed  by  the
27        consultant or advisor;
28             (1.5)  After  July  1,  1999,  annual administrative
29        costs   shall   not   include   general    overhead    or
30        administrative costs of the municipality that would still
31        have   been   incurred   by   the   municipality  if  the
32        municipality had not designated a  redevelopment  project
33        area or approved a redevelopment plan;
34             (1.6)  The   cost  of  marketing  sites  within  the
 
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 1        redevelopment project  area  to  prospective  businesses,
 2        developers, and investors;
 3             (2)  Property  assembly  costs,  including  but  not
 4        limited  to  acquisition of land and other property, real
 5        or personal, or rights or interests  therein,  demolition
 6        of  buildings,  site  preparation, site improvements that
 7        serve as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or
 8        below ground environmental contamination, including,  but
 9        not limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt
10        barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;
11             (3)  Costs   of  rehabilitation,  reconstruction  or
12        repair  or  remodeling  of  existing  public  or  private
13        buildings, fixtures, and leasehold improvements; and  the
14        cost of replacing an existing public building if pursuant
15        to  the  implementation  of  a  redevelopment project the
16        existing public building is to be demolished to  use  the
17        site for private investment or devoted to a different use
18        requiring private investment;
19             (4)  Costs  of  the  construction of public works or
20        improvements, except that on and after November 1,  1999,
21        redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of
22        constructing  a new municipal public building principally
23        used to provide offices,  storage  space,  or  conference
24        facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for
25        administrative,  public safety, or public works personnel
26        and that is not intended to replace  an  existing  public
27        building  as  provided  under paragraph (3) of subsection
28        (q)  of  Section  11-74.4-3   unless   either   (i)   the
29        construction  of  the new municipal building implements a
30        redevelopment   project   that   was   included   in    a
31        redevelopment  plan  that was adopted by the municipality
32        prior to November 1, 1999 or (ii) the municipality  makes
33        a  reasonable  determination  in  the redevelopment plan,
34        supported by information that provides the basis for that
 
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 1        determination,  that  the  new  municipal   building   is
 2        required  to  meet  an  increase  in  the need for public
 3        safety  purposes   anticipated   to   result   from   the
 4        implementation of the redevelopment plan;
 5             (5)  Costs  of job training and retraining projects,
 6        including  the  cost  of  "welfare  to   work"   programs
 7        implemented    by    businesses    located   within   the
 8        redevelopment project area;
 9             (6)  Financing costs, including but not  limited  to
10        all  necessary  and  incidental  expenses  related to the
11        issuance of obligations and which may include payment  of
12        interest  on  any  obligations issued hereunder including
13        interest  accruing  during  the   estimated   period   of
14        construction  of any redevelopment project for which such
15        obligations are issued and for not  exceeding  36  months
16        thereafter  and  including  reasonable  reserves  related
17        thereto;
18             (7)  To  the  extent  the  municipality  by  written
19        agreement accepts and approves the same, all or a portion
20        of  a  taxing district's capital costs resulting from the
21        redevelopment  project  necessarily  incurred  or  to  be
22        incurred within a taxing district in furtherance  of  the
23        objectives of the redevelopment plan and project.
24             (7.5)  For  redevelopment  project  areas designated
25        (or  redevelopment  project  areas  amended  to  add   or
26        increase  the  number of tax-increment-financing assisted
27        housing  units)  on  or  after  November  1,   1999,   an
28        elementary,   secondary,   or   unit   school  district's
29        increased costs attributable to  assisted  housing  units
30        located  within  the redevelopment project area for which
31        the   developer   or   redeveloper   receives   financial
32        assistance through an agreement with the municipality  or
33        because  the  municipality  incurs  the cost of necessary
34        infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of  the
 
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 1        assisted  housing  sites  necessary for the completion of
 2        that housing as authorized by this Act, and  which  costs
 3        shall  be  paid  by the municipality from the Special Tax
 4        Allocation  Fund  when  the  tax  increment  revenue   is
 5        received  as  a  result of the assisted housing units and
 6        shall be calculated annually as follows:
 7                  (A)  for foundation  districts,  excluding  any
 8             school  district in a municipality with a population
 9             in  excess  of   1,000,000,   by   multiplying   the
10             district's increase in attendance resulting from the
11             net increase in new students enrolled in that school
12             district  who  reside  in  housing  units within the
13             redevelopment  project  area  that   have   received
14             financial  assistance  through an agreement with the
15             municipality or because the municipality incurs  the
16             cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within
17             the  boundaries  of  the housing sites necessary for
18             the completion of that housing as authorized by this
19             Act  since  the  designation  of  the  redevelopment
20             project area by  the  most  recently  available  per
21             capita  tuition cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a
22             of the School Code  less  any  increase  in  general
23             State  aid  as  defined  in  Section  18-8.05 of the
24             School Code attributable to these added new students
25             subject to the following annual limitations:
26                       (i)  for  unit  school  districts  with  a
27                  district average  1995-96  Per  Capita  Tuition
28                  Charge of less than $5,900, no more than 25% of
29                  the  total  amount  of  property  tax increment
30                  revenue produced by those  housing  units  that
31                  have  received tax increment finance assistance
32                  under this Act;
33                       (ii)  for elementary school districts with
34                  a district average 1995-96 Per  Capita  Tuition
 
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 1                  Charge of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of
 2                  the  total  amount  of  property  tax increment
 3                  revenue produced by those  housing  units  that
 4                  have  received tax increment finance assistance
 5                  under this Act; and
 6                       (iii)  for secondary school districts with
 7                  a district average 1995-96 Per  Capita  Tuition
 8                  Charge  of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of
 9                  the total  amount  of  property  tax  increment
10                  revenue  produced  by  those housing units that
11                  have received tax increment finance  assistance
12                  under this Act.
13                  (B)  For alternate method districts, flat grant
14             districts,  and foundation districts with a district
15             average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge  equal  to
16             or  more  than $5,900, excluding any school district
17             with  a  population  in  excess  of  1,000,000,   by
18             multiplying  the  district's  increase in attendance
19             resulting from the  net  increase  in  new  students
20             enrolled  in  that  school  district  who  reside in
21             housing units within the redevelopment project  area
22             that  have  received financial assistance through an
23             agreement  with  the  municipality  or  because  the
24             municipality   incurs   the   cost   of    necessary
25             infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of
26             the  housing  sites  necessary for the completion of
27             that housing as authorized by  this  Act  since  the
28             designation of the redevelopment project area by the
29             most  recently  available per capita tuition cost as
30             defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code less
31             any increase in general  state  aid  as  defined  in
32             Section  18-8.05  of the School Code attributable to
33             these added new students subject  to  the  following
34             annual limitations:
 
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 1                       (i)  for  unit  school  districts, no more
 2                  than 40% of the total amount  of  property  tax
 3                  increment  revenue  produced  by  those housing
 4                  units that have received tax increment  finance
 5                  assistance under this Act;
 6                       (ii)  for  elementary school districts, no
 7                  more than 27% of the total amount  of  property
 8                  tax increment revenue produced by those housing
 9                  units  that have received tax increment finance
10                  assistance under this Act; and
11                       (iii)  for secondary school districts,  no
12                  more  than  13% of the total amount of property
13                  tax increment revenue produced by those housing
14                  units that have received tax increment  finance
15                  assistance under this Act.
16                  (C)  For  any school district in a municipality
17             with  a  population  in  excess  of  1,000,000,  the
18             following   restrictions   shall   apply   to    the
19             reimbursement   of   increased   costs   under  this
20             paragraph (7.5):
21                       (i)  no   increased   costs    shall    be
22                  reimbursed unless the school district certifies
23                  that  each  of  the  schools  affected  by  the
24                  assisted  housing  project  is  at  or over its
25                  student capacity;
26                       (ii)  the amount  reimburseable  shall  be
27                  reduced by the value of any land donated to the
28                  school   district   by   the   municipality  or
29                  developer, and by the  value  of  any  physical
30                  improvements   made   to  the  schools  by  the
31                  municipality or developer; and
32                       (iii)  the  amount  reimbursed   may   not
33                  affect amounts otherwise obligated by the terms
34                  of   any   bonds,   notes,   or  other  funding
 
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 1                  instruments, or the terms of any  redevelopment
 2                  agreement.
 3             Any  school  district  seeking  payment  under  this
 4             paragraph  (7.5)  shall,  after  July  1  and before
 5             September 30 of each year, provide the  municipality
 6             with  reasonable  evidence  to support its claim for
 7             reimbursement  before  the  municipality  shall   be
 8             required  to  approve  or  make  the  payment to the
 9             school district.  If the school  district  fails  to
10             provide  the  information  during this period in any
11             year, it shall forfeit any  claim  to  reimbursement
12             for   that  year.   School  districts  may  adopt  a
13             resolution waiving the right to all or a portion  of
14             the   reimbursement   otherwise   required  by  this
15             paragraph   (7.5).    By    acceptance    of    this
16             reimbursement  the  school district waives the right
17             to directly or  indirectly  set  aside,  modify,  or
18             contest  in  any  manner  the  establishment  of the
19             redevelopment project area or projects;
20             (8)  Relocation  costs  to   the   extent   that   a
21        municipality  determines  that  relocation costs shall be
22        paid or is required to make payment of  relocation  costs
23        by   federal   or  State  law  or  in  order  to  satisfy
24        subparagraph (7) of subsection (n);
25             (9)  Payment in lieu of taxes;
26             (10)  Costs of job  training,  retraining,  advanced
27        vocational  education  or career education, including but
28        not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or
29        technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred
30        by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs
31        (i) are related to the establishment and  maintenance  of
32        additional job training, advanced vocational education or
33        career  education  programs for persons employed or to be
34        employed by employers located in a redevelopment  project
 
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 1        area;  and  (ii)  when  incurred  by a taxing district or
 2        taxing districts other than  the  municipality,  are  set
 3        forth in a written agreement by or among the municipality
 4        and  the  taxing  district  or  taxing  districts,  which
 5        agreement   describes   the  program  to  be  undertaken,
 6        including but not limited to the number of  employees  to
 7        be trained, a description of the training and services to
 8        be  provided,  the number and type of positions available
 9        or to be available, itemized costs  of  the  program  and
10        sources of funds to pay for the same, and the term of the
11        agreement.  Such costs include, specifically, the payment
12        by community  college  districts  of  costs  pursuant  to
13        Sections  3-37,  3-38,  3-40  and  3-40.1  of  the Public
14        Community College Act and by school  districts  of  costs
15        pursuant to Sections 10-22.20a and 10-23.3a of The School
16        Code;
17             (11)  Interest   cost   incurred  by  a  redeveloper
18        related to the construction, renovation or rehabilitation
19        of a redevelopment project provided that:
20                  (A)  such costs are to be  paid  directly  from
21             the special tax allocation fund established pursuant
22             to this Act;
23                  (B)  such  payments  in  any  one  year may not
24             exceed 30% of the annual interest costs incurred  by
25             the  redeveloper  with  regard  to the redevelopment
26             project during that year;
27                  (C)  if  there   are   not   sufficient   funds
28             available in the special tax allocation fund to make
29             the payment pursuant to this paragraph (11) then the
30             amounts  so  due  shall  accrue  and be payable when
31             sufficient funds are available in  the  special  tax
32             allocation fund;
33                  (D)  the  total  of such interest payments paid
34             pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
 
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 1             (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the
 2             redevelopment  project   plus   (ii)   redevelopment
 3             project  costs excluding any property assembly costs
 4             and any relocation costs incurred by a  municipality
 5             pursuant to this Act; and
 6                  (E)  the cost limits set forth in subparagraphs
 7             (B)  and (D) of paragraph (11) shall be modified for
 8             the financing of rehabilitated or new housing  units
 9             for   low-income   households  and  very  low-income
10             households, as defined in Section 3 of the  Illinois
11             Affordable Housing Act.  The percentage of 75% shall
12             be  substituted for 30% in subparagraphs (B) and (D)
13             of paragraph (11).
14                  (F)  Instead of the eligible costs provided  by
15             subparagraphs  (B)  and  (D)  of  paragraph (11), as
16             modified by this subparagraph,  and  notwithstanding
17             any  other  provisions  of this Act to the contrary,
18             the municipality may pay from tax increment revenues
19             up to 50% of the cost of construction of new housing
20             units to be occupied by  low-income  households  and
21             very  low-income  households as defined in Section 3
22             of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.  The cost of
23             construction of those units may be derived from  the
24             proceeds  of  bonds issued by the municipality under
25             this  Act  or  other  constitutional  or   statutory
26             authority or from other sources of municipal revenue
27             that  may  be reimbursed from tax increment revenues
28             or the proceeds  of  bonds  issued  to  finance  the
29             construction of that housing.
30                  The   eligible   costs   provided   under  this
31             subparagraph (F)  of  paragraph  (11)  shall  be  an
32             eligible  cost for the construction, renovation, and
33             rehabilitation  of  all  low  and  very   low-income
34             housing  units,  as  defined  in  Section  3  of the
 
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 1             Illinois  Affordable   Housing   Act,   within   the
 2             redevelopment  project  area.   If  the low and very
 3             low-income  units  are   part   of   a   residential
 4             redevelopment   project   that  includes  units  not
 5             affordable to low and  very  low-income  households,
 6             only  the  low  and  very  low-income units shall be
 7             eligible for  benefits  under  subparagraph  (F)  of
 8             paragraph  (11).  The  standards for maintaining the
 9             occupancy  by   low-income   households   and   very
10             low-income  households,  as  defined in Section 3 of
11             the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, of those  units
12             constructed with eligible costs made available under
13             the provisions of this subparagraph (F) of paragraph
14             (11)  shall  be established by guidelines adopted by
15             the municipality.  The responsibility  for  annually
16             documenting  the  initial  occupancy of the units by
17             low-income   households    and    very    low-income
18             households,  as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
19             Affordable Housing Act, shall be that  of  the  then
20             current  owner of the property. For ownership units,
21             the guidelines will provide, at  a  minimum,  for  a
22             reasonable  recapture of funds, or other appropriate
23             methods   designed   to   preserve   the    original
24             affordability  of  the  ownership units.  For rental
25             units, the guidelines will provide,  at  a  minimum,
26             for  the  affordability  of  rent  to  low  and very
27             low-income households.  As units  become  available,
28             they shall be rented to income-eligible tenants. The
29             municipality  may  modify these guidelines from time
30             to time; the guidelines, however, shall be in effect
31             for as long as tax increment revenue is  being  used
32             to  pay  for  costs associated with the units or for
33             the retirement of bonds issued to finance the  units
34             or  for  the life of the redevelopment project area,
 
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 1             whichever is later.
 2             (11.5)  If the redevelopment project area is located
 3        within a municipality with  a  population  of  more  than
 4        100,000,  the  cost  of day care services for children of
 5        employees from low-income families working for businesses
 6        located within the redevelopment project area and all  or
 7        a  portion  of  the cost of operation of day care centers
 8        established by redevelopment project area  businesses  to
 9        serve  employees  from  low-income  families  working  in
10        businesses  located  in  the  redevelopment project area.
11        For the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families"
12        means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of
13        the  municipal,  county,  or  regional   median   income,
14        adjusted  for  family  size,  as  the  annual  income and
15        municipal,  county,  or  regional   median   income   are
16        determined  from  time  to  time  by  the  United  States
17        Department of Housing and Urban Development.
18             (12)  Unless  explicitly  stated  herein the cost of
19        construction of new privately-owned buildings  shall  not
20        be an eligible redevelopment project cost.
21             (13)  After  November 1, 1999 (the effective date of
22        Public Act 91-478), none  of  the  redevelopment  project
23        costs  enumerated  in  this  subsection shall be eligible
24        redevelopment project costs if those costs would  provide
25        direct  financial  support  to a retail entity initiating
26        operations  in  the  redevelopment  project  area   while
27        terminating   operations  at  another  Illinois  location
28        within 10 miles of the  redevelopment  project  area  but
29        outside  the boundaries of the redevelopment project area
30        municipality.    For   purposes   of   this    paragraph,
31        termination means a closing of a retail operation that is
32        directly  related to the opening of the same operation or
33        like retail entity owned or operated by more than 50%  of
34        the  original  ownership in a redevelopment project area,
 
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 1        but it does not mean closing  an  operation  for  reasons
 2        beyond the control of the retail entity, as documented by
 3        the retail entity, subject to a reasonable finding by the
 4        municipality   that   the   current   location  contained
 5        inadequate space, had become  economically  obsolete,  or
 6        was  no  longer  a  viable  location  for the retailer or
 7        serviceman.
 8        If a special service area has been  established  pursuant
 9    to  the  Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area
10    Tax Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax
11    imposed pursuant to the  Special  Service  Area  Tax  Act  or
12    Special   Service  Area  Tax  Law  may  be  used  within  the
13    redevelopment project area for the purposes permitted by that
14    Act or Law as well as the purposes permitted by this Act.
15        (r)  "State Sales Tax Boundary" means  the  redevelopment
16    project  area  or  the  amended  redevelopment  project  area
17    boundaries which are determined pursuant to subsection (9) of
18    Section  11-74.4-8a  of  this Act.  The Department of Revenue
19    shall  certify  pursuant  to  subsection   (9)   of   Section
20    11-74.4-8a   the  appropriate  boundaries  eligible  for  the
21    determination of State Sales Tax Increment.
22        (s)  "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to
23    the increase  in  the  aggregate  amount  of  taxes  paid  by
24    retailers and servicemen, other than retailers and servicemen
25    subject  to  the  Public  Utilities  Act,  on transactions at
26    places of business located within a State Sales Tax  Boundary
27    pursuant  to  the  Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax
28    Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation  Tax
29    Act,  except  such portion of such increase that is paid into
30    the  State  and  Local  Sales  Tax  Reform  Fund,  the  Local
31    Government  Distributive  Fund,  the   Local  Government  Tax
32    Fund  and  the  County and Mass Transit District Fund, for as
33    long as  State  participation  exists,  over  and  above  the
34    Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts
 
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 1    or  the  Revised  Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such taxes as
 2    certified by the Department of Revenue and paid  under  those
 3    Acts by retailers and servicemen on transactions at places of
 4    business  located  within the State Sales Tax Boundary during
 5    the base year which shall be the  calendar  year  immediately
 6    prior  to  the  year  in  which  the municipality adopted tax
 7    increment allocation financing, less  3.0%  of  such  amounts
 8    generated  under  the  Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax
 9    Act and Service Use Tax Act and the  Service  Occupation  Tax
10    Act,  which  sum  shall  be appropriated to the Department of
11    Revenue to cover its costs  of  administering  and  enforcing
12    this  Section. For purposes of computing the aggregate amount
13    of such taxes for base years occurring  prior  to  1985,  the
14    Department  of  Revenue  shall  compute the Initial Sales Tax
15    Amount for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to
16    4% of the aggregate amount of taxes per year  for  each  year
17    the  base  year  is  prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total
18    deduction of 12%.  The amount so determined shall be known as
19    the "Adjusted Initial Sales  Tax  Amount".  For  purposes  of
20    determining  the  State Sales Tax Increment the Department of
21    Revenue shall for each period subtract from the  tax  amounts
22    received   from  retailers  and  servicemen  on  transactions
23    located in  the  State  Sales  Tax  Boundary,  the  certified
24    Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts
25    or  Revised  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts  for the Retailers'
26    Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax  Act
27    and  the  Service  Occupation  Tax Act.  For the State Fiscal
28    Year 1989 this calculation shall be  made  by  utilizing  the
29    calendar year 1987 to determine the tax amounts received. For
30    the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation shall be made by
31    utilizing  the  period  from January 1, 1988, until September
32    30,  1988,  to  determine  the  tax  amounts  received   from
33    retailers and servicemen, which shall have deducted therefrom
34    nine-twelfths  of  the  certified  Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
 
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 1    Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts  or  the  Revised  Initial
 2    Sales  Tax  Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year
 3    1991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the  period
 4    from  October  1, 1988, until June 30, 1989, to determine the
 5    tax amounts received from  retailers  and  servicemen,  which
 6    shall  have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified
 7    Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial  Sales  Tax
 8    Amounts   or   the  Revised  Initial  Sales  Tax  Amounts  as
 9    appropriate. For every  State  Fiscal  Year  thereafter,  the
10    applicable period shall be the 12 months beginning July 1 and
11    ending  on  June  30,  to  determine the tax amounts received
12    which shall have deducted  therefrom  the  certified  Initial
13    Sales  Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the
14    Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts.  Municipalities  intending
15    to  receive  a distribution of State Sales Tax Increment must
16    report a list of retailers to the Department  of  Revenue  by
17    October 31, 1988 and by July 31, of each year thereafter.
18        (t)  "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities
19    and  incorporated  towns  and  villages,  school, road, park,
20    sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health,
21    fire protection, river conservancy,  tuberculosis  sanitarium
22    and  any  other  municipal corporations or districts with the
23    power to levy taxes.
24        (u)  "Taxing districts' capital costs" means those  costs
25    of  taxing  districts for capital improvements that are found
26    by the municipal corporate authorities to  be  necessary  and
27    directly result from the redevelopment project.
28        (v)  As  used  in  subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of
29    this Act, "vacant land" means any  parcel or  combination  of
30    parcels  of real property without industrial, commercial, and
31    residential buildings which has not been used for  commercial
32    agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation
33    of  the  redevelopment  project  area,  unless  the parcel is
34    included in an  industrial  park  conservation  area  or  the
 
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 1    parcel  has  been subdivided; provided that if the parcel was
 2    part of a larger tract that has been divided into 3  or  more
 3    smaller  tracts  that  were accepted for recording during the
 4    period from 1950 to 1990, then the parcel shall be deemed  to
 5    have  been subdivided, and all proceedings and actions of the
 6    municipality taken in that connection  with  respect  to  any
 7    previously  approved or designated redevelopment project area
 8    or amended redevelopment project area  are  hereby  validated
 9    and hereby declared to be legally sufficient for all purposes
10    of  this  Act. For purposes of this Section and only for land
11    subject to the subdivision requirements of the Plat Act, land
12    is  subdivided  when  the  original  plat  of  the   proposed
13    Redevelopment  Project  Area  or relevant portion thereof has
14    been properly certified, acknowledged, approved, and recorded
15    or filed in accordance with the Plat Act  and  a  preliminary
16    plat,  if  any,  for  any  subsequent  phases of the proposed
17    Redevelopment Project Area or relevant  portion  thereof  has
18    been  properly  approved  and  filed  in  accordance with the
19    applicable ordinance of the municipality.
20        (w)  "Annual Total  Increment"  means  the  sum  of  each
21    municipality's  annual  Net  Sales  Tax  Increment  and  each
22    municipality's  annual  Net Utility Tax Increment.  The ratio
23    of the Annual Total Increment of  each  municipality  to  the
24    Annual  Total  Increment  for  all  municipalities,  as  most
25    recently  calculated  by  the Department, shall determine the
26    proportional shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to  be
27    distributed to each municipality.
28    (Source: P.A.  91-261,  eff.  7-23-99;  91-477, eff. 8-11-99;
29    91-478, eff. 11-1-99;  91-642,  eff.  8-20-99;  91-763,  eff.
30    6-9-00;  92-263,  eff.  8-7-01;  92-406, eff. 1-1-02; revised
31    9-19-01.)

32        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.1)
33        Sec. 11-74.4-4.1. Feasibility study.
 
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 1        (a)  If a municipality by its corporate  authorities,  or
 2    as  it  may  determine  by  any  commission  designated under
 3    subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, adopts an  ordinance  or
 4    resolution   providing   for   a  feasibility  study  on  the
 5    designation of an area as a  redevelopment  project  area,  a
 6    copy of the ordinance or resolution shall immediately be sent
 7    to  all  taxing  districts  that  would  be  affected  by the
 8    designation.
 9        On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
10    the 91st General Assembly, the ordinance or resolution  shall
11    include:
12             (1)  The  boundaries  of  the area to be studied for
13        possible designation as a redevelopment project area.
14             (2)  The  purpose  or  purposes  of   the   proposed
15        redevelopment plan and project.
16             (3)  A   general   description   of   tax  increment
17        allocation financing under this Act.
18             (4)  The name, phone  number,  and  address  of  the
19        municipal  officer  who  can  be contacted for additional
20        information about the proposed redevelopment project area
21        and who  should  receive  all  comments  and  suggestions
22        regarding the redevelopment of the area to be studied.
23        (b)  If  one of the purposes of the planned redevelopment
24    project area should reasonably be expected to result  in  the
25    displacement   of   residents   from  10  or  more  inhabited
26    residential units, the municipality shall adopt a  resolution
27    or ordinance providing for the feasibility study described in
28    subsection  (a).   The  ordinance  or  resolution  shall also
29    require that the feasibility study include the preparation of
30    the housing impact  study  set  forth  in  paragraph  (5)  of
31    subsection  (n)  of  Section  11-74.4-3. If the redevelopment
32    plan will not result in displacement of 10 or more  residents
33    from   10  or  more  inhabited  residential  units,  and  the
34    municipality certifies in the  plan  that  such  displacement
 
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 1    will not result from the plan, then a resolution or ordinance
 2    need not be adopted.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-478, eff. 11-1-99; 92-263, eff. 8-7-01.)

 4        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-5)
 5        Sec.  11-74.4-5. (a)  The changes made by this amendatory
 6    Act  of  the  91st  General  Assembly  do  not  apply  to   a
 7    municipality  that,  (i)  before  the  effective date of this
 8    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, has  adopted  an
 9    ordinance  or resolution fixing a time and place for a public
10    hearing under this Section or (ii) before July 1,  1999,  has
11    adopted   an   ordinance   or   resolution  providing  for  a
12    feasibility study under Section 11-74.4-4.1, but has not  yet
13    adopted   an  ordinance  approving  redevelopment  plans  and
14    redevelopment projects or designating  redevelopment  project
15    areas  under Section 11-74.4-4, until after that municipality
16    adopts  an  ordinance  approving  redevelopment   plans   and
17    redevelopment  projects  or designating redevelopment project
18    areas under Section 11-74.4-4; thereafter the changes made by
19    this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to the
20    same extent  that  they  apply  to  redevelopment  plans  and
21    redevelopment  projects  that were approved and redevelopment
22    projects that were designated before the  effective  date  of
23    this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
24        Prior  to  the  adoption  of  an  ordinance proposing the
25    designation of a redevelopment project area, or  approving  a
26    redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, the municipality
27    by  its  corporate authorities, or as it may determine by any
28    commission  designated  under  subsection  (k)   of   Section
29    11-74.4-4  shall  adopt  an  ordinance or resolution fixing a
30    time and place for public hearing. At least 10 days prior  to
31    the  adoption of the ordinance or resolution establishing the
32    time and place for the public hearing, the municipality shall
33    make available for public inspection a redevelopment plan  or
 
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 1    a  separate  report  that  provides  in reasonable detail the
 2    basis for the eligibility of the redevelopment project  area.
 3    The  report  along  with  the name of a person to contact for
 4    further information shall be sent within  a  reasonable  time
 5    after  the  adoption  of  such ordinance or resolution to the
 6    affected taxing districts by certified mail. On and after the
 7    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  91st  General
 8    Assembly,  the  municipality  shall  print  in a newspaper of
 9    general circulation within the  municipality  a  notice  that
10    interested  persons  may  register  with  the municipality in
11    order to receive information on the proposed designation of a
12    redevelopment project area or the approval of a redevelopment
13    plan.  The notice shall state the place of  registration  and
14    the  operating  hours  of  that place. The municipality shall
15    have adopted reasonable rules to implement this  registration
16    process  under  Section  11-74.4-4.2.  The municipality shall
17    provide notice of the availability of the redevelopment  plan
18    and   eligibility   report,  including  how  to  obtain  this
19    information, by mail  within  a  reasonable  time  after  the
20    adoption  of  the ordinance or resolution, to all residential
21    addresses that, after a good faith effort,  the  municipality
22    determines  are  located  outside  the proposed redevelopment
23    project area and within 750 feet of  the  boundaries  of  the
24    proposed  redevelopment  project  area.   This requirement is
25    subject to the limitation  that  in  a  municipality  with  a
26    population   of   over   100,000,  if  the  total  number  of
27    residential  addresses  outside  the  proposed  redevelopment
28    project area and within 750 feet of  the  boundaries  of  the
29    proposed   redevelopment   project   area  exceeds  750,  the
30    municipality shall be required to provide the notice to  only
31    the  750  residential  addresses  that,  after  a  good faith
32    effort, the municipality determines are outside the  proposed
33    redevelopment  project  area and closest to the boundaries of
34    the proposed redevelopment project area. Notwithstanding  the
 
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 1    foregoing,  notice  given after August 7, 2001 (the effective
 2    date of Public Act 92-263) and before the effective  date  of
 3    this   amendatory   Act  of  the  92nd  General  Assembly  to
 4    residential addresses within 750 feet of the boundaries of  a
 5    proposed  redevelopment  project area shall be deemed to have
 6    been sufficiently given in compliance with this Act if  given
 7    only  to  residents  outside  the  boundaries of the proposed
 8    redevelopment project area. The notice shall also be provided
 9    by the municipality, regardless of its population,  to  those
10    organizations  and  residents  that  have registered with the
11    municipality for that  information  in  accordance  with  the
12    registration guidelines established by the municipality under
13    Section 11-74.4-4.2.
14        At  the  public hearing any interested person or affected
15    taxing district may file with  the  municipal  clerk  written
16    objections  to  and  may  be  heard  orally in respect to any
17    issues embodied in the notice.  The municipality  shall  hear
18    all  protests  and  objections at the hearing and the hearing
19    may be adjourned to another date without further notice other
20    than a motion to be entered upon the minutes fixing the  time
21    and  place  of the subsequent hearing.  At the public hearing
22    or at any time prior to the adoption by the  municipality  of
23    an ordinance approving a redevelopment plan, the municipality
24    may  make  changes  in the redevelopment plan.  Changes which
25    (1) add  additional  parcels  of  property  to  the  proposed
26    redevelopment  project  area,  (2)  substantially  affect the
27    general land uses proposed in  the  redevelopment  plan,  (3)
28    substantially  change the nature of or extend the life of the
29    redevelopment  project,  or  (4)  increase  the   number   of
30    inhabited residential units low or very low income households
31    to  be  displaced  from  the  redevelopment  project area, as
32    provided that measured from  the  time  of  creation  of  the
33    redevelopment  project  area,  to  a  the  total of more than
34    displacement of the households will exceed 10, shall be  made
 
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 1    only  after  the  municipality gives notice, convenes a joint
 2    review board, and conducts a public hearing pursuant  to  the
 3    procedures set forth in this Section and in Section 11-74.4-6
 4    of  this Act. Changes which do not (1) add additional parcels
 5    of property to the proposed redevelopment project  area,  (2)
 6    substantially  affect  the  general land uses proposed in the
 7    redevelopment plan, (3) substantially change the nature of or
 8    extend the life of the redevelopment project, or (4) increase
 9    the number of inhabited residential units  low  or  very  low
10    income  households  to  be  displaced  from the redevelopment
11    project area, as provided that  measured  from  the  time  of
12    creation of the redevelopment project area, to a the total of
13    more  than displacement of the households will exceed 10, may
14    be  made  without  further   hearing,   provided   that   the
15    municipality shall give notice of any such changes by mail to
16    each   affected   taxing   district  and  registrant  on  the
17    interested  parties  registry,  provided  for  under  Section
18    11-74.4-4.2, and by publication in  a  newspaper  of  general
19    circulation within the affected taxing district.  Such notice
20    by mail and by publication shall each occur not later than 10
21    days  following  the  adoption  by ordinance of such changes.
22    Hearings with regard to a redevelopment project area, project
23    or plan may be held simultaneously.
24        (b)  Prior to holding a  public  hearing  to  approve  or
25    amend  a redevelopment plan or to designate or add additional
26    parcels of property to  a  redevelopment  project  area,  the
27    municipality  shall  convene a joint review board.  The board
28    shall consist of a representative selected by each  community
29    college  district,  local elementary school district and high
30    school district or each local community unit school district,
31    park district, library district,  township,  fire  protection
32    district, and county that will have the authority to directly
33    levy  taxes on the property within the proposed redevelopment
34    project area at the  time  that  the  proposed  redevelopment
 
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 1    project  area  is  approved, a representative selected by the
 2    municipality and a public member.  The  public  member  shall
 3    first  be  selected and then the board's chairperson shall be
 4    selected by a majority  of  the  board  members  present  and
 5    voting.
 6        For redevelopment project areas with  redevelopment plans
 7    or  proposed  redevelopment  plans  that  would result in the
 8    displacement  of  residents  from  10   or   more   inhabited
 9    residential  units  or  that  include  75  or  more inhabited
10    residential units, the public member shall be  a  person  who
11    resides in the redevelopment project area.  If, as determined
12    by  the housing impact study provided for in paragraph (5) of
13    subsection (n) of Section 11-74.4-3, or if no housing  impact
14    study  is  required  then based on other reasonable data, the
15    majority of residential units are occupied by very low,  low,
16    or moderate income households, as defined in Section 3 of the
17    Illinois Affordable Housing Act, the public member shall be a
18    person  who  resides  in  very  low,  low, or moderate income
19    housing    within    the    redevelopment    project    area.
20    Municipalities with fewer than 15,000 residents shall not  be
21    required  to  select  a person who lives in very low, low, or
22    moderate income  housing  within  the  redevelopment  project
23    area,  provided  that  the redevelopment plan or project will
24    not result in displacement  of  residents  from  10  or  more
25    inhabited  units,  and  the  municipality so certifies in the
26    plan.   If  no  person  satisfying  these   requirements   is
27    available  or if no qualified person will serve as the public
28    member, then the joint  review  board  is  relieved  of  this
29    paragraph's selection requirements for the public member.
30        Within  90  days of the effective date of this amendatory
31    Act of the 91st  General  Assembly,  each  municipality  that
32    designated  a redevelopment project area for which it was not
33    required to convene a joint review board under  this  Section
34    shall  convene  a  joint  review  board to perform the duties
 
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 1    specified under paragraph (e) of this Section.
 2        All board members shall be appointed and the first  board
 3    meeting  shall  be held at least 14 days but not more than 28
 4    days after the mailing of notice by the municipality  to  the
 5    taxing   districts   as  required  by  Section  11-74.4-6(c).
 6    Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a  municipality  that
 7    adopted  either  a public hearing resolution or a feasibility
 8    resolution between July 1, 1999 and July 1, 2000 that  called
 9    for  the  meeting of the joint review board within 14 days of
10    notice of public hearing  to  affected  taxing  districts  is
11    deemed  to  be  in  compliance  with the notice, meeting, and
12    public hearing provisions of the Act. Such notice shall  also
13    advise  the  taxing  bodies  represented  on the joint review
14    board of the time and place  of  the  first  meeting  of  the
15    board.   Additional  meetings of the board shall be held upon
16    the call of any member.  The municipality seeking designation
17    of   the   redevelopment   project   area    shall    provide
18    administrative support to the board.
19        The  board  shall  review (i) the public record, planning
20    documents and proposed ordinances approving the redevelopment
21    plan  and  project  and  (ii)  proposed  amendments  to   the
22    redevelopment plan or additions of parcels of property to the
23    redevelopment project area to be adopted by the municipality.
24    As  part  of its deliberations, the board may hold additional
25    hearings on the proposal. A board's recommendation  shall  be
26    an  advisory, non-binding recommendation.  The recommendation
27    shall be adopted by a majority of those members  present  and
28    voting.   The  recommendations  shall  be  submitted  to  the
29    municipality  within  30  days  after convening of the board.
30    Failure of the board to submit its report on a  timely  basis
31    shall  not  be cause to delay the public hearing or any other
32    step  in  the  process  of  designating   or   amending   the
33    redevelopment  project area but shall be deemed to constitute
34    approval by the joint review board of the matters before it.
 
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 1        The board shall base its  recommendation  to  approve  or
 2    disapprove  the redevelopment plan and the designation of the
 3    redevelopment  project  area  or   the   amendment   of   the
 4    redevelopment  plan or addition of parcels of property to the
 5    redevelopment project area on the basis of the  redevelopment
 6    project  area  and  redevelopment  plan  satisfying  the plan
 7    requirements, the eligibility  criteria  defined  in  Section
 8    11-74.4-3, and the objectives of this Act.
 9        The board shall issue a written report describing why the
10    redevelopment  plan and project area or the amendment thereof
11    meets or fails to meet one or more of the objectives of  this
12    Act  and  both  the  plan  requirements  and  the eligibility
13    criteria defined in Section 11-74.4-3. In the event the Board
14    does not file a report it shall be presumed that these taxing
15    bodies find the redevelopment project area and  redevelopment
16    plan  satisfy  the  objectives  of  this  Act  and  the  plan
17    requirements and eligibility criteria.
18        If  the  board recommends rejection of the matters before
19    it, the municipality will  have  30  days  within  which   to
20    resubmit  the  plan  or  amendment.  During  this period, the
21    municipality will meet and confer with the board and  attempt
22    to  resolve  those  issues  set  forth in the board's written
23    report that led to the rejection of the plan or amendment.
24        Notwithstanding the resubmission  set  forth  above,  the
25    municipality  may  commence  the scheduled public hearing and
26    either adjourn the public  hearing  or  continue  the  public
27    hearing until a date certain.  Prior to continuing any public
28    hearing  to  a  date certain, the municipality shall announce
29    during the public hearing the time, date,  and  location  for
30    the  reconvening  of  the public hearing.  Any changes to the
31    redevelopment plan necessary to satisfy the issues set  forth
32    in  the  joint  review board report shall be the subject of a
33    public hearing before the hearing is adjourned if the changes
34    would (1) substantially affect the general land uses proposed
 
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 1    in the  redevelopment  plan,  (2)  substantially  change  the
 2    nature of or extend the life of the redevelopment project, or
 3    (3) increase the number of inhabited residential units low or
 4    very   low   income  households  to  be  displaced  from  the
 5    redevelopment project area, as provided  that  measured  from
 6    the  time of creation of the redevelopment project area, to a
 7    the total of more than displacement of  the  households  will
 8    exceed  10.   Changes  to the redevelopment plan necessary to
 9    satisfy the issues set forth in the joint review board report
10    shall not require any further notice or convening of a  joint
11    review   board  meeting,  except  that  any  changes  to  the
12    redevelopment plan  that  would  add  additional  parcels  of
13    property  to the proposed redevelopment project area shall be
14    subject to the notice, public hearing, and joint review board
15    meeting  requirements  established  for   such   changes   by
16    subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-5.
17        In  the  event  that  the  municipality and the board are
18    unable to resolve these differences, or in the event that the
19    resubmitted plan or amendment is rejected  by the board,  the
20    municipality may proceed with the plan or amendment, but only
21    upon   a   three-fifths   vote  of  the  corporate  authority
22    responsible for approval of the plan or amendment,  excluding
23    positions  of  members that are vacant and those members that
24    are ineligible to vote because of conflicts of interest.
25        (c)  After a municipality has  by  ordinance  approved  a
26    redevelopment  plan  and  designated  a redevelopment project
27    area, the plan may be amended and additional  properties  may
28    be  added  to  the  redevelopment project area only as herein
29    provided.  Amendments which (1)  add  additional  parcels  of
30    property  to  the  proposed  redevelopment  project area, (2)
31    substantially affect the general land uses  proposed  in  the
32    redevelopment  plan,  (3)  substantially change the nature of
33    the redevelopment project, (4) increase the  total  estimated
34    redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment plan
 
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 1    by  more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from the date
 2    the  plan  was  adopted,  (5)  add  additional  redevelopment
 3    project costs to the itemized list of  redevelopment  project
 4    costs  set out in the redevelopment plan, or (6) increase the
 5    number of inhabited residential units low or very low  income
 6    households  to  be  displaced  from the redevelopment project
 7    area, as provided that measured from the time of creation  of
 8    the  redevelopment  project area, to a the total of more than
 9    displacement of the households will exceed 10, shall be  made
10    only  after  the  municipality gives notice, convenes a joint
11    review board, and conducts a public hearing pursuant  to  the
12    procedures set forth in this Section and in Section 11-74.4-6
13    of this Act.  Changes which do not (1) add additional parcels
14    of  property  to the proposed redevelopment project area, (2)
15    substantially affect the general land uses  proposed  in  the
16    redevelopment  plan,  (3)  substantially change the nature of
17    the redevelopment project, (4) increase the  total  estimated
18    redevelopment  project cost set out in the redevelopment plan
19    by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from the  date
20    the  plan  was  adopted,  (5)  add  additional  redevelopment
21    project  costs  to the itemized list of redevelopment project
22    costs set out in the redevelopment plan, or (6) increase  the
23    number  of inhabited residential units low or very low income
24    households to be displaced  from  the  redevelopment  project
25    area,  as provided that measured from the time of creation of
26    the redevelopment project area, to a the total of  more  than
27    displacement  of  the  households will exceed 10, may be made
28    without  further  public  hearing  and  related  notices  and
29    procedures including the convening of a joint review board as
30    set forth in Section 11-74.4-6 of this Act, provided that the
31    municipality shall give notice of any such changes by mail to
32    each  affected  taxing  district  and   registrant   on   the
33    interested  parties  registry,  provided  for  under  Section
34    11-74.4-4.2,  and  by  publication  in a newspaper of general
 
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 1    circulation within the affected taxing district.  Such notice
 2    by mail and by publication shall each occur not later than 10
 3    days following the adoption by ordinance of such changes.
 4        (d)  After the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of
 5    the  91st  General  Assembly, a municipality shall submit the
 6    following information for each redevelopment project area (i)
 7    to  the  State  Comptroller  under  Section  8-8-3.5  of  the
 8    Illinois Municipal Code and  (ii)  to  all  taxing  districts
 9    overlapping  the redevelopment project area no later than 180
10    days after the close of each municipal fiscal year or as soon
11    thereafter  as  the  audited  financial   statements   become
12    available  and,  in  any  case, shall be submitted before the
13    annual meeting of the Joint  Review  Board  to  each  of  the
14    taxing districts that overlap the redevelopment project area:
15             (1)  Any  amendments  to the redevelopment plan, the
16        redevelopment  project  area,  or  the  State  Sales  Tax
17        Boundary.
18             (1.5) A list  of  the  redevelopment  project  areas
19        administered  by the municipality and, if applicable, the
20        date each redevelopment project area  was  designated  or
21        terminated by the municipality.
22             (2)  Audited financial statements of the special tax
23        allocation  fund  once a cumulative total of $100,000 has
24        been deposited in the fund.
25             (3)  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of
26        the municipality that the municipality has complied  with
27        all  of the requirements of this Act during the preceding
28        fiscal year.
29             (4)  An  opinion   of   legal   counsel   that   the
30        municipality is in compliance with this Act.
31             (5)  An  analysis of the special tax allocation fund
32        which sets forth:
33                  (A)  the balance in the special tax  allocation
34             fund at the beginning of the fiscal year;
 
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 1                  (B)  all  amounts  deposited in the special tax
 2             allocation fund by source;
 3                  (C)  an itemized list of all expenditures  from
 4             the  special  tax  allocation  fund  by  category of
 5             permissible redevelopment project cost; and
 6                  (D)  the balance in the special tax  allocation
 7             fund  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal year including a
 8             breakdown of that balance by source and a  breakdown
 9             of  that  balance  identifying  any  portion  of the
10             balance that is  required,  pledged,  earmarked,  or
11             otherwise  designated  for payment of or securing of
12             obligations and  anticipated  redevelopment  project
13             costs.   Any portion of such ending balance that has
14             not been identified or is not  identified  as  being
15             required,    pledged,    earmarked,   or   otherwise
16             designated for payment of or securing of obligations
17             or anticipated redevelopment projects costs shall be
18             designated  as  surplus  as  set  forth  in  Section
19             11-74.4-7 hereof.
20             (6)  A description of all property purchased by  the
21        municipality   within   the  redevelopment  project  area
22        including:
23                  (A)  Street address.
24                  (B)  Approximate   size   or   description   of
25             property.
26                  (C)  Purchase price.
27                  (D)  Seller of property.
28             (7)  A  statement  setting  forth   all   activities
29        undertaken  in  furtherance  of  the  objectives  of  the
30        redevelopment plan, including:
31                  (A)  Any  project  implemented in the preceding
32             fiscal year.
33                  (B)  A   description   of   the   redevelopment
34             activities undertaken.
 
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 1                  (C)  A description of  any  agreements  entered
 2             into   by   the  municipality  with  regard  to  the
 3             disposition or redevelopment of any property  within
 4             the  redevelopment  project  area or the area within
 5             the State Sales Tax Boundary.
 6                  (D)  Additional information on the use  of  all
 7             funds  received  under this Division and steps taken
 8             by the municipality to achieve the objectives of the
 9             redevelopment plan.
10                  (E)  Information regarding contracts  that  the
11             municipality's tax increment advisors or consultants
12             have entered into with entities or persons that have
13             received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax
14             increment    revenues    produced    by   the   same
15             redevelopment project area.
16                  (F)  Any reports submitted to the  municipality
17             by the joint review board.
18                  (G)  A  review  of  public  and,  to the extent
19             possible, private investment actually undertaken  to
20             date after the effective date of this amendatory Act
21             of  the  91st  General  Assembly and estimated to be
22             undertaken during the following year.   This  review
23             shall,  on a project-by-project basis, set forth the
24             estimated amounts of public and  private  investment
25             incurred after the effective date of this amendatory
26             Act  of  the  91st  General Assembly and provide the
27             ratio of private investment to public investment  to
28             the  date  of  the  report  and  as estimated to the
29             completion of the redevelopment project.
30             (8)  With regard to any obligations  issued  by  the
31        municipality:
32                  (A)  copies of any official statements; and
33                  (B)  an  analysis prepared by financial advisor
34             or underwriter setting forth: (i) nature and term of
 
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 1             obligation;  and   (ii)   projected   debt   service
 2             including required reserves and debt coverage.
 3             (9)  For  special  tax  allocation  funds  that have
 4        experienced  cumulative  deposits  of   incremental   tax
 5        revenues  of  $100,000  or more, a certified audit report
 6        reviewing  compliance  with  this  Act  performed  by  an
 7        independent public accountant certified and  licensed  by
 8        the  authority  of  the State of Illinois.  The financial
 9        portion of the audit must be conducted in accordance with
10        Standards  for  Audits  of  Governmental   Organizations,
11        Programs,   Activities,  and  Functions  adopted  by  the
12        Comptroller General  of  the  United  States  (1981),  as
13        amended,  or  the standards specified by Section 8-8-5 of
14        the Illinois  Municipal  Auditing  Law  of  the  Illinois
15        Municipal  Code.  The audit report shall contain a letter
16        from  the   independent   certified   public   accountant
17        indicating   compliance   or   noncompliance   with   the
18        requirements of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3.  For
19        redevelopment  plans or projects that would result in the
20        displacement of  residents  from  10  or  more  inhabited
21        residential  units  or  that contain 75 or more inhabited
22        residential units, notice  of  the  availability  of  the
23        information, including how to obtain the report, required
24        in  this  subsection  shall  also  be sent by mail to all
25        residents  or   organizations   that   operate   in   the
26        municipality that register with the municipality for that
27        information  according to registration procedures adopted
28        under  Section  11-74.4-4.2.   All   municipalities   are
29        subject to this provision.
30        (d-1)  Prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
31    of the 91st General Assembly, municipalities with populations
32    of  over  1,000,000  shall, after adoption of a redevelopment
33    plan or project, make available upon request  to  any  taxing
34    district  in  which the redevelopment project area is located
 
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 1    the following information:
 2             (1)  Any amendments to the redevelopment  plan,  the
 3        redevelopment  project  area,  or  the  State  Sales  Tax
 4        Boundary; and
 5             (2)  In  connection  with  any redevelopment project
 6        area  for  which   the   municipality   has   outstanding
 7        obligations  issued  to provide for redevelopment project
 8        costs pursuant to Section  11-74.4-7,  audited  financial
 9        statements of the special tax allocation fund.
10        (e)  The  joint review board shall meet annually 180 days
11    after the close of the municipal fiscal year or  as  soon  as
12    the  redevelopment project audit for that fiscal year becomes
13    available to review  the  effectiveness  and  status  of  the
14    redevelopment project area up to that date.
15        (f)  (Blank).
16        (g)  In  the  event that a municipality has held a public
17    hearing under this Section  prior  to  March  14,  1994  (the
18    effective  date  of  Public  Act  88-537),  the  requirements
19    imposed by Public Act 88-537 relating to the method of fixing
20    the  time  and  place  for  public hearing, the materials and
21    information  required  to  be  made  available   for   public
22    inspection,  and  the  information  required to be sent after
23    adoption of an ordinance or  resolution  fixing  a  time  and
24    place for public hearing shall not be applicable.
25    (Source:  P.A.  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99; 91-478, eff. 11-1-99;
26    91-900, eff. 7-6-00; 92-263, eff. 8-7-01.)

27        (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-7)
28        Sec. 11-74.4-7.  Obligations secured by the  special  tax
29    allocation  fund  set  forth  in  Section  11-74.4-8  for the
30    redevelopment project area  may  be  issued  to  provide  for
31    redevelopment  project  costs.   Such  obligations,  when  so
32    issued,  shall  be  retired  in  the  manner  provided in the
33    ordinance authorizing the issuance of such obligations by the
 
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 1    receipts of taxes levied as specified  in  Section  11-74.4-9
 2    against  the  taxable  property  included  in  the  area,  by
 3    revenues as specified by Section 11-74.4-8a and other revenue
 4    designated  by  the  municipality.  A municipality may in the
 5    ordinance pledge all or any part of the funds in  and  to  be
 6    deposited in the special tax allocation fund created pursuant
 7    to  Section  11-74.4-8  to  the  payment of the redevelopment
 8    project costs and obligations. Any pledge  of  funds  in  the
 9    special tax allocation fund shall provide for distribution to
10    the  taxing  districts  and  to  the  Illinois  Department of
11    Revenue  of  moneys  not  required,  pledged,  earmarked,  or
12    otherwise  designated  for  payment  and  securing   of   the
13    obligations  and  anticipated redevelopment project costs and
14    such excess funds shall be calculated annually and deemed  to
15    be "surplus" funds.  In the event a municipality only applies
16    or  pledges  a  portion  of  the  funds  in  the  special tax
17    allocation fund for the payment or  securing  of  anticipated
18    redevelopment project costs or of obligations, any such funds
19    remaining  in the special tax allocation fund after complying
20    with the requirements of the  application  or  pledge,  shall
21    also  be  calculated annually and deemed "surplus" funds. All
22    surplus funds in the special tax  allocation  fund  shall  be
23    distributed  annually  within 180 days after the close of the
24    municipality's fiscal year by being  paid  by  the  municipal
25    treasurer  to  the  County  Collector,  to  the Department of
26    Revenue and to the municipality in direct proportion  to  the
27    tax  incremental  revenue received as a result of an increase
28    in  the  equalized  assessed  value  of   property   in   the
29    redevelopment  project area, tax incremental revenue received
30    from the State and tax incremental revenue received from  the
31    municipality,  but  not  to exceed as to each such source the
32    total incremental revenue  received  from  that  source.  The
33    County  Collector  shall  thereafter make distribution to the
34    respective taxing districts in the same manner and proportion
 
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 1    as the most recent distribution by the  county  collector  to
 2    the  affected  districts  of  real  property  taxes from real
 3    property in the redevelopment project area.
 4        Without limiting  the  foregoing  in  this  Section,  the
 5    municipality  may  in addition  to obligations secured by the
 6    special tax allocation fund pledge for a period  not  greater
 7    than  the  term  of  the  obligations towards payment of such
 8    obligations any part or any combination of the following: (a)
 9    net revenues of all or part of any redevelopment project; (b)
10    taxes levied and collected on any  or  all  property  in  the
11    municipality;   (c)   the   full  faith  and  credit  of  the
12    municipality;  (d)  a  mortgage  on  part  or  all   of   the
13    redevelopment  project; or (e) any other taxes or anticipated
14    receipts that the municipality may lawfully pledge.
15        Such obligations may be issued  in  one  or  more  series
16    bearing  interest  at  such  rate  or  rates as the corporate
17    authorities of the municipality shall determine by ordinance.
18    Such obligations shall bear such date  or  dates,  mature  at
19    such  time  or  times  not  exceeding  20  years  from  their
20    respective   dates,  be  in  such  denomination,  carry  such
21    registration privileges,  be  executed  in  such  manner,  be
22    payable  in  such  medium of payment at such place or places,
23    contain such covenants, terms and conditions, and be  subject
24    to  redemption  as such ordinance shall provide.  Obligations
25    issued pursuant to this Act may be sold at public or  private
26    sale  at  such  price as shall be determined by the corporate
27    authorities of the municipalities.  No referendum approval of
28    the electors shall be required as a condition to the issuance
29    of obligations pursuant to this Division except  as  provided
30    in this Section.
31        In  the  event  the  municipality  authorizes issuance of
32    obligations  pursuant  to  the  authority  of  this  Division
33    secured by the full faith and  credit  of  the  municipality,
34    which  obligations  are  other  than obligations which may be
 
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 1    issued under  home  rule  powers  provided  by  Article  VII,
 2    Section  6  of  the  Illinois Constitution,  or pledges taxes
 3    pursuant to (b) or  (c)  of  the  second  paragraph  of  this
 4    section,  the  ordinance  authorizing  the  issuance  of such
 5    obligations or pledging such taxes shall be published  within
 6    10  days  after such ordinance has been passed in one or more
 7    newspapers,   with   general    circulation    within    such
 8    municipality.  The  publication  of  the  ordinance  shall be
 9    accompanied by a notice of (1) the specific number of  voters
10    required  to  sign  a petition requesting the question of the
11    issuance  of  such  obligations  or  pledging  taxes  to   be
12    submitted  to  the  electors;  (2)  the  time  in  which such
13    petition must be filed; and (3) the date of  the  prospective
14    referendum.   The  municipal  clerk  shall provide a petition
15    form to any individual requesting one.
16        If no petition is filed  with  the  municipal  clerk,  as
17    hereinafter  provided  in  this Section, within 30 days after
18    the publication of the ordinance, the ordinance shall  be  in
19    effect.   But,  if  within  that  30 day period a petition is
20    filed with the municipal clerk, signed  by  electors  in  the
21    municipality   numbering   10%  or  more  of  the  number  of
22    registered  voters  in  the  municipality,  asking  that  the
23    question of issuing obligations using full faith  and  credit
24    of  the  municipality  as security for the cost of paying for
25    redevelopment project costs, or of  pledging  taxes  for  the
26    payment  of  such  obligations,  or both, be submitted to the
27    electors of the municipality, the  corporate  authorities  of
28    the  municipality shall call a special election in the manner
29    provided by law to vote upon that question, or, if a general,
30    State or municipal election is to be held within a period  of
31    not  less  than  30  or more than  90 days from the date such
32    petition is filed, shall submit  the  question  at  the  next
33    general, State or municipal election.  If it appears upon the
34    canvass  of  the election by the corporate authorities that a
 
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 1    majority of electors voting upon the question voted in  favor
 2    thereof,  the ordinance shall be in effect, but if a majority
 3    of the electors voting upon the question  are  not  in  favor
 4    thereof, the ordinance shall not take effect.
 5        The  ordinance  authorizing  the  obligations may provide
 6    that the obligations shall contain a recital  that  they  are
 7    issued  pursuant  to  this  Division,  which recital shall be
 8    conclusive evidence of their validity and of  the  regularity
 9    of their issuance.
10        In  the  event  the  municipality  authorizes issuance of
11    obligations pursuant to this  Section  secured  by  the  full
12    faith   and   credit   of  the  municipality,  the  ordinance
13    authorizing the obligations may  provide  for  the  levy  and
14    collection  of  a direct annual tax upon all taxable property
15    within the  municipality  sufficient  to  pay  the  principal
16    thereof and interest thereon as it matures, which levy may be
17    in  addition  to  and  exclusive  of the maximum of all other
18    taxes authorized to be  levied  by  the  municipality,  which
19    levy, however, shall be abated to the extent that monies from
20    other  sources  are  available for payment of the obligations
21    and the municipality certifies  the  amount  of  said  monies
22    available to the county clerk.
23        A  certified  copy  of such ordinance shall be filed with
24    the county clerk of each county in which any portion  of  the
25    municipality  is situated, and shall constitute the authority
26    for the extension and collection of the taxes to be deposited
27    in the special tax allocation fund.
28        A municipality may also issue its obligations  to  refund
29    in  whole  or in part, obligations theretofore issued by such
30    municipality under the authority of this Act, whether  at  or
31    prior  to  maturity, provided however, that the last maturity
32    of the refunding obligations shall not be expressed to mature
33    later than December 31 of the year in which  the  payment  to
34    the  municipal  treasurer  as  provided  in subsection (b) of
 
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 1    Section 11-74.4-8 of this Act is to be made with  respect  to
 2    ad  valorem  taxes  levied  in the twenty-third calendar year
 3    after  the  year  in  which  the  ordinance   approving   the
 4    redevelopment  project  area  is adopted if the ordinance was
 5    adopted on or after January 15,  1981,  and  not  later  than
 6    December 31 of the year in which the payment to the municipal
 7    treasurer  as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.4-8
 8    of this Act is to be made with respect to  ad  valorem  taxes
 9    levied  in  the  thirty-fifth calendar year after the year in
10    which the ordinance approving the redevelopment project  area
11    is  adopted  (A)  if the ordinance was adopted before January
12    15, 1981, or (B) if the ordinance  was  adopted  in  December
13    1983,  April 1984, July 1985, or December 1989, or (C) if the
14    ordinance was adopted in December, 1987 and the redevelopment
15    project is located within one mile of Midway Airport, or  (D)
16    if  the  ordinance  was  adopted  before January 1, 1987 by a
17    municipality in Mason County, or (E) if the  municipality  is
18    subject  to  the  Local  Government  Financial  Planning  and
19    Supervision  Act  or  the Financially Distressed City Law, or
20    (F) if the ordinance was adopted  in  December  1984  by  the
21    Village  of  Rosemont, or (G) if the ordinance was adopted on
22    December 31, 1986 by a municipality located in Clinton County
23    for which at least  $250,000  of  tax  increment  bonds  were
24    authorized  on June 17, 1997, or if the ordinance was adopted
25    on December 31, 1986 by a municipality with a  population  in
26    1990  of  less  than 3,600 that is located in a county with a
27    population in 1990 of less than 34,000 and for which at least
28    $250,000 of tax increment bonds were authorized on  June  17,
29    1997,  or (H) if the ordinance was adopted on October 5, 1982
30    by the City of Kankakee, or (I) if the ordinance was  adopted
31    on  December  29, 1986 by East St. Louis, or if the ordinance
32    was adopted on November 12, 1991 by the Village of Sauget, or
33    (J) if the ordinance was adopted on February 11, 1985 by  the
34    City  of  Rock  Island,  or  (K) if the ordinance was adopted
 
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 1    before December 18, 1986 by the City of Moline, or (L) if the
 2    ordinance was adopted in September 1988 by Sauk  Village,  or
 3    (M)  if  the  ordinance  was  adopted in October 1993 by Sauk
 4    Village, or (N) if the ordinance was adopted on December  29,
 5    1986  by  the  City  of  Galva,  or  (O) if the ordinance was
 6    adopted in March 1991 by the City of Centreville, or (P)  (L)
 7    if  the ordinance was adopted on January 23, 1991 by the City
 8    of East St. Louis, or (Q) if the  ordinance  was  adopted  on
 9    December  22,  1986  by  the  City  of  Aledo,  or (R) if the
10    ordinance was adopted on February 5,  1990  by  the  City  of
11    Clinton,  or (S) if the ordinance was adopted on September 6,
12    1994 by the City of Freeport, or (T)  if  the  ordinance  was
13    adopted  on  December 22, 1986 by the City of Tuscola, or (U)
14    if the ordinance was adopted on December 23, 1986 by the City
15    of Sparta, or (V) if the ordinance was  adopted  on  December
16    23,  1986  by the City of Beardstown, or (W) if the ordinance
17    was adopted on April 27, 1981, October 21, 1985, or  December
18    30,  1986  by  the  City of Belleville and, for redevelopment
19    project areas for which bonds were  issued  before  July  29,
20    1991,  in connection with a redevelopment project in the area
21    within the State Sales Tax Boundary and which  were  extended
22    by  municipal  ordinance  under  subsection  (n)  of  Section
23    11-74.4-3,  the  last  maturity  of the refunding obligations
24    shall not be expressed to mature later than the date on which
25    the redevelopment project area is terminated or December  31,
26    2013, whichever date occurs first.
27        In the event a municipality issues obligations under home
28    rule  powers  or  other legislative authority the proceeds of
29    which are pledged to pay for redevelopment project costs, the
30    municipality may,  if  it  has  followed  the  procedures  in
31    conformance  with this division, retire said obligations from
32    funds in the special tax allocation fund in  amounts  and  in
33    such  manner  as if such obligations had been issued pursuant
34    to the provisions of this division.
 
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 1        All obligations heretofore or hereafter  issued  pursuant
 2    to  this  Act  shall  not  be regarded as indebtedness of the
 3    municipality issuing such obligations  or  any  other  taxing
 4    district for the purpose of any limitation imposed by law.
 5    (Source: P.A.  91-261,  eff.  7-23-99;  91-477, eff. 8-11-99;
 6    91-478, eff. 11-1-99;  91-642,  eff.  8-20-99;  91-763,  eff.
 7    6-9-00;  92-263,  eff.  8-7-01;  92-406, eff. 1-1-02; revised
 8    10-10-01.)

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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