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Public Act 103-0882 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||
is amended by adding Section 605-1115 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 605/605-1115 new) | ||||
Sec. 605-1115. Task Force on Interjurisdictional | ||||
Industrial Zoning Impacts. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds that industrial | ||||
developments typically have regional impacts, both positive | ||||
and negative. Those impacts extend beyond the zoning authority | ||||
of the unit of local government where the development is | ||||
located. Units of local government may experience impacts on | ||||
public health, public safety, the environment, traffic, | ||||
property values, population, and other considerations as a | ||||
result of industrial development occurring outside of the | ||||
their zoning jurisdiction, including areas adjacent to their | ||||
borders. | ||||
(b) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial | ||||
Zoning Impacts is created within the Department of Commerce | ||||
and Economic Opportunity. The Task Force shall examine the | ||||
following: |
(1) current State and local zoning laws and policies | ||
related to large industrial developments; | ||
(2) current State and local laws and policies related | ||
to annexation; | ||
(3) State and local zoning and annexation laws and | ||
policies outside of Illinois; | ||
(4) the potential impacts of large industrial | ||
developments on neighboring units of local government, | ||
including how those developments may affect residential | ||
communities; | ||
(5) trends in industrial zoning across urban, | ||
suburban, and rural regions of Illinois; | ||
(6) available methodologies to determine the impact of | ||
large industrial developments; and | ||
(7) outcomes in recent zoning proceedings for large | ||
industrial developments or attempts to develop properties | ||
for large industrial purposes, including the recent | ||
attempt to convert a 101 acre campus in Lake County near | ||
Deerfield. | ||
(c) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial | ||
Zoning Impacts shall consist of the following members: | ||
(1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||
or his or her designee; | ||
(2) one member, appointed by the President of the | ||
Senate, representing a statewide organization of | ||
municipalities described in Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois |
Municipal Code; | ||
(3) one member, appointed by the President of the | ||
Senate, representing a regional association of | ||
municipalities and mayors; | ||
(4) one member, appointed by the President of the | ||
Senate, representing a regional association that | ||
represents the commercial real estate industry; | ||
(5) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||
of Representatives, representing a statewide association | ||
representing counties; | ||
(6) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||
of Representatives, representing a regional association of | ||
municipalities and mayors; | ||
(7) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of | ||
the Senate, representing a statewide professional economic | ||
development association; | ||
(8) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of | ||
the House of Representatives, representing a statewide | ||
association of park districts; | ||
(9) one member representing a statewide labor | ||
organization, appointed by the Governor; | ||
(10) one member representing the Office of the | ||
Governor, appointed by the Governor; | ||
(11) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||
President of the Senate; | ||
(12) one member of the Senate, appointed by the |
Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||
(13) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||
(14) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||
Representatives; and | ||
(15) one member representing a statewide manufacturing | ||
association, appointed by the Governor. | ||
(d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||
compensation. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||
Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task | ||
Force. | ||
(e) The Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months. | ||
Upon the first meeting of the Task Force, the members of the | ||
Task Force shall elect a chairperson of the Task Force. | ||
(f) The Task Force shall prepare a report on its findings | ||
concerning zoning for large industrial development and | ||
associated interjurisdictional impacts, including any | ||
recommendations. The report shall be submitted to the Governor | ||
and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2025. | ||
(g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |