Bill Text: IL HB1346 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that in a zone designated by a single municipality or county, the Zone Administrator must be an officer or employee of that municipality or county. Provides that in a zone designated by multiple municipalities or counties, the local governing body of that zone may select an officer or employee of a participating municipality or county as its Zone Administrator, or the governing body may conduct a competitive Request for Proposals process to select a person or organization experienced in economic development to be its Zone Administrator.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1346-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Enterprise Zone Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 655/8) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 612)
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7 | Sec. 8. Zone Administration. The administration of an | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Enterprise Zone
shall be under the jurisdiction of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | designating municipality or county.
Each designating | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | municipality or county shall, by ordinance, designate a
Zone | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Administrator for the certified zones within its jurisdiction. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | In a zone designated by a single municipality or county, the A | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Zone
Administrator must be an officer or employee of that the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | municipality or county. In a Zone designated by multiple | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | municipalities or counties, the local governing body of that | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | zone may select an officer or employee of a participating | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | municipality or county as its Zone Administrator, or the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | governing body may conduct a competitive Request for Proposals | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | process to select a person or organization experienced in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | economic development to be its Zone Administrator.
The Zone | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Administrator shall be the liaison between the designating | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | municipalities
municipality or counties county , the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department, and any designated zone organizations
within zones |
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1 | under his jurisdiction.
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2 | A designating municipality or county may designate one or | ||||||
3 | more organizations
qualified under paragraph (d) of Section 3 | ||||||
4 | to be designated zone organizations
for purposes
of this Act. | ||||||
5 | The municipality or county, may, by ordinance, delegate | ||||||
6 | functions
within an Enterprise Zone to one or more designated | ||||||
7 | zone organizations in such zones.
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8 | Subject to the necessary governmental authorizations, | ||||||
9 | designated zone
organizations
may provide the following | ||||||
10 | services or perform the following functions in
coordination | ||||||
11 | with the municipality or county:
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12 | (a) Provide or contract for provision of public services | ||||||
13 | including, but
not limited to:
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14 | (1) establishment of crime watch patrols within zone | ||||||
15 | neighborhoods;
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16 | (2) establishment of volunteer day care centers;
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17 | (3) organization of recreational activities for zone | ||||||
18 | area youth;
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19 | (4) garbage collection;
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20 | (5) street maintenance and improvements;
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21 | (6) bridge maintenance and improvements;
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22 | (7) maintenance and improvement of water and sewer | ||||||
23 | lines;
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24 | (8) energy conservation projects;
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25 | (9) health and clinic services;
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26 | (10) drug abuse programs;
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1 | (11) senior citizen assistance programs;
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2 | (12) park maintenance;
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3 | (13) rehabilitation, renovation, and operation and | ||||||
4 | maintenance of low and
moderate income housing; and
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5 | (14) other types of public services as provided by law | ||||||
6 | or
regulation.
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7 | (b) Exercise authority for the enforcement of any code, | ||||||
8 | permit, or licensing
procedure within an Enterprise Zone.
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9 | (c) Provide a forum for business, labor and government | ||||||
10 | action on zone
innovations.
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11 | (d) Apply for regulatory relief as provided in Section 8 of | ||||||
12 | this
Act.
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13 | (e) Receive title to publicly owned land.
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14 | (f) Perform such other functions as the responsible | ||||||
15 | government entity
may deem appropriate, including offerings | ||||||
16 | and contracts for insurance with
businesses within the Zone.
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17 | (g) Agree with local governments to provide such public | ||||||
18 | services within
the zones by contracting with private firms and | ||||||
19 | organizations, where feasible
and prudent.
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20 | (h) Solicit and receive contributions to improve the | ||||||
21 | quality of life in
the Enterprise Zone.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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