Bill Text: IL HB1815 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative findings.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1815 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1815-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local 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 Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-74.2-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-74.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.2-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-74.2-1. It is hereby found and declared:
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| 8 | (a) In certain municipalities of the the State there exist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | commercial
blight or conservation areas where a major portion | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | of the commercial buildings and
structures are detrimental to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | the health, safety and welfare of the
occupants and the welfare | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | of the urban community because of age,
dilapidation, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | overcrowding or faulty arrangement, or lack of
ventilation, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | light, sanitation facilities, adequate utilities or access
to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | transportation, commercial marketing centers or to adequate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | labor
supplies.
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| 17 | (b) Such commercial blight or conservation areas are | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | usually situated in the older
and centrally located areas of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the municipalities involved, and once
existing, spread unless | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | eradicated.
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| 21 | (c) As a result of these degenerative conditions the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | commercial
properties embraced in a commercial blight or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | conservation area fall into a state of
non-productiveness or | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | limited productiveness, and fail to produce their
due and | ||||||
| 2 | proper share of taxes.
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| 3 | (d) The conditions in a commercial blight or conservation | ||||||
| 4 | area necessitate excessive
and disproportionate expenditures | ||||||
| 5 | of public funds for crime prevention,
public health and safety, | ||||||
| 6 | fire and accident protection, and other public
services and | ||||||
| 7 | facilities and constitute a drain upon the public revenue.
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| 8 | These conditions impair the efficient, economical and | ||||||
| 9 | indispensable
governmental functions of the municipalities | ||||||
| 10 | embracing such areas, as
well as the governmental functions of | ||||||
| 11 | the State.
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| 12 | (e) In order to promote and protect the health, safety, | ||||||
| 13 | morals and
welfare of the public it is necessary to provide for | ||||||
| 14 | the eradication and
elimination of commercial blight or | ||||||
| 15 | conservation areas and the construction of
redevelopment | ||||||
| 16 | projects and commercial projects in these areas.
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| 17 | (f) The eradication and elimination of commercial blight or | ||||||
| 18 | conservation areas and
the construction of redevelopment | ||||||
| 19 | projects financed by private capital,
with financial | ||||||
| 20 | assistance from governmental bodies, in the manner
provided in | ||||||
| 21 | this Division are hereby declared to be a public use
essential | ||||||
| 22 | to the public interest.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 81-3.)
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