Bill Text: IL HB3107 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the City of Chicago shall waive all permit, registration, licensing, or operating fees for any vehicles that are specifically designed, constructed, modified and equipped, or used for the retail sale of food that operates in a food desert. Defines "food desert" as meaning the United States Department of Agriculture's classification of a low-income census tract where either a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3107 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3107-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3107 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-20-17 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the City of Chicago shall waive all permit, registration, licensing, or operating fees for any vehicles that are specifically designed, constructed, modified and equipped, or used for the retail sale of food that operates in a food desert. Defines "food desert" as meaning the United States Department of Agriculture's classification of a low-income census tract where either a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. Limits home rule powers.
LRB100 10443 AWJ 20653 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3107 LRB100 10443 AWJ 20653 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 11-20-17 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-20-17 new)
Sec. 11-20-17. Vehicles for the retail sale of food in food
deserts.
(a) For purposes of this Section, "food desert" means the
United States Department of Agriculture's classification of a
low-income census tract where either a substantial number or
share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large
grocery store.
(b) The City of Chicago shall waive all permit,
registration, licensing, or operating fees for any vehicles
that are specifically designed, constructed, modified and
equipped, or used for the retail sale of food that operates in
a food desert.
(c) The City of Chicago may not regulate vehicles in a
manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a
limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.