Bill Text: IL SB3717 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall, within 30 days of adoption of an ordinance establishing a redevelopment project area, create an economic and community development commission. Provides for each commission to consist of 9 members appointed by the mayor of the municipality and members appointed by school districts, county boards, park districts, townships, community college boards, water reclamation districts or sanitary districts, and other taxing districts within the redevelopment project area. Provides that each commission shall review and approve the use of all funds from the special tax allocation fund for redevelopment projects and, if the members of the commission disagree, the majority opinion shall be understood as the commission's approval or denial of the use of such funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3717 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3717-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3717 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.3 new
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall, within 30 days of adoption of an ordinance establishing a redevelopment project area, create an economic and community development commission. Provides for each commission to consist of 9 members appointed by the mayor of the municipality and members appointed by school districts, county boards, park districts, townships, community college boards, water reclamation districts or sanitary districts, and other taxing districts within the redevelopment project area. Provides that each commission shall review and approve the use of all funds from the special tax allocation fund for redevelopment projects and, if the members of the commission disagree, the majority opinion shall be understood as the commission's approval or denial of the use of such funds.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 11-74.4-4.3 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4.3 new)
Sec. 11-74.4-4.3. Economic and community development
commission. Within 30 days of adoption of an ordinance
establishing a redevelopment project area, the municipality
shall create an economic and community development commission.
The commission shall consist of the following members, who
shall serve a 3-year term and may only serve 3 consecutive
terms:
(1) Nine members appointed by the mayor with the
advice and consent of the city council. Of these members,
one member shall be from the construction industry, one
member shall be from the financial industry, and one
member shall be from the real estate industry and 2
members shall reside or work within the redevelopment
project area. The remaining members shall be selected at
large from residents of the municipality.
(2) One member appointed by a majority of all school
districts within the redevelopment project area.

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(3) One member appointed by a majority of all county
boards of each county within the redevelopment project
area.
(4) One member appointed by a majority of all park
district boards of trustees within the redevelopment
project area.
(5) One member appointed by a majority of all township
boards of trustees within the redevelopment project area.
(6) One member appointed by a majority of all
community college boards of trustees within the
redevelopment project area.
(7) One member appointed by a majority of all county
water reclamation district boards of trustees or county
sanitary district boards of trustees within the
redevelopment project area.
(8) One member appointed by a majority of all the
boards of all other taxing districts not mentioned in
paragraphs (1) through (7).
If the majority of the boards of a group of taxing
districts in paragraphs (2) through (8) cannot reach a
consensus concerning their appointment, no member shall
represent those taxing districts on the commission until a
majority of the boards can agree.
The commission shall review and approve the use of all
funds from the special tax allocation fund for redevelopment
projects. If members of the commission disagree, the majority

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opinion shall be understood as the commission's approval or
denial of the use of funds.