Bill Title: Creates the Municipal Land Bank Authorities Division in the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows a municipality to create a land bank authority to use available resources to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties to productive use in order to combat community deterioration, create economic growth, and stabilize the housing and job market. Provides that the land bank authority is an agency of and funded by the municipality and that the land bank authority's board of directors are accountable to the city council of the municipality. Contains provisions relating to the appointment of members to the land bank authority's board of directors and operation of the land bank authority. Allows the hiring of an executive director and other staff. Provides that the municipality shall defend and indemnify the land bank authority's board of directors under specified circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3693 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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