Bill Text: IL SB1761 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a program to award grants to units of local government for the purposes of demolishing or repairing commercial buildings that are detrimental to public health or safety as a result of dilapidation, obsolescence, deterioration, or the failure of the building to meet minimum code standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Assigned to Appropriations- Public Safety and Infrastructure [SB1761 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1761-Introduced.html

---

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1761 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Chris Balkema SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 605/605-1130 new
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall establish a program to award grants to units of local government for the purposes of demolishing or repairing commercial buildings that are detrimental to public health or safety as a result of dilapidation, obsolescence, deterioration, or the failure of the building to meet minimum code standards.
LRB104 09807 HLH 19874 b
A BILL FOR
SB1761 LRB104 09807 HLH 19874 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 605-1130 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1130 new)
Sec. 605-1130. Local government building repair and
demolition grant program. Subject to appropriation, the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
establish a program to award grants to units of local
government for the purposes of demolishing or repairing
commercial buildings that are detrimental to public health or
safety as a result of one or more of the following:
dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; or the failure of
the building to meet minimum building code standards. The
Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
grant program created by this Section.