Bill Text: IL SB2600 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995. Provides that when a commission is created under the Act and receives any public funds or public monies, the board shall include at least 2 members of a labor council or labor councils and at least 2 members from 2 separate minority groups. Further provides that the labor council and minority group members shall be full commission members and shall not be compensated. Defines terms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Total Veto Stands [SB2600 Detail]

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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 Economic Development Area Tax Increment
Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
(20 ILCS 620/9) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1009)
Sec. 9. Powers of municipalities. In addition to powers
which it may now have, any municipality has the power under
this Act:
(a) To make and enter into all contracts necessary or
incidental to the implementation and furtherance of an economic
development plan.
(b) Within an economic development project area, to acquire
by purchase, donation, lease or eminent domain, and to own,
convey, lease, mortgage or dispose of land and other real or
personal property or rights or interests therein; and to grant
or acquire licenses, easements and options with respect
thereto, all in the manner and at such price the municipality
determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of
the economic development project. No conveyance, lease,
mortgage, disposition of land or other property acquired by the
municipality, or agreement relating to the development of
property, shall be made or executed except pursuant to prior

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official action of the municipality. No conveyance, lease,
mortgage or other disposition of land, and no agreement
relating to the development of property, shall be made without
making public disclosure of the terms and disposition of all
bids and proposals submitted to the municipality in connection
therewith.
(c) To clear any area within an economic development
project area by demolition or removal of any existing
buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities or improvements,
and to clear and grade land.
(d) To install, repair, construct, reconstruct or relocate
public streets, public utilities, and other public site
improvements within or without an economic development project
area which are essential to the preparation of an economic
development project area for use in accordance with an economic
development plan.
(e) To renovate, rehabilitate, reconstruct, relocate,
repair or remodel any existing buildings, improvements, and
fixtures within an economic development project area.
(f) To construct, acquire, and operate public
improvements, including but not limited to, publicly owned
buildings, structures, works, utilities or fixtures within any
economic development project area, subject to the restrictions
of item (5) of subsection (e) of Section 3 of this Act.
(g) To issue obligations as provided in this Act.
(h) To fix, charge and collect fees, rents and charges for

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the use of any building, facility or property or any portion
thereof owned or leased by the municipality within an economic
development project area.
(i) To accept grants, guarantees, donations of property or
labor, or any other thing of value for use in connection with
an economic development project.
(j) To pay or cause to be paid economic development project
costs. Any payments to be made by the municipality to
developers or other nongovernmental persons for economic
development project costs incurred by such developer or other
nongovernmental person shall be made only pursuant to the prior
official action of the municipality evidencing an intent to pay
or cause to be paid such economic development project costs. A
municipality is not required to obtain any right, title or
interest in any real or personal property in order to pay
economic development project costs associated with such
property. The municipality shall adopt such accounting
procedures as may be necessary to determine that such economic
development project costs are properly paid.
(k) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(l) To create a commission of not less than 5 or more than
15 persons to be appointed by the mayor or president of the
municipality with the consent of the majority of the corporate
authorities of the municipality. Members of a commission shall
be appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years,

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respectively, in such numbers as to provide that the terms of
not more than 1/3 of all such members shall expire in any one
year. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of 5
years. The commission, subject to approval of the corporate
authorities, may exercise the powers enumerated in this
Section. The commission shall also have the power to hold the
public hearings required by this Act and make recommendations
to the corporate authorities concerning the approval of
economic development plans, the establishment of economic
development project areas, and the adoption of tax increment
allocation financing for economic development project areas.
When a commission created under this subsection (l)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to

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compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds

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received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 97-636, eff. 6-1-12.)
Section 10. The County Economic Development Project Area
Property Tax Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 9 as
follows:
(55 ILCS 85/9) (from Ch. 34, par. 7009)
Sec. 9. Powers of counties. In addition to powers which it
may now have, any county has the power under this Act:
(a) To make and enter into all contracts necessary or
incidental to the implementation and furtherance of an economic
development plan.
(b) Within an economic development project area, to acquire
by purchase, donation, lease or eminent domain and to own,
convey, lease, mortgage or dispose of land and other real or
personal property or rights or interest therein; and to grant
or acquire licenses, easements and options with respect
thereto, all in the manner and at such price the county
determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of
the economic development plan. No conveyance, lease, mortgage,
disposition of land or other property acquired by the county,
or agreement relating to the development of property shall be

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made or executed except pursuant to prior official action of
the county.
(c) To clear any area within an economic development
project area by demolition or removal of any existing
buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities or improvements,
and to clear and grade land.
(d) To install, repair, construct, reconstruct or relocate
public streets, public utilities, and other public site
improvements within or without an economic development project
area which are essential to the preparation of an economic
development project area for use in accordance with an economic
development plan.
(e) To renovate, rehabilitate, reconstruct, relocate,
repair or remodel any existing buildings, improvements, and
fixtures within an economic development project area.
(f) To construct public improvements, including but not
limited to, buildings, structures, works, utilities or
fixtures within any economic development project area.
(g) To issue obligations as in this Act provided.
(h) To fix, charge and collect fees, rents and charges for
the use of any building, facility or property or any portion
thereof owned or leased by the county within an economic
development project area.
(i) To accept grants, guarantees, donations of property or
labor, or any other thing of value for use in connection with
an economic development project.

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(j) To pay or cause to be paid economic development project
costs. Any payments to be made by the county to developers or
other nongovernmental persons shall be made only pursuant to
the prior official action of the county evidencing an intent to
pay or cause to be paid those economic development project
costs. A county is not required to obtain any right, title or
interest in any real or personal property in order to pay
economic development costs associated with such property. The
county shall adopt such accounting procedures as may be
necessary to determine that those economic development project
costs are properly paid.
(k) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(1) To create a commission of not less than 5 or more than
15 persons to be appointed by the chief executive officer of
the county with the consent of the majority of the corporate
authorities of the county. Members of a commission shall be
appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years,
respectively, in such numbers as to provide that the terms of
not more than 1/3 of all such members shall expire in any one
year. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of 5
years. The commission, subject to approval of the corporate
authorities, may exercise the power to hold the public hearings
required by this Act and make recommendations to the corporate
authorities concerning the approval of economic development
plans, the establishment of economic development project

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areas, and the adoption of property tax allocation financing
for economic development project areas.
When a commission created under this subsection (l)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who

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maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 86-1388.)
Section 15. The County Economic Development Project Area
Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991 is amended by changing
Section 60 as follows:

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(55 ILCS 90/60) (from Ch. 34, par. 8060)
Sec. 60. Powers of counties; economic development project
area commissions. In addition to powers that it may now have,
a county has the following powers under this Act:
(1) To make and enter into all contracts necessary or
incidental to the implementation and furtherance of an
economic development plan.
(2) Within an economic development project area, to
acquire by purchase, donation, lease, or eminent domain and
to own, convey, lease, mortgage, or dispose of land and
other real or personal property or rights or interests in
property and to grant or acquire licenses, easements, and
options with respect to property, all in the manner and at
a price the county determines is reasonably necessary to
achieve the objectives of the economic development
project. No conveyance, lease, mortgage, disposition of
land, or agreement relating to the development of property
shall be made or executed except pursuant to prior official
action of the county. No conveyance, lease, mortgage, or
other disposition of land, and no agreement relating to the
development of property, shall be made without making
public disclosure of the terms and disposition of all bids
and proposals submitted to the county in connection with
that action.
(3) To clear any area within an economic development

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project area by demolition or removal of any existing
buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities, or
improvements and to clear and grade land.
(4) To install, repair, construct, reconstruct, or
relocate public streets, public utilities, and other
public site improvements located outside the boundaries of
an economic development project area that are essential to
the preparation of an economic development project area for
use in accordance with an economic development plan.
(5) To renovate, rehabilitate, reconstruct, relocate,
repair, or remodel any existing buildings, improvements,
and fixtures within an economic development project area.
(6) To install or construct any buildings, structures,
works, streets, improvements, utilities, or fixtures
within an economic development project area.
(7) To issue obligations as provided in this Act.
(8) To fix, charge, and collect fees, rents, and
charges for the use of any building, facility, or property
or any portion of a building, facility, or property owned
or leased by the county within an economic development
project area.
(9) To accept grants, guarantees, donations of
property or labor, or any other thing of value for use in
connection with an economic development project.
(10) To pay or cause to be paid economic development
project costs, including, specifically, to reimburse any

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nongovernmental person for economic development project
costs incurred by that person. Any payments to be made by a
county to developers or other nongovernmental persons for
economic development project costs incurred by the
developer or other nongovernmental person shall be made
only pursuant to the prior official action of the county
evidencing an intent to pay or cause to be paid those
economic development costs. A county is not required to
obtain any right, title, or interest in any real or
personal property in order to pay economic development
project costs associated with the property. The county
shall adopt accounting procedures necessary to determine
that the economic development project costs are properly
paid.
(11) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(12) To create a commission of not less than 5 or more
than 15 persons to be appointed by the corporate
authorities of the county. Members of a commission shall be
appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years,
respectively, in numbers to provide that the terms of not
more than one-third of all the members shall expire in any
one year. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of
5 years. The commission, subject to approval of the
corporate authorities, may exercise the powers enumerated
in this Section. The commission also may hold the public

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hearings required by this Act and make recommendations to
the corporate authorities concerning the approval of
economic development plans, the establishment of economic
development project areas, and the adoption of tax
increment allocation financing for economic development
project areas.
When a commission created under this paragraph (12)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this paragraph:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made

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up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 87-1.)

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Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Sections 11-74.4-4 and 11-74.6-15 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-4)
Sec. 11-74.4-4. Municipal powers and duties; redevelopment
project areas. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the
91st General Assembly do not apply to a municipality that, (i)
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
General Assembly, has adopted an ordinance or resolution fixing
a time and place for a public hearing under Section 11-74.4-5
or (ii) before July 1, 1999, has adopted an ordinance or
resolution providing for a feasibility study under Section
11-74.4-4.1, but has not yet adopted an ordinance approving
redevelopment plans and redevelopment projects or designating
redevelopment project areas under this Section, until after
that municipality adopts an ordinance approving redevelopment
plans and redevelopment projects or designating redevelopment
project areas under this Section; thereafter the changes made
by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to
the same extent that they apply to redevelopment plans and
redevelopment projects that were approved and redevelopment
projects that were designated before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
A municipality may:
(a) By ordinance introduced in the governing body of the

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municipality within 14 to 90 days from the completion of the
hearing specified in Section 11-74.4-5 approve redevelopment
plans and redevelopment projects, and designate redevelopment
project areas pursuant to notice and hearing required by this
Act. No redevelopment project area shall be designated unless a
plan and project are approved prior to the designation of such
area and such area shall include only those contiguous parcels
of real property and improvements thereon substantially
benefited by the proposed redevelopment project improvements.
Upon adoption of the ordinances, the municipality shall
forthwith transmit to the county clerk of the county or
counties within which the redevelopment project area is located
a certified copy of the ordinances, a legal description of the
redevelopment project area, a map of the redevelopment project
area, identification of the year that the county clerk shall
use for determining the total initial equalized assessed value
of the redevelopment project area consistent with subsection
(a) of Section 11-74.4-9, and a list of the parcel or tax
identification number of each parcel of property included in
the redevelopment project area.
(b) Make and enter into all contracts with property owners,
developers, tenants, overlapping taxing bodies, and others
necessary or incidental to the implementation and furtherance
of its redevelopment plan and project. Contract provisions
concerning loan repayment obligations in contracts entered
into on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of

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the 93rd General Assembly shall terminate no later than the
last to occur of the estimated dates of completion of the
redevelopment project and retirement of the obligations issued
to finance redevelopment project costs as required by item (3)
of subsection (n) of Section 11-74.4-3. Payments received under
contracts entered into by the municipality prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly that are received after the redevelopment project area
has been terminated by municipal ordinance shall be deposited
into a special fund of the municipality to be used for other
community redevelopment needs within the redevelopment project
area.
(c) Within a redevelopment project area, acquire by
purchase, donation, lease or eminent domain; own, convey,
lease, mortgage or dispose of land and other property, real or
personal, or rights or interests therein, and grant or acquire
licenses, easements and options with respect thereto, all in
the manner and at such price the municipality determines is
reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of the
redevelopment plan and project. No conveyance, lease,
mortgage, disposition of land or other property owned by a
municipality, or agreement relating to the development of such
municipal property shall be made except upon the adoption of an
ordinance by the corporate authorities of the municipality.
Furthermore, no conveyance, lease, mortgage, or other
disposition of land owned by a municipality or agreement

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relating to the development of such municipal property shall be
made without making public disclosure of the terms of the
disposition and all bids and proposals made in response to the
municipality's request. The procedures for obtaining such bids
and proposals shall provide reasonable opportunity for any
person to submit alternative proposals or bids.
(d) Within a redevelopment project area, clear any area by
demolition or removal of any existing buildings and structures.
(e) Within a redevelopment project area, renovate or
rehabilitate or construct any structure or building, as
permitted under this Act.
(f) Install, repair, construct, reconstruct or relocate
streets, utilities and site improvements essential to the
preparation of the redevelopment area for use in accordance
with a redevelopment plan.
(g) Within a redevelopment project area, fix, charge and
collect fees, rents and charges for the use of any building or
property owned or leased by it or any part thereof, or facility
therein.
(h) Accept grants, guarantees and donations of property,
labor, or other things of value from a public or private source
for use within a project redevelopment area.
(i) Acquire and construct public facilities within a
redevelopment project area, as permitted under this Act.
(j) Incur project redevelopment costs and reimburse
developers who incur redevelopment project costs authorized by

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a redevelopment agreement; provided, however, that on and after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly, no municipality shall incur redevelopment project
costs (except for planning costs and any other eligible costs
authorized by municipal ordinance or resolution that are
subsequently included in the redevelopment plan for the area
and are incurred by the municipality after the ordinance or
resolution is adopted) that are not consistent with the program
for accomplishing the objectives of the redevelopment plan as
included in that plan and approved by the municipality until
the municipality has amended the redevelopment plan as provided
elsewhere in this Act.
(k) Create a commission of not less than 5 or more than 15
persons to be appointed by the mayor or president of the
municipality with the consent of the majority of the governing
board of the municipality. Members of a commission appointed
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 shall
be appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years,
respectively, in such numbers as to provide that the terms of
not more than 1/3 of all such members shall expire in any one
year. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of 5
years. The commission, subject to approval of the corporate
authorities may exercise the powers enumerated in this Section.
The commission shall also have the power to hold the public
hearings required by this division and make recommendations to
the corporate authorities concerning the adoption of

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redevelopment plans, redevelopment projects and designation of
redevelopment project areas.
When a commission created under this subsection (k)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who

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maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(l) Make payment in lieu of taxes or a portion thereof to
taxing districts. If payments in lieu of taxes or a portion
thereof are made to taxing districts, those payments shall be
made to all districts within a project redevelopment area on a
basis which is proportional to the current collections of

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revenue which each taxing district receives from real property
in the redevelopment project area.
(m) Exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(n) If any member of the corporate authority, a member of a
commission established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-4(k) of
this Act, or an employee or consultant of the municipality
involved in the planning and preparation of a redevelopment
plan, or project for a redevelopment project area or proposed
redevelopment project area, as defined in Sections
11-74.4-3(i) through (k) of this Act, owns or controls an
interest, direct or indirect, in any property included in any
redevelopment area, or proposed redevelopment area, he or she
shall disclose the same in writing to the clerk of the
municipality, and shall also so disclose the dates and terms
and conditions of any disposition of any such interest, which
disclosures shall be acknowledged by the corporate authorities
and entered upon the minute books of the corporate authorities.
If an individual holds such an interest then that individual
shall refrain from any further official involvement in regard
to such redevelopment plan, project or area, from voting on any
matter pertaining to such redevelopment plan, project or area,
or communicating with other members concerning corporate
authorities, commission or employees concerning any matter
pertaining to said redevelopment plan, project or area.
Furthermore, no such member or employee shall acquire of any

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interest direct, or indirect, in any property in a
redevelopment area or proposed redevelopment area after either
(a) such individual obtains knowledge of such plan, project or
area or (b) first public notice of such plan, project or area
pursuant to Section 11-74.4-6 of this Division, whichever
occurs first. For the purposes of this subsection, a property
interest acquired in a single parcel of property by a member of
the corporate authority, which property is used exclusively as
the member's primary residence, shall not be deemed to
constitute an interest in any property included in a
redevelopment area or proposed redevelopment area that was
established before December 31, 1989, but the member must
disclose the acquisition to the municipal clerk under the
provisions of this subsection. A single property interest
acquired within one year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or 2 years after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
Assembly by a member of the corporate authority does not
constitute an interest in any property included in any
redevelopment area or proposed redevelopment area, regardless
of when the redevelopment area was established, if (i) the
property is used exclusively as the member's primary residence,
(ii) the member discloses the acquisition to the municipal
clerk under the provisions of this subsection, (iii) the
acquisition is for fair market value, (iv) the member acquires
the property as a result of the property being publicly

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advertised for sale, and (v) the member refrains from voting
on, and communicating with other members concerning, any matter
when the benefits to the redevelopment project or area would be
significantly greater than the benefits to the municipality as
a whole. For the purposes of this subsection, a month-to-month
leasehold interest in a single parcel of property by a member
of the corporate authority shall not be deemed to constitute an
interest in any property included in any redevelopment area or
proposed redevelopment area, but the member must disclose the
interest to the municipal clerk under the provisions of this
subsection.
(o) Create a Tax Increment Economic Development Advisory
Committee to be appointed by the Mayor or President of the
municipality with the consent of the majority of the governing
board of the municipality, the members of which Committee shall
be appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years
respectively, in such numbers as to provide that the terms of
not more than 1/3 of all such members shall expire in any one
year. Their successors shall be appointed for a term of 5
years. The Committee shall have none of the powers enumerated
in this Section. The Committee shall serve in an advisory
capacity only. The Committee may advise the governing Board of
the municipality and other municipal officials regarding
development issues and opportunities within the redevelopment
project area or the area within the State Sales Tax Boundary.
The Committee may also promote and publicize development

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opportunities in the redevelopment project area or the area
within the State Sales Tax Boundary.
When a commission created under this subsection (o)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who

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maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(p) Municipalities may jointly undertake and perform
redevelopment plans and projects and utilize the provisions of
the Act wherever they have contiguous redevelopment project
areas or they determine to adopt tax increment financing with
respect to a redevelopment project area which includes

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contiguous real property within the boundaries of the
municipalities, and in doing so, they may, by agreement between
municipalities, issue obligations, separately or jointly, and
expend revenues received under the Act for eligible expenses
anywhere within contiguous redevelopment project areas or as
otherwise permitted in the Act.
(q) Utilize revenues, other than State sales tax increment
revenues, received under this Act from one redevelopment
project area for eligible costs in another redevelopment
project area that is:
(i) contiguous to the redevelopment project area from
which the revenues are received;
(ii) separated only by a public right of way from the
redevelopment project area from which the revenues are
received; or
(iii) separated only by forest preserve property from
the redevelopment project area from which the revenues are
received if the closest boundaries of the redevelopment
project areas that are separated by the forest preserve
property are less than one mile apart.
Utilize tax increment revenues for eligible costs that are
received from a redevelopment project area created under the
Industrial Jobs Recovery Law that is either contiguous to, or
is separated only by a public right of way from, the
redevelopment project area created under this Act which
initially receives these revenues. Utilize revenues, other

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than State sales tax increment revenues, by transferring or
loaning such revenues to a redevelopment project area created
under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law that is either
contiguous to, or separated only by a public right of way from
the redevelopment project area that initially produced and
received those revenues; and, if the redevelopment project area
(i) was established before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly and (ii) is located
within a municipality with a population of more than 100,000,
utilize revenues or proceeds of obligations authorized by
Section 11-74.4-7 of this Act, other than use or occupation tax
revenues, to pay for any redevelopment project costs as defined
by subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3 to the extent that the
redevelopment project costs involve public property that is
either contiguous to, or separated only by a public right of
way from, a redevelopment project area whether or not
redevelopment project costs or the source of payment for the
costs are specifically set forth in the redevelopment plan for
the redevelopment project area.
(r) If no redevelopment project has been initiated in a
redevelopment project area within 7 years after the area was
designated by ordinance under subsection (a), the municipality
shall adopt an ordinance repealing the area's designation as a
redevelopment project area; provided, however, that if an area
received its designation more than 3 years before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1994 and no redevelopment

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project has been initiated within 4 years after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1994, the municipality shall
adopt an ordinance repealing its designation as a redevelopment
project area. Initiation of a redevelopment project shall be
evidenced by either a signed redevelopment agreement or
expenditures on eligible redevelopment project costs
associated with a redevelopment project.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the
contrary, with respect to a redevelopment project area
designated by an ordinance that was adopted on July 29, 1998 by
the City of Chicago, the City of Chicago shall adopt an
ordinance repealing the area's designation as a redevelopment
project area if no redevelopment project has been initiated in
the redevelopment project area within 15 years after the
designation of the area. The City of Chicago may retroactively
repeal any ordinance adopted by the City of Chicago, pursuant
to this subsection (r), that repealed the designation of a
redevelopment project area designated by an ordinance that was
adopted by the City of Chicago on July 29, 1998. The City of
Chicago has 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory
Act to repeal the ordinance. The changes to this Section made
by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly apply
retroactively to July 27, 2005.
(Source: P.A. 96-1555, eff. 3-18-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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Sec. 11-74.6-15. Municipal Powers and Duties. A
municipality may:
(a) By ordinance introduced in the governing body of the
municipality within 14 to 90 days from the final adjournment of
the hearing specified in Section 11-74.6-22, approve
redevelopment plans and redevelopment projects, and designate
redevelopment planning areas and redevelopment project areas
pursuant to notice and hearing required by this Act. No
redevelopment planning area or redevelopment project area
shall be designated unless a plan and project are approved
before the designation of the area and the area shall include
only those parcels of real property and improvements on those
parcels substantially benefited by the proposed redevelopment
project improvements. Upon adoption of the ordinances, the
municipality shall forthwith transmit to the county clerk of
the county or counties within which the redevelopment project
area is located a certified copy of the ordinances, a legal
description of the redevelopment project area, a map of the
redevelopment project area, identification of the year that the
county clerk shall use for determining the total initial
equalized assessed value of the redevelopment project area
consistent with subsection (a) of Section 11-74.6-40, and a
list of the parcel or tax identification number of each parcel
of property included in the redevelopment project area.
(b) Make and enter into all contracts necessary or
incidental to the implementation and furtherance of its

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redevelopment plan and project.
(c) Within a redevelopment project area, acquire by
purchase, donation, lease or eminent domain; own, convey,
lease, mortgage or dispose of land and other property, real or
personal, or rights or interests therein, and grant or acquire
licenses, easements and options with respect to that property,
all in the manner and at a price that the municipality
determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of
the redevelopment plan and project. No conveyance, lease,
mortgage, disposition of land or other property owned by a
municipality, or agreement relating to the development of the
municipal property shall be made or executed except pursuant to
prior official action of the corporate authorities of the
municipality. No conveyance, lease, mortgage, or other
disposition of land owned by a municipality, and no agreement
relating to the development of the municipal property, shall be
made without making public disclosure of the terms and the
disposition of all bids and proposals submitted to the
municipality in connection therewith. The procedures for
obtaining the bids and proposals shall provide reasonable
opportunity for any person to submit alternative proposals or
bids.
(d) Within a redevelopment project area, clear any area by
demolition or removal of any existing buildings, structures,
fixtures, utilities or improvements, and to clear and grade
land.

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(e) Within a redevelopment project area, renovate or
rehabilitate or construct any structure or building, as
permitted under this Law.
(f) Within or without a redevelopment project area,
install, repair, construct, reconstruct or relocate streets,
utilities and site improvements essential to the preparation of
the redevelopment area for use in accordance with a
redevelopment plan.
(g) Within a redevelopment project area, fix, charge and
collect fees, rents and charges for the use of all or any part
of any building or property owned or leased by it.
(h) Issue obligations as provided in this Act.
(i) Accept grants, guarantees and donations of property,
labor, or other things of value from a public or private source
for use within a project redevelopment area.
(j) Acquire and construct public facilities within a
redevelopment project area, as permitted under this Law.
(k) Incur, pay or cause to be paid redevelopment project
costs; provided, however, that on and after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, no
municipality shall incur redevelopment project costs (except
for planning and other eligible costs authorized by municipal
ordinance or resolution that are subsequently included in the
redevelopment plan for the area and are incurred after the
ordinance or resolution is adopted) that are not consistent
with the program for accomplishing the objectives of the

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redevelopment plan as included in that plan and approved by the
municipality until the municipality has amended the
redevelopment plan as provided elsewhere in this Law. Any
payments to be made by the municipality to redevelopers or
other nongovernmental persons for redevelopment project costs
incurred by such redeveloper or other nongovernmental person
shall be made only pursuant to the prior official action of the
municipality evidencing an intent to pay or cause to be paid
such redevelopment project costs. A municipality is not
required to obtain any right, title or interest in any real or
personal property in order to pay redevelopment project costs
associated with such property. The municipality shall adopt
such accounting procedures as may be necessary to determine
that such redevelopment project costs are properly paid.
(l) Create a commission of not less than 5 or more than 15
persons to be appointed by the mayor or president of the
municipality with the consent of the majority of the governing
board of the municipality. Members of a commission appointed
after the effective date of this Law shall be appointed for
initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively, in
numbers so that the terms of not more than 1/3 of all members
expire in any one year. Their successors shall be appointed for
a term of 5 years. The commission, subject to approval of the
corporate authorities of the municipality, may exercise the
powers enumerated in this Section. The commission shall also
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and make recommendations to the corporate authorities
concerning the adoption of redevelopment plans, redevelopment
projects and designation of redevelopment project areas.
When a commission created under this subsection (l)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
For purposes of this subsection:
"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North

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and South America, including Central America, and who
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(m) Make payment in lieu of all or a portion of real
property taxes due to taxing districts. If payments in lieu of
all or a portion of taxes are made to taxing districts, those
payments shall be made to all districts within a redevelopment

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project area on a basis that is proportional to the current
collection of revenue which each taxing district receives from
real property in the redevelopment project area.
(n) Exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(o) In conjunction with other municipalities, undertake
and perform redevelopment plans and projects and utilize the
provisions of the Act wherever they have contiguous
redevelopment project areas or they determine to adopt tax
increment allocation financing with respect to a redevelopment
project area that includes contiguous real property within the
boundaries of the municipalities, and, by agreement between
participating municipalities, to issue obligations, separately
or jointly, and expend revenues received under this Act for
eligible expenses anywhere within contiguous redevelopment
project areas or as otherwise permitted in the Act. Two or more
municipalities may designate a joint redevelopment project
area under this subsection (o) for a single Industrial Park
Conservation Area comprising of property within or near the
boundaries of each municipality if: (i) both municipalities are
located within the same Metropolitan Statistical Area, as
defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget,
(ii) the 4-year average unemployment rate for that Metropolitan
Statistical Area was at least 11.3%, and (iii) at least one
participating municipality demonstrates that it has made
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and that the acquisition will occur on or before December 31,
2011. The joint redevelopment project area must encompass an
interstate highway exchange for access and be located, in part,
adjacent to a landfill or other solid waste disposal facility.
(p) Create an Industrial Jobs Recovery Advisory Committee
of not more than 15 members to be appointed by the mayor or
president of the municipality with the consent of the majority
of the governing board of the municipality. The members of that
Committee shall be appointed for initial terms of 1, 2, and 3
years respectively, in numbers so that the terms of not more
than 1/3 of all members expire in any one year. Their
successors shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The
Committee shall have none of the powers enumerated in this
Section. The Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity
only. The Committee may advise the governing board of the
municipality and other municipal officials regarding
development issues and opportunities within the redevelopment
project area. The Committee may also promote and publicize
development opportunities in the redevelopment project area.
(q) If a redevelopment project has not been initiated in a
redevelopment project area within 5 years after the area was
designated by ordinance under subsection (a), the municipality
shall adopt an ordinance repealing the area's designation as a
redevelopment project area. Initiation of a redevelopment
project shall be evidenced by either a signed redevelopment
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costs associated with a redevelopment project.
(r) Within a redevelopment planning area, transfer or loan
tax increment revenues from one redevelopment project area to
another redevelopment project area for expenditure on eligible
costs in the receiving area.
(s) Use tax increment revenue produced in a redevelopment
project area created under this Law by transferring or loaning
such revenues to a redevelopment project area created under the
Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act that is either
contiguous to, or separated only by a public right of way from,
the redevelopment project area that initially produced and
received those revenues.
(t) The estimated dates of completion of the redevelopment
project and retirement of obligations issued to finance
redevelopment project costs (including refunding bonds under
Section 11-74.6-30) may not be later than December 31 of the
year in which the payment to the municipal treasurer as
provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.6-35 of this Act is
to be made with respect to ad valorem taxes levied in the 35th
calendar year after the year in which the ordinance approving
the redevelopment project area was adopted if the ordinance was
adopted on September 23, 1997 by the City of Granite City.
(Source: P.A. 99-263, eff. 8-4-15.)
Section 25. The Economic Development Project Area Tax
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60 as follows:
(65 ILCS 110/60)
Sec. 60. Powers of municipalities; economic development
project area commissions. In addition to powers that it may now
have, a municipality has the following powers under this Act:
(1) To make and enter into all contracts necessary or
incidental to the implementation and furtherance of an economic
development plan.
(2) Within an economic development project area, to acquire
by purchase, donation, lease, or eminent domain and to own,
convey, lease, mortgage, or dispose of land and other real or
personal property or rights or interests in property and to
grant or acquire licenses, easements, and options with respect
to property, all in the manner and at a price the municipality
determines is reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of
the economic development project. No conveyance, lease,
mortgage, disposition of land, or agreement relating to the
development of property shall be made or executed except
pursuant to prior official action of the municipality. No
conveyance, lease, mortgage, or other disposition of land in
furtherance of an economic development project, and no
agreement relating to the development of property in
furtherance of an economic development project, shall be made
without making public disclosure of the terms and disposition
of all bids and proposals submitted to the municipality in

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connection with that action.
(3) To clear any area within an economic development
project area by demolition or removal of any existing
buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities, or improvements
and to clear and grade land.
(4) To install, repair, construct, reconstruct, extend or
relocate public streets, public utilities, and other public
site improvements located outside the boundaries of an economic
development project area that are essential to the preparation
of an economic development project area for use in accordance
with an economic development plan.
(5) To renovate, rehabilitate, reconstruct, relocate,
repair, or remodel any existing buildings, improvements, and
fixtures within an economic development project area.
(6) To install or construct any buildings, structures,
works, streets, improvements, utilities, or fixtures within an
economic development project area.
(7) To issue obligations as provided in this Act.
(8) To fix, charge, and collect fees, rents, and charges
for the use of any building, facility, or property or any
portion of a building, facility, or property owned or leased by
the municipality in furtherance of an economic development
project under this Act within an economic development project
area.
(9) To accept grants, guarantees, donations of property or
labor, or any other thing of value for use in connection with

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an economic development project.
(10) To pay or cause to be paid economic development
project costs, including, specifically, to reimburse any
developer or nongovernmental person for economic development
project costs incurred by that person. Any payments to be made
by a municipality to developers or other nongovernmental
persons for economic development project costs incurred by the
developer or other nongovernmental person shall be made only
pursuant to the prior official action of the municipality
evidencing an intent to pay or cause to be paid those economic
development costs. A municipality is not required to obtain any
right, title, or interest in any real or personal property in
order to pay economic development project costs associated with
the property. The municipality shall adopt accounting
procedures necessary to determine that the economic
development project costs are properly paid.
(11) To utilize revenues received under this Act from one
economic development project area for economic development
project costs in another economic development project area that
is either contiguous to, or is separated only by a public
right-of-way from, the economic development project area from
which the revenues are received.
(12) To exercise any and all other powers necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Act.
(13) To create a commission of not less than 5 or more than
15 persons to be appointed by the corporate authorities of the

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municipality. Members of a commission shall be appointed for
initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively, in
numbers to provide that the terms of not more than one-third of
all the members shall expire in any one year. Their successors
shall be appointed for a term of 5 years. The commission,
subject to approval of the corporate authorities, may exercise
the powers enumerated in this Section. The commission also may
hold the public hearings required by this Act and make
recommendations to the corporate authorities concerning the
approval of economic development plans, the establishment of
economic development project areas, and the adoption of tax
increment allocation financing for economic development
project areas.
When a commission created under this paragraph (13)
receives any public funds or public monies, its board shall
include not less than 2 members of a labor council or councils
and not less than: (i) 2 members from 2 separate minority
groups, or (ii) one member who is a woman and one member from a
minority group. The labor council or councils shall represent:
(A) employees in the construction trades; and (B) employees in
the public and private sector. The labor council, women, and
minority group members shall be full commission members with
all rights and privileges and shall not be compensated. No
membership fees, dues, or assessments shall be required of any
commission member.
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"Labor council" means any organization representing
multiple entities who are monitoring or attentive to
compliance with public or workers' safety laws, wage and
hour requirements, making or maintaining collective
bargaining agreements, or other statutory requirements.
"Minority group" means a group that is a readily
identifiable subset of the U.S. population and that is made
up of persons who are any of the following:
(i) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person
having origins in any of the original peoples of North
and South America, including Central America, and who
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment).
(ii) Asian (a person having origins in any of the
original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited
to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and
Vietnam).
(iii) Black or African American (a person having
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa).
(iv) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban,
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or
other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a
person having origins in any of the original peoples of
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).

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(vi) A woman.
"Public funds" and "public monies" mean any funds
received from: the federal government or any agency of the
federal government; any state government or any agency or
political subdivision of any state government; or the State
or any unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 89-176, eff. 1-1-96.)