Illinois Senate Bill 2036 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Big Empties Site Act. Provides that property located in the State consisting of one or more PINs but under common ownership at the time of the application, that contains at least one vacant and unused building of specified square footage, is qualified to be designated as a Big Empties Site. Provides that a county or municipality that has adopted an ordinance designating a qualified site as a Big Empties Site shall make written application to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to have that site certified by the Department as a Big Empties Site. Contains procedures for certification by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Public Utilities Act to provide certain tax incentives for Big Empties Sites. Amends the Property Tax Code to provide that a taxing district may issue an abatement. Effective immediately.

BIG EMPTIES ACT

Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]	Sen. Robert Martwick [D]	Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]	Sen. Steven Landek [D]
Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant [D]	Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]	Sen. Michael Hastings [D]	Sen. Scott Bennett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 29, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-04-16	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 30, 2020
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2020
2020-03-18	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 2, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2020-02-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2020-02-26	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (RE)
2020-02-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2020-02-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
2020-02-18	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2020-02-04	Senate	Re-assigned to Revenue
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	9-222	Amended Code	Citation Text
220	5	9-222.1B	New Code	See Bill Text
35	105	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	110	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	115	3-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	120	2-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	120	5m	New Code	See Bill Text
35	200	184.10	New Code	See Bill Text
35	5	201	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2036&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2036.htm