Bill Text: IL SB0692 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial Zoning Impacts to study State and local zoning laws and policies related to large industrial developments. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Executive Committee [SB0692 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0692-Engrossed.html

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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 Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
is amended by adding Section 605-1115 as follows:
(20 ILCS 605/605-1115 new)
Sec. 605-1115. Task Force on Interjurisdictional
Industrial Zoning Impacts.
(a) The General Assembly finds that industrial
developments typically have regional impacts, both positive
and negative. Those impacts extend beyond the zoning authority
of the unit of local government where the development is
located. Units of local government may experience impacts on
public health, public safety, the environment, traffic,
property values, population, and other considerations as a
result of industrial development occurring outside of the
their zoning jurisdiction, including areas adjacent to their
borders.
(b) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
Zoning Impacts is created within the Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity. The Task Force shall examine the
following:

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(1) current State and local zoning laws and policies
related to large industrial developments;
(2) current State and local laws and policies related
to annexation;
(3) State and local zoning and annexation laws and
policies outside of Illinois;
(4) the potential impacts of large industrial
developments on neighboring units of local government,
including how those developments may affect residential
communities;
(5) trends in industrial zoning across urban,
suburban, and rural regions of Illinois;
(6) available methodologies to determine the impact of
large industrial developments; and
(7) outcomes in recent zoning proceedings for large
industrial developments or attempts to develop properties
for large industrial purposes, including the recent
attempt to convert a 101 acre campus in Lake County near
Deerfield.
(c) The Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial
Zoning Impacts shall consist of the following members:
(1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
or his or her designee;
(2) one member, appointed by the President of the
Senate, representing a statewide organization of
municipalities described in Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois

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Municipal Code;
(3) one member, appointed by the President of the
Senate, representing a regional association of
municipalities and mayors;
(4) one member, appointed by the President of the
Senate, representing a regional association that
represents the commercial real estate industry;
(5) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, representing a statewide association
representing counties;
(6) one member, appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, representing a regional association of
municipalities and mayors;
(7) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
the Senate, representing a statewide professional economic
development association;
(8) one member, appointed by the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives, representing a statewide
association of park districts;
(9) one member representing the Office of the
Governor, appointed by the Governor;
(10) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
President of the Senate;
(11) one member of the Senate, appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate;
(12) one member of the House of Representatives,

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appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
and
(13) one member of the House of Representatives,
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives.
(d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
compensation. The Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity shall provide administrative support to the Task
Force.
(e) The Task Force shall meet at least once every 2 months.
Upon the first meeting of the Task Force, the members of the
Task Force shall elect a chairperson of the Task Force.
(f) The Task Force shall prepare a report on its findings
concerning zoning for large industrial development and
associated interjurisdictional impacts, including any
recommendations. The report shall be submitted to the Governor
and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2025.
(g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026.