SB2506 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2506

Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 605/605-1117

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the member representing the Office of the Governor from the Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial Zoning Impacts. Provides that the Task Force on Interjurisdictional Industrial Zoning Impacts shall include 2 members who are zoning and land use attorneys. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than February 1, 2028 (currently, December 31, 2025). Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 renumbering and changing Section 605-1115 as follows:

(20 ILCS 605/605-1117)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2026)

Sec. 605-1117 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:

(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) (Blank); 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 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 a statewide labor organization, appointed by the Governor;

(10) (Blank); one member representing the Office of the Governor, appointed by the Governor;

(11) one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(12) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;

(13) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(14) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and

(15) one member representing a statewide manufacturing association, appointed by the Governor; and .

(16) two members who are zoning and land use attorneys, appointed by the President of the Senate.

(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 February 1, 2028 December 31, 2025.

(g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2029 June 1, 2026.

(Source: P.A. 103-882, eff. 8-9-24; revised 9-23-24.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.