Chapter 315, URBAN PROBLEMS

(315 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.1) Sec. 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Blighted Vacant Areas Development Act of 1949. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 994.)

(315 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 251) Sec. 1. Title of Act. This Act may be cited as the Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Law. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(315 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.101) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961." (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3308.)

(315 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.8) Sec. 1. Name of act. This Act shall be known as the Urban Community Conservation Act. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 1240.)

(315 ILCS 30/10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.110) Sec. 10. In making investigations herein authorized the Department may hold public hearings. Any hearing may be conducted by the Department or by a committee appointed by it, consisting of one or more members of the Department, or b…

(315 ILCS 20/10) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 260) Sec. 10. Acts prohibited). No Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation shall: (1) Acquire title to any Real Property, or any interest therein except by way of unexercised option, unless it shall first have obtained a certificate from the…

(315 ILCS 30/11) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.111) Sec. 11. Whenever the Department determines that a particular slum or blighted area, or any other area which may constitute a redevelopment project, as herein defined, should be acquired pursuant to the provisions of this Act, such …

(315 ILCS 20/11) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 261) Sec. 11. Name. The name of every Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall include the words "Neighborhood" and "Redevelopment," and no corporation, hereafter organized under the laws…

(315 ILCS 30/12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.112) Sec. 12. Upon approval of the determination as provided in the preceding Section, the Department, as agent for the municipality, may proceed to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation the fee simple title to all real property lyin…

(315 ILCS 20/12) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 262) Sec. 12. Certificates of compliance. Unless it shall be accompanied by the certificate of the Redevelopment Commission, none of the following documents shall be filed by the Secretary of State: (1) Report of issuance of shares and incr…

(315 ILCS 30/12.5) Sec. 12.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94…

(315 ILCS 30/13) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.113) Sec. 13. When a Department, as agent for the municipality, has acquired title to, and possession of, all or any part of the real property located within a redevelopment project pursuant to the provisions of this Act, it may let cont…

(315 ILCS 20/13) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 263) Sec. 13. Dissolution. No statement of intent to dissolve a Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation, whether by voluntary consent of the shareholders or by voluntary action of the corporation, shall be filed by the Secretary of State unl…

(315 ILCS 30/14) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.114) Sec. 14. The Department, if its sees fit so to do, may pave and improve streets in the area included in the redevelopment project, construct sidewalks and install or re-locate sewers, water pipes, and other similar facilities. The D…

(315 ILCS 20/14) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 264) Sec. 14. Fees, franchise taxes and charges to be collected by Secretary of State. Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations shall incur the same fees for filing documents and issuing certificates, and the same license fees, franchise tax…

(315 ILCS 30/15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.115) Sec. 15. When the Department, as agent for the municipality, has acquired title to, and possession of any or all real property in the area of a redevelopment project, the Department (1) may convey to any public body having jurisdict…

(315 ILCS 20/15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 265) Sec. 15. Taxation of Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations. Except as provided in Section 15-5, Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations organized under this Act, notwithstanding their function in the Redevelopment of Slum and Blight …

(315 ILCS 20/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Property tax abatement; limitation. (a) Once the requirements of this Section have been complied with, except as otherwise provided in this Section, the general real estate taxes imposed on the real property located in St. Clair County of a neighborh…

(315 ILCS 30/16) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.116) Sec. 16. The Department, with the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the governing body of the municipality in which the redevelopment project is located, may sell and convey not to exceed 15% of all…

(315 ILCS 20/16) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 266) Sec. 16. Application of the "Business Corporation Act of 1983". Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations organized under this Act shall be subject to the provisions of the "Business Corporation Act of 1983" and all existing and future a…

(315 ILCS 30/17) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.117) Sec. 17. A Department, with the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the governing body of the municipality in which the project is located, may sell and convey any part of the real property within the…

(315 ILCS 20/17) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 267) Sec. 17. Acquisition of property and construction subject to approval - Application for and issuance of certificates of convenience and necessity). No Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation shall acquire title to any Real Property, or …

(315 ILCS 20/18) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 268) Sec. 18. Public hearing upon development plan-Issuance or denial of certificate of convenience and necessity. (1) The Redevelopment Commission, after receipt of an application by a Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation for approval of…

(315 ILCS 30/18) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.118) Sec. 18. The Department may at such times as it deems expedient transfer and sell the fee simple title, or such lesser estate as the Department may have acquired, or as may theretofore have been acquired by a land clearance commissi…

(315 ILCS 30/19) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.119) Sec. 19. Prior to making a sale or conveyance of any part of the real property within the area of a redevelopment project pursuant to any of the foregoing Sections of this Act, the Department shall prepare and approve a plan for the…

(315 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.102) Sec. 2. It is hereby found and declared (a) that there exist in urban communities within this State with more than 500,000 inhabitants land clearance commissions, created prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102n…

(315 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.9) Sec. 2. Legislative finding and declaration. It is hereby found and declared that there exist in many urban communities within this State conservation areas, as defined herein; that these conservation areas are rapidly deteriorating an…

(315 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 252) Sec. 2. Necessity and purpose of act and declaration of public policy and public use. There exist in certain urban areas of the State these degenerative conditions, at once both characteristic and causative of Slum and Blight Areas, nam…

(315 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.2) Sec. 2. Legislative finding and declaration. It is hereby found and declared: (a) That there exists within the populous areas in the State of Illinois an inadequate quantity of housing and that this inadequacy may not be regarded as tr…

(315 ILCS 30/20) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.120) Sec. 20. The Department of Urban Renewal as agent of the municipality, shall have and exercise the following powers with respect to the development, redevelopment and replanning of conservation areas: (a) Designate Conservation Area…

(315 ILCS 20/20) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 270) Sec. 20. Extension of time for initiation and completion of development. Upon application in writing filed by a Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation with the Redevelopment Commission for an extension of the time limit within which to…

(315 ILCS 30/21) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.121) Sec. 21. Whenever the Department determines that an area within the municipality may be eligible for designation as a conservation area within the meaning of this Act, it shall make such investigation and hold such hearings as may b…

(315 ILCS 20/21) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 271) Sec. 21. Statement of development area-Filing with Secretary of State. (1) Not earlier than forty days and not later than sixty days from the date of the entry of the order approving a Development Plan, entered by the Redevelopment Com…

(315 ILCS 20/22) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 272) Sec. 22. Preference in issuance of certificates of convenience and necessity. The Redevelopment Commission, in its issuance of certificates of convenience and necessity pursuant to Section 18 of this Act, shall give preference, other t…

(315 ILCS 30/22) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.122) Sec. 22. The Department of a municipality shall have the power to acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise any improved or unimproved real property the acquisition of which is necessary or appropriate for the implementation of…

(315 ILCS 30/23) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.123) Sec. 23. If any owner or agent of improved private property within a conservation area as designated under this Act, shall after notice to owner or agent and to mortgagee to comply and opportunity to be heard, fail to make such prop…

(315 ILCS 20/23) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 273) Sec. 23. Amendments to development plans. At any time prior to the Redevelopment of the Development Area, the Redevelopment Commission may approve an amendment to a Development Plan, but no such amendment shall be approved unless and u…

(315 ILCS 30/24) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.124) Sec. 24. In addition to the powers and authorities granted in this Act to municipalities, acting through a Department of Urban Renewal, municipalities creating a Department of Urban Renewal pursuant to the provisions of this Act sha…

(315 ILCS 20/24) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 274) Sec. 24. Limitation of development area. Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations subject to the supervision of the Redevelopment Commission of cities, villages or incorporated towns having a population of five hundred thousand or more …

(315 ILCS 30/25) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.125) Sec. 25. (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with Departments in accomplishing the objectives of this Act, any state public body (city, village, incorporated town, county, municipal corporation, commission, district, autho…

(315 ILCS 20/25) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 275) Sec. 25. Duties of Redevelopment Commission. In addition to the duties elsewhere in this Act provided for it, the Redevelopment Commission shall be charged with the performance of the following duties: (1) By rules, to provide for thos…

(315 ILCS 30/26) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.126) Sec. 26. The sale of any real property by a Department where required to be made for a monetary consideration except public sales of real property not sold within the 5-year period as provided in Section 18, shall be subject to the …

(315 ILCS 20/26) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 276) Sec. 26. Termination of control. (1) Anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the supervision and regulation of any parcel of the Development Area by the Redevelopment Commission shall without more cease and determine as t…

(315 ILCS 20/27) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 277) Sec. 27. Investigations, inquiries and hearings. In the discharge of its functions and duties set forth in this Act, the Redevelopment Commission shall have general supervision of all Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations, the Develo…

(315 ILCS 30/27) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.127) Sec. 27. Revenue bonds may be issued by a municipality and such bonds shall contain a provision that the principal thereof and interest thereon shall be payable exclusively from the proceeds and revenues of any redevelopment project…

(315 ILCS 30/28) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.128) Sec. 28. Every municipality is authorized and empowered to incur indebtedness and issue bonds in such amount or amounts as the governing body of the municipality deems necessary for the purpose of raising funds for the use of a Depa…

(315 ILCS 20/28) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 278) Sec. 28. Testimony-Immunity. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any papers, books, accounts or documents in any investigation or inquiry or upon any hearing ordered or held by the Redevelopment Commission, whe…

(315 ILCS 30/28.1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.128.1) Sec. 28.1. Any municipality which as of January 1, 1970, has authorized the issuance and sale of bonds by referendum pursuant to Section 28, but has not sold bonds so authorized, may, until January 1, 1972, issue such bonds at a…

(315 ILCS 20/29) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 279) Sec. 29. Subpoenas - Service - Fees - Deposit - Production of books and papers - Compelling attendance or production - Deposition.) All subpoenas issued under the terms of this Act may be served by any person of full age. The fees of w…

(315 ILCS 30/29) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.129) Sec. 29. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings ba…