Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
20 ILCS 662/ - Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.

(20 ILCS 662/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/5)
Sec. 5.
Purposes.
The purposes of this Act are to:
(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"Comprehensive plan" means a regional plan adopted under Section 5-14001 of
the
Counties Code, an official comprehensive plan adopted under Section 11-12-6 of
the Illinois
Municipal Code, or a local land resource management plan adopted under Section
4
of the Local
Land Resource Management Planning Act.
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
"Land development regulation" means any development or land use ordinance or
regulation of a county
or
municipality including
zoning and
subdivision ordinances.
"Local government" or "unit of local government" means any city, village,
incorporated
town, or county.
"Subsidiary plan" means any portion of a comprehensive plan
that
guides
development, land use, or infrastructure for a county or municipality or a
portion of a county or municipality.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/15)
Sec. 15.
Technical assistance grants.
The Department may make grants to units of local government
to develop, update,
administer, and
implement comprehensive plans, subsidiary plans, land development regulations,
development
incentives, market feasibility studies, and
environmental assessments
that promote and encourage the principles of comprehensive planning.
Comprehensive planning includes appropriately and proportionally weighing the
elements listed in Section 25 of this Act and including them within the
comprehensive plan.
The Department may adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for
determining eligibility for the grants, regulating the use of funds under the
grants, and requiring
periodic reporting of the results and impact of activities funded by the
grants. No individual grant
under this Act may have duration of more than 24 months.
The Department, in the determination of grantees, may also seek an even
balance of
grants within metropolitan regions.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/20)
Sec. 20.
Model ordinances and technical publications.
The Department may prepare model ordinances, manuals, and other technical
publications that are founded upon and promote
comprehensive planning. The
Department may make all possible use of existing model ordinances, manuals, and
other
technical publications that promote and encourage comprehensive planning and
that were
prepared by regional planning agencies and commissions, councils of government,
and other
organizations.
The Department may employ or retain private not-for-profit
entities, regional
planning agencies and commissions, councils of government, and universities to
advise, prepare,
or conduct the preparation of the model ordinances, manuals, and other
technical publications.
The Department may distribute any model ordinances, manuals, and other
technical
publications prepared under this Section to all counties and municipalities in
this State, regional
planning agencies and commissions in this State, the Illinois State Library,
all public libraries in
this State, and to other organizations and libraries at the Department's
discretion.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/25)
Sec. 25. Use of technical assistance grants.
(a) Technical assistance grants may be used to write or revise a local
comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan funded under Section 15 of this Act
must address, but is not limited to addressing, each of the following elements:
(b) The purpose of this Section is to provide guidance on the elements of a
comprehensive plan but not to mandate content.

(Source: P.A. 95-330, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/30)
Sec. 30. Consistency of land use regulations and actions with
comprehensive plans.
(a) If a municipality or county is receiving assistance to write or revise a
comprehensive plan,
for 5 years after the effective date of the plan, land development
regulations,
including amendments to a zoning map, and any land use actions should be
consistent
with the new or revised comprehensive plan. "Land use actions" include
preliminary or
final
approval of a subdivision plat, approval of a planned unit development,
approval of a
conditional use, granting a variance, or a decision by a unit of local
government to
construct a capital improvement, acquire land for community facilities, or
both.
(b) Municipalities and counties that have adopted official comprehensive
plans in
accordance
with Division 12 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section
5-14001 of the
Counties Code or have adopted housing plans in accordance with the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, may be eligible for additional preferences in State economic
development
programs, State transportation programs, State education programs, State planning programs, State natural
resources programs, and State agriculture programs.

(Source: P.A. 95-330, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/35)
Sec. 35.
Educational and training programs.
The Department may
provide
educational and training programs in planning, regulatory, and
development practices and
techniques that promote and encourage comprehensive planning, including, but
not limited to, the
use and application of any model ordinances, manuals, and other technical
publications
prepared by the Department.
The Department may employ or retain not-for-profit entities, regional
planning
agencies and commissions, and universities to operate or conduct, or
assist in the operation
or conduct of, the programs.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/40)
Sec. 40.
Annual report.
(a) The Department may, at least annually but more often at its
discretion, report in
writing to the Governor and General Assembly on:
(b) The report may also be provided to all counties and municipalities in
this State,
regional planning agencies and commissions in this State, the Illinois State
Library, all public
libraries in this State, and to other organizations and libraries upon
request at the Department's
discretion.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/45)
Sec. 45. (Repealed).


(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/46)
Sec. 46. Affordable housing school cost reimbursement.
(a) As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:
"Affordable multifamily housing" means the preservation or creation of any homes (condominiums, apartments, townhomes, etc.) serving non-age-restricted households, as part of a plan under this Act, in structures that are not detached single-family units and that are affordable to families whose annual income is less than 80 percent of the areawide median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Affordability shall be assured for a period of not less than 30 years.
"Governor's Housing Plan" means "Building for Success: The Governor's Housing Plan" created as a result of Executive Order #2003-18.
(b) For each school year, commencing with the 2006-2007 school year, the State shall pay to each school district an affordable multifamily housing school cost reimbursement. This reimbursement must be calculated separately for each school district in an amount equal to $1,123 for each affordable multifamily housing unit located within the district that has at least 2 bedrooms, plus $562 per unit for each bedroom in the unit in addition to the first 2 bedrooms. No school district may receive a reimbursement under this Section for affordable multifamily housing unless the Illinois Housing Development Authority first certifies that the housing advances the preservation or live-near-work goals of the Governor's Housing Plan.
(c) All reimbursements under this Section are subject to appropriation. If appropriations are insufficient, then reimbursement must be prorated.


(Source: P.A. 95-330, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/900)
Sec. 900.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02; text omitted.)
 
(20 ILCS 662/999)
Sec. 999.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)

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