Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that an ordinance of a unit of local government shall not be enforced against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State facility. Provides that the amendatory Act applies to the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and installation of State facilities that are either ongoing or that start on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall, to the fullest extent practicable, coordinate with local utilities regarding utility connection requirements and procedures. Defines "State facilities". Limits home rule powers.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that no ordinance or permitting requirement of a unit of local government shall be enforced against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State facility, other than an ordinance or permitting requirement that is (i) an ordinance or permitting requirement of a sanitary district or an ordinance or permitting requirement regulating a municipally-owned wastewater system and (ii) mandated by State or federal laws, rules, or regulations or related to environmental protection, as supported by industry standards (in the introduced bill, no ordinance of a unit of local government shall be enforced against the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of a State facility). Provides that, upon the Capital Development Board's' request, a sanitary district or unit of local government regulating a municipally-owned wastewater system must provide to the Capital Development Board information that verifies that an ordinance or permitting requirement is mandated by State or federal laws, rules, or regulations or that an ordinance or permitting requirement related to environmental protection is supported by industry standards. Removes a provision from the introduced bill providing that a unit of local government shall not require the payment of permitting fees or require permit inspections for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of any State facility. Provides that the term "fair and reasonable connection or impact costs" means demonstrated costs incurred by the unit of local government that (i) directly result from the Board's use of or impact on local infrastructure or (ii) are consistent with similar costs that are applied to non-governmental capital projects.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Provides that the provisions of the engrossed bill do not apply to a municipality with more than 500,000 inhabitants that has entered into one or more comprehensive or project-specific agreements with the Capital Development Board establishing terms explicitly agreed upon as alternative or supplemental to this Section. Provides that the provisions of the engrossed bill do not relieve the Capital Development Board from the obligation to compensate units of local governments for fair and reasonable connection, restoration, or impact costs (in the engrossed bill, fair and reasonable connection or impact costs).

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20 ILCS 3105/10
Engrossed: 20 ILCS 3105/10
Enrolled: 20 ILCS 3105/10