104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1919 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify one additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Sterling. LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1919 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify one additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Sterling. LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1919 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify one additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Sterling. LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b A BILL FOR HB1919LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act is 5 amended by changing Section 10-5.3 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 115/10-5.3) 7 Sec. 10-5.3. Certification of River Edge Redevelopment 8 Zones. 9 (a) Approval of designated River Edge Redevelopment Zones 10 shall be made by the Department by certification of the 11 designating ordinance. The Department shall promptly issue a 12 certificate for each zone upon its approval. The certificate 13 shall be signed by the Director of the Department, shall make 14 specific reference to the designating ordinance, which shall 15 be attached thereto, and shall be filed in the office of the 16 Secretary of State. A certified copy of the River Edge 17 Redevelopment Zone Certificate, or a duplicate original 18 thereof, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of 19 deeds of the county in which the River Edge Redevelopment Zone 20 lies. 21 (b) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be effective 22 upon its certification. The Department shall transmit a copy 23 of the certification to the Department of Revenue, and to the 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1919 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify one additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Sterling. LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b A BILL FOR 65 ILCS 115/10-5.3 LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919- 2 -LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 2 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 2 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b 1 designating municipality. Upon certification of a River Edge 2 Redevelopment Zone, the terms and provisions of the 3 designating ordinance shall be in effect, and may not be 4 amended or repealed except in accordance with Section 10-5.4. 5 (c) A River Edge Redevelopment Zone shall be in effect for 6 the period stated in the certificate, which shall in no event 7 exceed 30 calendar years. Zones shall terminate at midnight of 8 December 31 of the final calendar year of the certified term, 9 except as provided in Section 10-5.4. 10 (d) In calendar years 2006 and 2007, the Department may 11 certify one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of 12 East St. Louis, one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the 13 City of Rockford, and one pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone 14 in the City of Aurora. 15 In calendar year 2009, the Department may certify one 16 pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of Elgin. 17 On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 18 the 97th General Assembly, the Department may certify one 19 additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of 20 Peoria. 21 On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 22 the 103rd General Assembly, the Department may certify 2 23 additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones, including one 24 in the City of Joliet and one in the City of Kankakee. 25 On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 26 the 103rd General Assembly, the Department may certify 7 HB1919 - 2 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919- 3 -LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 3 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 3 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b 1 additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zones, including one 2 in the City of East Moline, one in the City of Moline, one in 3 the City of Ottawa, one in the City of LaSalle, one in the City 4 of Peru, one in the City of Rock Island, and one in the City of 5 Quincy. 6 On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 7 the 104th General Assembly, the Department may certify one 8 additional pilot River Edge Redevelopment Zone in the City of 9 Sterling. 10 After certifying the additional pilot River Edge 11 Redevelopment Zones authorized by the above paragraphs, the 12 Department may not certify any additional River Edge 13 Redevelopment Zones, but it may amend and rescind 14 certifications of existing River Edge Redevelopment Zones in 15 accordance with Section 10-5.4, except that no River Edge 16 Redevelopment Zone may be extended on or after the effective 17 date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. Each 18 River Edge Redevelopment Zone in existence on the effective 19 date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall 20 continue until its scheduled termination under this Act, 21 unless the Zone is decertified sooner. At the time of its term 22 expiration each River Edge Redevelopment Zone will become an 23 open enterprise zone, available for the previously designated 24 area or a different area to compete for designation as an 25 enterprise zone. No preference for designation as a Zone will 26 be given to the previously designated area. HB1919 - 3 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919- 4 -LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 4 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 4 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b HB1919 - 4 - LRB104 10300 RTM 20374 b