(20 ILCS 605/605-205) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.39)
Sec. 605-205. Planning; coordination with local and regional entities; Urban Planning Assistance Fund. The Department shall provide for liaison between the State and regional and local planning agencies and departments; perform state-wide planning as provided by law; provide assistance, counsel, and advice to local and regional planning agencies when so requested; and conduct research into local government problems as ordered by the Director. In performing this responsibility the Department shall have the power and duty to do the following:
(1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties provided in paragraph (11) of Section 605-115.
(2) Accept and use planning grants or other financial assistance from the federal government, either directly or in receipt from the official State planning agency, in aid or for the provision of planning assistance (including surveys, land use studies, urban renewal plans, technical services, and other planning work, but excluding plans for specific public works): (i) to municipalities and counties; (ii) to any group of adjacent communities, incorporated or unincorporated, having common or related urban planning problems resulting from rapid urbanization; (iii) to coordinate planning activities directly related to urban needs; (iv) for official governmental planning agencies where rapid urbanization has resulted or is expected to result from the establishment of rapid and substantial expansion of a federal installation; and (v) to study and offer assistance for rural planning.
(3) Approve applicants and project plans for loans or grants to local, regional, or area groups, associations, or other agencies that qualify for assistance under 42 U.S.C. 3161, et seq. and any subsequent federal or State legislation whose purpose is to assist economically distressed or depressed areas; and, for and in behalf of this State, accept, receive, and receipt for federal monies given by the federal government under any federal law to this State for economic redevelopment, assistance, surveys, or programs.
(4) Cooperate with civic groups and local, State, and federal planning and development agencies.
(5) Authorize counties, cities, and other local governmental units to enter into agreements, not in conflict with any law of the State of Illinois, with appropriate governmental units of an adjoining state or states for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the comprehensive planning for the physical growth and development of metropolitan or other urban areas, provided that cooperation has been authorized by the adjoining state or states.
(6) Provide that in an orderly manner the following funds collected and received by the Department shall be paid over to the State Treasurer for deposit in a separate fund hereinafter provided for in this Section: (i) funds received or collected from municipalities and counties and from any groups of adjacent communities pursuant to this Section and (ii) funds received or collected from the federal government to defray the cost for planning of those projects pursuant to the Federal Housing Act of 1954 or under any other Act of Congress by which federal funds may be made available for those purposes. Any such funds so collected or received shall be paid or turned over to and shall be held by the State Treasurer as ex officio custodian thereof, separate and apart from all public monies and funds of this State, and shall be known as the Urban Planning Assistance Fund, which shall be administered by the Department. All disbursements from the Fund shall be made only upon warrants of the State Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasurer as custodian of the fund upon vouchers signed by the Director or by the person or persons designated by the Director for that purpose. The Comptroller is authorized to draw the warrant upon vouchers so signed. The State Treasurer shall accept all warrants so signed and shall be released from liability for all payments made on those warrants.
(7) Provide coordination between state-wide plans and plans of municipalities, counties, and regional planning agencies.
(8) Collect, organize, and disseminate information on all matters pertaining to local government.
(9) Make studies concerning local government boundary problems; provide advice and assistance to local governments on boundary questions; and perform other services related to local government boundary questions that the Director orders.
(10) Cooperate with the Governor, other State departments and agencies, and local planning agencies in the preparation of state-wide plans relating to housing, redevelopment, urban renewal, rural development, and other matters that the Director orders.
(11) Do all things necessary to make the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois effective.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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