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91_HB2125
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1 AN ACT concerning construction bonds.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-1041 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1041) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1041)
7 Sec. 5-1041. Maps, plats and subdivisions. A county board
8 may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, reasonable rules
9 and regulations governing the location, width and course of
10 streets and highways and of floodplain, stormwater and
11 floodwater runoff channels and basins, and the provision of
12 necessary public grounds for schools, public libraries, parks
13 or playgrounds, in any map, plat or subdivision of any block,
14 lot or sub-lot or any part thereof or any piece or parcel of
15 land, not being within any city, village or incorporated
16 town. The rules and regulations may include such reasonable
17 requirements with respect to water supply and sewage
18 collection and treatment as may be established by the
19 Environmental Protection Agency, and such reasonable
20 requirements with respect to floodplain and stormwater
21 management as may be established by the County Stormwater
22 Management Committee established under Section 5-1062 of this
23 Code, and such reasonable requirements with respect to street
24 drainage and surfacing as may be established by the county
25 engineer or superintendent of highways and which by
26 resolution shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements in
27 the interest of the health, safety, education and convenience
28 of the public of the county; and may provide by resolution
29 that the map, plat or subdivision shall be submitted to the
30 county board or to some officer to be designated by the
31 county board for their or his approval. The county board
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1 shall have a qualified engineer make an estimate of the
2 probable expenditures necessary to enable any person to
3 conform with the standards of construction established by the
4 board pursuant to the provisions of this Section. Except as
5 provided in Section 3 of the Public Construction Bond Act,
6 each person who seeks the county board's approval of a map,
7 plat or subdivision shall post a good and sufficient bond or
8 other adequate security with the county clerk, in a penal sum
9 sufficient to cover the estimate of expenditures made by the
10 estimating engineer. The bond or other adequate security
11 shall be conditioned upon faithful adherence to the rules and
12 regulations of the county board promulgated pursuant to the
13 authorization granted to it by this Section or by Section
14 5-1062 of this Code, and in such cases no such map, plat or
15 subdivision shall be entitled to record in the proper county
16 or have any validity until it has been so approved. This
17 Section is subject to the provisions of Section 5-1123.
18 The county board may, by resolution, provide a schedule
19 of fees sufficient to reimburse the county for the costs
20 incurred in reviewing such maps, plats and subdivisions
21 submitted for approval to the county board. The fees
22 authorized by this Section are to be paid into the general
23 corporate fund of the county by the party desiring to have
24 the plat approved.
25 No officer designated by a county board for the approval
26 of plats shall engage in the business of surveying, and no
27 map, plat or subdivision shall be received for record or have
28 any validity which has been prepared by or under the
29 direction of such plat officer.
30 It is the intention of this amendatory Act of 1990 to
31 repeal the language added to Section 25.09 of "An Act to
32 revise the law in relation to counties", approved March 31,
33 1874, by P.A. 86-614, Section 25.09 of that Act being the
34 predecessor of this Section.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-558, eff. 12-12-97.)
2 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
3 changing Section 11-12-8 as follows:
4 (65 ILCS 5/11-12-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-12-8)
5 Sec. 11-12-8. Compliance of plat with map; designation of
6 public lands; approval; bond; order; failure to act upon
7 plat. The corporate authorities of the municipality shall
8 determine whether a proposed plat of subdivision or
9 resubdivision complies with the official map. To secure such
10 determination, the person requesting the subdivision or
11 resubdivision shall file four copies of a plat thereof with
12 the clerk of the municipality, and shall furnish therewith
13 four copies of all data necessary to show compliance with all
14 applicable municipal regulations and shall make application
15 for preliminary or final approval of the proposed plat.
16 Whenever the reasonable requirements provided by the
17 ordinance including the official map shall indicate the
18 necessity for providing for a school site, park site, or
19 other public lands within any proposed subdivision for which
20 approval has been requested, and no such provision has been
21 made therefor, the municipal authority may require that lands
22 be designated for such public purpose before approving such
23 plat. Whenever a final plat of subdivision, or part thereof,
24 has been approved by the corporate authorities as complying
25 with the official map and there is designated therein a
26 school site, park site or other public land, the corporate
27 authorities having jurisdiction of such use, be it a school
28 board, park board or other authority, such authority shall
29 acquire the land so designated by purchase or commence
30 proceedings to acquire such land by condemnation within one
31 year from the date of approval of such plat; and if it does
32 not do so within such period of one year, the land so
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1 designated may then be used by the owners thereof in any
2 other manner consistent with the ordinance including the
3 official map and the zoning ordinance of the municipality.
4 The corporate authorities may by ordinance provide that a
5 plat of subdivision may be submitted initially to the plan
6 commission for preliminary approval. The application for
7 preliminary approval shall show location and width of
8 proposed streets and public ways, shall indicate proposed
9 location of sewers and storm drains, proposed dedication of
10 public grounds, if any, lot sizes, proposed easements for
11 public utilities, and proposed method of sewage and waste
12 disposal, but need not contain specifications for proposed
13 improvements.
14 The plan Commission shall approve or disapprove the
15 application for preliminary approval within 90 days from the
16 date of the application or the filing by the applicant of the
17 last item of required supporting data, whichever date is
18 later, unless such time is extended by mutual consent. If
19 such plat is disapproved, then within said 90 days the plan
20 commission shall furnish to applicant in writing a statement
21 setting forth the reason for disapproval and specifying with
22 particularity the aspects in which the proposed plat fails to
23 conform to the ordinances including official map. If such
24 plat is approved the corporate authority shall accept or
25 reject said plat within 30 days after its next regular stated
26 meeting following the action of the plan commission.
27 Preliminary approval shall not qualify a plat for recording.
28 Application for final approval of a plat shall be made
29 not later than one year after preliminary approval has been
30 granted. This application must be supported by such drawings,
31 specifications and bond as may be necessary to demonstrate
32 compliance with all requirements of this statute and such
33 regulations as the corporate authorities may provide by
34 ordinance under authority of this statute. This Section is
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1 subject to the provisions of Section 11-39-3.
2 The applicant may elect to have final approval of a
3 geographic part or parts of the plat that received
4 preliminary approval, and may delay application for approval
5 of other parts until a later date or dates beyond one year
6 with the approval of the municipal authorities; provided, all
7 facilities required to serve the part or parts for which
8 final approval is sought have been provided. In such case
9 only such part or parts of the plat as have received final
10 approval shall be recorded.
11 When a person submitting a plat of subdivision or
12 resubdivision for final approval has supplied all drawings,
13 maps and other documents required by the municipal ordinances
14 to be furnished in support thereof, and if all such material
15 meets all municipal requirements, the corporate authorities
16 shall approve the proposed plat within 60 days from the date
17 of filing the last required document or other paper or within
18 60 days from the date of filing application for final
19 approval of the plat, whichever date is later. The applicant
20 and the corporate authorities may mutually agree to extend
21 the 60 day period.
22 Except as provided in Section 3 of the Public
23 Construction Bond Act, the corporate authorities may provide
24 that any person, firm or corporation seeking approval of a
25 subdivision or resubdivision map or plat shall post a good
26 and sufficient bond with the municipal clerk in a penal sum
27 sufficient to cover the estimate made by the municipal
28 engineer, or other authorized person, of expenditures,
29 including but not limited to reasonable inspection fees to be
30 borne by the applicant, necessary to conform to the
31 requirements established and conditioned upon completion of
32 said requirements in a reasonable time. The corporate
33 authorities may, by ordinance, prescribe the form of the bond
34 and may require surety to be approved by the corporate
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1 authorities; provided, that a municipality may permit the
2 depositing of cash or other security acceptable to the
3 corporate authorities, to complete the improvements required
4 in lieu of a bond if it shall so provide by ordinance; and
5 further provided, that no bond or security shall be required
6 to be filed until the corporate authorities have approved the
7 plat in all other respects and have notified the applicant of
8 such approval. If the corporate authorities require a cash
9 bond, the requirement shall be subject to the provisions of
10 Section 11-39-3.
11 If the preliminary or final plat is approved, the
12 municipal clerk shall attach a certified copy of the order or
13 resolution of approval to a copy of the plat. If the proposed
14 plat is disapproved, the order or resolution shall state the
15 reasons for the disapproval, specifying with particularity
16 the aspects in which the proposed plat fails to conform to
17 the official map. A copy of the order or resolution shall be
18 filed in the office of the municipal clerk.
19 If the corporate authorities fail to act upon the final
20 plat within the time prescribed the applicant may, after
21 giving 5 days written notice to the corporate authorities,
22 file a complaint for summary judgment in the circuit court
23 and upon showing that the corporate authorities have failed
24 to act within the time prescribed the court shall enter an
25 order authorizing the recorder to record the plat as finally
26 submitted without the approval of the corporate authorities.
27 A plat so recorded shall have the same force and effect as
28 though that plat had been approved by the corporate
29 authorities. If the corporate authorities refuse to act upon
30 the final plat within the time prescribed and if their
31 failure to act thereon is wilful, upon such showing and upon
32 proof of damages the municipality shall be liable therefor.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-558, eff. 12-12-97.)