SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, The Cook County Board of Commissioners has enacted the Cook County Tax Incentive Ordinance, Classification System for Assessment, as amended from time to time (the "County Ordinance"), which provides for, among other things, real estate tax incentives to property owners who build, rehabilitate, enhance, and occupy property that is located within Cook County, Illinois and that is used primarily for industrial or commercial purposes; and
WHEREAS, The County Ordinance requires that, in connection with the filing of an eligibility application with the Assessor for a property tax incentive, the applicant must obtain a resolution from the municipality in which such real estate is located expressly stating, among other things, that the municipality has determined that the incentive is necessary for development to occur on such real estate and that the municipality supports and consents to the incentive classification by the Assessor; and
WHEREAS, Section 74-73 of the County Ordinance permits the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of various tax incentives in several circumstances, including by the Cook County Board at the request of the municipality in which the real estate is located by a municipal resolution; and
WHEREAS, Section 74-73 of the County Ordinance includes a non-exhaustive list of factors that could form the basis of the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a tax incentive, including violating provisions of the County Ordinance, delinquencies in payment of property taxes, and inaccuracies in economic disclosure statements; and
WHEREAS, The legislative history of the County Ordinance clearly demonstrates that the decision to seek revocation, as well as the process and conditions for revoking such tax incentives, were left to the discretion of the applicable municipality; and
WHEREAS, In addition to the considerations outlined in the County Ordinance, the City is a home rule unit of local government by virtue of Secti...
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