Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/5-902 – General purposes
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/5-902
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- New development: means any residential, commercial, industrial or other project which is being newly constructed, reconstructed, redeveloped, structurally altered, relocated, or enlarged, and which generates additional traffic within the service area or areas of the unit of local government. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/5-903
- Road improvement impact fee: means any charge or fee levied or imposed by a unit of local government as a condition to the issuance of a building permit or a certificate of occupancy in connection with a new development, when any portion of the revenues collected is intended to be used to fund any portion of the costs of road improvements. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/5-903
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
- Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
The General Assembly finds that the purpose of this legislation is to create the authority for units of local government to adopt and implement road improvement impact fee ordinances and resolutions. The General Assembly further recognizes that the imposition of such road improvement impact fees is designed to supplement other funding sources so that the burden of paying for road improvements can be allocated in a fair and equitable manner. It is the intent of the General Assembly to promote orderly economic growth throughout the State by assuring that new development bears its fair share of the cost of meeting the demand for road improvements through the imposition of road improvement impact fees. It is also the intent of the General Assembly to preserve the authority of elected local government officials to adopt and implement road improvement impact fee ordinances or resolutions which adhere to the minimum standards and procedures adopted in this Division by the State.