CHAPTER 13
FINANCE
ARTICLE I – TIF INTERESTED PARTIES REGISTRY
13-1-1  DEFINITIONS. 
   As used in these Registration Rules, the following items shall have the definitions set forth below.
   (A)   “Act” shall mean the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS Sec. 5/11-74.4-1 et seq. as amended from time to time.
   (B)   “Village” shall mean Village of Marissa, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Illinois.
   (C)   “Village Clerk” shall mean the Village Clerk for the Village of Marissa and the Office of the Village Clerk.
   (D)   “Corporate Authorities” means the President and Board of Trustees then holding office.
   (E)   “Department” shall mean any department, division, agency, bureau or administrative subdivision of the Village.
   (F)   “Interested Party(s)” shall mean:
      (1)   any organization(s) active within the Municipality;
      (2)   any resident(s) of the Village; and,
      (3)   any other entity or person otherwise entitled under the Act to register in a specific Registry who has been registered in such Registry and whose registration has not been terminated in accordance with these Registration Rules.
   (G)   “Municipality” shall mean the Village of Marissa.
   (H)   “Organization Active Within the Municipality” shall mean any of the following:
      (1)   any organization which has its headquarters, principal office, or place of business within the limits of the Municipality; or,
      (2)   any organization which has its headquarters, principal office, or place of business within five (5) miles of the Municipality’s borders.
      (3)   The term “organization active within the municipality” shall specifically exclude international, national, statewide, and other organizations unless such organizations have a local office within the territory of the Municipality.  The term “organization active within the municipality” shall specifically exclude other non-international, non-national, and non-statewide and other organizations not meeting the definition above in subclauses (1) or (2).
      (4)   The term “active” shall mean an organization that has no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of its membership as residents of the Municipality.  For the purposes of this definition, resident encompasses both individuals and businesses.  Thus, an individual not residing within the Municipality but who is an owner, shareholder, employer, or employee of a business situated within the borders of the Municipality is deemed a resident of the Municipality.
      (5)   An international, national, statewide, or other organization not meeting the requirements of the definition of “Organization active within the municipality” under subsections (1) and (2) of this paragraph may petition the President for an exemption to the definition of the term “Organization active within the municipality”.  Upon receipt of such petition, the President shall review the petition and make a determination, within sixty (60) days of receipt, to grant or deny the petition.  If the President denies an organization’s petition for exemption, the organization shall then request a hearing before the corporate authorities, provided the organization makes a written request within ten (10) calendar days of the date on which the President issued his/her determination to deny the petition.  Upon receipt of the request for a hearing, the corporate authorities, within a reasonable period of time, shall set a date for the hearing, provided, however, that the petitioning organization shall have no less than ten (10) days prior written notice of the time and place of the hearing.  Formal rules of evidence shall not apply and the petitioning organization may be represented by an attorney if it so desires.  The corporate authorities shall conduct the hearing and permit the petitioning organization to present any and all reasons it should be allowed to register as an interested party.  The corporate authorities shall issue a determination on the organization’s petition within thirty (30) days after conclusion of the hearing.  In the event that the corporate authorities shall grant the petition for exemption, the organization shall comply with the other requirements of the ordinance and submit the requisite interested party registry from within ten (10) days of the date of the decision granting the exemption.  Any decision of the corporate authorities shall not affect any rights of the organization under the Freedom of Information Act.
   (I)   “Redevelopment Project Area” shall mean a redevelopment project area that is:
      (1)   intended to qualify (or that has subsequently qualified) as a “redevelopment project area” under the Act; and,
      (2)   is subject to the “interested parties” registry requirements of the Act.
   (J)   “Registration Form” shall mean the form appended to these Registration Rules or such revised form as may be approved by the Department consistent with the requirements of the Act.
   (K)   “Registry” or “Registries” shall mean each interested parties registry, and all such registries, collectively, established by the Village pursuant to Section 11-74.4-4.2 of the Act for a Redevelopment Project Area.
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