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This bill amends the Capital Development Board Act to limit local government's ability to regulate state facility construction and improvement projects. Specifically, the bill prevents local governments from enforcing ordinances or charging permitting fees for state facility projects, while requiring the Capital Development Board to coordinate with local utilities and fire protection services to ensure effective implementation. The bill mandates that the Board must coordinate with local utilities about connection requirements and consult with local fire protection services to ensure they can effectively serve new or renovated state facilities. The legislation applies to ongoing and future state facility projects and explicitly limits home rule powers, meaning local governments cannot create regulations that conflict with this law. The bill also stipulates that the Board must still comply with state and federal mandates and may be required to compensate local governments for fair and reasonable connection or impact costs that align with industry standards or are consistent with costs applied to private construction projects. The goal appears to be streamlining state facility development by reducing local regulatory barriers while maintaining some collaborative requirements with local jurisdictions.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2454&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104