Section 30 ILCS 750/8-11 - Application Procedures for Affordable Financing of Public Infrastructure Loans and GrantsApplication for funds shall be made in the form and manner as the Department shall prescribe. Each application shall address, at a minimum, the following criteria:
(a) The essential need, which must be clearly documented, for the public infrastructure financing in order to secure a health, safety or economic development project within the community.(b) The applicant's financing capability and its ability to pay for, or secure the payment of, part or all of the proposed public infrastructure improvements, and the local government's tax effort, as shown by local tax rates relative to other local governments of the same type in the State.(c) Local financing mechanisms available to help pay for the costs of the public infrastructure project, including, but not limited to, local revenue bonds, special service area tax proceeds, local user charges, or applicable federal loans or grants.(d) The proposed public infrastructure improvements, which shall be described in detail and which shall include a showing of their relationship to existing public property and capital improvement plans, as well as the pending health, safety or economic development project.(e) Certification that the project is a health, safety or economic development project as defined in this Article.P.A. 88-453; 89-262, eff. 8/10/1995.