Public Act 095-0330
 		





SB0220 Enrolled
LRB095 09711 HLH 29915 b






    AN ACT concerning school costs.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Local Planning Technical Assistance Act is 
amended  by adding Section 46 and by changing Sections 25 and 30 
as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 662/25)


    Sec. 25. Use of technical assistance grants. 

    (a) Technical assistance grants may be used to write or 
revise a local
comprehensive plan.  A comprehensive plan funded 
under Section 15 of this Act
must address, but is not limited 
to addressing, each of the following elements:


        (1) Issues and opportunities.  The purpose of this 
    element is to state the
vision of the community, identify 
    the major trends and forces affecting the
local government 
    and its
citizens, set goals and standards, and serve as a 
    series of guiding principles
and priorities to
implement 
    the vision.


        (2) Land use and natural resources.  The purpose of this 
    element is to
translate the vision
statement into physical 
    terms; provide a general pattern for the location,

    distribution, and
characteristics of future land uses over 
    a 20-year period; and serve as the
element of the

    comprehensive plan upon which all other elements are based.  
    The land use
element must be in
text and map form.  It must 
    include supporting studies on population, the local

    economy, natural
resources, and an inventory of existing 
    land uses.


        (3) Transportation.  The purpose of this element is to 
    consider all
relevant
modes of transportation, including 
    mass transit, air, water, rail, automobile,
bicycle, and

    pedestrian modes of transportation; accommodate special 
    needs; establish the
framework for the
acquisition, 
    preservation, and protection of existing and future 
    rights-of-way;
and incorporate
transportation performance 
    measures.


        (4) Community facilities (schools, parks, police, 
    fire, and water and
sewer).
The purpose of this element is 
    to provide community facilities; establish
levels of 
    service; ensure
that facilities are provided as needed; and 
    coordinate with other units of
local government that

    provide the needed facilities.


        (5) Telecommunications infrastructure.  The purpose of 
    this element is to
coordinate telecommunications 
    initiatives; assess short-term and long-term
needs, 
    especially
regarding economic development; determine the 
    existing telecommunications
services of telecommunications 
    providers;
encourage investment in the most advanced 
    technologies; and establish a
framework for
providing 
    reasonable access to public rights-of-way.


        (6) Housing.  The purpose of this element is to document 
    the present and
future needs for housing within the 
    jurisdiction of the local government,
including affordable

    housing and special needs housing; take into account the 
    housing needs of a
larger region;
identify barriers to the 
    production of housing, including affordable housing;

    access the condition of
the local housing stock; and 
    develop strategies, programs, and other actions to
address 
    the
needs for a range of housing options.


        (7) Economic development.  The purpose of this element 
    is to coordinate
local economic development initiatives 
    with those of the State; ensure that
adequate economic

    development opportunities are available; identify the 
    strategic competitive
advantages of the
community and the 
    surrounding region; identify and enhance local tourism 
    opportunities; assess the community's strengths and

    weaknesses with
respect to attracting and retaining 
    business and industry; and define the
municipality's and 
    county's role.


        (8) Natural resources.  The purpose of this element is 
    to identify and
define
the natural resources in the 
    community with respect to water, land, flora, and
fauna; 
    identify the
land and water areas in relation to these 
    resources; assess the relative
importance of these areas
to 
    the needs of the resources; and identify mitigation efforts 
    that are needed
to protect these
resources.


        (9) Public participation.  This element must include a 
    process for
engaging
the community in outreach; the 
    development of a sense of community; a consensus
building

    process; and a public education strategy.


        (10) Comprehensive plans may also include the 
    following: natural hazards;
agriculture and forest 
    preservation; human services; community design; historic

    preservation; and
the adoption of subplans, as needed.  The 
    decision on whether to include these
elements in the

    comprehensive plan shall be based on the needs of the 
    particular unit of local
government.

    (b) The purpose of this Section is to provide guidance on 
the elements of a
comprehensive plan but not to mandate 
content.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)


 



    (20 ILCS 662/30)


    Sec. 30. Consistency of land use regulations and actions 
with
comprehensive plans.

    (a) If a municipality or county is receiving assistance to 
write or revise a
comprehensive plan,
for 5 years after the 
effective date of the plan, land development
regulations,

including amendments to a zoning map, and any land use actions 
should be
consistent
with the new or revised comprehensive 
plan. "Land use actions" include
preliminary or
final
approval 
of a subdivision plat, approval of a planned unit development,

approval of a
conditional use, granting a variance, or a 
decision by a unit of local
government to
construct a capital 
improvement, acquire land for community facilities, or
both.

    (b) Municipalities and counties that have adopted official 
comprehensive
plans in
accordance
with Division 12 of Article 
11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section
5-14001 of the

Counties Code or have adopted housing plans in accordance with 
the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, may be eligible 
for additional preferences in State economic
development

programs, State transportation programs, State education 
programs, State planning programs, State natural
resources 
programs, and State agriculture programs.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)

 
    (20 ILCS 662/46  new)
    Sec. 46. Affordable housing school cost reimbursement.
    (a) As used in this Section, the following terms have the 
following meanings:
    "Affordable multifamily housing" means the preservation or 
creation of any homes (condominiums, apartments, townhomes, 
etc.) serving non-age-restricted households, as part of a plan 
under this Act, in structures that are not detached 
single-family units and that are affordable to families whose 
annual income is less than 80 percent of the areawide median 
income as determined by the United States Department of Housing 
and Urban Development. Affordability shall be assured for a 
period of not less than 30 years.

    "Governor's Housing Plan" means "Building for Success: The 
Governor's Housing Plan" created as a result of Executive Order 
#2003-18.

    (b) For each school year, commencing with the 2006-2007 
school year, the State shall pay to each school district an 
affordable multifamily housing school cost reimbursement.  This 
reimbursement must be calculated separately for each school 
district in an amount equal to $1,123 for each affordable 
multifamily housing unit located within the district that has 
at least 2 bedrooms, plus $562 per unit for each bedroom in the 
unit in addition to the first 2 bedrooms. No school district 
may receive a reimbursement under this Section for affordable 
multifamily housing unless the Illinois Housing Development 
Authority first certifies that the housing advances the 
preservation or live-near-work goals of the Governor's Housing 
Plan.
    (c) All reimbursements under this Section are subject to 
appropriation. If appropriations are insufficient, then 
reimbursement must be prorated.