97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0880

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
310 ILCS 67/20

    Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning determinations of exempt local governments.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act
5is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 67/20)
7    Sec. 20. Determination of exempt local governments.
8    (a) Beginning October 1, 2004, the the Illinois Housing
9Development Authority shall determine which local governments
10are exempt and not exempt from the operation of this Act based
11on an identification of the total number of year-round housing
12units in the most recent decennial census for each local
13government within the State and by an inventory of for-sale and
14rental affordable housing units, as defined in this Act, for
15each local government from the decennial census and other
16relevant sources.
17    (b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall make
18this determination by:
19        (i) totaling the number of for-sale housing units in
20    each local government that are affordable to households
21    with a gross household income that is less than 80% of the
22    median household income within the county or primary
23    metropolitan statistical area;

 

 

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1        (ii) totaling the number of rental units in each local
2    government that are affordable to households with a gross
3    household income that is less than 60% of the median
4    household income within the county or primary metropolitan
5    statistical area;
6        (iii) adding the number of for-sale and rental units
7    for each local government from items (i) and (ii); and
8        (iv) dividing the sum of (iii) above by the total
9    number of year-round housing units in the local government
10    as contained in the latest decennial census and multiplying
11    the result by 100 to determine the percentage of affordable
12    housing units within the jurisdiction of the local
13    government.
14    (c) Beginning October 1, 2004, the Illinois Housing
15Development Authority shall publish on an annual basis a list
16of exempt and non-exempt local governments and the data that it
17used to calculate its determination. The data shall be shown
18for each local government in the State and for the State as a
19whole. Upon publishing a list of exempt and non-exempt local
20governments, the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall
21notify a local government that it is not exempt from the
22operation of this Act and provide to it the data used to
23calculate its determination.
24    (d) A local government or developer of affordable housing
25may appeal the determination of the Illinois Housing
26Development Authority as to whether the local government is

 

 

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1exempt or non-exempt under this Act in connection with an
2appeal under Section 30 of this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 93-595, eff. 1-1-04; 93-678, eff. 6-28-04.)