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90_HB0730

      20 ILCS 3805/2            from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 302
          Amends the Illinois Housing  Development  Act.   Includes
      within  the Act's provisions a "residential mortgage" on real
      property improved by a multi-unit  structure  as  well  as  a
      single-unit   structure.    Makes  other  stylistic  changes.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Housing Development  Act  by
 2    changing Section 2.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  Illinois  Housing  Development  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 3805/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 302)
 8        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        (a)  "Authority"  means  the Illinois Housing Development
10    Authority created in this Act.
11        (b)  "Development costs" means the costs approved by  the
12    Authority  as  appropriate expenditures which may be incurred
13    prior to commitment and initial closing of assisted  mortgage
14    financing   or  of  housing  related  commercial  facilities,
15    including but not limited to: (1)  payments  for  options  to
16    purchase   properties   for   the   proposed  development  or
17    facilities, deposits on contracts of purchase, or,  with  the
18    prior  approval  of the Authority, payments for the purchases
19    of  the  such  properties;  (2)  legal,  organizational,  and
20    consultants' expenses; (3) payment of  fees  for  preliminary
21    feasibility  studies  and engineering and architectural work;
22    (4) necessary application and other fees  to  federal,  State
23    and  local  government  agencies;  and  (5)  any  such  other
24    expenses  as the Authority may deem appropriate to effectuate
25    the purposes of this Act.
26        (c)  "Assisted mortgage financing" means a  below  market
27    interest  rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made,
28    by the Secretary of the United States Department  of  Housing
29    and  Urban  Development  or  by  any  other federal agency or
30    governmental corporation or by any political  subdivision  of
31    the  State of Illinois or by any Illinois public corporation;
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 1    a market interest rate mortgage insured or  purchased,  or  a
 2    loan  made in combination with, or as augmented by, a program
 3    of   rent   supplements,   interest    subsidies,    leasing,
 4    contributions  or  grants,  or  other  programs as are now or
 5    hereafter authorized by federal law to serve low or  moderate
 6    income persons; a mortgage or loan made pursuant to this Act;
 7    or  a mortgage or loan from any private or public source with
 8    an interest rate and terms satisfactory to the Authority  and
 9    which will meet the requirements and purposes of this Act.
10        (d)  "Lending institution" means any bank, trust company,
11    savings  bank,  savings  and  loan association, credit union,
12    national banking association, mortgage  banking  association,
13    federal  savings and loan association, or federal credit unit
14    maintaining an office in the State, any insurance company  or
15    any  other  entity  or  organization  which makes or acquires
16    loans secured by real property.
17        (e)  "Residential  mortgage"  means  a  loan  owed  to  a
18    lending institution, to the Authority, or to  a  trustee  for
19    holders  of  bonds  or notes of the Authority or to a trustee
20    for owners of pools of mortgages, and secured by  a  lien  on
21    real  property  located  in  the  State  and  improved  by  a
22    residential  structure of one or more living units or a mixed
23    residential and commercial structure, or  unimproved  if  the
24    proceeds of the such loan shall be used for the erection of a
25    residential  structure  or a mixed residential and commercial
26    structure thereon, whether or not such  loan  is  insured  or
27    guaranteed  by  the United States of America or any agency or
28    corporation thereof.
29        (f)  "Development" means a specific work  or  improvement
30    undertaken  to provide dwelling accommodations, including the
31    acquisition,  construction,  or  rehabilitation   of   lands,
32    buildings,   and   community  facilities  and  in  connection
33    therewith to provide nonhousing facilities which are  a  part
34    of a planned large-scale project or new community.
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 1        (g)  "Persons  and  families  of low and moderate income"
 2    and "Low income or moderate income  persons"  means  families
 3    and  persons  who  cannot  afford to pay the amounts at which
 4    private enterprise, without assisted mortgage  financing,  is
 5    providing  a substantial supply of decent, safe, and sanitary
 6    housing. The income limits for the admission of such families
 7    and persons to developments shall be those established  under
 8    pursuant  to  the  rules  applicable to the assisted mortgage
 9    financing program  under  which  the  such  developments  are
10    financed.
11        (h)  "Moderate  rentals"  means  rent  charges  less than
12    those rents generally  charged  for  new  dwelling  units  of
13    comparable  size and location built by the unassisted efforts
14    of private enterprise and financed  at  then  current  market
15    interest rates.
16        (i)  "Low  rentals" means rent charges at least 10% lower
17    than moderate rentals.
18        (j)  "Rents"  or  "Rentals"  means  shall  mean  fees  or
19    charges paid for use of a development under this Act, whether
20    the development is operated on a landlord-tenant basis or  as
21    a condominium or cooperative.
22        (k)  "Limited-profit  entity" means any individual, joint
23    venture,  partnership,   limited   partnership,   trust,   or
24    corporation organized or existing under the laws of the State
25    of  Illinois  or  authorized to do business in this State and
26    having articles of incorporation or comparable  documents  of
27    organization or a written agreement with the Authority which,
28    in addition to other requirements of law, provide:
29             (1)  that  if the limited-profit entity receives any
30        loan from the Authority as provided for in this  Act,  it
31        shall  be  authorized to enter into an agreement with the
32        Authority  providing  for  regulations  with  respect  to
33        rents, profits, dividends, and disposition of property or
34        franchises; and
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 1             (2)  that if the limited-profit  entity  receives  a
 2        loan,  as  provided  for in this Act, the Chairman of the
 3        Authority,  acting  with  the  prior  approval   of   the
 4        Authority,  shall  have  the power, if he determines that
 5        any such loan is in jeopardy of not being repaid, or that
 6        the proposed development for which the such loan was made
 7        is  in  jeopardy  of  not  being  constructed,   or   the
 8        limited-profit  entity is otherwise in violation of rules
 9        and regulations promulgated by the Authority, to  appoint
10        to the board of directors or other comparable controlling
11        body  of  the  such limited-profit entity a number of new
12        directors or persons, which number shall be sufficient to
13        constitute  a  voting  majority  of  the  such  board  or
14        controlling body, notwithstanding any other provisions of
15        the limited-profit entity's articles of incorporation  or
16        other   documents   of  organization,  or  of  any  other
17        provisions of law, provided  that  this  requirement  set
18        forth  in this paragraph (2) is not mandatory in the case
19        of loans made solely with  monies  from  the  Authority's
20        administrative fund.
21        (l)  "Land development" means the process of clearing and
22    grading  land, making, installing, or constructing waterlines
23    and  water  supply  installations,  sewerlines   and   sewage
24    disposal  installations,  steam,  gas, and electric lines and
25    installations, roads,  streets,  curbs,  gutters,  sidewalks,
26    storm  drainage  facilities, and other installations or work,
27    whether on or off the site, necessary or desirable to prepare
28    land for residential, commercial, industrial, or other  uses,
29    or to provide facilities for public or common use.
30        (m)  "Nonprofit    corporation"    means    a   nonprofit
31    corporation incorporated pursuant to the  provisions  of  the
32    Illinois  General  Not  For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 or
33    the  State  Housing  Act  of  1933  and  having  articles  of
34    incorporation which, in addition  to  other  requirements  of
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 1    law, provide:
 2             (1)  that  the  corporation  has  been  organized to
 3        provide  housing  facilities  for  persons  of  low   and
 4        moderate income;
 5             (2)  that all income and earnings of the corporation
 6        shall  be  used  exclusively for corporation purposes and
 7        that no part of the net income or  net  earnings  of  the
 8        corporation  shall  inure to the benefit or profit of any
 9        private individual, firm,  corporation,  partnership,  or
10        association;
11             (3)  that the corporation is in no manner controlled
12        or  under  the  direction  or  acting  in the substantial
13        interest of  private  individuals,  firms,  corporations,
14        partnerships, or associations seeking to derive profit or
15        gain therefrom or seeking to eliminate or minimize losses
16        in any dealings or transactions therewith;
17             (4)  that  if  the  corporation receives any loan or
18        advance from the Authority as provided for in  this  Act,
19        it  shall  be  authorized to enter into an agreement with
20        the Authority providing for regulation  with  respect  to
21        rents, profits, dividends, and disposition of property or
22        franchises;
23             (5)  that  if  the  corporation  receives  a loan or
24        advance, as provided for in this Act, the chairman of the
25        Authority, acting with the prior approval of the majority
26        of the members of the Authority, shall have the power  if
27        he  determines  that  any  such  loan  or  advance  is in
28        jeopardy of  not  being  repaid,  or  that  the  proposed
29        development  for  which the such loan or advance was made
30        is in jeopardy of not being  constructed,  or  that  some
31        part of the net income or net earnings of the corporation
32        is  inuring  to  the  benefit  of any private individual,
33        firm, corporation, partnership, or association,  or  that
34        the corporation is in some manner controlled or under the
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 1        direction of or acting in the substantial interest of any
 2        private  individual,  firm,  corporation, partnership, or
 3        association seeking to derive benefit or  gain  therefrom
 4        or  seeking  to  eliminate  or  minimize  losses  in  any
 5        dealings or transactions therewith, or is in violation of
 6        rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by the Authority to
 7        appoint to the board of directors of the such corporation
 8        a  number  of  new  directors,  which  number  shall   be
 9        sufficient  to  constitute  a majority of the such board,
10        notwithstanding any other provisions of the such articles
11        of incorporation or of any other provisions of law; and
12             (6)  that each development of the  such  corporation
13        shall  be  operated  exclusively  for  the benefit of the
14        persons who are housed  in  the  such  development  which
15        shall  include  families  or  persons  of low or moderate
16        income as  required  by  this  Act,  and  that  the  such
17        development  shall reserve for families or persons of low
18        or moderate income the number and types of dwelling units
19        required by applicable federal or State law.
20        The requirements contained in paragraphs (2),  (3),  (5),
21    and  (6)  are  not mandatory in the case of loans made solely
22    from the Authority's administrative fund.
23        (n)  "State" means the State of Illinois.
24        (o)  "Community facilities" means  the  land,  buildings,
25    improvements  and equipment for land development, for health,
26    welfare, recreational,  social,  educational  and  commercial
27    activities, and for public, common or municipal services.
28        (p)  "Sinking  fund  payment"  means  the amount of money
29    specified in the resolution or resolutions  authorizing  term
30    bonds  as  payable  into  a  sinking fund during a particular
31    period for the retirement of term  bonds  at  maturity  after
32    that such period, but shall not include any amount payable by
33    reason only of the maturity of a bond.
34        (q)  "Housing   related   commercial   facilities"  means
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 1    commercial facilities which are or are to  be  related  to  a
 2    development.    Commercial   facilities   are  related  to  a
 3    development  if  they  are,  in  the  sole  judgment  of  the
 4    Authority, located in the same area as  the  development  and
 5    (i)  necessary  or desirable in order to provide services for
 6    residents of that area in which the development  is  located;
 7    or   (ii)  a  portion  of  the  revenues  of  the  commercial
 8    facilities are to be used to provide funds for  paying  costs
 9    of   construction,  acquisition,  rehabilitation,  operation,
10    maintenance of, or payment of debt service on the development
11    or  (iii)  necessary  or  desirable  in  order  to  make  the
12    development  successful,   such   as,   without   limitation,
13    eliminating   or  preventing  slum  or  blighted  conditions,
14    preserving historic structures or  ensuring  that  facilities
15    are  not  inconsistent with the development.  For purposes of
16    this  Section,   "commercial   facilities"   includes   land,
17    buildings,   improvements,   equipment,   and  all  ancillary
18    facilities for use for  offices,  stores,  retirement  homes,
19    hotels,   financial   institutions,   service   health  care,
20    education, recreation  or  research  establishments,  or  any
21    other commercial purpose.
22        (r)  "Rate   protection  contract"  means  interest  rate
23    exchange agreements; currency  exchange  agreements;  forward
24    payment   conversion   agreements;  contracts  providing  for
25    payment or receipt of funds based on levels  of,  or  changes
26    in,  interest rates, currency exchange rates, stock, or other
27    indices; contracts to exchange cash  flows  or  a  series  of
28    payments;  contracts,  including without limitation, interest
29    rate  caps;  interest  rate  floors;  interest  rate   locks;
30    interest   rate   collars;   rate  of  return  guarantees  or
31    assurances, to manage  payment,  currency,  rate,  spread  or
32    similar  exposure; the obligation, right, or option to issue,
33    put, lend, sell, grant a security interest in,  buy,  borrow,
34    or  otherwise  acquire,  a  bond,  note  or other security or
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 1    interest therein as an investment, as collateral, as a hedge,
 2    or otherwise as a source or assurance of payment to or by the
 3    Authority  or  as  a  reduction  of  the  Authority's  or  an
 4    obligor's risk exposure;  repurchase  agreements;  securities
 5    lending  agreements;  and  other  agreements  or arrangements
 6    similar to the foregoing.
 7        (s)  "Affordable Housing  Program  Trust  Fund  Bonds  or
 8    Notes"  means bonds or notes issued by the Authority pursuant
 9    to the provisions of this Act for the purposes  of  providing
10    affordable  housing  to  low  and  very low income persons as
11    provided in the Illinois Affordable Housing Act  through  the
12    use  or  pledge,  in  whole  or in part, of Trust Fund Moneys
13    dedicated or otherwise made available to the Authority.
14        (t)  "Trust Fund Moneys" has the meaning  given  to  that
15    term in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-250; 88-93.)
17        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.

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