HB4721 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4721

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

310 ILCS 105/30

Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. In a provision requiring the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force to submit a report to the General Assembly, changes the deadline date for the report from September 30, 2023 to December 31, 2024. Changes the repeal date of the provision creating the Task Force from September 30, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning housing.

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

Section 5. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

(310 ILCS 105/30)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on September 30, 2024)

Sec. 30. Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force.

(a) The Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members:

(1) One member appointed by the President of the Senate.

(2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(5) One member appointed by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

(6) One member representing the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund, appointed by the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund.

(7) One member representing a local administering agency from Cook County (excluding Chicago), DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, or McHenry County, appointed by the Governor.

(8) One member, appointed by the Governor, representing a local administering agency from a small metropolitan area from one of the following areas: Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County, Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, or St. Clair County.

(9) One member representing a local administering agency from a rural area, appointed by the Governor; as used in this paragraph, "rural area" means an area of the State that is not specifically named in paragraph (7) or (8).

(10) Three members from an organization representing Illinois county clerks and recorders, appointed by the Governor, as follows:

(A) one member from Cook County (excluding Chicago), DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, or McHenry County;

(B) one member from a small metropolitan area from one of the following areas: the cities of Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Moline, Pekin, or Rantoul or Madison County or St. Clair County; and

(C) one member from a rural area, appointed by the Governor; as used in this subparagraph, "rural area" means an area of the State that is not specifically named in subparagraph (A) or (B).

(11) Up to two members representing a Section 501(c)(3) affordable housing advocacy organization, appointed by the Governor.

(12) One additional member appointed by the Governor.

Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. If any members are not appointed within the 30-day period, the entity or person responsible for making the appointment shall be deemed to have forfeited the right to make such appointment.

(b) Once appointed, the members shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson by a simple majority vote.

If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according to the initial appointment.

At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals may participate as nonvoting members in the meetings of the Task Force.

Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force.

(c) Once all members have been appointed, the Task Force shall meet not less than 3 times to carry out the duties prescribed in this Section. Members of the Task Force may attend such meetings virtually.

(d) A report delineating the Task Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024 September 30, 2023.

(e) The members of the Task Force are exempt from requirements of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, or any other applicable law or regulation that would require Task Force members to complete trainings, disclosures, or other filings since the Task Force is of limited duration and is charged only with delivering a non-binding report.

(f) The Task Force shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State. The Task Force shall also work with the Illinois Housing Development Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census.

(g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2025 September 30, 2024.

(Source: P.A. 102-1135, eff. 7-1-23.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.