SB3586 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3586

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/3-107.1c

from Ch. 121, par. 3-107.1c

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation or any county may, as a part of the cost of construction, make a payment not to exceed the maximum funding permitted under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Program (rather than $22,500) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling acquired for a State highway or federal aid highway project actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such property.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 3-107.1c as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/3-107.1c) (from Ch. 121, par. 3-107.1c)

Sec. 3-107.1c. In addition to the amounts authorized to be paid in Sections 3-107.1, 3-107.1a, and 3-107.1b of this Code by the Department or any county, the Department or any county may, as a part of the cost of construction, make a payment not to exceed the maximum funding permitted under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. Chapter 61, Subchapter II) $22,500 to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling acquired for a State highway or federal aid highway project actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such property. Such payment shall include the following elements:

(A) The amount, if any, which, when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling determined in accordance with standards established by the Department to be a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to accommodate the displaced person, reasonably accessible to public services and places of employment and available on the private market.

(B) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest costs which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the Department or any county was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling.

(C) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.

The additional payment authorized by this Section, which shall not exceed the sum of the maximum funding permitted under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. Chapter 61, Subchapter II) $22,500, shall be made only to such a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling that meets the standards established by the Department to be decent, safe and sanitary, not later than the end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he receives from the Department or any county final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he moves from the dwelling acquired for the highway project, whichever is the later date.

Any displaced person not eligible to receive such payment, who is displaced from any dwelling which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than 90 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling, may be paid by the Department or any county, either (1) an amount necessary to enable such displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed 42 months, a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and reasonably accessible to his place of employment, but not to exceed the sum of $5,250, or (2) the amount necessary to enable such person to make a down payment (including incidental expenses described in part (C) of this Section) on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed the amount payable under (1) of this paragraph except that in the case of a homeowner who owned and occupied the displaced dwelling for at least 90 days, but not more than 180 days immediately prior to the initiating of negotiations, the down payment cannot exceed the amount payable under 3-107.1c for the persons who owned and occupied the property for 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations.

If comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available within the limitations of this Section, the Department or any county may make a payment in excess of the maximum payments authorized by this Section as required to provide such replacement housing.

(Source: P.A. 85-1407.)