093_HB0904 LRB093 05327 JAM 05417 b 1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Commerce and 2 Community Affairs. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Community 6 Affairs Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 7 amended by changing Section 605-115 as follows: 8 (20 ILCS 605/605-115) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.36) 9 Sec. 605-115. Transfer from State Housing Board and 10 Department of Business and Economic Development. In addition 11 to the duties and the powers imposed elsewhere in the Civil 12 Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department has the 13 following powers: 14 (1) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 15 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 16 Housing Authorities Act. 17 (2) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 18 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 19 Housing Cooperation Law. 20 (3) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 21 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 22 Housing Development and Construction Act. 23 (4) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 24 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 25 Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. 26 (5) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 27 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 28 Blighted Vacant Areas Development Act of 1949. 29 (6) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 30 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Urban 31 Community Conservation Act. -2- LRB093 05327 JAM 05417 b 1 (7) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 2 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Urban 3 Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961. 4 (8) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 5 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 6 Redevelopment Project Rehousing Act. 7 (9) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 8 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the State 9 Housing Act. 10 (10) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 11 vested by law in the State Housing Board under the 12 Illinois Housing Development Act. 13 (11) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 14 which had been vested by law in the Department of 15 Business and Economic Development under Sections 46.7 16 (renumbered; now Section 605-200 of this Law; 20 ILCS 17 605/605-200), 46.8 (repealed), 46.23 (repealed), and 47.1 18 (repealed) of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, 19 previous to August 29, 1969. 20 (12) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties 21 which have been vested by law in the State Housing Board 22 under Section 6b-3 of the State Finance Act. 23 The Department shall render assistance and advice to 24 and take action affecting local governments only upon request 25 of a local government, except as otherwise provided by the 26 powers and duties transferred to the Department by this 27 Section. 28 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)