Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
Filed: 3/23/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4439 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4439 on page 3,

 
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after line 35, by inserting the following:
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    "(I-5) Housing authority. "Housing authority" means either 
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a housing authority created under the Housing Authorities Act 
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or other government agency that is authorized by the United 
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States government under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
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to administer a housing choice voucher program, or the 
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authorized agent of such a housing authority that is authorized 
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to act upon that authority's behalf."; and


 
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on page 6, after line 4, by inserting the following:
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    "Nothing in this Section 3-102 or in any municipal or 
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county ordinance  described in Section 7-108 of this Act shall 
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require a housing authority, its designated property manager, 
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or any other housing authority agents or assigns of any housing 
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development project in which 25% or more of the units are owned 
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by a housing authority or subject to a leasing agreement, 
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regulatory and operating agreement, or other similar 
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instrument with a housing authority to lease or rent another 
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unit of that same housing development project to an existing or 
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prospective tenant who is receiving subsidies, payment 
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assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection 
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with the federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 
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8) program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part or all of the 
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rent for the unit.
 


 






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    Nothing in this Section 3-102, except with respect to 
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written statements prohibited by subdivision (F) of this 
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Section, shall require or prevent any person whose property is 
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located  in a municipality with fewer than  1,000,000 
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inhabitants, and is in a concentrated census tract where 3% of 
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the total housing stock in that census tract is occupied by 
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tenants relying on subsidies, payment assistance, 
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contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the 
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federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 8) 
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program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part of the rent for 
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the unit to lease or rent a unit to a prospective tenant who is 
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relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or 
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voucher for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit.


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The housing authority shall determine which census tracts 
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within its service area meet the concentrated census tract 
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exemption requirements and annually deliver that information 
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to the municipalities within its jurisdiction.
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    Nothing in this Section 3-102 prevents an owner or agent 
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from taking into consideration factors other than lawful source 
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of income such as credit history, criminal history, or 
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references.".