SB0220eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0220 Engrossed LRB095 09711 HLH 29915 b

AN ACT concerning school costs.

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

Section 5. The Local Planning Technical Assistance Act is amended by adding Section 46 and by changing Sections 25 and 30 as follows:

(20 ILCS 662/25)

Sec. 25. Use of technical assistance grants.

(a) Technical assistance grants may be used to write or revise a local comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan funded under Section 15 of this Act must address, but is not limited to addressing, each of the following elements:

(1) Issues and opportunities. The purpose of this element is to state the vision of the community, identify the major trends and forces affecting the local government and its citizens, set goals and standards, and serve as a series of guiding principles and priorities to implement the vision.

(2) Land use and natural resources. The purpose of this element is to translate the vision statement into physical terms; provide a general pattern for the location, distribution, and characteristics of future land uses over a 20-year period; and serve as the element of the comprehensive plan upon which all other elements are based. The land use element must be in text and map form. It must include supporting studies on population, the local economy, natural resources, and an inventory of existing land uses.

(3) Transportation. The purpose of this element is to consider all relevant modes of transportation, including mass transit, air, water, rail, automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian modes of transportation; accommodate special needs; establish the framework for the acquisition, preservation, and protection of existing and future rights-of-way; and incorporate transportation performance measures.

(4) Community facilities (schools, parks, police, fire, and water and sewer). The purpose of this element is to provide community facilities; establish levels of service; ensure that facilities are provided as needed; and coordinate with other units of local government that provide the needed facilities.

(5) Telecommunications infrastructure. The purpose of this element is to coordinate telecommunications initiatives; assess short-term and long-term needs, especially regarding economic development; determine the existing telecommunications services of telecommunications providers; encourage investment in the most advanced technologies; and establish a framework for providing reasonable access to public rights-of-way.

(6) Housing. The purpose of this element is to document the present and future needs for housing within the jurisdiction of the local government, including affordable housing and special needs housing; take into account the housing needs of a larger region; identify barriers to the production of housing, including affordable housing; access the condition of the local housing stock; and develop strategies, programs, and other actions to address the needs for a range of housing options.

(7) Economic development. The purpose of this element is to coordinate local economic development initiatives with those of the State; ensure that adequate economic development opportunities are available; identify the strategic competitive advantages of the community and the surrounding region; identify and enhance local tourism opportunities; assess the community's strengths and weaknesses with respect to attracting and retaining business and industry; and define the municipality's and county's role.

(8) Natural resources. The purpose of this element is to identify and define the natural resources in the community with respect to water, land, flora, and fauna; identify the land and water areas in relation to these resources; assess the relative importance of these areas to the needs of the resources; and identify mitigation efforts that are needed to protect these resources.

(9) Public participation. This element must include a process for engaging the community in outreach; the development of a sense of community; a consensus building process; and a public education strategy.

(10) Comprehensive plans may also include the following: natural hazards; agriculture and forest preservation; human services; community design; historic preservation; and the adoption of subplans, as needed. The decision on whether to include these elements in the comprehensive plan shall be based on the needs of the particular unit of local government.

(b) The purpose of this Section is to provide guidance on the elements of a comprehensive plan but not to mandate content.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)

(20 ILCS 662/30)

Sec. 30. Consistency of land use regulations and actions with comprehensive plans.

(a) If a municipality or county is receiving assistance to write or revise a comprehensive plan, for 5 years after the effective date of the plan, land development regulations, including amendments to a zoning map, and any land use actions should be consistent with the new or revised comprehensive plan. "Land use actions" include preliminary or final approval of a subdivision plat, approval of a planned unit development, approval of a conditional use, granting a variance, or a decision by a unit of local government to construct a capital improvement, acquire land for community facilities, or both.

(b) Municipalities and counties that have adopted official comprehensive plans in accordance with Division 12 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section 5-14001 of the Counties Code or have adopted housing plans in accordance with the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, may be eligible for additional preferences in State economic development programs, State transportation programs, State education programs, State planning programs, State natural resources programs, and State agriculture programs.

(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)

(20 ILCS 662/46 new)

Sec. 46. Affordable housing school cost reimbursement.

(a) As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:

"Affordable multifamily housing" means the preservation or creation of any homes (condominiums, apartments, townhomes, etc.) serving non-age-restricted households, as part of a plan under this Act, in structures that are not detached single-family units and that are affordable to families whose annual income is less than 80 percent of the areawide median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Affordability shall be assured for a period of not less than 30 years.

"Governor's Housing Plan" means "Building for Success: The Governor's Housing Plan" created as a result of Executive Order #2003-18.

(b) For each school year, commencing with the 2006-2007 school year, the State shall pay to each school district an affordable multifamily housing school cost reimbursement. This reimbursement must be calculated separately for each school district in an amount equal to $1,123 for each affordable multifamily housing unit located within the district that has at least 2 bedrooms, plus $562 per unit for each bedroom in the unit in addition to the first 2 bedrooms. No school district may receive a reimbursement under this Section for affordable multifamily housing unless the Illinois Housing Development Authority first certifies that the housing advances the preservation or live-near-work goals of the Governor's Housing Plan.

(c) All reimbursements under this Section are subject to appropriation. If appropriations are insufficient, then reimbursement must be prorated.