HB1110ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

Filed: 3/10/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1110

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1110 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Housing Authorities Act is amended by changing Sections 8.21, 8.22, and 29 as follows:

(310 ILCS 10/8.21) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.21)

Sec. 8.21. In determining the income of tenants for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing Authority shall comply with all federal housing statutes and regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Exemptions to federal, State, or local requirements may be granted to a Housing Authority in the form of Waivers, Exclusions, Public Notices, Executive Orders, or Moving to Work Agreements approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(Source: P.A. 86-789; 87-200.)

(310 ILCS 10/8.22)

Sec. 8.22. Determination of income.

(a) Exclusions from income. In determining the income of a tenant for the purpose of determining rent, the Housing Authority shall exclude the following as provided in subsection (b):

(i) The amount of any income received by the tenant as a result of anti-drug, anti-crime, and related security initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority. Any activities or income excluded under this subdivision (i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority.

(ii) Any income earned by a tenant during the first 12 months of employment which follow a period of unemployment of 12 or more consecutive months if:

(A) a period of unemployment of 12 or more consecutive months or the income received within the 12 months prior to employment is less than 10 hours of work per week at the established minimum wage; or

(B) the income earned during those 12 months is received as a result of the tenant's participation in any economic self-sufficiency or other job training program; or

(C) the income earned during those 12 months is earned by a tenant due to new employment or increased earnings, during or within 6 months after receiving assistance under a State program for temporary assistance for needy families funded under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 and following), provided that the total amount of earned income received by the tenant within the previous 6 months was at least $500.

(b) Procedure for excluding income.

(i) Initial 12-month exclusion. Beginning on the first date the tenant is employed or the first date the tenant's family experiences an increase in annual income as determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section, the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual income for each month in which the increase is received, but not for more than 12 months.

(ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After the initial 12-month exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i) of this Section, the Housing Authority must exclude, for each month in which the increase in income is received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the increase in the annual income that is received due to the tenant's employment or the tenant's family experiencing an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).

(iii) Maximum 48-month period for exclusions. The exclusion of increases in income of an individual family member as provided in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of this Section is limited to a lifetime 48-month period. The exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a maximum of 12 months for the exclusion under subdivision (b)(ii), during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of the initial exclusion period under subdivision (b)(i), which immediately follows 12 or more months of unemployment.

(c) Inapplicability of income exclusions to admission process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of employment under this Section for the purpose of determining rent does not apply for purposes of determining eligibility for admission to the program (including determinations of income eligibility and income targeting).

(d) Inapplicability of income exclusions to the HOME Investment Partnership Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, the Supportive Housing Program, and the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The exclusion of increases in income as a result of employment as provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section is not applicable to the following programs: the HOME Investment Partnership Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, the Supportive Housing Program, and the Housing Choice Voucher Program, except for a tenant family member who is a person with disabilities as defined in 42 U.S.C. 423.

(Source: P.A. 93-242, eff. 7-22-03.)

(310 ILCS 10/29) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 27b)

Sec. 29. With respect to any housing project of a housing authority, the housing authority shall, after such project has become occupied, either in whole or in part, file with the proper assessing authority on or before April 1 of each year, a statement of the aggregate shelter rentals of each such project collected during the preceding calendar year; and, unless a different amount has been agreed upon between the housing authority and the city, village, incorporated town or county for which the housing authority was created, five (5) per cent of such aggregate shelter rentals shall be charged and collected as a service charge for the services and facilities to be furnished with respect to such project, in the manner provided by law for the assessment and collection of taxes, and the amount so collected shall be distributed to the several taxing bodies in such proportions that each taxing body will receive therefrom the same proportion as the tax rate of such taxing body bears to the total tax rate that would be levied against the project if it were not exempt from taxation. A city, village, incorporated town or county for which a housing authority has been created may agree with the housing authority, with respect to any housing projects, either separately or jointly or one or more of them, for the payment of a service charge in an amount greater or less than five (5) per cent of the aggregate annual shelter rentals of any project, upon the basis of shelter rentals or upon such other basis as may be agreed upon, but not exceeding the amount which would be payable in taxes thereon were the property not exempt, and, if such an agreement is made, the amount so agreed upon shall be collected and distributed in the manner above provided. If such project or projects have become occupied or if the land upon which such project or projects are to be constructed has been acquired, such agreement shall specify definitely the location of the project or projects for which the agreement is made. Shelter rental shall mean the total rentals of a housing project as such project is defined in Section 15-95 of the Property Tax Code, exclusive of any charge for utilities and special services, including, but not limited to, such as heat, water, electricity, gas, employment services, and technology training services and gas. The records of each housing project shall be open to inspection by the proper assessing officers.

(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

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