99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0272

 

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
310 ILCS 67/20

    Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning determinations of exempt local governments.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act
5is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 67/20)
7    Sec. 20. Determination of exempt local governments.
8    (a) Beginning October 1, 2004, the the Illinois Housing
9Development Authority shall determine which local governments
10are exempt and not exempt from the operation of this Act based
11on an identification of the total number of year-round housing
12units in the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau for
13each local government within the State and by an inventory of
14owner-occupied and rental affordable housing units, as defined
15in this Act, for each local government from the U.S. Census
16Bureau and other relevant sources.
17    (b) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall make
18this determination by:
19        (i) totaling the number of owner-occupied housing
20    units in each local government that are affordable to
21    households with a gross household income that is less than
22    80% of the median household income within the county or
23    primary metropolitan statistical area;

 

 

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1        (ii) totaling the number of rental units in each local
2    government that are affordable to households with a gross
3    household income that is less than 60% of the median
4    household income within the county or primary metropolitan
5    statistical area;
6        (iii) adding the number of owner-occupied and rental
7    units for each local government from items (i) and (ii);
8    and
9        (iv) dividing the sum of (iii) above by the total
10    number of year-round housing units in the local government
11    as contained in the latest U.S. Census Bureau and
12    multiplying the result by 100 to determine the percentage
13    of affordable housing units within the jurisdiction of the
14    local government.
15    (c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of the 98th General Assembly, the Illinois Housing Development
17Authority shall publish a list of exempt and non-exempt local
18governments and the data that it used to calculate its
19determination at least once every 5 years. The data shall be
20shown for each local government in the State and for the State
21as a whole. Upon publishing a list of exempt and non-exempt
22local governments, the Illinois Housing Development Authority
23shall notify a local government that it is not exempt from the
24operation of this Act and provide to it the data used to
25calculate its determination.
26    (d) A local government or developer of affordable housing

 

 

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1may appeal the determination of the Illinois Housing
2Development Authority as to whether the local government is
3exempt or non-exempt under this Act in connection with an
4appeal under Section 30 of this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 98-287, eff. 8-9-13.)