Sen. Bill Cunningham

Filed: 3/8/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1562

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1562 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Abandoned Housing Rehabilitation Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 852)
7    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    (a) "Property" means any residential real estate which has
9been continuously unoccupied by persons legally in possession
10for the preceding 1 year.
11    (b) "Nuisance" means any property which because of its
12physical condition or use is a public nuisance, or any property
13which constitutes a blight on the surrounding area, or any
14property which is not fit for human habitation under the
15applicable fire, building and housing codes. "Nuisance" also
16means any property on which any illegal activity involving

 

 

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1controlled substances (as defined in the Illinois Controlled
2Substances Act), methamphetamine (as defined in the
3Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act), or
4cannabis (as defined in the Cannabis Control Act) takes place
5or any property on which any streetgang-related activity (as
6defined in the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus
7Prevention Act) takes place.
8    (c) "Organization" means any Illinois corporation, agency,
9partnership, association, firm or other entity consisting of 2
10or more persons organized and conducted on a not-for-profit
11basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of
12its operation which has among its purposes the improvement of
13housing.
14    (d) "Parties in interest" means any owner or owners of
15record, judgment creditor, tax purchaser, the applicable unit
16of local government where the property is located, or other
17party having any legal or equitable title or interest in the
18property.
19    (e) "Last known address" includes the address where the
20property is located, or the address as listed in the tax
21records or as listed pursuant to any owner's registration
22ordinance duly adopted by a home rule unit of government.
23    (f) "Low or moderate income housing" means housing for
24persons and families with low or moderate incomes, provided
25that the income limits for such persons and families shall be
26the same as those established by rule by the Illinois Housing

 

 

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1Development Authority in accordance with subsection (g) of
2Section 2 of the Illinois Housing Development Act, as amended.
3    (g) "Rehabilitation" means the process of improving the
4property, including, but not limited to, bringing property into
5compliance with the applicable unit of local government's fire,
6housing, licensing, zoning, and building codes.
7(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)".