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 1        AN ACT in relation to housing.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Housing Authorities  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 8.22 as follows:

 6        (310 ILCS 10/8.22)
 7        Sec. 8.22.  Determination of income.
 8        (a)  Exclusions from income. In determining the income of
 9    a  tenant  for  the  purpose of determining rent, the Housing
10    Authority  shall  exclude  the  following  as   provided   in
11    subsection (b):
12             (i)  The amount of any income received by the tenant
13        as   a  result  of  anti-drug,  anti-crime,  and  related
14        security initiatives conducted by the Housing  Authority.
15        Any  activities or income excluded under this subdivision
16        (i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority.
17             (ii)  Any income earned by a tenant during the first
18        12 18 consecutive months of employment,  which  follow  a
19        period of unemployment of 12 6 or more consecutive months
20        if:
21                  (A)  a  period  of  unemployment  of 12 or more
22             consecutive months or the income received within the
23             12 months prior to employment is less than 10  hours
24             of work per week at the established minimum wage; or
25                  (B)  the  income  earned during those 12 months
26             is  received   as   a   result   of   the   tenant's
27             participation  in  any  economic self-sufficiency or
28             other job training program; or
29                  (C)  the income earned during those  12  months
30             is  earned  by  a  tenant  due  to new employment or
31             increased earnings, during or within 6 months  after
 
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 1             receiving  assistance  under  a  state  program  for
 2             temporary assistance for needy families funded under
 3             Part  A  of  Title IV of the Social Security Act (42
 4             U.S.C. 601 and following), provided that  the  total
 5             amount  of  earned  income  received  by  the tenant
 6             within the previous 6 months was at least $500.
 7        (b)  Procedure for excluding income.
 8             (i)  Initial 12-month exclusion.  Beginning  on  the
 9        first  date  the tenant is employed or the first date the
10        tenant's family experiences an increase in annual  income
11        as  determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this Section,
12        the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual
13        income for each month in which the increase is  received,
14        but not for more than 12 months.
15             (ii)  Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out. After
16        the initial 12-month exclusion period  under  subdivision
17        (b)(i)  of  this  Section,  the  Housing  Authority  must
18        exclude,  for  each month in which the increase in income
19        is received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of  the
20        increase in the annual income that is received due to the
21        tenant's  employment  or the tenant's family experiencing
22        an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).
23             (iii) Maximum 48-month period  for  exclusions.  The
24        exclusion  of increases in income of an individual family
25        member as provided in subdivision (b)(i)  or  (b)(ii)  of
26        this  Section  is  limited to a lifetime 48-month period.
27        The exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for  the
28        exclusion  under  subdivision  (b)(i) and a maximum of 12
29        months  for  the  exclusion  under  subdivision  (b)(ii),
30        during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of
31        the initial exclusion period  under  subdivision  (b)(i),
32        which   immediately   follows   12   or  more  months  of
33        unemployment.
34        (c) Inapplicability of  income  exclusions  to  admission
 
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 1    process.  The exclusion of increases in income as a result of
 2    employment under this Section for the purpose of  determining
 3    rent  does  not apply for purposes of determining eligibility
 4    for admission to the  program  (including  determinations  of
 5    income eligibility and income targeting).
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-220; 89-322, eff. 1-1-96.)

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