Full Text of HB4439 93rd General Assembly
HB4439ham001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
Filed: 3/23/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4439
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4439 on page 3,
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| after line 35, by inserting the following: | 4 |
| " (I-5) Housing authority. "Housing authority" means either | 5 |
| a housing authority created under the Housing Authorities Act | 6 |
| or other government agency that is authorized by the United | 7 |
| States government under the United States Housing Act of 1937 | 8 |
| to administer a housing choice voucher program, or the | 9 |
| authorized agent of such a housing authority that is authorized | 10 |
| to act upon that authority's behalf. "; and
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| on page 6, after line 4, by inserting the following: | 12 |
| " Nothing in this Section 3-102 or in any municipal or | 13 |
| county ordinance described in Section 7-108 of this Act shall | 14 |
| require a housing authority, its designated property manager, | 15 |
| or any other housing authority agents or assigns of any housing | 16 |
| development project in which 25% or more of the units are owned | 17 |
| by a housing authority or subject to a leasing agreement, | 18 |
| regulatory and operating agreement, or other similar | 19 |
| instrument with a housing authority to lease or rent another | 20 |
| unit of that same housing development project to an existing or | 21 |
| prospective tenant who is receiving subsidies, payment | 22 |
| assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection | 23 |
| with the federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section | 24 |
| 8) program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part or all of the | 25 |
| rent for the unit. |
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| Nothing in this Section 3-102, except with respect to | 2 |
| written statements prohibited by subdivision (F) of this | 3 |
| Section, shall require or prevent any person whose property is | 4 |
| located in a municipality with fewer than 1,000,000 | 5 |
| inhabitants, and is in a concentrated census tract where 3% of | 6 |
| the total housing stock in that census tract is occupied by | 7 |
| tenants relying on subsidies, payment assistance, | 8 |
| contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the | 9 |
| federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 8) | 10 |
| program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part of the rent for | 11 |
| the unit to lease or rent a unit to a prospective tenant who is | 12 |
| relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or | 13 |
| voucher for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit.
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| The housing authority shall determine which census tracts | 15 |
| within its service area meet the concentrated census tract | 16 |
| exemption requirements and annually deliver that information | 17 |
| to the municipalities within its jurisdiction. | 18 |
| Nothing in this Section 3-102 prevents an owner or agent | 19 |
| from taking into consideration factors other than lawful source | 20 |
| of income such as credit history, criminal history, or | 21 |
| references. ".
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