Full Text of SB0414 96th General Assembly
SB0414ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/19/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 414
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 414, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the H+T | 6 |
| Affordability Index Act.
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| Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | 8 |
| declares all of the following: | 9 |
| (1) Affordability is an important factor for establishing | 10 |
| and implementing infrastructure investment policies because it | 11 |
| helps ensure that all individuals in the State have an | 12 |
| opportunity for a high quality of life at a reasonable cost. | 13 |
| (2) Traditional definitions of affordability include | 14 |
| housing costs but not transportation costs, which are the | 15 |
| second largest and fastest growing expenditure in a household | 16 |
| budget. |
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| (3) It is beneficial to use definitions, indexes, and | 2 |
| policies that link housing and transportation costs to assist | 3 |
| in establishing investment plans for housing, transportation, | 4 |
| infrastructure, and economic development that more effectively | 5 |
| address the significant costs of living in Metropolitan | 6 |
| Planning Organization areas. | 7 |
| (4) The H+T Affordability Index is a tool that was designed | 8 |
| to calculate the transportation costs associated with a home's | 9 |
| location and to combine that cost with the cost of housing to | 10 |
| calculate affordability as a percentage of overall household | 11 |
| income. | 12 |
| (5) An analysis of housing and transportation costs in 54 | 13 |
| metro areas nationally demonstrates that reducing the combined | 14 |
| cost of housing and transportation to 48% or less of income | 15 |
| represents a desirable and achievable goal; the H+T | 16 |
| Affordability Index has adopted 48% as the ratio of income to | 17 |
| housing and transportation costs. | 18 |
| (6) The analysis also reveals that affordability is | 19 |
| enhanced by locating residential units that have been | 20 |
| thoughtfully planned to lessen sprawl in mixed-use, | 21 |
| transit-rich communities near shopping, schools, and work, and | 22 |
| that residents of communities with low transportation costs | 23 |
| benefit from using transit for the mobility required to | 24 |
| undertake activities associated with daily life; residents of | 25 |
| these types of communities own fewer cars and drive them | 26 |
| shorter distances, thereby reducing environmental impacts and |
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| lowering their cost of living. | 2 |
| (7) A housing and transportation affordability standard, | 3 |
| such as that recommended by the H+T Affordability Index, is an | 4 |
| important consideration in the development of State plans and | 5 |
| investments in housing, transportation, economic development, | 6 |
| and other public facilities and infrastructure.
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| Section 10. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
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| "Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan" means the plan created | 9 |
| by the Comprehensive Housing Planning Act (Public Act 94-965, | 10 |
| effective June 30, 2006).
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| "Context Sensitive Solution Process" means the process by | 12 |
| which IDOT develops the scope of transportation projects, in | 13 |
| accordance with Public Act 93-545, effective January 1, 2004.
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| "CDB" means the Illinois Capital Development Board, which | 15 |
| is responsible for overseeing the design, construction, | 16 |
| repair, and renovation for State-funded, public buildings, | 17 |
| including, but not limited to, schools, colleges, museums, and
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| State recreation areas.
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| "DCEO" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | 20 |
| Opportunity, which is responsible for improving Illinois' | 21 |
| competitiveness in the global economy by administering | 22 |
| economic and workforce development programs.
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| "HUD/DOT Sustainability Initiative" means an initiative | 24 |
| undertaken by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban | 25 |
| Development ("HUD") and Transportation ("DOT") in partnership |
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| to help American families gain better access to affordable | 2 |
| housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation | 3 |
| costs.
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| "H+T Affordability Index" means the Housing and | 5 |
| Transportation Affordability Index, a tool that maps the | 6 |
| combined costs of housing and transportation for neighborhoods | 7 |
| within a metropolitan area.
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| "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation, | 9 |
| which is responsible for statewide planning of transportation | 10 |
| and transit development.
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| "IFA" means the Illinois Finance Authority, which is | 12 |
| responsible for issuing taxable and tax-exempt bonds, making | 13 |
| loans, and investing capital in initiatives that stimulate the
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| economy and create jobs.
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| "IHDA" means the Illinois Housing Development Authority, | 16 |
| which is responsible for financing affordable housing | 17 |
| development.
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| "Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation" or | 19 |
| "ICCT" means the committee created by Public Act 93-185, | 20 |
| effective July 11, 2003, to encourage the coordination of | 21 |
| public and private transportation services, with priority | 22 |
| given toward services directed toward those populations who are | 23 |
| not currently served or are underserved by existing public | 24 |
| transportation. | 25 |
| "Metropolitan Planning Organization" refers to a regional | 26 |
| policy body, required by the federal government in urbanized |
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| areas with populations over 50,000 and designated by local | 2 |
| officials and the Governor of the State to carry out the | 3 |
| metropolitan transportation planning requirements of federal | 4 |
| highway and transit legislation.
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| "Task Force" means the Task Force codified by the | 6 |
| Comprehensive Housing Planning Act (Public Act 94-965, | 7 |
| effective June 30, 2006), which is responsible for statewide | 8 |
| planning of affordable housing and creating Illinois' Annual | 9 |
| Comprehensive Housing Plan in cooperation with multiple | 10 |
| agencies, including IDOT, IHDA, and DCEO.
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| Section 15. Funding for non-Metropolitan Planning | 12 |
| Organization areas. Nothing in this Act shall reduce or divert | 13 |
| funds away from areas not located in a Metropolitan Planning | 14 |
| Organization area. | 15 |
| Section 20. Adoption of the H+T Affordability Index; | 16 |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization areas. The H+T | 17 |
| Affordability Index or substantially equivalent affordability | 18 |
| measure, where available, shall be adopted by DCEO, IDOT and | 19 |
| IHDA as (1) a tool for the development of plans in Metropolitan | 20 |
| Planning Organization areas and (2) a consideration for the | 21 |
| allocation of funding for public transportation, economic | 22 |
| development, and housing projects in Metropolitan Planning | 23 |
| Organization areas; the distribution of economic incentives to | 24 |
| businesses in Metropolitan Planning Organization areas; and |
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| the siting of public facilities in Metropolitan Planning | 2 |
| Organization areas, where appropriate. | 3 |
| Section 25. Adoption of H+T Affordability Index; agencies. | 4 |
| (a) The Task Force, in cooperation with the Interagency | 5 |
| Coordinating Committee on Transportation, shall consider the | 6 |
| H+T Affordability Index, results of the HUD/DOT Sustainability | 7 |
| Initiative, and the Context Sensitive Solution Process, along | 8 |
| with other applicable affordability measures, to create an | 9 |
| affordability definition and policy that incorporates housing | 10 |
| and transportation costs for Metropolitan Planning | 11 |
| Organization areas, where appropriate, and shall include both | 12 |
| in the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for Metropolitan | 13 |
| Planning Organization Areas. | 14 |
| (b) DCEO, IDOT, and IHDA may use the H+T Affordability | 15 |
| Index and other applicable affordability measures to ensure | 16 |
| consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 17 |
| transportation in screening and prioritizing investments in | 18 |
| public transportation, housing, and economic development | 19 |
| projects in Metropolitan Planning Organization areas, where | 20 |
| appropriate.
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| (c) CDB shall recommend the H+T Affordability Index to | 22 |
| ensure consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 23 |
| transportation when new public facilities are sited in | 24 |
| Metropolitan Planning Organization areas.
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| (d) IDOT shall use its Context Sensitive Solution Process |
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| for all transportation expansion projects within Metropolitan | 2 |
| Planning Organization areas and, where possible, shall work | 3 |
| with communities to enhance or provide opportunities for | 4 |
| transportation alternatives to personal automobiles where | 5 |
| mixed-use communities thoughtfully planned to lessen sprawl | 6 |
| exist or are appropriate.
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| (e) IFA shall recommend the H+T Affordability Index to | 8 |
| ensure consideration of the combined costs of housing and | 9 |
| transportation in siting new buildings in Metropolitan | 10 |
| Planning Organization areas.".
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