Full Text of SB1562 100th General Assembly
SB1562sam003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Bill Cunningham Filed: 3/22/2017
| | 10000SB1562sam003 | | LRB100 07935 KTG 24064 a |
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1562
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1562, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Abandoned Housing Rehabilitation Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
| 7 | | (310 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 852)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | (a) "Property" means any residential real estate which has | 10 | | been continuously unoccupied by
persons legally in possession | 11 | | for the preceding 1 year.
| 12 | | (b) "Nuisance" means any property which because of its | 13 | | physical
condition or use is a public nuisance, or any property
| 14 | | which constitutes a blight on the surrounding area, or any | 15 | | property which
is not fit for human habitation under the | 16 | | applicable fire, building and
housing codes.
"Nuisance" also |
| | | 10000SB1562sam003 | - 2 - | LRB100 07935 KTG 24064 a |
|
| 1 | | means any property on which any illegal activity involving
| 2 | | controlled substances (as defined in the Illinois Controlled | 3 | | Substances Act), methamphetamine (as defined in the | 4 | | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act), or
| 5 | | cannabis (as defined in the Cannabis Control Act) takes place | 6 | | or any property
on which any streetgang-related activity (as | 7 | | defined in the Illinois Streetgang
Terrorism Omnibus | 8 | | Prevention Act) takes place.
| 9 | | (c) "Organization" means any Illinois corporation, agency, | 10 | | partnership,
association, firm or other entity consisting of 2 | 11 | | or more persons organized
and conducted on a not-for-profit | 12 | | basis with no personal profit inuring to
anyone as a result of | 13 | | its operation which
has among its purposes the improvement of | 14 | | housing.
| 15 | | (d) "Parties in interest" means any owner or owners of | 16 | | record, judgment
creditor,
tax purchaser , the applicable unit | 17 | | of local government where the property is located, or other | 18 | | party having any legal or equitable title or
interest in the | 19 | | property.
| 20 | | (e) "Last known address" includes
the address where the | 21 | | property
is located, or the address as listed in the tax | 22 | | records or as listed
pursuant to any owner's registration
| 23 | | ordinance duly adopted by a home rule unit of government.
| 24 | | (f) "Low or moderate income housing" means housing for | 25 | | persons and families
with low or moderate incomes, provided | 26 | | that the income limits for such
persons and families shall be |
| | | 10000SB1562sam003 | - 3 - | LRB100 07935 KTG 24064 a |
|
| 1 | | the same as those established by rule by the
Illinois Housing | 2 | | Development Authority in accordance with
subsection (g) of | 3 | | Section 2 of the Illinois Housing Development Act, as
amended.
| 4 | | (g) "Rehabilitation" means the process of improving the | 5 | | property,
including , but not limited to , ensuring that the | 6 | | proposed improvements conform with a local government's | 7 | | comprehensive plan or other planning policies and bringing | 8 | | property into compliance with
the applicable unit of local | 9 | | government's fire, housing , licensing, zoning, and building | 10 | | codes.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)".
|
|