Full Text of HB2304 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | 5 | | by adding Section 10-48 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 1305/10-48 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-48. Youth Training and Education in the Building | 8 | | Trades Program. | 9 | | (a) Subject to appropriations, the Department shall | 10 | | establish a Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades | 11 | | Program to award grants to community-based organizations for | 12 | | the purpose of establishing training programs for youth with an | 13 | | interest in the building trades. Under the training programs, | 14 | | each participating youth shall receive the following: | 15 | | (1) Formal training and education in the fundamentals | 16 | | and core competencies in the youth's chosen trade. Such | 17 | | training and education shall be provided by a trained and | 18 | | skilled tradesman or journeyman who is a member of a trade | 19 | | union and who is paid the general prevailing rate of hourly | 20 | | wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed. | 21 | | (2) Hands-on experience to further develop the youth's | 22 | | building trade skills by participating in community | 23 | | improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of |
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| 1 | | vacant and abandoned residential property in economically | 2 | | depressed areas of the State. | 3 | | Selected organizations shall also use the grant money to | 4 | | establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible | 5 | | youth with the capital and business management skills necessary | 6 | | to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors, | 7 | | subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as | 8 | | any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Eligibility | 9 | | under the entrepreneurship program shall be restricted to youth | 10 | | who reside in one of the economically depressed areas selected | 11 | | to receive community improvement projects in accordance with | 12 | | this subsection and who have obtained the requisite skill set | 13 | | for a particular building trade after successfully completing a | 14 | | training program established in accordance with this | 15 | | subsection. Grants provided under this Section may also be used | 16 | | to purchase the equipment and materials needed to rehabilitate | 17 | | any vacant and abandoned residential property that is eligible | 18 | | for acquisition as described in subsection (b). | 19 | | (b) Property eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation | 20 | | under the Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades | 21 | | Program. | 22 | | (1) A community-based organization that is selected to | 23 | | participate in the Young Training and Education in the | 24 | | Building Trades Program may enter into an agreement with a | 25 | | financial institution to rehabilitate abandoned | 26 | | residential property in foreclosure with the express |
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| 1 | | condition that, after the rehabilitation project is | 2 | | complete, the financial institution shall: | 3 | | (A) sell the residential property for no less than | 4 | | its fair market value; and | 5 | | (B) use any proceeds from the sale to (i) reimburse | 6 | | the community-based organization for all costs | 7 | | associated with rehabilitating the property and (ii) | 8 | | make satisfactory payment for any other claims against | 9 | | the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of the | 10 | | residential property shall be retained by the | 11 | | financial institution. | 12 | | (2)(A) A unit of local government may enact an | 13 | | ordinance that permits the acquisition and rehabilitation | 14 | | of abandoned residential property under the Young Training | 15 | | and Education in the Building Trades Program. Under the | 16 | | ordinance, any owner of residential property that has been | 17 | | abandoned for at least 3 years shall be notified that the | 18 | | abandoned property is subject to acquisition and | 19 | | rehabilitation under the Program and that if the owner does | 20 | | not respond to the notice within the time period prescribed | 21 | | by the unit of local government, the owner shall lose all | 22 | | right, title, and interest in the property. Such notice | 23 | | shall be given as follows: | 24 | | (i) by mailing a copy of the notice by certified | 25 | | mail to the owner's last known mailing address; | 26 | | (ii) by publication in a newspaper published in the |
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| 1 | | municipality or county where the property is located; | 2 | | and | 3 | | (iii) by recording the notice with the office of | 4 | | the recorder of the county in which the property is | 5 | | located. | 6 | | (B) If the owner responds to the notice within the time | 7 | | period prescribed by the unit of local government, the | 8 | | owner shall be given the option to either bring the | 9 | | property into compliance with all applicable fire, | 10 | | housing, and building codes within 6 months or enter into | 11 | | an agreement with a community-based organization under the | 12 | | Program to rehabilitate the residential property. If the | 13 | | owner chooses to enter into an agreement with a | 14 | | community-based organization to rehabilitate the | 15 | | residential property, such agreement shall be made with the | 16 | | express condition that, after the rehabilitation project | 17 | | is complete, the owner shall: | 18 | | (i) sell the residential property for no less than | 19 | | its fair market value; and | 20 | | (ii) use any proceeds from the sale to (a) | 21 | | reimburse the community-based organization for all | 22 | | costs associated with rehabilitating the property and | 23 | | (b) make satisfactory payment for any other claims | 24 | | against the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of | 25 | | the residential property shall be distributed as | 26 | | follows: |
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| 1 | | (I) 20% shall be distributed to the owner. | 2 | | (II) 80% shall be deposited into the Youth | 3 | | Training and Education in the Building Trades Fund | 4 | | created under subsection (e). | 5 | | (c) The Department shall select from each of the following | 6 | | geographical regions of the State a community-based | 7 | | organization with experience working with the building trades: | 8 | | (1) Central Illinois. | 9 | | (2) Northeastern Illinois. | 10 | | (3) Southern (Metro-East) Illinois. | 11 | | (d) The grants shall be funded through appropriations and | 12 | | any other moneys from the Youth Training and Education in the | 13 | | Building Trades Fund created under subsection (e). The | 14 | | Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the | 15 | | provisions of this Section. | 16 | | (e) The Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades | 17 | | Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The | 18 | | Fund shall consist of any moneys deposited into the Fund as | 19 | | provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) | 20 | | and any moneys appropriated to the Department of Human | 21 | | Services. Moneys in the Fund shall be expended for the Youth | 22 | | Training and Education in the Building Trades Program under | 23 | | subsection (a) and for no other purpose. All interest earned on | 24 | | moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
| 25 | | Section 10. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended |
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| 1 | | by adding Section 7.32 as follows: | 2 | | (20 ILCS 3805/7.32 new) | 3 | | Sec. 7.32. Training Youth in the Building Trades Program. | 4 | | (a) Subject to appropriations, the Illinois Housing | 5 | | Development Authority shall establish a Training Youth in the | 6 | | Building Trades Program to award grants to community-based | 7 | | organizations for the purpose of establishing training | 8 | | programs for youth with an interest in the building trades. | 9 | | Under the training programs, each participating youth shall | 10 | | receive the following: | 11 | | (1) Formal training and education in the fundamentals | 12 | | and core competencies in the youth's chosen trade. Such | 13 | | training and education shall be provided by a trained and | 14 | | skilled tradesman or journeyman who is a member of a trade | 15 | | union and who is paid the general prevailing rate of hourly | 16 | | wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed. | 17 | | (2) Hands-on experience to further develop the youth's | 18 | | building trade skills by participating in community | 19 | | improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of | 20 | | vacant and abandoned residential property in economically | 21 | | depressed areas of the State. | 22 | | Selected organizations shall also use the grant money to | 23 | | establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible | 24 | | youth with the capital and business management skills necessary | 25 | | to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors, |
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| 1 | | subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as | 2 | | any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Eligibility | 3 | | under the entrepreneurship program shall be restricted to youth | 4 | | who reside in one of the economically depressed areas selected | 5 | | to receive community improvement projects in accordance with | 6 | | this subsection and who have obtained the requisite skill set | 7 | | for a particular building trade after successfully completing a | 8 | | training program established in accordance with this | 9 | | subsection. Grants provided under this Section may also be used | 10 | | to purchase the equipment and materials needed to rehabilitate | 11 | | any vacant and abandoned residential property that is eligible | 12 | | for acquisition as described in subsection (b). | 13 | | (b) Property eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation | 14 | | under the Training Youth in the Building Trades Program. | 15 | | (1) A community-based organization that is selected to | 16 | | participate in the Training Youth in the Building Trades | 17 | | Program may enter into an agreement with a financial | 18 | | institution to rehabilitate abandoned residential property | 19 | | in foreclosure with the express condition that, after the | 20 | | rehabilitation project is complete, the financial | 21 | | institution shall: | 22 | | (A) sell the residential property for no less than | 23 | | its fair market value; and | 24 | | (B) use any proceeds from the sale to (i) reimburse | 25 | | the community-based organization for all costs | 26 | | associated with rehabilitating the property and (ii) |
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| 1 | | make satisfactory payment for any other claims against | 2 | | the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of the | 3 | | residential property shall be retained by the | 4 | | financial institution. | 5 | | (2)(A) A unit of local government may enact an | 6 | | ordinance that permits the acquisition and rehabilitation | 7 | | of abandoned residential property under the Training Youth | 8 | | in the Building Trades Program. Under the ordinance, any | 9 | | owner of residential property that has been abandoned for | 10 | | at least 3 years shall be notified that the abandoned | 11 | | property is subject to acquisition and rehabilitation | 12 | | under the Program and that if the owner does not respond to | 13 | | the notice within the time period prescribed by the unit of | 14 | | local government, the owner shall lose all right, title, | 15 | | and interest in the property. Such notice shall be given as | 16 | | follows: | 17 | | (i) by mailing a copy of the notice by certified | 18 | | mail to the owner's last known mailing address; | 19 | | (ii) by publication in a newspaper published in the | 20 | | municipality or county where the property is located; | 21 | | and | 22 | | (iii) by recording the notice with the office of | 23 | | the recorder of the county in which the property is | 24 | | located. | 25 | | (B) If the owner responds to the notice within the time | 26 | | period prescribed by the unit of local government, the |
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| 1 | | owner shall be given the option to either bring the | 2 | | property into compliance with all applicable fire, | 3 | | housing, and building codes within 6 months or enter into | 4 | | an agreement with a community-based organization under the | 5 | | Program to rehabilitate the residential property. If the | 6 | | owner chooses to enter into an agreement with a | 7 | | community-based organization to rehabilitate the | 8 | | residential property, such agreement shall be made with the | 9 | | express condition that, after the rehabilitation project | 10 | | is complete, the owner shall: | 11 | | (i) sell the residential property for no less than | 12 | | its fair market value; and | 13 | | (ii) use any proceeds from the sale to (a) | 14 | | reimburse the community-based organization for all | 15 | | costs associated with rehabilitating the property and | 16 | | (b) make satisfactory payment for any other claims | 17 | | against the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of | 18 | | the residential property shall be distributed as | 19 | | follows: | 20 | | (I) 20% shall be distributed to the owner. | 21 | | (II) 80% shall be deposited into the Training | 22 | | Youth in the Building Trades Fund created under | 23 | | subsection (e). | 24 | | (c) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall | 25 | | select from each of the following geographical regions of the | 26 | | State a community-based organization with experience working |
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| 1 | | with the building trades: | 2 | | (1) Central Illinois. | 3 | | (2) Northeastern Illinois. | 4 | | (3) Southern (Metro-East) Illinois. | 5 | | (d) The grants shall be funded through appropriations from | 6 | | the Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund created under | 7 | | subsection (e). The Illinois Housing Development Authority may | 8 | | adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this | 9 | | Section. | 10 | | (e) The Training Youth in the Buildings Trades Fund is | 11 | | created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall | 12 | | consist of any moneys deposited into the Fund as provided in | 13 | | subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and any | 14 | | moneys appropriated to the Department of Human Services. Moneys | 15 | | in the Fund shall be expended for the Training Youth in the | 16 | | Building Trades Program under subsection (a) and for no other | 17 | | purpose. All interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be | 18 | | deposited into the Fund. | 19 | | Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 20 | | Sections 5.891 and 5.892 as follows: | 21 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.891 new) | 22 | | Sec. 5.891. The Youth Training and Education in the | 23 | | Building Trades Fund. |
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| 1 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.892 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5.892. The Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund. | 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 4 | | 1, 2020. | | | | HB2304 Engrossed | - 12 - | LRB101 06225 KTG 51250 b |
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 20 ILCS 1305/10-48 new | | | 4 | | 20 ILCS 3805/7.32 new | | | 5 | | 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new | | | 6 | | 30 ILCS 105/5.892 new | |
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