HB3314 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3314

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. David A. Welter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force Act. Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force (Task Force) to implement, monitor, and maintain an equitable allocation of Rental Housing Support Program funds across the State. Provides that the Task Force shall also develop more level funding allocations based on data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Contains provisions on the composition of the Task Force; the deadline for appointing members; Task Force vacancies; nonvoting members; and other matters. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than 6 times after the effective date of the Act. Requires the Task Force to submit a report to the General Assembly no later than March 31, 2022. Provides that the report must delineate the Task Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, on March 31, 2023. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning housing.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force Act.

Section 5. Purpose. The mission of the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force is to implement, monitor, and maintain an equitable allocation of Rental Housing Support Program funds across the State. Since the Program's funding is allocated based on data released by the United States Census Bureau, the recent 2020 decennial census will soon reallocate the Program's funding. Allocations made based upon the 2010 census resulted in a reported 40 counties not receiving any distributions from at least 2014 to 2016, including many of the most impoverished counties in the State. With funding also given to local administering agencies, which many of these counties do not have, multiple counties have reported losing funds they need to other parts of the State. It shall be the charge of the Task Force to develop more level funding allocations with the new census data.

Section 10. Task Force.

(a) The Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall consist of the following members:

(1) One member appointed by the President of the Senate.

(2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(5) One member appointed by the Governor.

(6) One member appointed by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

(7) One member from Cook County appointed by the Illinois Association of Housing Authorities.

(8) One member from central Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of Housing Authorities.

(9) One member from western Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of Housing Authorities.

(10) One member from southern Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of Housing Authorities.

(11) One member from northern Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of Housing Authorities.

(12) One member from Cook County appointed by the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

(13) One member from central Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

(14) One member from western Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

(15) One member from southern Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

(16) One member from northern Illinois appointed by the Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders.

(b) Once appointed, the members shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson by a simple majority vote.

(c) Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later than 30 days after the effective date of this Act.

(d) If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled according to the initial appointment.

(e) At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals may participate as nonvoting members in the meetings of the Task Force.

(f) Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force.

Section 15. Duties. The Task Force shall implement, monitor, and maintain an equitable allocation of Rental Housing Support Program funds across the State. The Task Force shall also develop more level funding allocations based on data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census.

Once all members have been appointed, the Task Force shall meet not less than 6 times after the effective date of this Act to carry out the duties prescribed in this Act. A report delineating the Task Force's findings, conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly no later than March 31, 2022. Thereafter, the Task Force shall make periodic recommendations on its own motion or at the urging of the General Assembly.

Section 20. Repeal. The Task Force is dissolved, and this Act is repealed, on March 31, 2023.

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