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(20 ILCS 4126/) Community Land Trust Task Force Act.

20 ILCS 4126/1

    (20 ILCS 4126/1)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Community Land Trust Task Force Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)

20 ILCS 4126/5

    (20 ILCS 4126/5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds:
        (1) Homeownership is the principal way families build
    
wealth, yet homeownership is most inaccessible to communities of color in Illinois, who are 1.6 times less likely than white people to be homeowners.
        (2) The property tax sale system contributes to the
    
racial wealth gap in homeownership by transferring home equity from communities of color to investors, threatening community stability, and increasing housing costs.
        (3) Homeownership serves as a critical tool to close
    
the racial wealth gap by enabling historically excluded families to build generational wealth.
        (4) Community land trusts curb displacement and
    
foster generational wealth by creating opportunities for permanently affordable homeownership using a onetime subsidy.
        (5) Community land trusts preserve naturally
    
occurring affordable housing by closing the affordability gap so that low-income to moderate-income households can live in high-opportunity neighborhoods.
        (6) Community land trusts can be a powerful solution
    
for homeowners facing delinquent property taxes or other financial threats to continued homeownership that keeps residents in their homes and creates permanently affordable properties for future buyers.
        (7) Local community land trusts currently operate to
    
successfully preserve and create affordable housing in urban areas in Illinois, but there is need for centralized support and coordination for the establishment of local community land trusts across the State.
        (8) The State of Illinois commits to becoming a
    
national exemplar by supporting and encouraging the establishment of community land trusts across the State.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)

20 ILCS 4126/10

    (20 ILCS 4126/10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 10. Community Land Trust Task Force.
    (a) The Community Land Trust Task Force is created within the Illinois Housing Development Authority and shall consist of the following members:
        (1) The Governor, or his or her designee.
        (2) The Executive Director of the Illinois Housing
    
Development Authority, or his or her designee.
        (3) The Director of Revenue, or his or her designee.
        (4) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her
    
designee.
        (5) The Director of Commerce and Economic
    
Opportunity, or his or her designee.
        (6) One member representing the Governor's Office of
    
Management and Budget, appointed by the Governor.
        (7) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
President of the Senate.
        (8) One member of the Senate, appointed by the
    
Minority Leader of the Senate.
        (9) One member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
        (10) One member of the House of Representatives,
    
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
        (11) One representative from each of the 3
    
Illinois-based community land trusts that were established for the purpose of supporting affordable housing, appointed by the Governor.
        (12) One representative of a university located in
    
Illinois who has expertise on housing studies, appointed by the Governor.
        (13) One member representing a national laboratory
    
that provides technical support to advance affordable housing solutions, appointed by the Governor.
        (14) One member representing a statewide organization
    
that advocates for affordable housing in Illinois, appointed by the Governor.
        (15) One member from the nongovernmental sector,
    
appointed by the Governor.
    (b) All members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Task Force members shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of this Act. If a vacancy occurs in the membership, a replacement will be appointed by the co-chairs of the Task Force.
    (c) The following individuals shall serve as co-chairs of the Task Force: (i) the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, or his or her designee; (ii) the member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and (iii) the member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Additionally, the member from the nongovernmental sector shall serve as vice-chair of the Task Force.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)

20 ILCS 4126/15

    (20 ILCS 4126/15)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 15. Administrative support. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall provide administrative and technical support to the Task Force, shall be responsible for administering the Task Force's operations, and shall ensure that the duties of the Task Force are completed.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)

20 ILCS 4126/20

    (20 ILCS 4126/20)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 20. Meetings. The Task Force shall hold its initial meetings within 60 days after the effective date of this Act. The Task Force shall meet at least 6 times before July 1, 2025. Additional meetings may be called at the direction of the co-chairs.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23; 103-811, eff. 8-9-24.)

20 ILCS 4126/25

    (20 ILCS 4126/25)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 25. Duties. The Community Land Trust Task Force shall:
        (1) collect data regarding the current use of
    
community land trusts in Illinois and opportunities for expansion statewide, including the number of properties that could be acquired by a land trust through the property tax sale system;
        (2) study the use of community land trusts as a tool
    
to create permanently affordable housing, including as an alternative to property tax sales;
        (3) analyze centralized models that support the use
    
of community land trusts to create and maintain affordable housing used in other states and countries worldwide;
        (4) create a cost-benefit analysis describing any
    
savings to the State if a community land trust model was pursued, including when compared to current affordable rental housing programs and savings across other sectors;
        (5) outline financing and lending opportunities for
    
community land trusts to make homeownership attainable to historically marginalized communities;
        (6) examine the impact substantial investments in
    
community land trusts would have on closing the racial wealth gap in Illinois;
        (7) examine any different considerations in the use
    
of community land trusts in gentrifying and disinvested communities;
        (8) examine incentive packages to encourage current
    
property owners to sell their homes to a community land trust;
        (9) explore complementary uses of community land
    
trusts and housing cooperatives; and
        (10) prepare a final report making specific
    
recommendations of legislative and budgetary action that supports the mission of community land trusts to foster affordable housing and homeownership.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)

20 ILCS 4126/30

    (20 ILCS 4126/30)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 30. Report. The Task Force shall submit its final report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than December 31, 2025. The final report shall be made available on the Illinois Housing Development Authority's website for viewing by the general public.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23; 103-811, eff. 8-9-24.)

20 ILCS 4126/35

    (20 ILCS 4126/35)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 35. Dissolution; repeal. The Task Force is dissolved and this Act is repealed on December 31, 2025.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23; 103-811, eff. 8-9-24.)

20 ILCS 4126/99

    (20 ILCS 4126/99)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)