HB5672 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5672

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3805/7.32 new
30 ILCS 105/5.886 new

Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to establish a Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Program to award grants to property owners of any real or existing property to develop or offer transitional housing to families and individuals who are homeless. Provides that the grants shall be funded through appropriations from the Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Fund, created as a special fund in the State treasury. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement and operate the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Fund.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended by adding Section 7.32 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3805/7.32 new)

Sec. 7.32. Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Program.

(a) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall establish a Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Program to award grants to property owners of any real or existing property to develop or offer transitional housing to families and individuals who are homeless. The grants shall be funded through appropriations from the Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Fund created under subsection (b). The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall adopt any rules necessary to implement and operate the program.

(b) The Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the Illinois Housing Development Authority and expended for the Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Program under subsection (a) and for no other purpose. All interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.

Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.886 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.886 new)

Sec. 5.886. The Transitional Housing for the Homeless Grant Fund.