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 1        AN ACT to amend the Housing Authorities Act  by  changing
 2    Section 3.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Housing Authorities  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 3 as follows:

 7        (310 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 3)
 8        Sec.  3.  The  governing  body  of  any  city, village or
 9    incorporated town having more than 25,000 inhabitants, or  of
10    any  county of this State, may, by resolution, determine that
11    there is need for a housing authority in the  city,  village,
12    incorporated  town  or county.  Upon adoption, the resolution
13    shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Department  together  with   a
14    statement  of  reasons or findings supporting the resolution.
15    The Department shall thereupon issue  a  certificate  to  the
16    presiding  officer of the city, village, incorporated town or
17    county for the creation of an authority if it shall find  (a)
18    that  unsanitary  or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations
19    exist in the city, village, incorporated town or county,  and
20    (b)  that  there  is  a  shortage  of  safe  or  sanitary and
21    affordable dwelling  accommodations  in  the  city,  village,
22    incorporated town or county available to persons who lack the
23    amount  of  income  which  is necessary (as determined by the
24    Department) to enable them without  financial  assistance  to
25    live  in  decent,  safe and sanitary and affordable dwellings
26    without  over-crowding.   In  determining  whether   dwelling
27    accommodations  are  unsafe  or unsanitary the Department may
28    take into consideration  the  degree  of  over-crowding,  the
29    percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access
30    available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations,
31    the   size   and  arrangement  of  the  rooms,  the  sanitary
 
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 1    facilities and the extent to which conditions  exist  in  the
 2    buildings  which  endanger  life or property by fire or other
 3    causes. In making its determination, the Department may  also
 4    consider  whether  or  not  the  needs  of  the applicant are
 5    currently being met by an  existing  housing  authority.  The
 6    Department  may  also  take into consideration whether or not
 7    the  creation  of  a  new  housing  authority  would  be   an
 8    unnecessary duplication of services.
 9        As  soon  as possible after the issuance of a certificate
10    by the Department the presiding officer of the city, village,
11    incorporated town or county shall appoint, with the  approval
12    of  the  governing  body  of  the unit of local government, 5
13    commissioners with initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5  years,
14    except as follows:
15             (i)  for  the  Housing Authority in any municipality
16        having over 500,000 inhabitants,  the  presiding  officer
17        shall  appoint  7  commissioners, with initial terms of 4
18        and 5 years for the 2 additional commissioners authorized
19        and appointed under this amendatory Act of 1982, and  the
20        presiding  officer  shall  designate  one commissioner as
21        Chairman of the Authority; and
22             (ii)  if a county has at least 80,000 but fewer than
23        90,000  inhabitants  according  to   the   1990   federal
24        decennial  census,  then  the  Housing  Authority  in any
25        municipality in  the  county  may  have  7  commissioners
26        appointed  by  the presiding officer of the municipality,
27        with initial terms of 4 and 5 years for the 2  additional
28        commissioners authorized and appointed in accordance with
29        this amendatory Act of 1993; and
30             (iii)  if  a  county  has at least 170,000 but fewer
31        than 500,000 inhabitants, according to the  1990  Federal
32        decennial census, then the county board may, with respect
33        to one or more commissioners, cede powers of appointment,
34        confirmation,  and  removal of those commissioners to one
 
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 1        or   more   municipalities   within   the    county    by
 2        intergovernmental agreement; and
 3             (iv) for any Housing Authority the presiding officer
 4        may  appoint 7 commissioners, with initial terms of 4 and
 5        5 years for the 2 additional commissioners authorized and
 6        appointed under this amendatory Act of the  91st  General
 7        Assembly.
 8        In  cases  where  a  county of more than 500,000 but less
 9    than 3 million population is the  area  of  operation  of  an
10    Authority,  the  presiding officer of the county board of the
11    county  shall  appoint  7  commissioners   to   the   housing
12    authority,  2  of  whom  may be members of that county board.
13    The county members appointed  to  the  Authority  under  this
14    Section  shall  serve such term or until termination of their
15    county board  service,  whichever  first  occurs.   Upon  the
16    approval  by  the  governing  body  of  the appointments, the
17    presiding  officer  shall  cause  a   certificate   of   such
18    appointments  and  of its approval thereof to be filed in the
19    office in which deeds of property in the  area  of  operation
20    are  recorded,  and  upon filing the persons so appointed and
21    approved shall be fully constituted an Authority.
22        At the expiration of the term of each  commissioner,  and
23    of  each  succeeding  commissioner,  or  in  the  event  of a
24    vacancy, the presiding officer shall appoint a  commissioner,
25    subject  to  the approval of the governing body as aforesaid,
26    to hold office, in the case of a vacancy  for  the  unexpired
27    term,  or in the case of expiration for a term of five years,
28    or  until  his  successor  shall  have  been  appointed   and
29    qualified.   Each  appointment  shall  be  effective upon the
30    filing  by  the  presiding  officer  of  a   certificate   of
31    appointment  in  the  office  of the Recorder of Deeds in the
32    County where the Authority is located.
33        In  case  a  county  is  the  area  of  operation  of  an
34    Authority, the area shall not be deemed to include any  city,
 
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 1    village,  or incorporated town within the county within which
 2    an Authority at that time exists.  If thereafter an Authority
 3    is  organized  with  respect  to  any   city,   village,   or
 4    incorporated  town  within  the  county, the county Authority
 5    shall have no power to initiate any  further  project  within
 6    the  city,  village,  or incorporated town. However, if there
 7    are  any  existing  projects  within  the  city,  village  or
 8    incorporated town currently owned and operated by the  county
 9    Authority   they  shall  remain  in  the  county  Authority's
10    ownership, custody and control.
11        Every commissioner shall be a resident  of  the  area  of
12    operation  of  the Authority; provided, that in respect to an
13    Authority created  for  a  county,  residence  in  any  city,
14    village  or incorporated town within such county shall not be
15    a disqualification for appointment as a Commissioner for such
16    county Authority notwithstanding that such city,  village  or
17    incorporated  town may be excluded from the area of operation
18    of such Authority.  Any public officer shall be  eligible  to
19    serve as a commissioner, and the acceptance of appointment as
20    such  shall  not  terminate nor impair his public office, the
21    provision of any statute to the contrary notwithstanding; but
22    no member of the Department shall be eligible to serve  as  a
23    commissioner,  nor  shall  more  than  two public officers be
24    commissioners of the same Authority at  one  time;  Provided,
25    that  membership  on  any  Authority at the same time of more
26    than two public officers  shall  not  affect  or  impair  the
27    validity  of  any  Act  undertaken  or power exercised by the
28    Authority pursuant to Law.   The  term  "public  officer"  as
29    herein   used  means  a  person  holding  a  state  or  local
30    governmental office required to be  filled  by  the  vote  of
31    electors,  and  for  which  provision  is made by law for the
32    payment of annual compensation from public funds.
33        Except as otherwise provided, all provisions of this  Act
34    shall  apply to a Housing Authority established for more than
 
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 1    one county, and, unless the context shall otherwise indicate,
 2    the word county shall be construed also to mean counties.  An
 3    Authority  may subsequently be established separately for any
 4    one or more counties, by compliance with the  terms  of  this
 5    Act,  and, if an Authority is established, it shall take over
 6    all property and obligations, within the county or  counties,
 7    of  the  Authority previously including it or them within its
 8    area of operation, and the Authority shall  have  no  further
 9    jurisdiction  within the territory of the county or counties,
10    but nothing herein  shall  affect  the  power  of  a  Housing
11    Authority  to  operate  outside  its  area  of  operation, as
12    provided by Section 30. Subsection (b) of  Section  17  shall
13    apply  to a Housing Authority created under the provisions of
14    this Section.  In all cases  in  which  a  Housing  Authority
15    embraces  the  territory of more than one county, each county
16    shall have, within its territory,  the  powers  conferred  by
17    Section 29, and by the Housing Cooperation Law.
18        In  addition  to  the  commissioners provided for in this
19    Section,  there  are  created   3   additional   commissioner
20    positions  for  each  housing  authority of a municipality of
21    more than 1,000,000  inhabitants.   These  new  commissioners
22    shall  be  appointed  from  current  residents of the housing
23    authority and shall be appointed from a list presented to the
24    appointing authority by  official  tenants'  associations  of
25    residents  of  the housing authority.  A tenants' association
26    is "official" if it satisfies the requirements of a  Resident
27    Council/Resident       Organization/Resident       Management
28    Organization established by the federal Department of Housing
29    and  Urban  Development.   This  paragraph shall not apply to
30    housing  authorities  in  jurisdictions  where  no   official
31    tenants'  associations  exist.  However, upon the creation of
32    an official association, the new commissioner positions shall
33    be created 6 months thereafter.
34        Each tenants' association shall determine the  method  of
 
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 1    choosing   residents   to  be  recommended  for  appointment.
 2    Tenants' associations  may  act  in  unison  in  recommending
 3    residents for appointment.
 4        In  units  of  local  government  of  more than 1,000,000
 5    inhabitants, each tenants' association shall submit not  more
 6    than  2  residents for consideration.  If associations act in
 7    unison, they may submit a number  representing  2  names  for
 8    each  association.   The  appointing authority shall make the
 9    appointments within 45 days of receiving the recommendations.
10        A Housing Authority created under the preceding terms  of
11    this  Section shall be designated as the Housing Authority of
12    the city, village,  incorporated  town,  county,  or  of  the
13    several counties within its area of operation.
14        Any  2  or  more home rule municipalities within the same
15    county may create a housing  authority  by  intergovernmental
16    agreement.    The   agreement  shall  be  for  an  indefinite
17    duration.  If a housing authority is created  by  2  or  more
18    home  rule  municipalities under this paragraph, appointments
19    and confirmation of commissioners to the board and removal of
20    commissioners from the board shall be made as  set  forth  in
21    the  agreement.   The  agreement  may include, in addition to
22    other terms and conditions governing  the  operation  of  the
23    board,  provisions  that increase the number of commissioners
24    otherwise authorized by this Act to a number no greater  than
25    9.   The  agreement  also may provide for staggered terms for
26    the commissioners and for the length  of  the  commissioners'
27    initial  terms.  An  intergovernmental agreement between 2 or
28    more home rule municipalities creating  a  housing  authority
29    may  include  other  terms the municipalities deem desirable.
30    The terms may include reporting  and  oversight  requirements
31    binding  on  the  housing  authority board agreed upon by the
32    parties.   This  paragraph  shall  not  be  construed  as   a
33    limitation on home rule municipalities.
34    (Source: P.A. 88-319; 89-351, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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