Public Act 93-0242

HB1529 Enrolled                      LRB093 07895 DRJ 08085 b

    AN ACT in relation to housing.

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

    Section  5.   The  Housing  Authorities Act is amended by
changing Section 8.22 as follows:

    (310 ILCS 10/8.22)
    Sec. 8.22.  Determination of income.
    (a)  Exclusions from income. In determining the income of
a tenant for the purpose of  determining  rent,  the  Housing
Authority   shall   exclude  the  following  as  provided  in
subsection (b):
         (i)  The amount of any income received by the tenant
    as  a  result  of  anti-drug,  anti-crime,  and   related
    security  initiatives conducted by the Housing Authority.
    Any activities or income excluded under this  subdivision
    (i) must first be certified by the Housing Authority.
         (ii)  Any income earned by a tenant during the first
    12  18  consecutive  months of employment, which follow a
    period of unemployment of 12 6 or more consecutive months
    if:
              (A)  a period of unemployment  of  12  or  more
         consecutive months or the income received within the
         12  months prior to employment is less than 10 hours
         of work per week at the established minimum wage; or
              (B)  the income earned during those  12  months
         is   received   as   a   result   of   the  tenant's
         participation in any  economic  self-sufficiency  or
         other job training program; or
              (C)  the  income  earned during those 12 months
         is earned by a  tenant  due  to  new  employment  or
         increased  earnings, during or within 6 months after
         receiving  assistance  under  a  State  program  for
         temporary assistance for needy families funded under
         Part A of Title IV of the Social  Security  Act  (42
         U.S.C.  601  and following), provided that the total
         amount of  earned  income  received  by  the  tenant
         within the previous 6 months was at least $500.
    (b)  Procedure for excluding income.
         (i)  Initial  12-month  exclusion.  Beginning on the
    first date the tenant is employed or the first  date  the
    tenant's  family experiences an increase in annual income
    as determined under subdivision (a)(ii) of this  Section,
    the Housing Authority must exclude the increase in annual
    income  for each month in which the increase is received,
    but not for more than 12 months.
         (ii) Second 12-month exclusion and phase-out.  After
    the  initial  12-month exclusion period under subdivision
    (b)(i)  of  this  Section,  the  Housing  Authority  must
    exclude, for each month in which the increase  in  income
    is  received, but not for more than 12 months, 50% of the
    increase in the annual income that is received due to the
    tenant's employment or the tenant's  family  experiencing
    an increase in annual income under subdivision (a)(ii).
         (iii)  Maximum  48-month  period for exclusions. The
    exclusion of increases in income of an individual  family
    member  as  provided  in subdivision (b)(i) or (b)(ii) of
    this Section is limited to a  lifetime  48-month  period.
    The  exclusion applies for a maximum of 12 months for the
    exclusion under subdivision (b)(i) and a  maximum  of  12
    months  for  the  exclusion  under  subdivision  (b)(ii),
    during the 48-month period starting with the beginning of
    the  initial  exclusion  period under subdivision (b)(i),
    which  immediately  follows  12   or   more   months   of
    unemployment.
    (c)  Inapplicability  of  income  exclusions to admission
process. The exclusion of increases in income as a result  of
employment  under this Section for the purpose of determining
rent does not apply for purposes of  determining  eligibility
for  admission  to  the  program (including determinations of
income eligibility and income targeting).
(Source: P.A. 88-220; 89-322, eff. 1-1-96.)

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