Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 4/1/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2271

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2271 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 110/5)
7    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
8    "Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development
9Authority.
10    "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the
11State Housing Task Force, which shall consist of 13 members of
12the State Housing Task Force: the Chair, the Vice-Chair, a
13representative of the Governor's Office, a representative of
14the Governor's Office of Management and Budget responsible for
15Bond Cap allocation in the State, the Director of Commerce and
16Economic Opportunity or his or her designee, the Secretary of

 

 

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1Human Services or his or her designee, and 7 housing experts
2from the State Housing Task Force as designated by the
3Governor.
4    "Interagency Committee Subcommittee" means the Interagency
5Committee Subcommittee of the State Housing Task Force, which
6shall consist of the following members or their senior staff
7designees: the Executive Director of the Authority; the
8Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
9Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
10Family Services, Corrections, Commerce and Economic
11Opportunity, Emergency Management, Financial and Professional
12Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Rights,
13Juvenile Justice, Natural Resources, Public Health, and
14Veterans' Affairs; the Director of the Environmental
15Protection Agency; a representative of the Governor's Office;
16and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
17Budget.
18    "State Housing Task Force" or "Task Force" means a task
19force comprised of the following persons or their designees:
20the Executive Director of the Authority; a representative of
21the Governor's Office; a representative of the Lieutenant
22Governor's Office; and the Interagency Committee the
23Secretaries of Human Services and Transportation; the
24Directors of the State Departments of Aging, Children and
25Family Services, Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Financial
26and Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services,

 

 

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1Human Rights, Natural Resources, Public Health, and Veterans'
2Affairs; the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency;
3and a representative of the Governor's Office of Management and
4Budget. The Governor may also invite and appoint the following
5to the Task Force: a representative of the Illinois Institute
6for Rural Affairs of Western Illinois University;
7representatives of the U. S. Departments of Housing and Urban
8Development (HUD) and Agriculture Rural Development; and up to
918 housing experts, with proportional representation from
10urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout the State. The
11Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President
12of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois
13House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the
14Illinois Senate may each appoint one representative to the Task
15Force. The Executive Director of the Authority shall serve as
16Chair of the Task Force. The Governor shall appoint a housing
17expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
18(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
19    (310 ILCS 110/10)
20    Sec. 10. Purpose. In order to maintain the economic health
21of its communities, the State must have a comprehensive and
22unified policy for the allocation of resources for affordable
23housing and supportive services for historically underserved
24populations throughout the State. Executive Order 2003-18
25shall be codified into this Act. The purposes of this Act are ,

 

 

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1issued September 16, 2003, created the Illinois Housing
2Initiative through December 31, 2008, which led to the adoption
3of the first Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan for the State of
4Illinois. The General Assembly determines that it is now
5necessary to codify provisions of Executive Order 2003-18 in
6order to accomplish the following:
7        (1) address the need to make available quality housing
8    at a variety of price points in communities throughout the
9    State;
10        (2) overcome the shortage of affordable housing, which
11    threatens the viability of many communities and has
12    significant social costs, such as homelessness,
13    concentration of poverty, and unnecessary
14    institutionalization;
15        (3) meet the need for safe, sanitary, and accessible
16    affordable and community-based housing and supportive
17    services for elderly persons and people with disabilities
18    and other populations with special needs;
19        (4) promote a full range of quality housing choices
20    near job opportunities jobs, transit options, and related
21    other amenities;
22        (5) meet the needs of constituencies that have been
23    historically underserved and segregated due to barriers
24    and trends in the existing housing market or insufficient
25    resources;
26        (6) facilitate the preservation of ownership of

 

 

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1    existing homes and rental housing in communities;
2        (7) create new housing opportunities and, where
3    appropriate, promote mixed-income communities; and
4        (7.5) maximize federal funding opportunities for
5    affordable housing or the services people need to maintain
6    their housing with required State funding, such as, without
7    limitation, for federal Continuum of Care networks and HOME
8    Investment Partnerships Program project sponsors; and
9        (8) encourage development of State incentives for
10    communities to create a mix of housing to meet the needs of
11    current and future residents.
12(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
13    (310 ILCS 110/15)
14    Sec. 15. Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
15    (a) During the period from the effective date of this Act
16through December 31, 2026 June 30, 2016, the State of Illinois
17shall prepare and be guided by an annual comprehensive housing
18plan ("Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan") that is consistent
19with the affirmative fair housing provisions of the Illinois
20Human Rights Act and specifically addresses the following
21underserved populations:
22        (1) households earning below 50% of the area median
23    income, with particular emphasis on households earning
24    below 30% of the area median income;
25        (2) low-income senior citizens;

 

 

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1        (3) low-income persons with any form of disability,
2    including, but not limited to, physical disability,
3    developmental disability, intellectual disability, mental
4    illness, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
5    disorder, and HIV/AIDS;
6        (4) homeless persons and persons determined to be at
7    risk of homelessness;
8        (5) low-income and moderate-income persons unable to
9    afford housing that has access to near work opportunities
10    or transportation options; and
11        (6) low-income persons residing in communities with
12    existing affordable housing that is in danger of becoming
13    unaffordable or being lost; .
14        (7) low-income people residing in communities with
15    ongoing community revitalization efforts; and
16        (8) other special needs populations, including people
17    with criminal records and veterans experiencing or at risk
18    of homelessness.
19    (b) The Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan shall include,
20but need not be limited to, the following:
21        (1) The identification of all funding sources for which
22    the State has administrative control that are available for
23    housing construction, rehabilitation, preservation,
24    operating or rental subsidies, and supportive services.
25        (2) Goals for the number, affordability for different
26    income levels, and types of housing units to be

 

 

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1    constructed, preserved, or rehabilitated each year for the
2    underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
3    Section 15, based on available housing resources.
4        (3) Funding recommendations for types of programs for
5    housing construction, preservation, rehabilitation, and
6    supportive services, where necessary, related to the
7    underserved populations identified in subsection (a) of
8    Section 15, based on the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
9        (4) Specific actions needed to ensure the coordination
10    of State government resources that can be used to build or
11    preserve affordable housing, provide services to accompany
12    the creation of affordable housing, and prevent
13    homelessness.
14        (5) Recommended State actions that promote the
15    construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of
16    affordable housing by private-sector, not-for-profit, and
17    government entities and address those practices that
18    impede such promotion.
19        (6) Specific suggestions for incentives for counties
20    and municipalities to develop and implement local
21    comprehensive housing plans that would encourage a mix of
22    housing to meet the needs of current and future residents.
23        (7) Identification of options that counties,
24    municipalities, and other local jurisdictions, including
25    public housing authorities, can take to construct,
26    rehabilitate, or preserve housing in their own communities

 

 

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1    for the underserved populations identified in Section 10 of
2    this Act.
3    (c) The Interagency Committee Subcommittee, with staff
4support and coordination assistance from the Authority, shall
5develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan. The State
6Housing Task Force shall provide advice and guidance to the
7Interagency Committee Subcommittee in developing the Plan. The
8Interagency Committee Subcommittee shall deliver the Annual
9Comprehensive Housing Plan to the Governor and the General
10Assembly by January 15 1 of each year or the first business day
11thereafter. The Authority, on behalf of the Interagency
12Committee Subcommittee, shall prepare an Annual Progress
13Report an interim report by September 30 and a final report by
14April 1 of the following year to the Governor and the General
15Assembly on the progress made toward achieving the projected
16goals, as defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), of the
17Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the previous calendar
18year. These reports shall include estimates of revenues,
19expenditures, obligations, bond allocations, and fund balances
20for all programs or funds addressed in the Annual Comprehensive
21Housing Plan.
22    (d) The Authority shall provide staffing to the Interagency
23Committee and Subcommittee, the Task Force, and the Executive
24Committee of the Task Force. It shall also provide the staff
25support needed to help coordinate the implementation of the
26Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan during the course of the

 

 

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1year. The Authority shall be eligible for reimbursement of up
2to $300,000 per year for such staff support costs from a
3designated funding source, if available, or from the Illinois
4Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
5(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
6    (310 ILCS 110/20)
7    Sec. 20. State Housing Task Force. Executive Committee. The
8State Housing Task Force Executive Committee shall:
9        (1) (Blank) Oversee and structure the operations of the
10    Task Force.
11        (2) Create necessary subcommittees and appoint
12    subcommittee members and outside experts, with the advice
13    of the Task Force and the Interagency Committee
14    Subcommittee, as the Executive Committee deems necessary.
15        (3) Ensure adequate public input into the Annual
16    Comprehensive Housing Plan.
17        (4) Involve, to the extent possible, appropriate
18    representatives of the federal government, local
19    governments and municipalities, public housing
20    authorities, local continuum-of-care, for-profit, and
21    not-for-profit developers, supportive housing providers,
22    business, labor, lenders, advocates for the underserved
23    populations named in this Act, and fair housing agencies.
24        (5) Have input into the development of the Annual
25    Comprehensive Housing Plan and the Annual Progress Report

 

 

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1    prepared by the Authority before the Authority submits them
2    to the Task Force.
3(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
4    (310 ILCS 110/25)
5    Sec. 25. Interagency Committee Subcommittee. The
6Interagency Committee Subcommittee and its member agencies
7shall:
8        (1) Provide interagency coordination and funding
9    efforts to facilitate meeting the purposes of this Act,
10    including the housing needs of priority populations;
11        (2) (1) Be responsible for providing the information
12    needed to develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan as
13    well as the Annual Progress Report interim and final Plan
14    reports.
15        (3) (2) Develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan.
16        (4) (3) Oversee the implementation of the Plan by
17    coordinating, streamlining, and prioritizing the
18    allocation of available production, rehabilitation,
19    preservation, financial, and service resources.
20(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)
 
21    (310 ILCS 110/30 rep.)
22    Section 10. The Comprehensive Housing Planning Act is
23amended by repealing Section 30.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".