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Public Act 095-0330
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LRB095 09711 HLH 29915 b |
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AN ACT concerning school costs.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Local Planning Technical Assistance Act is |
amended by adding Section 46 and by changing Sections 25 and 30 |
as follows:
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(20 ILCS 662/25)
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Sec. 25. Use of technical assistance grants.
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(a) Technical assistance grants may be used to write or |
revise a local
comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan funded |
under Section 15 of this Act
must address, but is not limited |
to addressing, each of the following elements:
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(1) Issues and opportunities. The purpose of this |
element is to state the
vision of the community, identify |
the major trends and forces affecting the
local government |
and its
citizens, set goals and standards, and serve as a |
series of guiding principles
and priorities to
implement |
the vision.
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(2) Land use and natural resources. The purpose of this |
element is to
translate the vision
statement into physical |
terms; provide a general pattern for the location,
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distribution, and
characteristics of future land uses over |
a 20-year period; and serve as the
element of the
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comprehensive plan upon which all other elements are based. |
The land use
element must be in
text and map form. It must |
include supporting studies on population, the local
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economy, natural
resources, and an inventory of existing |
land uses.
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(3) Transportation. The purpose of this element is to |
consider all
relevant
modes of transportation, including |
mass transit, air, water, rail, automobile,
bicycle, and
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pedestrian modes of transportation; accommodate special |
needs; establish the
framework for the
acquisition, |
preservation, and protection of existing and future |
rights-of-way;
and incorporate
transportation performance |
measures.
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(4) Community facilities (schools, parks, police, |
fire, and water and
sewer).
The purpose of this element is |
to provide community facilities; establish
levels of |
service; ensure
that facilities are provided as needed; and |
coordinate with other units of
local government that
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provide the needed facilities.
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(5) Telecommunications infrastructure. The purpose of |
this element is to
coordinate telecommunications |
initiatives; assess short-term and long-term
needs, |
especially
regarding economic development; determine the |
existing telecommunications
services of telecommunications |
providers;
encourage investment in the most advanced |
technologies; and establish a
framework for
providing |
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reasonable access to public rights-of-way.
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(6) Housing. The purpose of this element is to document |
the present and
future needs for housing within the |
jurisdiction of the local government,
including affordable
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housing and special needs housing; take into account the |
housing needs of a
larger region;
identify barriers to the |
production of housing, including affordable housing;
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access the condition of
the local housing stock; and |
develop strategies, programs, and other actions to
address |
the
needs for a range of housing options.
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(7) Economic development. The purpose of this element |
is to coordinate
local economic development initiatives |
with those of the State; ensure that
adequate economic
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development opportunities are available; identify the |
strategic competitive
advantages of the
community and the |
surrounding region; identify and enhance local tourism |
opportunities; assess the community's strengths and
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weaknesses with
respect to attracting and retaining |
business and industry; and define the
municipality's and |
county's role.
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(8) Natural resources. The purpose of this element is |
to identify and
define
the natural resources in the |
community with respect to water, land, flora, and
fauna; |
identify the
land and water areas in relation to these |
resources; assess the relative
importance of these areas
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the needs of the resources; and identify mitigation efforts |
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that are needed
to protect these
resources.
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(9) Public participation. This element must include a |
process for
engaging
the community in outreach; the |
development of a sense of community; a consensus
building
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process; and a public education strategy.
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(10) Comprehensive plans may also include the |
following: natural hazards;
agriculture and forest |
preservation; human services; community design; historic
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preservation; and
the adoption of subplans, as needed. The |
decision on whether to include these
elements in the
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comprehensive plan shall be based on the needs of the |
particular unit of local
government.
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(b) The purpose of this Section is to provide guidance on |
the elements of a
comprehensive plan but not to mandate |
content.
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(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
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(20 ILCS 662/30)
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Sec. 30. Consistency of land use regulations and actions |
with
comprehensive plans.
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(a) If a municipality or county is receiving assistance to |
write or revise a
comprehensive plan,
for 5 years after the |
effective date of the plan, land development
regulations,
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including amendments to a zoning map, and any land use actions |
should be
consistent
with the new or revised comprehensive |
plan. "Land use actions" include
preliminary or
final
approval |
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of a subdivision plat, approval of a planned unit development,
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approval of a
conditional use, granting a variance, or a |
decision by a unit of local
government to
construct a capital |
improvement, acquire land for community facilities, or
both.
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(b) Municipalities and counties that have adopted official |
comprehensive
plans in
accordance
with Division 12 of Article |
11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section
5-14001 of the
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Counties Code or have adopted housing plans in accordance with |
the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, may be eligible |
for additional preferences in State economic
development
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programs, State transportation programs, State education |
programs, State planning programs, State natural
resources |
programs, and State agriculture programs.
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(Source: P.A. 92-768, eff. 8-6-02.)
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(20 ILCS 662/46 new) |
Sec. 46. Affordable housing school cost reimbursement. |
(a) As used in this Section, the following terms have the |
following meanings: |
"Affordable multifamily housing" means the preservation or |
creation of any homes (condominiums, apartments, townhomes, |
etc.) serving non-age-restricted households, as part of a plan |
under this Act, in structures that are not detached |
single-family units and that are affordable to families whose |
annual income is less than 80 percent of the areawide median |
income as determined by the United States Department of Housing |
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and Urban Development. Affordability shall be assured for a |
period of not less than 30 years.
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"Governor's Housing Plan" means "Building for Success: The |
Governor's Housing Plan" created as a result of Executive Order |
#2003-18.
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(b) For each school year, commencing with the 2006-2007 |
school year, the State shall pay to each school district an |
affordable multifamily housing school cost reimbursement. This |
reimbursement must be calculated separately for each school |
district in an amount equal to $1,123 for each affordable |
multifamily housing unit located within the district that has |
at least 2 bedrooms, plus $562 per unit for each bedroom in the |
unit in addition to the first 2 bedrooms. No school district |
may receive a reimbursement under this Section for affordable |
multifamily housing unless the Illinois Housing Development |
Authority first certifies that the housing advances the |
preservation or live-near-work goals of the Governor's Housing |
Plan. |
(c) All reimbursements under this Section are subject to |
appropriation. If appropriations are insufficient, then |
reimbursement must be prorated.
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