Bill Text: IL SB3030 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the State Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's purpose.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - Re-referred to Assignments [SB3030 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3030-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning housing.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Housing Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (310 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 152) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2. It is hereby declared that that congested and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | unsanitary housing conditions which exist in certain areas of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the state in low-priced dwellings are a menace to the health, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of the state. The correction of these conditions in such areas | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | being now otherwise impossible, it is essential that provision | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | be made to encourage the investment of funds at low interest | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | rates, the acquisition at fair prices of adequate parcels of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | land, the gradual demolition of existing unsanitary and unsafe | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | housing and the construction of new housing facilities under | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | public supervision, with proper standards of sanitation and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | safety, and at a cost which will permit monthly rentals or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | charges which wage-earners can afford to pay, and not in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | excess of the rates hereinafter provided. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Therefore, there are created and authorized the agencies | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | and instrumentalities hereinafter prescribed, which are | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | declared to be the agencies and instrumentalities of the state |
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