Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2358 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2358 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-501855 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1310 ILCS 105/15310 ILCS 105/30 new Amends the Counties Code. Changes the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge a county recorder must collect on each real-estate related document from $9 to $18. Increases the fee a county may charge for recording documents. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that, as part of the Illinois Housing Development Authority's request-for-proposals process for soliciting proposals from local administering agencies and for awarding grants, best efforts will be used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the annual receipts. Provides that the Authority shall use best efforts through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage at least one local administering agency to serve each county (rather than working with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county). Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force, which shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State and shall also work with the Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 26303 AWJ 52663 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2358 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-501855 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1310 ILCS 105/15310 ILCS 105/30 new 55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018 55 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1 310 ILCS 105/15 310 ILCS 105/30 new Amends the Counties Code. Changes the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge a county recorder must collect on each real-estate related document from $9 to $18. Increases the fee a county may charge for recording documents. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that, as part of the Illinois Housing Development Authority's request-for-proposals process for soliciting proposals from local administering agencies and for awarding grants, best efforts will be used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the annual receipts. Provides that the Authority shall use best efforts through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage at least one local administering agency to serve each county (rather than working with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county). Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force, which shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State and shall also work with the Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 26303 AWJ 52663 b LRB103 26303 AWJ 52663 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2358 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-501855 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1310 ILCS 105/15310 ILCS 105/30 new 55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018 55 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1 310 ILCS 105/15 310 ILCS 105/30 new
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10	10	Amends the Counties Code. Changes the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge a county recorder must collect on each real-estate related document from $9 to $18. Increases the fee a county may charge for recording documents. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that, as part of the Illinois Housing Development Authority's request-for-proposals process for soliciting proposals from local administering agencies and for awarding grants, best efforts will be used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the annual receipts. Provides that the Authority shall use best efforts through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage at least one local administering agency to serve each county (rather than working with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county). Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force, which shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State and shall also work with the Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Effective January 1, 2024.
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16	16	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
17	17	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
18	18	3 represented in the General Assembly:
19	19	4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
20	20	5 Sections 3-5018, 3-5018.1, 4-12002, and 4-12002.1 as follows:
21	21	6 (55 ILCS 5/3-5018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018)
22	22	7 Sec. 3-5018. Traditional fee schedule. Except as provided
23	23	8 for in Sections 3-5018.1, 4-12002, and 4-12002.1, the recorder
24	24	9 elected as provided for in this Division shall receive such
25	25	10 fees as are or may be provided for him or her by law, in case
26	26	11 of provision therefor: otherwise he or she shall receive the
27	27	12 same fees as are or may be provided in this Section, except
28	28	13 when increased by county ordinance or resolution pursuant to
29	29	14 the provisions of this Section, to be paid to the county clerk
30	30	15 for his or her services in the office of recorder for like
31	31	16 services.
32	32	17 For recording deeds or other instruments, $12 for the
33	33	18 first 4 pages thereof, plus $1 for each additional page
34	34	19 thereof, plus $1 for each additional document number therein
35	35	20 noted. The aggregate minimum fee for recording any one
36	36	21 instrument shall not be less than $12.
37	37	22 For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the
38	38	23 premises affected thereby are referred to by document number
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43	43	55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-501855 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1310 ILCS 105/15310 ILCS 105/30 new 55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018 55 ILCS 5/3-5018.1 55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002 55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1 310 ILCS 105/15 310 ILCS 105/30 new
44	44	55 ILCS 5/3-5018 from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018
45	45	55 ILCS 5/3-5018.1
46	46	55 ILCS 5/4-12002 from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002
47	47	55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1
48	48	310 ILCS 105/15
49	49	310 ILCS 105/30 new
50	50	Amends the Counties Code. Changes the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge a county recorder must collect on each real-estate related document from $9 to $18. Increases the fee a county may charge for recording documents. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that, as part of the Illinois Housing Development Authority's request-for-proposals process for soliciting proposals from local administering agencies and for awarding grants, best efforts will be used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the annual receipts. Provides that the Authority shall use best efforts through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage at least one local administering agency to serve each county (rather than working with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county). Creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force, which shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State and shall also work with the Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Effective January 1, 2024.
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83	83	1 and not by legal description, a fee of $1 in addition to that
84	84	2 hereinabove referred to for each document number therein
85	85	3 noted.
86	86	4 For recording assignments of mortgages, leases or liens,
87	87	5 $12 for the first 4 pages thereof, plus $1 for each additional
88	88	6 page thereof. However, except for leases and liens pertaining
89	89	7 to oil, gas and other minerals, whenever a mortgage, lease or
90	90	8 lien assignment assigns more than one mortgage, lease or lien
91	91	9 document, a $7 fee shall be charged for the recording of each
92	92	10 such mortgage, lease or lien document after the first one.
93	93	11 For recording any document that affects an interest in
94	94	12 real property other than documents which solely affect or
95	95	13 relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas,
96	96	14 telephone or other public service, the recorder shall charge a
97	97	15 fee of $1 per document to all filers of documents not filed by
98	98	16 any State agency, any unit of local government, or any school
99	99	17 district. Fifty cents of the $1 fee hereby established shall
100	100	18 be deposited into the County General Revenue Fund. The
101	101	19 remaining $0.50 shall be deposited into the Recorder's
102	102	20 Automation Fund and may not be appropriated or expended for
103	103	21 any other purpose. The additional amounts available to the
104	104	22 recorder for expenditure from the Recorder's Automation Fund
105	105	23 shall not offset or reduce any other county appropriations or
106	106	24 funding for the office of the recorder.
107	107	25 For recording maps or plats of additions or subdivisions
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119	119	1 spreading of the same of record in map case or other proper
120	120	2 books) or plats of condominiums, $50 for the first page, plus
121	121	3 $1 for each additional page thereof except that in the case of
122	122	4 recording a single page, legal size 8 1/2 x 14, plat of survey
123	123	5 in which there are no more than two lots or parcels of land,
124	124	6 the fee shall be $12. In each county where such maps or plats
125	125	7 are to be recorded, the recorder may require the same to be
126	126	8 accompanied by such number of exact, true and legible copies
127	127	9 thereof as the recorder deems necessary for the efficient
128	128	10 conduct and operation of his or her office.
129	129	11 For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to
130	130	12 exceed one-half of the amount provided in this Section for
131	131	13 certified copies, according to a standard scale of fees,
132	132	14 established by county ordinance or resolution and made public.
133	133	15 The provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to
134	134	16 any person or entity who obtains non-certified copies of
135	135	17 records in the following manner: (i) in bulk for all documents
136	136	18 recorded on any given day in an electronic or paper format for
137	137	19 a negotiated amount less than the amount provided for in this
138	138	20 paragraph for non-certified copies, (ii) under a contractual
139	139	21 relationship with the recorder for a negotiated amount less
140	140	22 than the amount provided for in this paragraph for
141	141	23 non-certified copies, or (iii) by means of Internet access
142	142	24 pursuant to Section 5-1106.1.
143	143	25 For certified copies of records, the same fees as for
144	144	26 recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of
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155	155	1 a map or plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed
156	156	2 $10.
157	157	3 Each certificate of such recorder of the recording of the
158	158	4 deed or other writing and of the date of recording the same
159	159	5 signed by such recorder, shall be sufficient evidence of the
160	160	6 recording thereof, and such certificate including the indexing
161	161	7 of record, shall be furnished upon the payment of the fee for
162	162	8 recording the instrument, and no additional fee shall be
163	163	9 allowed for the certificate or indexing. A physical or
164	164	10 electronic image of the recorder's stamp satisfies the
165	165	11 signature requirement for recorded instruments prior to, on,
166	166	12 and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
167	167	13 102nd General Assembly.
168	168	14 The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
169	169	15 equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
170	170	16 document (other than a document filed under the Plat Act or the
171	171	17 Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform to the
172	172	18 following standards:
173	173	19 (1) The document shall consist of one or more
174	174	20 individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
175	175	21 permanently bound and not a continuous form. Graphic
176	176	22 displays accompanying a document to be recorded that
177	177	23 measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
178	178	24 without charging an additional fee.
179	179	25 (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black
180	180	26 ink, by hand, type, or computer. Signatures and dates may
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191	191	1 be in contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.
192	192	2 (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less
193	193	3 than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin of at
194	194	4 least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and each side.
195	195	5 Margins may be used for non-essential notations that will
196	196	6 not affect the validity of the document, including but not
197	197	7 limited to form numbers, page numbers, and customer
198	198	8 notations.
199	199	9 (4) The first page of the document shall contain a
200	200	10 blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from
201	201	11 the upper right corner.
202	202	12 (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled
203	203	13 or otherwise affixed to any page.
204	204	14 A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
205	205	15 be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required
206	206	16 under this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by this
207	207	17 amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated after
208	208	18 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
209	209	19 The county board of any county may provide for an
210	210	20 additional charge of $3 for filing every instrument, paper, or
211	211	21 notice for record, (1) in order to defray the cost of
212	212	22 converting the county recorder's document storage system to
213	213	23 computers or micrographics and (2) in order to defray the cost
214	214	24 of providing access to records through the global information
215	215	25 system known as the Internet.
216	216	26 A special fund shall be set up by the treasurer of the
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227	227	1 county and such funds collected pursuant to Public Act 83-1321
228	228	2 shall be used (1) for a document storage system to provide the
229	229	3 equipment, materials and necessary expenses incurred to help
230	230	4 defray the costs of implementing and maintaining such a
231	231	5 document records system and (2) for a system to provide
232	232	6 electronic access to those records.
233	233	7 The county board of any county that provides and maintains
234	234	8 a countywide map through a Geographic Information System (GIS)
235	235	9 may provide for an additional charge of $3 for filing every
236	236	10 instrument, paper, or notice for record (1) in order to defray
237	237	11 the cost of implementing or maintaining the county's
238	238	12 Geographic Information System and (2) in order to defray the
239	239	13 cost of providing electronic or automated access to the
240	240	14 county's Geographic Information System or property records. Of
241	241	15 that amount, $2 must be deposited into a special fund set up by
242	242	16 the treasurer of the county, and any moneys collected pursuant
243	243	17 to this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly and
244	244	18 deposited into that fund must be used solely for the
245	245	19 equipment, materials, and necessary expenses incurred in
246	246	20 implementing and maintaining a Geographic Information System
247	247	21 and in order to defray the cost of providing electronic access
248	248	22 to the county's Geographic Information System records. The
249	249	23 remaining $1 must be deposited into the recorder's special
250	250	24 funds created under Section 3-5005.4. The recorder may, in his
251	251	25 or her discretion, use moneys in the funds created under
252	252	26 Section 3-5005.4 to defray the cost of implementing or
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263	263	1 maintaining the county's Geographic Information System and to
264	264	2 defray the cost of providing electronic access to the county's
265	265	3 Geographic Information System records.
266	266	4 The recorder shall collect an $18 a $9 Rental Housing
267	267	5 Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any
268	268	6 real estate-related document. Payment of the Rental Housing
269	269	7 Support Program State surcharge shall be evidenced by a
270	270	8 receipt that shall be marked upon or otherwise affixed to the
271	271	9 real estate-related document by the recorder. The form of this
272	272	10 receipt shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue and
273	273	11 the receipts shall be issued by the Department of Revenue to
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275	275	13 The recorder shall not collect the Rental Housing Support
276	276	14 Program State surcharge from any State agency, any unit of
277	277	15 local government or any school district.
278	278	16 On the 15th day of each month, each county recorder shall
279	279	17 report to the Department of Revenue, on a form prescribed by
280	280	18 the Department, the number of real estate-related documents
281	281	19 recorded for which the Rental Housing Support Program State
282	282	20 surcharge was collected. Each recorder shall submit $18 $9 of
283	283	21 each surcharge collected in the preceding month to the
284	284	22 Department of Revenue and the Department shall deposit these
285	285	23 amounts in the Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Subject to
286	286	24 appropriation, amounts in the Fund may be expended only for
287	287	25 the purpose of funding and administering the Rental Housing
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299	299	1 For purposes of this Section, "real estate-related
300	300	2 document" means that term as it is defined in Section 7 of the
301	301	3 Rental Housing Support Program Act.
302	302	4 The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum
303	303	5 fees that may be collected from any officer, agency,
304	304	6 department or other instrumentality of the State. The county
305	305	7 board may, however, by ordinance or resolution, increase the
306	306	8 fees allowed by this Section and collect such increased fees
307	307	9 from all persons and entities other than officers, agencies,
308	308	10 departments and other instrumentalities of the State if the
309	309	11 increase is justified by an acceptable cost study showing that
310	310	12 the fees allowed by this Section are not sufficient to cover
311	311	13 the cost of providing the service. Regardless of any other
312	312	14 provision in this Section, the maximum fee that may be
313	313	15 collected from the Department of Revenue for filing or
314	314	16 indexing a lien, certificate of lien release or subordination,
315	315	17 or any other type of notice or other documentation affecting
316	316	18 or concerning a lien is $5. Regardless of any other provision
317	317	19 in this Section, the maximum fee that may be collected from the
318	318	20 Department of Revenue for indexing each additional name in
319	319	21 excess of one for any lien, certificate of lien release or
320	320	22 subordination, or any other type of notice or other
321	321	23 documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1.
322	322	24 A statement of the costs of providing each service,
323	323	25 program and activity shall be prepared by the county board.
324	324	26 All supporting documents shall be public record and subject to
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335	335	1 public examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs,
336	336	2 as defined in the United States Office of Management and
337	337	3 Budget Circular A-87, may be included in the determination of
338	338	4 the costs of each service, program and activity.
339	339	5 (Source: P.A. 102-838, eff. 5-13-22.)
340	340	6 (55 ILCS 5/3-5018.1)
341	341	7 Sec. 3-5018.1. Predictable fee schedule.
342	342	8 (a) As used in this Section:
343	343	9 "Nonstandard document" means:
344	344	10 (1) a document that creates a division of a then
345	345	11 active existing tax parcel identification number;
346	346	12 (2) a document recorded pursuant to the Uniform
347	347	13 Commercial Code;
348	348	14 (3) a document which is non-conforming, as described
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350	350	16 (4) a State lien or a federal lien;
351	351	17 (5) a document making specific reference to more than
352	352	18 5 tax parcel identification numbers in the county in which
353	353	19 it is presented for recording; or
354	354	20 (6) a document making specific reference to more than
355	355	21 5 other document numbers recorded in the county in which
356	356	22 it is presented for recording.
357	357	23 "Standard document" means any document other than a
358	358	24 nonstandard document.
359	359	25 (b) On or before January 1, 2019, a county shall adopt and
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370	370	1 implement, by ordinance or resolution, a predictable fee
371	371	2 schedule that eliminates surcharges or fees based on the
372	372	3 individual attributes of a standard document to be recorded.
373	373	4 The initial predictable fee schedule approved by a county
374	374	5 board shall be set only as allowed under subsections (c) and
375	375	6 (d) and any subsequent predictable fee schedule approved by a
376	376	7 county board shall be set only as allowed under subsection
377	377	8 (e). Except as to the recording of standard documents, the
378	378	9 fees imposed by Section 3-5018 shall remain in effect. Under a
379	379	10 predictable fee schedule, no charge shall be based on: page
380	380	11 count; number, length, or type of legal descriptions; number
381	381	12 of tax identification or other parcel identifying code
382	382	13 numbers; number of common addresses; number of references
383	383	14 contained as to other recorded documents or document numbers;
384	384	15 or any other individual attribute of the document except as
385	385	16 expressly provided in this Section. The fee charged under this
386	386	17 Section shall be inclusive of all county and State fees that
387	387	18 the county may elect or is required to impose or adjust,
388	388	19 including, but not limited to, GIS fees, automation fees,
389	389	20 document storage fees, and the Rental Housing Support Program
390	390	21 State surcharge.
391	391	22 A predictable fee schedule ordinance or resolution adopted
392	392	23 under this Section shall list standard document fees,
393	393	24 including document class flat fees as required by subsection
394	394	25 (c), and non-standard document fees.
395	395	26 Before approval of an ordinance or resolution under this
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406	406	1 Section, the recorder or county clerk shall post a notice in
407	407	2 their office at least 2 weeks prior, but not more than 4 weeks
408	408	3 prior, to the public meeting at which the ordinance or
409	409	4 resolution may be adopted. The notice shall contain the
410	410	5 proposed ordinance or resolution number, if any, the proposed
411	411	6 document class flat fees for each classification, and a
412	412	7 reference to this Section or this amendatory Act of the 100th
413	413	8 General Assembly.
414	414	9 A predictable fee schedule takes effect 60 days after an
415	415	10 ordinance or resolution is adopted.
416	416	11 (c) Pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under
417	417	12 subsection (b), the recorder elected as provided for in this
418	418	13 Division shall receive such fees as are or may be provided for
419	419	14 him or her by law, in case of provision thereof: otherwise he
420	420	15 or she shall receive the same fees as are or may be provided in
421	421	16 this Section except when increased by county ordinance or
422	422	17 resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Section, to be
423	423	18 paid to the county clerk for his or her services in the office
424	424	19 of recorder for like services. For the purposes of the fee
425	425	20 charged, the ordinance or resolution shall divide standard
426	426	21 documents into the following classifications and shall
427	427	22 establish a single, all inclusive, county and State-imposed
428	428	23 aggregate fee charged for each such classification of document
429	429	24 at the time of recording for that document, which is called the
430	430	25 document class flat fee. A standard document is not subject to
431	431	26 more than one classification at the time of recording for the
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442	442	1 purposes of imposing any fee. Each standard document shall
443	443	2 fall within one of the following document class flat fee
444	444	3 classifications and fees for each document class shall be
445	445	4 charged only as allowed by this subsection (c) and subsection
446	446	5 (d):
447	447	6 (1) Deeds. The aggregate fee for recording deeds shall
448	448	7 not be less than $31 $21 (being a minimum $13 $12 county
449	449	8 fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental Housing Support Program
450	450	9 State surcharge). Inclusion of language in the deed as to
451	451	10 any restriction; covenant; lien; oil, gas, or other
452	452	11 mineral interest; easement; lease; or a mortgage shall not
453	453	12 alter the classification of a document as a deed.
454	454	13 (2) Leases, lease amendments, and similar transfer of
455	455	14 interest documents. The aggregate fee for recording
456	456	15 leases, lease amendments, and similar transfers of
457	457	16 interest documents shall not be less than $31 $21 (being a
458	458	17 minimum $13 $12 county fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental
459	459	18 Housing Support Program State surcharge).
460	460	19 (3) Mortgages. The aggregate fee for recording
461	461	20 mortgages, including assignments, extensions, amendments,
462	462	21 subordinations, and mortgage releases shall not be less
463	463	22 than $31 $21 (being a minimum $13 $12 county fee plus $18
464	464	23 $9 for the Rental Housing Support Program State
465	465	24 surcharge).
466	466	25 (4) Easements not otherwise part of another
467	467	26 classification. The aggregate fee for recording easements
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478	478	1 not otherwise part of another classification, including
479	479	2 assignments, extensions, amendments, and easement releases
480	480	3 not filed by a State agency, unit of local government, or
481	481	4 school district shall not be less than $31 $21 (being a
482	482	5 minimum $13 $12 county fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental
483	483	6 Housing Support Program State surcharge).
484	484	7 (5) Miscellaneous. The aggregate fee for recording
485	485	8 documents not otherwise falling within classifications set
486	486	9 forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) and are not
487	487	10 nonstandard documents shall not be less than $31 $21
488	488	11 (being a minimum $13 $12 county fee plus $18 $9 for the
489	489	12 Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge). Nothing
490	490	13 in this subsection shall preclude an alternate predictable
491	491	14 fee schedule for electronic recording within each of the
492	492	15 classifications set forth in this subsection (c). If the
493	493	16 Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge is amended
494	494	17 and the surcharge is increased or lowered, the aggregate
495	495	18 amount of the document flat fee attributable to the
496	496	19 surcharge in the document may be changed accordingly.
497	497	20 (d) If an ordinance or resolution establishing a
498	498	21 predictable fee schedule is adopted pursuant to subsection (b)
499	499	22 and any document class flat fee exceeds $31 $21, the county
500	500	23 board shall:
501	501	24 (1) obtain from the clerk or recorder an analysis of
502	502	25 the average fees collected for the recording of each of
503	503	26 the classifications under subsection (c) based on the 3
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514	514	1 previous years of recording data, and, if a cost study has
515	515	2 not been performed, set respective document class flat
516	516	3 fees for each of the 5 document classifications at the
517	517	4 average for that class rounded upward to the next whole
518	518	5 dollar amount; or
519	519	6 (2) if a cost study has been completed within the last
520	520	7 3 years that shows $31 $21 is not sufficient to cover the
521	521	8 costs of providing the services related to each document
522	522	9 class, obtain from the clerk or recorder an analysis of
523	523	10 the average fees collected for the recording of each of
524	524	11 the document classifications under subsection (c) from the
525	525	12 date of the cost study and set respective document class
526	526	13 flat fees for each of the 5 document classifications at
527	527	14 the average for that document class rounded upward to the
528	528	15 next whole dollar amount.
529	529	16 (e) After a document class flat fee is approved by a county
530	530	17 board under subsection (b), the county board may, by ordinance
531	531	18 or resolution, increase the document class flat fee and
532	532	19 collect the increased fees only if the increase is justified
533	533	20 by a cost study that shows that the fees allowed by subsections
534	534	21 (c) and (d) are not sufficient to cover the cost of providing
535	535	22 the service related to the document class for which the fee is
536	536	23 to be increased. A statement of the costs of providing each
537	537	24 service, program, and activity shall be prepared by the county
538	538	25 board. All supporting documents shall be public record and
539	539	26 subject to public examination and audit. All direct and
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550	550	1 indirect costs, as defined in the United States Office of
551	551	2 Management and Budget Circular A-87, may be included in the
552	552	3 determination of the costs of each service, program, and
553	553	4 activity.
554	554	5 Nothing in this Section precludes a county board from
555	555	6 adjusting amounts or allocations within a given document class
556	556	7 flat fee as long as the document class flat fee is not
557	557	8 increased.
558	558	9 (Source: P.A. 100-271, eff. 8-22-17.)
559	559	10 (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
560	560	11 Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third class counties.
561	561	12 Except as provided for in Section 4-12002.1, the fees of the
562	562	13 recorder in counties of the third class for recording deeds or
563	563	14 other instruments in writing and maps of plats of additions,
564	564	15 subdivisions or otherwise, and for certifying copies of
565	565	16 records, shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
566	566	17 For recording deeds or other instruments $20 for the first
567	567	18 2 pages thereof, plus $2 for each additional page thereof. The
568	568	19 aggregate minimum fee for recording any one instrument shall
569	569	20 not be less than $20.
570	570	21 For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the
571	571	22 premises affected thereby are referred to by document number
572	572	23 and not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee of
573	573	24 $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred to for each
574	574	25 document number therein noted.
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585	585	1 For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more than
586	586	2 one tract, parcel or lot is described and such additional
587	587	3 tract, or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots is or are
588	588	4 described therein as falling in a separate or different
589	589	5 addition or subdivision the recorder shall charge as an
590	590	6 additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of $2 for each
591	591	7 additional addition or subdivision referred to in such deed or
592	592	8 instrument.
593	593	9 For recording any document that affects an interest in
594	594	10 real property other than documents which solely affect or
595	595	11 relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas,
596	596	12 telephone or other public service, the recorder shall charge a
597	597	13 fee of $1 per document to all filers of documents not filed by
598	598	14 any State agency, any unit of local government, or any school
599	599	15 district. Fifty cents of the $1 fee hereby established shall
600	600	16 be deposited into the County General Revenue Fund. The
601	601	17 remaining $0.50 shall be deposited into the County Recorder
602	602	18 Document Storage System Fund and may not be appropriated or
603	603	19 expended for any other purpose. The additional amounts
604	604	20 available to the recorder for expenditure from the County
605	605	21 Recorder Document Storage System Fund shall not offset or
606	606	22 reduce any other county appropriations or funding for the
607	607	23 office of the recorder.
608	608	24 For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
609	609	25 otherwise (including the spreading of the same of record in
610	610	26 well bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
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621	621	1 contained therein.
622	622	2 For certified copies of records the same fees as for
623	623	3 recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of
624	624	4 a map or plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed
625	625	5 $200.
626	626	6 For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to
627	627	7 exceed one half of the amount provided herein for certified
628	628	8 copies, according to a standard scale of fees, established by
629	629	9 county ordinance and made public.
630	630	10 For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or
631	631	11 trust deed which has been filed but not recorded and for
632	632	12 indexing the same in the book to be kept for that purpose $10.
633	633	13 For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required
634	634	14 for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
635	635	15 land trust in accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code, $2.
636	636	16 The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
637	637	17 equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
638	638	18 document (other than a document filed under the Plat Act or the
639	639	19 Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform to the
640	640	20 following standards:
641	641	21 (1) The document shall consist of one or more
642	642	22 individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
643	643	23 permanently bound and not a continuous form. Graphic
644	644	24 displays accompanying a document to be recorded that
645	645	25 measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
646	646	26 without charging an additional fee.
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657	657	1 (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black
658	658	2 ink, by hand, type, or computer. Signatures and dates may
659	659	3 be in contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.
660	660	4 (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less
661	661	5 than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin of at
662	662	6 least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and each side.
663	663	7 Margins may be used only for non-essential notations that
664	664	8 will not affect the validity of the document, including
665	665	9 but not limited to form numbers, page numbers, and
666	666	10 customer notations.
667	667	11 (4) The first page of the document shall contain a
668	668	12 blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from
669	669	13 the upper right corner.
670	670	14 (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled
671	671	15 or otherwise affixed to any page.
672	672	16 A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
673	673	17 be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required
674	674	18 under this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by this
675	675	19 amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated after
676	676	20 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
677	677	21 The recorder shall collect an $18 a $9 Rental Housing
678	678	22 Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any
679	679	23 real estate-related document. Payment of the Rental Housing
680	680	24 Support Program State surcharge shall be evidenced by a
681	681	25 receipt that shall be marked upon or otherwise affixed to the
682	682	26 real estate-related document by the recorder. The form of this
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693	693	1 receipt shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue and
694	694	2 the receipts shall be issued by the Department of Revenue to
695	695	3 each county recorder.
696	696	4 The recorder shall not collect the Rental Housing Support
697	697	5 Program State surcharge from any State agency, any unit of
698	698	6 local government or any school district.
699	699	7 On the 15th day of each month, each county recorder shall
700	700	8 report to the Department of Revenue, on a form prescribed by
701	701	9 the Department, the number of real estate-related documents
702	702	10 recorded for which the Rental Housing Support Program State
703	703	11 surcharge was collected. Each recorder shall submit $18 $9 of
704	704	12 each surcharge collected in the preceding month to the
705	705	13 Department of Revenue and the Department shall deposit these
706	706	14 amounts in the Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Subject to
707	707	15 appropriation, amounts in the Fund may be expended only for
708	708	16 the purpose of funding and administering the Rental Housing
709	709	17 Support Program.
710	710	18 For purposes of this Section, "real estate-related
711	711	19 document" means that term as it is defined in Section 7 of the
712	712	20 Rental Housing Support Program Act.
713	713	21 The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of
714	714	22 local government and school districts.
715	715	23 Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the
716	716	24 maximum fee that may be collected from the Department of
717	717	25 Revenue for filing or indexing a lien, certificate of lien
718	718	26 release or subordination, or any other type of notice or other
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729	729	1 documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5. Regardless
730	730	2 of any other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that
731	731	3 may be collected from the Department of Revenue for indexing
732	732	4 each additional name in excess of one for any lien,
733	733	5 certificate of lien release or subordination, or any other
734	734	6 type of notice or other documentation affecting or concerning
735	735	7 a lien is $1.
736	736	8 (Source: P.A. 100-1034, eff. 1-1-19.)
737	737	9 (55 ILCS 5/4-12002.1)
738	738	10 Sec. 4-12002.1. Predictable fee schedule for recordings in
739	739	11 third class counties.
740	740	12 (a) As used in this Section:
741	741	13 "Nonstandard document" means:
742	742	14 (1) a document that creates a division of a then
743	743	15 active existing tax parcel identification number;
744	744	16 (2) a document recorded pursuant to the Uniform
745	745	17 Commercial Code;
746	746	18 (3) a document which is non-conforming, as described
747	747	19 in paragraphs (1) through (5) of Section 4-12002;
748	748	20 (4) a State lien or a federal lien;
749	749	21 (5) a document making specific reference to more than
750	750	22 5 tax parcel identification numbers in the county in which
751	751	23 it is presented for recording; or
752	752	24 (6) a document making specific reference to more than
753	753	25 5 other document numbers recorded in the county in which
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764	764	1 it is presented for recording.
765	765	2 "Standard document" means any document other than a
766	766	3 nonstandard document.
767	767	4 (b) On or before January 1, 2020, a county shall adopt and
768	768	5 implement, by ordinance or resolution, a predictable fee
769	769	6 schedule that eliminates surcharges or fees based on the
770	770	7 individual attributes of a standard document to be recorded.
771	771	8 The initial predictable fee schedule approved by a county
772	772	9 board shall be set only as allowed under subsection (c) and any
773	773	10 subsequent predictable fee schedule approved by a county board
774	774	11 shall be set only as allowed under subsection (d). Except as to
775	775	12 the recording of standard documents, the fees imposed by
776	776	13 Section 4-12002 shall remain in effect. Under a predictable
777	777	14 fee schedule, which only applies to standard documents, no
778	778	15 charge shall be based on: page count; number, length, or type
779	779	16 of legal descriptions; number of tax identification or other
780	780	17 parcel identifying code numbers; number of common addresses;
781	781	18 number of references contained as to other recorded documents
782	782	19 or document numbers; or any other individual attribute of the
783	783	20 document except as expressly provided in this Section. The fee
784	784	21 charged under this Section shall be inclusive of all county
785	785	22 and State fees that the county may elect or is required to
786	786	23 impose or adjust, including, but not limited to, GIS fees,
787	787	24 automation fees, document storage fees, and the Rental Housing
788	788	25 Support Program State surcharge.
789	789	26 A predictable fee schedule ordinance or resolution adopted
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800	800	1 under this Section shall list standard document fees,
801	801	2 including document class flat fees as required by subsection
802	802	3 (c), and nonstandard document fees.
803	803	4 Before approval of an ordinance or resolution under this
804	804	5 Section, the recorder or county clerk shall post a notice in
805	805	6 his or her office at least 2 weeks prior, but not more than 4
806	806	7 weeks prior, to the public meeting at which the ordinance or
807	807	8 resolution may be adopted. The notice shall contain the
808	808	9 proposed ordinance or resolution number, if any, the proposed
809	809	10 document class flat fees for each classification, and a
810	810	11 reference to this Section or this amendatory Act of the 100th
811	811	12 General Assembly.
812	812	13 A predictable fee schedule takes effect 60 days after an
813	813	14 ordinance or resolution is adopted.
814	814	15 (c) Pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under
815	815	16 subsection (b), the recorder elected as provided for in this
816	816	17 Division shall receive such fees as are or may be provided for
817	817	18 him or her by law, in case of provision thereof: otherwise he
818	818	19 or she shall receive the same fees as are or may be provided in
819	819	20 this Section except when increased by county ordinance or
820	820	21 resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Section, to be
821	821	22 paid to the county clerk for his or her services in the office
822	822	23 of recorder for like services. For the purposes of the fee
823	823	24 charged, the ordinance or resolution shall divide standard
824	824	25 documents into the following classifications and shall
825	825	26 establish a single, all-inclusive, county and State-imposed
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836	836	1 aggregate fee charged for each such classification of document
837	837	2 at the time of recording for that document, which is called the
838	838	3 document class flat fee. A standard document is not subject to
839	839	4 more than one classification at the time of recording for the
840	840	5 purposes of imposing any fee. Each standard document shall
841	841	6 fall within one of the following document class flat fee
842	842	7 classifications and fees for each document class shall be
843	843	8 charged only as allowed by this subsection (c) and subsection
844	844	9 (d):
845	845	10 (1) Deeds. The aggregate fee for recording deeds shall
846	846	11 not be less than $39 $29 (being a minimum $21 $20 county
847	847	12 fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental Housing Support Program
848	848	13 State surcharge). Inclusion of language in the deed as to
849	849	14 any restriction; covenant; lien; oil, gas, or other
850	850	15 mineral interest; easement; lease; or a mortgage shall not
851	851	16 alter the classification of a document as a deed.
852	852	17 (2) Leases, lease amendments, and similar transfer of
853	853	18 interest documents. The aggregate fee for recording
854	854	19 leases, lease amendments, and similar transfers of
855	855	20 interest documents shall not be less than $39 $29 (being a
856	856	21 minimum $21 $20 county fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental
857	857	22 Housing Support Program State surcharge).
858	858	23 (3) Mortgages. The aggregate fee for recording
859	859	24 mortgages, including assignments, extensions, amendments,
860	860	25 subordinations, and mortgage releases shall not be less
861	861	26 than $39 $29 (being a minimum $21 $20 county fee plus $18
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872	872	1 $9 for the Rental Housing Support Program State
873	873	2 surcharge).
874	874	3 (4) Easements not otherwise part of another
875	875	4 classification. The aggregate fee for recording easements
876	876	5 not otherwise part of another classification, including
877	877	6 assignments, extensions, amendments, and easement releases
878	878	7 not filed by a State agency, unit of local government, or
879	879	8 school district shall not be less than $39 $29 (being a
880	880	9 minimum $21 $20 county fee plus $18 $9 for the Rental
881	881	10 Housing Support Program State surcharge).
882	882	11 (5) Miscellaneous. The aggregate fee for recording
883	883	12 documents not otherwise falling within classifications set
884	884	13 forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) and are not
885	885	14 nonstandard documents shall not be less than $39 $29
886	886	15 (being a minimum $21 $20 county fee plus $18 $9 for the
887	887	16 Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge). Nothing
888	888	17 in this subsection shall preclude an alternate predictable
889	889	18 fee schedule for electronic recording within each of the
890	890	19 classifications set forth in this subsection (c). If the
891	891	20 Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge is amended
892	892	21 and the surcharge is increased or lowered, the aggregate
893	893	22 amount of the document flat fee attributable to the
894	894	23 surcharge in the document may be changed accordingly.
895	895	24 (d) After a document class flat fee is approved by a county
896	896	25 board under subsection (b), the county board may, by ordinance
897	897	26 or resolution, increase the document class flat fee and
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908	908	1 collect the increased fees if the established fees are not
909	909	2 sufficient to cover the costs of providing the services
910	910	3 related to the document class for which the fee is to be
911	911	4 increased.
912	912	5 Nothing in this Section precludes a county board from
913	913	6 adjusting amounts or allocations within a given document class
914	914	7 flat fee when the document class flat fee is not increased.
915	915	8 (Source: P.A. 100-1034, eff. 1-1-19.)
916	916	9 Section 10. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is
917	917	10 amended by changing Section 15 and by adding Section 30 as
918	918	11 follows:
919	919	12 (310 ILCS 105/15)
920	920	13 Sec. 15. Grants to local administering agencies.
921	921	14 (a) Under the program, the Authority shall make grants to
922	922	15 local administering agencies to provide subsidies to landlords
923	923	16 to enable the landlords to charge rent affordable for
924	924	17 low-income tenants. Grants shall also include an amount for
925	925	18 the operating expenses of local administering agencies. On an
926	926	19 annual basis, operating expenses for local administering
927	927	20 agencies shall not exceed 10% for grants under $500,000 and
928	928	21 shall not exceed 7% for grants over $500,000. If a grant to a
929	929	22 local administering agency covers more than one year, the
930	930	23 Authority shall calculate operating expenses on an annual pro
931	931	24 rata share of the grant. If the annual pro rata share is
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942	942	1 $500,000 or less, then the fee shall be 10%; if the annual pro
943	943	2 rata share is greater than $500,000, then the fee shall be 7%.
944	944	3 (b) The Authority shall develop a request-for-proposals
945	945	4 process for soliciting proposals from local administering
946	946	5 agencies and for awarding grants. The request-for-proposals
947	947	6 process and the funded projects must be consistent with the
948	948	7 criteria set forth in Section 25 and with additional criteria
949	949	8 set forth by the Authority in rules implementing this Act. As
950	950	9 part of the request-for-proposals process and subject to the
951	951	10 requirements contained in subsection (d), best efforts will be
952	952	11 used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the
953	953	12 county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of
954	954	13 current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the
955	955	14 annual receipts.
956	956	15 (c) Local administering agencies may be local governmental
957	957	16 bodies, local housing authorities, or not-for-profit
958	958	17 organizations. The Authority shall set forth in rules the
959	959	18 financial and capacity requirements necessary for an
960	960	19 organization to qualify as a local administering agency and
961	961	20 the parameters for administration of the grants by local
962	962	21 administering agencies. The Authority shall use best efforts
963	963	22 through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage
964	964	23 at least one local administering agency to serve each county,
965	965	24 subject to subsection (d).
966	966	25 (d) The Authority shall distribute grants to local
967	967	26 administering agencies according to a formula based on U.S.
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978	978	1 Census data. The formula shall determine percentages of the
979	979	2 funds to be distributed to the following geographic areas: (i)
980	980	3 Chicago; (ii) suburban areas: Cook County (excluding Chicago),
981	981	4 DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, and
982	982	5 McHenry County; (iii) small metropolitan areas: Springfield,
983	983	6 Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign-Urbana,
984	984	7 Bloomington-Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County,
985	985	8 Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, and St. Clair County; and (iv) rural
986	986	9 areas, defined as all areas of the State not specifically
987	987	10 named in items (i), (ii), and (iii) of this subsection. A
988	988	11 geographic area's percentage share shall be determined by the
989	989	12 total number of households that have an annual income of less
990	990	13 than 50% of State median income for a household of 4, as
991	991	14 determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
992	992	15 Development, and that are paying more than 30% of their income
993	993	16 for rent. The geographic distribution shall be re-determined
994	994	17 by the Authority each time new U.S. Census data becomes
995	995	18 available. The Authority shall phase in any changes to the
996	996	19 geographic formula to prevent a large withdrawal of resources
997	997	20 from one area that could negatively impact households
998	998	21 receiving rental housing support. Up to 20% of the funds
999	999	22 allocated for rural areas, as defined in this subsection, may
1000	1000	23 be set aside and awarded to one administering agency to be
1001	1001	24 distributed throughout the rural areas in the State to
1002	1002	25 localities that desire a number of subsidized units of housing
1003	1003	26 that is too small to justify the establishment of a full local
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1014	1014	1 program. In those localities, the administering agency may
1015	1015	2 contract with local agencies to share the administrative tasks
1016	1016	3 of the program, such as inspections of units.
1017	1017	4 (e) In order to ensure applications from all geographic
1018	1018	5 areas of the State, the Authority shall create a plan to ensure
1019	1019	6 that potential local administering agencies have ample time
1020	1020	7 and support to consider making an application and to prepare
1021	1021	8 an application. Such a plan must include, but is not limited
1022	1022	9 to: an outreach and education plan regarding the program and
1023	1023	10 the requirements for a local administering agency; ample time
1024	1024	11 between the initial notice of funding ability and the deadline
1025	1025	12 to submit an application, which shall not be less than 9
1026	1026	13 months; and access to assistance from the Authority or another
1027	1027	14 agency in considering and preparing the application.
1028	1028	15 (f) In order to maintain consistency for households
1029	1029	16 receiving rental housing support, the Authority shall, to the
1030	1030	17 extent possible given funding resources available in the
1031	1031	18 Rental Housing Support Program, continue to fund local
1032	1032	19 administering agencies at the same level on an annual basis,
1033	1033	20 unless the Authority determines that a local administering
1034	1034	21 agency is not meeting the criteria set forth in Section 25 or
1035	1035	22 is not adhering to other standards set forth by rule by the
1036	1036	23 Authority.
1037	1037	24 (Source: P.A. 97-952, eff. 1-1-13.)
1038	1038	25 (310 ILCS 105/30 new)
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1049	1049	1 Sec. 30. Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding
1050	1050	2 Allocation Task Force.
1051	1051	3 (a) The Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding
1052	1052	4 Allocation Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall
1053	1053	5 consist of the following members:
1054	1054	6 (1) One member appointed by the President of the
1055	1055	7 Senate.
1056	1056	8 (2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
1057	1057	9 Senate.
1058	1058	10 (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House
1059	1059	11 of Representatives.
1060	1060	12 (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
1061	1061	13 House of Representatives.
1062	1062	14 (5) One member appointed by the Illinois Housing
1063	1063	15 Development Authority.
1064	1064	16 (6) One member representing the Chicago Low-Income
1065	1065	17 Housing Trust Fund, appointed by the Board of Directors of
1066	1066	18 the Trust Fund.
1067	1067	19 (7) One member representing a local administering
1068	1068	20 agency from Cook County (excluding Chicago), DuPage
1069	1069	21 County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, or McHenry
1070	1070	22 County, appointed by the Governor.
1071	1071	23 (8) One member, appointed by the Governor,
1072	1072	24 representing a local administering agency from a small
1073	1073	25 metropolitan area from one of the following areas:
1074	1074	26 Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana,
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1085	1085	1 Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County,
1086	1086	2 Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, or St. Clair County.
1087	1087	3 (9) One member representing a local administering
1088	1088	4 agency from a rural areas, appointed by the Governor. As
1089	1089	5 used in this paragraph, "rural area" means an area of the
1090	1090	6 State outside of Cook County not specifically named in
1091	1091	7 paragraph (7) or (8).
1092	1092	8 (10) One member from an organization representing
1093	1093	9 Illinois clerks and recorders, appointed by the Governor.
1094	1094	10 (11) Up to 2 members representing a Section 501(c)(3)
1095	1095	11 affordable housing advocacy organization, appointed by the
1096	1096	12 Governor.
1097	1097	13 (12) One additional member appointed by the Governor.
1098	1098	14 Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later than
1099	1099	15 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1100	1100	16 103rd General Assembly. If any members are not appointed
1101	1101	17 within the 30-day period, the entity or person responsible for
1102	1102	18 making the appointment shall be deemed to have forfeited the
1103	1103	19 right to make such appointment.
1104	1104	20 (b) Once appointed, the members shall elect a chairperson
1105	1105	21 and vice chairperson by a simple majority vote.
1106	1106	22 If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled
1107	1107	23 according to the initial appointment.
1108	1108	24 At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals may
1109	1109	25 participate as nonvoting members in the meetings of the Task
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1121	1121	1 Members of the Task Force shall serve without
1122	1122	2 compensation. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall
1123	1123	3 provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force.
1124	1124	4 (c) Once all members have been appointed, the Task Force
1125	1125	5 shall meet not less than 3 times to carry out the duties
1126	1126	6 prescribed in this Section. Members of the Task Force may
1127	1127	7 attend such meetings virtually.
1128	1128	8 (d) A report delineating the Task Force's findings,
1129	1129	9 conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the
1130	1130	10 General Assembly no later than March 31, 2024.
1131	1131	11 (e) The members of the Task Force are exempt from
1132	1132	12 requirements of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act,
1133	1133	13 the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, or any other applicable
1134	1134	14 law or regulation that would require Task Force members to
1135	1135	15 complete trainings, disclosures, or other filings since the
1136	1136	16 Task Force is of limited duration and is charged only with
1137	1137	17 delivering a non-binding report.
1138	1138	18 (f) The Task Force shall study and make recommendations
1139	1139	19 regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support
1140	1140	20 funds across the State. The Task Force shall also work with the
1141	1141	21 Illinois Housing Development Authority as funding allocations
1142	1142	22 will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the
1143	1143	23 United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census.
1144	1144	24 (g) This Section is repealed on March 31, 2025.
1145	1145	25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1146	1146	26 1, 2024.
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