310 ILCS 30. Redevelopment Project Rehousing and Capital Improvements Act.

    (310 ILCS 30/0.01) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 91.990)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Redevelopment Project Rehousing and Capital Improvements Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-632, eff. 8-19-99.)

    (310 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 92)
    Sec. 1. The State shall contribute to the rehousing of persons of low income residing in the areas of redevelopment projects undertaken pursuant to the "Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947", herein called "redevelopment projects", in the manner provided by this Act.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1089.)

    (310 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 93)
    Sec. 2. Any housing authority may apply to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the grant of a sum from the amount to be appropriated for this Act to develop housing projects pursuant to the "Housing Authorities Act", approved March 19, 1934, as amended, to facilitate and aid in the rehousing of persons eligible for tenancy under said Act residing in the site of a redevelopment project who could not otherwise be rehoused in decent, safe and uncongested dwelling accommodations within their financial reach.
    Upon a showing of need of a grant from the amount appropriated for this Act and that the sum so granted will be satisfactorily employed by the housing authority in the development of housing projects for the purposes authorized by this Act, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall transmit to the State Comptroller a statement of approval and of the amount of the grant, and when the municipality has paid to the housing authority an amount at least equal to the amount of the approved grant, the Comptroller shall pay the amount of the approved grant to the housing authority from the appropriation for grants under this Act. The amount so granted together with the amount contributed by the city, village or incorporated town in which the redevelopment project is situated shall be deposited in a separate fund and shall be applied only to the planning, acquisition, development, and capital improvements of the approved housing project or projects for the purposes authorized by this Act and the Housing Authorities Act. The expenditure of any moneys from such separate fund and the location of the rehousing project or projects shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the governing body of the municipality in which the redevelopment project is located.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

    (310 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 94)
    Sec. 3. A housing authority, in the development and management of any housing project developed in whole or in part with grants from the funds appropriated for this Act, shall conform with following standards;
    (1) Any such project shall not be of elaborate or expensive design or materials and shall be planned and developed to promote economy both in construction and administration.
    (2) The average construction cost of dwelling accommodations (exclusive of land and site clearance) in any such project shall not be greater than the average construction cost of dwelling accommodations currently produced by private enterprise in the area of operation of the housing authority undertaking such project, under the legal building requirements applicable to the proposed site, and under labor standards not lower than those applicable to such project.
    (3) Rentals shall be fixed and tenants selected in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Authorities Act; provided that first preference for occupancy shall be granted to eligible persons from the area of the redevelopment project that cannot otherwise be rehoused in decent, safe and uncongested dwelling accommodations within their financial reach and that such preference shall continue until such persons are rehoused.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1089.)

    (310 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 95)
    Sec. 4. Every city, village and incorporated town is authorized and empowered to incur indebtedness and issue bonds in such amount or amounts as the corporate authorities of the municipality deem necessary for the purpose of raising funds to be paid to a housing authority whose area of operation includes that municipality for the rehousing of persons of low-income residing within the area of a redevelopment project situated in that municipality. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall specify the total amount of bonds to be issued, the form and denomination of the bonds, the date they are to bear, the place at which they are payable, the date or dates of maturity which shall not be later than twenty (20) years after the date the bonds bear, the rate of interest which shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, and the dates on which interest is payable. The bonds shall be executed by such officials as may be provided in the ordinance authorizing their issue. They may be made registerable as to principal and may be made callable on any interest payment date at par and accrued interest after notice has been given at the time and in the manner provided in the bond ordinance. The bonds shall remain valid even though one or more of the officers executing the bonds ceases to hold his or their offices before the bonds are delivered.
    The bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder at not less than their par value and accrued interest. The municipality shall, from time to time as bonds are to be sold, advertise for proposals to purchase the bonds. Each such advertisement may be published in such newspapers and journals as the governing body of the municipality may determine but must be published at least once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality at least ten days prior to the date of the opening of the bids. The municipality may reserve the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise for bids.
    The ordinance authorizing the bonds shall prescribe all the details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the municipality sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as it matures. This tax shall be in addition to and exclusive of the maximum of all other taxes authorized to be levied by the municipality. Tax limitations provided by other statutes of this State shall not apply to taxes levied for payment of these bonds. A certified copy of the bond ordinance shall be filed with the County Clerk of the county in which the municipality or any portion thereof is situated and shall constitute the authority for the extension and collection of such taxes.
    If there is no default in payment of the principal or interest upon the bonds, and if after setting aside a sum of money equal to the amount of interest that will accrue on the bonds and a sum of money equal to the amount of principal that will become due thereon within the next six (6) months' period, the treasurer and comptroller, if there is a comptroller, of the municipality shall use the money available from the proceeds of the taxes levied for the payment of the bonds in calling them for payment, if by their terms they are subject to redemption. A municipality may provide in the bond ordinance that whenever the municipality is not in default in payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds and has set aside the sums of money provided in this paragraph for interest accruing and principal maturing within the next six (6) months' period, the money available from the proceeds of taxes levied for the payment of these bonds shall be used first in the purchase of the bonds at the lowest price obtainable, but not to exceed their par value and accrued interest, after sealed tenders for their purchase have been advertised for as may be directed by the corporate authorities thereof.
    Bonds called for payment and paid or purchased under this Section shall be marked paid and cancelled.
    Whenever any bonds are purchased or redeemed and cancelled, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and interest on the remainder of the issue shall be reduced in an amount equal to the principal of and the interest that would have thereafter accrued upon the bonds so cancelled. A resolution shall be adopted by the corporate authorities of the municipality finding these facts. A certified copy of this resolution shall be filed with the County Clerk of the county in which the municipality, or any portion thereof, is situated, whereupon the County Clerk shall reduce and extend such tax levies in accordance therewith.
    The ordinance may provide for the creation of a sinking fund to consist of the proceeds of taxes levied for the payment of the principal of and interest upon these bonds. This fund shall be faithfully applied to the purchase or payment of the bonds, and interest thereon, issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
    Bonds issued by a municipality for the purposes herein set forth shall not be in excess of any existing statutory limitation on municipal indebtedness, nor shall any municipality by the issuance of the bonds provided for in this Act be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding five per centum (5%) on the value of taxable property therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
    No ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds shall be effective until it has been submitted to referendum of, and approved by, the electors of that municipality in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8-4-1 and 8-4-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
    In addition to the power to issue bonds as herein provided, every city, village and incorporated town is authorized and empowered to appropriate and pay to a housing authority whose area of operation includes that municipality, available funds for the purpose of rehousing persons of low-income residing within the area of a redevelopment project situated in that municipality as provided in this Act, including the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to the corporate powers specified in Section 11-11-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
    A city, village or incorporated town may make payments to a housing authority for the purposes specified in this Act even though such payments are not to be matched by state funds.
    Every city, village and incorporated town is authorized to accept donations from individuals, associations and corporations and to pay the same into the separate fund of the housing authority whose area of operation includes such municipality.
    With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)