103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3586

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Christopher Belt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/3-107.1c  from Ch. 121, par. 3-107.1c

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation or any county may, as a part of the cost of construction, make a payment not to exceed the maximum funding permitted under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Program (rather than $22,500) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling acquired for a State highway or federal aid highway project actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for not less than 180 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such property.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
5changing Section 3-107.1c as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/3-107.1c)  (from Ch. 121, par. 3-107.1c)
7    Sec. 3-107.1c. In addition to the amounts authorized to be
8paid in Sections 3-107.1, 3-107.1a, and 3-107.1b of this Code
9by the Department or any county, the Department or any county
10may, as a part of the cost of construction, make a payment not
11to exceed the maximum funding permitted under the Uniform
12Relocation Assistance Program (42 U.S.C. Chapter 61,
13Subchapter II) $22,500 to any displaced person who is
14displaced from a dwelling acquired for a State highway or
15federal aid highway project actually owned and occupied by
16such displaced person for not less than 180 days prior to the
17initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such
18property. Such payment shall include the following elements:
19    (A) The amount, if any, which, when added to the
20acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired equals the
21reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling
22determined in accordance with standards established by the
23Department to be a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate

 

 

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1to accommodate the displaced person, reasonably accessible to
2public services and places of employment and available on the
3private market.
4    (B) The amount, if any, which will compensate such
5displaced person for any increased interest costs which such
6person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any
7such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be
8paid only if the dwelling acquired by the Department or any
9county was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid
10lien on such dwelling for not less than 180 days prior to the
11initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such
12dwelling.
13    (C) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person
14for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs
15incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not
16including prepaid expenses.
17    The additional payment authorized by this Section, which
18shall not exceed the sum of the maximum funding permitted
19under the Uniform Relocation Assistance Program (42 U.S.C.
20Chapter 61, Subchapter II) $22,500, shall be made only to such
21a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement
22dwelling that meets the standards established by the
23Department to be decent, safe and sanitary, not later than the
24end of the one year period beginning on the date on which he
25receives from the Department or any county final payment of
26all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which he

 

 

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1moves from the dwelling acquired for the highway project,
2whichever is the later date.
3    Any displaced person not eligible to receive such payment,
4who is displaced from any dwelling which dwelling was actually
5and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less
6than 90 days prior to the initiation of negotiations for
7acquisition of such dwelling, may be paid by the Department or
8any county, either (1) an amount necessary to enable such
9displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed 42
10months, a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling of standards
11adequate to accommodate such person in areas not generally
12less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and
13commercial facilities and reasonably accessible to his place
14of employment, but not to exceed the sum of $5,250, or (2) the
15amount necessary to enable such person to make a down payment
16(including incidental expenses described in part (C) of this
17Section) on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary
18dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate such person in
19areas not generally less desirable in regard to public
20utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to
21exceed the amount payable under (1) of this paragraph except
22that in the case of a homeowner who owned and occupied the
23displaced dwelling for at least 90 days, but not more than 180
24days immediately prior to the initiating of negotiations, the
25down payment cannot exceed the amount payable under 3-107.1c
26for the persons who owned and occupied the property for 180

 

 

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1days prior to the initiation of negotiations.
2    If comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not
3available within the limitations of this Section, the
4Department or any county may make a payment in excess of the
5maximum payments authorized by this Section as required to
6provide such replacement housing.
7(Source: P.A. 85-1407.)