103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3722

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-101-3

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Allows the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate to appoint one member each to an advisory committee that determines which homes contain windows or doors that cause offensive odors and are eligible for replacement pursuant to the Residential Sound Insulation Program. Provides that residents who altered or modified a replacement window or accepted a replacement screen for the window as an interim solution or partial replacement that failed to mitigate, in whole or in part, an odorous or malfunctioning window shall not be disqualified from compensation or future services (rather than residents who altered or modified a replacement window or accepted a replacement screen for the window shall not be disqualified from compensation or future services). Provides that residents who have altered or modified a replacement window, or accepted a replacement screen for the window as an interim solution or partial replacement, who apply for future mitigation services shall be sequenced in the ordinary course of the Residential Sound Insulation Program upon a finding of eligibility. Provides at least 10% of the homes receiving a replacement in a year shall be homes that have demonstrated extreme hardship, except when at least 10% of the number of applicants eligible to receive a replacement fail to demonstrate extreme hardship. Provides that the advisory committee shall accept all public questions concerning the Residential Sound Insulation Program (rather than all public questions) and furnish a written response within 2 business days. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-101-3 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-101-3)
7    Sec. 11-101-3. Noise mitigation; air quality.
8    (a) A municipality that has implemented a Residential
9Sound Insulation Program to mitigate aircraft noise shall
10perform indoor air quality monitoring and laboratory analysis
11of windows and doors installed pursuant to the Residential
12Sound Insulation Program to determine whether there are any
13adverse health impacts associated with off-gassing from such
14windows and doors. Such monitoring and analysis shall be
15consistent with applicable professional and industry
16standards. The municipality shall make any final reports
17resulting from such monitoring and analysis available to the
18public on the municipality's website. The municipality shall
19develop a science-based mitigation plan to address significant
20health-related impacts, if any, associated with such windows
21and doors as determined by the results of the monitoring and
22analysis. In a municipality that has implemented a Residential
23Sound Insulation Program to mitigate aircraft noise, if

 

 

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1requested by the homeowner pursuant to a process established
2by the municipality, which process shall include, at a
3minimum, notification in a newspaper of general circulation
4and a mailer sent to every address identified as a recipient of
5windows and doors installed under the Residential Sound
6Insulation Program, the municipality shall replace all windows
7and doors installed under the Residential Sound Insulation
8Program in such homes where one or more windows or doors have
9been found to have caused offensive odors. Subject to
10appropriation, the municipality shall replace windows and
11doors in at least 750 residences a year. Residents who altered
12or modified a replacement window, or accepted a replacement
13screen for the window as an interim solution or partial
14replacement, that failed to mitigate, in whole or in part, an
15odorous or malfunctioning window shall not be disqualified
16from compensation or future services. Residents who have
17altered or modified a replacement window, or accepted a
18replacement screen for the window as an interim solution or
19partial replacement, who apply for future mitigation services
20shall be sequenced in the ordinary course of the Program upon a
21finding of eligibility. Only those homeowners who request that
22the municipality perform an odor inspection as prescribed by
23the process established by the municipality within 6 months of
24notification being published and mailers being sent shall be
25eligible for odorous window and odorous door replacement.
26Residents who are eligible to receive replacement windows

 

 

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1shall be allowed to choose the color and type of replacement
2window. For purposes of aiding in the selection of such
3replacement windows, a showcase and display of available
4replacement window types shall be established and located at
5Chicago Midway International Airport. Homes that have been
6identified by the municipality as having odorous windows or
7doors are not required to make said request to the
8municipality. The right to make a claim for replacement and
9have it considered pursuant to this Section shall not be
10affected by the fact of odor-related claims made or
11odor-related products received pursuant to the Residential
12Sound Insulation Program prior to June 5, 2019 (the effective
13date of this Section). The municipality shall also perform
14in-home air quality testing in residences in which windows and
15doors are replaced under this Section. In order to receive
16in-home air quality testing, a homeowner must request such
17testing from the municipality, and the total number of homes
18tested in any given year shall not exceed 25% of the total
19number of homes in which windows and doors were replaced under
20this Section in the prior calendar year.
21    (b) An advisory committee shall be formed, composed of the
22following: (i) 2 members of the municipality who reside in
23homes that have received windows or doors pursuant to the
24Residential Sound Insulation Program and have been identified
25by the municipality as having odorous windows or doors,
26appointed by the Secretary of Transportation; (ii) one

 

 

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1employee of the Aeronautics Division of the Department of
2Transportation; (iii) 2 employees of the municipality that
3implemented the Residential Sound Insulation Program in
4question; and (iv) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the
5House of Representatives, and 2 members appointed by the
6President of the Senate, one member appointed by the Minority
7Leader of the House of Representatives, and one member
8appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. The advisory
9committee shall determine by majority vote which homes contain
10windows or doors that cause offensive odors and thus are
11eligible for replacement, shall promulgate a list of such
12homes, and shall develop recommendations as to the order in
13which homes are to receive window replacement. The
14recommendations shall include reasonable and objective
15criteria for determining which windows or doors are odorous,
16consideration of the date of odor confirmation for
17prioritization, severity of odor, geography and individual
18hardship, and shall provide such recommendations to the
19municipality. The advisory committee shall develop a process
20in which homeowners can demonstrate extreme hardship. As used
21in this subsection, "extreme hardship" means: liquid
22infiltration of the window or door; health and medical
23condition of the resident; and residents with sensitivities
24related to smell. At least 10% of the homes receiving a
25replacement in a year shall be homes that have demonstrated
26extreme hardship, except when at least 10% of the number of

 

 

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1applicants eligible to receive a replacement fail to
2demonstrate extreme hardship. The advisory committee shall
3compile a report demonstrating: (i) the number of homes in
4line to receive a replacement; (ii) the number of homes that
5received replacement windows or doors, or both; (iii) the
6number of homes that received financial compensation instead
7of a replacement; and (iv) the number of homes with confirmed
8mechanical issues. Until December 31, 2022, the report shall
9be compiled complied monthly, after December 31, 2022, the
10report shall be complied quarterly. The advisory committee
11shall accept all public questions concerning the Residential
12Sound Insulation Program and furnish a written response within
132 business days. The advisory committee shall comply with the
14requirements of the Open Meetings Act. The Chicago Department
15of Aviation shall provide administrative support to the
16committee. The municipality shall consider the recommendations
17of the committee but shall retain final decision-making
18authority over replacement of windows and doors installed
19under the Residential Sound Insulation Program, and shall
20comply with all federal, State, and local laws involving
21procurement. A municipality administering claims pursuant to
22this Section shall provide to every address identified as
23having submitted a valid claim under this Section a quarterly
24report setting forth the municipality's activities undertaken
25pursuant to this Section for that quarter. However, the
26municipality shall replace windows and doors pursuant to this

 

 

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1Section only if, and to the extent, grants are distributed to,
2and received by, the municipality from the Sound-Reducing
3Windows and Doors Replacement Fund for the costs associated
4with the replacement of sound-reducing windows and doors
5installed under the Residential Sound Insulation Program
6pursuant to Section 6z-20.1 of the State Finance Act. In
7addition, the municipality shall revise its specifications for
8procurement of windows for the Residential Sound Insulation
9Program to address potential off-gassing from such windows in
10future phases of the program. A municipality subject to the
11Section shall not legislate or otherwise regulate with regard
12to indoor air quality monitoring, laboratory analysis or
13replacement requirements, except as provided in this Section,
14but the foregoing restriction shall not limit said
15municipality's taxing power.
16    (c) A home rule unit may not regulate indoor air quality
17monitoring and laboratory analysis, and related mitigation and
18mitigation plans, in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
19This Section is a limitation of home rule powers and functions
20under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
21Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
22units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
23    (d) This Section shall not be construed to create a
24private right of action.
25(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-604, eff. 12-13-19;
26101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-678, eff.

 

 

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112-10-21.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.