Bill Text: IL HB2304 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may establish a Training in the Building Trades Program (Program) to award grants to community-based organizations for the purpose of establishing training programs for persons who are 18 through 35 years of age and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that persons eligible to participate in the Program shall include youth who have aged out of foster care and have an interest in the building trades. Provides that under the training programs, participating persons shall receive: (i) formal training and education in the fundamentals and core competencies in the person's chosen trade; and (ii) hands-on experience to further develop the person's building trade skills by participating in community improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of vacant and abandoned residential property in economically depressed areas of the State. Requires selected organizations to also use the grant money to establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible persons with the capital and business management skills necessary to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors, subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Contains provisions concerning residential property that is eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation under the Program; the selection criteria for community-based organizations; and the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Training in the Building Trades Fund. Effective January 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0469 [HB2304 Detail]

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2304 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades Program to award grants to community-based organizations for the purpose of establishing training programs for youth with an interest in the building trades. Provides that under the training programs, each youth shall receive: (1) formal training and education in the fundamentals and core competencies in the youth's chosen trade; and (2) hands-on experience in the building trades by participating in community improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of vacant and abandoned residential property. Requires selected organizations to use the grant money to establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible youth with the capital and business management skills necessary to launch their own businesses. Contains provisions concerning residential property that is eligible for acquisition under the Program; the selection criteria for community-based organizations; and the Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades Fund. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to establish a Training Youth in the Building Trades Program that is substantially similar to the Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades Program. Contains provisions concerning residential property that is eligible for acquisition under the Program; the selection criteria for community-based organizations; and the Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades Fund and the Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund. Effective January 1, 2020.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
by adding Section 10-48 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/10-48 new)
Sec. 10-48. Youth Training and Education in the Building
Trades Program.
(a) Subject to appropriations, the Department shall
establish a Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades
Program to award grants to community-based organizations for
the purpose of establishing training programs for youth with an
interest in the building trades. Under the training programs,
each participating youth shall receive the following:
(1) Formal training and education in the fundamentals
and core competencies in the youth's chosen trade. Such
training and education shall be provided by a trained and
skilled tradesman or journeyman who is a member of a trade
union and who is paid the general prevailing rate of hourly
wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed.
(2) Hands-on experience to further develop the youth's
building trade skills by participating in community
improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of

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vacant and abandoned residential property in economically
depressed areas of the State.
Selected organizations shall also use the grant money to
establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible
youth with the capital and business management skills necessary
to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors,
subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as
any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Eligibility
under the entrepreneurship program shall be restricted to youth
who reside in one of the economically depressed areas selected
to receive community improvement projects in accordance with
this subsection and who have obtained the requisite skill set
for a particular building trade after successfully completing a
training program established in accordance with this
subsection. Grants provided under this Section may also be used
to purchase the equipment and materials needed to rehabilitate
any vacant and abandoned residential property that is eligible
for acquisition as described in subsection (b).
(b) Property eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation
under the Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades
Program.
(1) A community-based organization that is selected to
participate in the Young Training and Education in the
Building Trades Program may enter into an agreement with a
financial institution to rehabilitate abandoned
residential property in foreclosure with the express

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condition that, after the rehabilitation project is
complete, the financial institution shall:
(A) sell the residential property for no less than
its fair market value; and
(B) use any proceeds from the sale to (i) reimburse
the community-based organization for all costs
associated with rehabilitating the property and (ii)
make satisfactory payment for any other claims against
the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of the
residential property shall be retained by the
financial institution.
(2)(A) A unit of local government may enact an
ordinance that permits the acquisition and rehabilitation
of abandoned residential property under the Young Training
and Education in the Building Trades Program. Under the
ordinance, any owner of residential property that has been
abandoned for at least 3 years shall be notified that the
abandoned property is subject to acquisition and
rehabilitation under the Program and that if the owner does
not respond to the notice within the time period prescribed
by the unit of local government, the owner shall lose all
right, title, and interest in the property. Such notice
shall be given as follows:
(i) by mailing a copy of the notice by certified
mail to the owner's last known mailing address;
(ii) by publication in a newspaper published in the

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municipality or county where the property is located;
and
(iii) by recording the notice with the office of
the recorder of the county in which the property is
located.
(B) If the owner responds to the notice within the time
period prescribed by the unit of local government, the
owner shall be given the option to either bring the
property into compliance with all applicable fire,
housing, and building codes within 6 months or enter into
an agreement with a community-based organization under the
Program to rehabilitate the residential property. If the
owner chooses to enter into an agreement with a
community-based organization to rehabilitate the
residential property, such agreement shall be made with the
express condition that, after the rehabilitation project
is complete, the owner shall:
(i) sell the residential property for no less than
its fair market value; and
(ii) use any proceeds from the sale to (a)
reimburse the community-based organization for all
costs associated with rehabilitating the property and
(b) make satisfactory payment for any other claims
against the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of
the residential property shall be distributed as
follows:

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(I) 20% shall be distributed to the owner.
(II) 80% shall be deposited into the Youth
Training and Education in the Building Trades Fund
created under subsection (e).
(c) The Department shall select from each of the following
geographical regions of the State a community-based
organization with experience working with the building trades:
(1) Central Illinois.
(2) Northeastern Illinois.
(3) Southern (Metro-East) Illinois.
(d) The grants shall be funded through appropriations and
any other moneys from the Youth Training and Education in the
Building Trades Fund created under subsection (e). The
Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the
provisions of this Section.
(e) The Youth Training and Education in the Building Trades
Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The
Fund shall consist of any moneys deposited into the Fund as
provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b)
and any moneys appropriated to the Department of Human
Services. Moneys in the Fund shall be expended for the Youth
Training and Education in the Building Trades Program under
subsection (a) and for no other purpose. All interest earned on
moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended

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by adding Section 7.32 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3805/7.32 new)
Sec. 7.32. Training Youth in the Building Trades Program.
(a) Subject to appropriations, the Illinois Housing
Development Authority shall establish a Training Youth in the
Building Trades Program to award grants to community-based
organizations for the purpose of establishing training
programs for youth with an interest in the building trades.
Under the training programs, each participating youth shall
receive the following:
(1) Formal training and education in the fundamentals
and core competencies in the youth's chosen trade. Such
training and education shall be provided by a trained and
skilled tradesman or journeyman who is a member of a trade
union and who is paid the general prevailing rate of hourly
wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed.
(2) Hands-on experience to further develop the youth's
building trade skills by participating in community
improvement projects involving the rehabilitation of
vacant and abandoned residential property in economically
depressed areas of the State.
Selected organizations shall also use the grant money to
establish an entrepreneurship program to provide eligible
youth with the capital and business management skills necessary
to successfully launch their own businesses as contractors,

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subcontractors, real estate agents, or property managers or as
any other entrepreneurs in the building trades. Eligibility
under the entrepreneurship program shall be restricted to youth
who reside in one of the economically depressed areas selected
to receive community improvement projects in accordance with
this subsection and who have obtained the requisite skill set
for a particular building trade after successfully completing a
training program established in accordance with this
subsection. Grants provided under this Section may also be used
to purchase the equipment and materials needed to rehabilitate
any vacant and abandoned residential property that is eligible
for acquisition as described in subsection (b).
(b) Property eligible for acquisition and rehabilitation
under the Training Youth in the Building Trades Program.
(1) A community-based organization that is selected to
participate in the Training Youth in the Building Trades
Program may enter into an agreement with a financial
institution to rehabilitate abandoned residential property
in foreclosure with the express condition that, after the
rehabilitation project is complete, the financial
institution shall:
(A) sell the residential property for no less than
its fair market value; and
(B) use any proceeds from the sale to (i) reimburse
the community-based organization for all costs
associated with rehabilitating the property and (ii)

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make satisfactory payment for any other claims against
the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of the
residential property shall be retained by the
financial institution.
(2)(A) A unit of local government may enact an
ordinance that permits the acquisition and rehabilitation
of abandoned residential property under the Training Youth
in the Building Trades Program. Under the ordinance, any
owner of residential property that has been abandoned for
at least 3 years shall be notified that the abandoned
property is subject to acquisition and rehabilitation
under the Program and that if the owner does not respond to
the notice within the time period prescribed by the unit of
local government, the owner shall lose all right, title,
and interest in the property. Such notice shall be given as
follows:
(i) by mailing a copy of the notice by certified
mail to the owner's last known mailing address;
(ii) by publication in a newspaper published in the
municipality or county where the property is located;
and
(iii) by recording the notice with the office of
the recorder of the county in which the property is
located.
(B) If the owner responds to the notice within the time
period prescribed by the unit of local government, the

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owner shall be given the option to either bring the
property into compliance with all applicable fire,
housing, and building codes within 6 months or enter into
an agreement with a community-based organization under the
Program to rehabilitate the residential property. If the
owner chooses to enter into an agreement with a
community-based organization to rehabilitate the
residential property, such agreement shall be made with the
express condition that, after the rehabilitation project
is complete, the owner shall:
(i) sell the residential property for no less than
its fair market value; and
(ii) use any proceeds from the sale to (a)
reimburse the community-based organization for all
costs associated with rehabilitating the property and
(b) make satisfactory payment for any other claims
against the property. Any remaining sale proceeds of
the residential property shall be distributed as
follows:
(I) 20% shall be distributed to the owner.
(II) 80% shall be deposited into the Training
Youth in the Building Trades Fund created under
subsection (e).
(c) The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall
select from each of the following geographical regions of the
State a community-based organization with experience working

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with the building trades:
(1) Central Illinois.
(2) Northeastern Illinois.
(3) Southern (Metro-East) Illinois.
(d) The grants shall be funded through appropriations from
the Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund created under
subsection (e). The Illinois Housing Development Authority may
adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
Section.
(e) The Training Youth in the Buildings Trades Fund is
created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall
consist of any moneys deposited into the Fund as provided in
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and any
moneys appropriated to the Department of Human Services. Moneys
in the Fund shall be expended for the Training Youth in the
Building Trades Program under subsection (a) and for no other
purpose. All interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be
deposited into the Fund.
Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Sections 5.891 and 5.892 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.891 new)
Sec. 5.891. The Youth Training and Education in the
Building Trades Fund.

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(30 ILCS 105/5.892 new)
Sec. 5.892. The Training Youth in the Building Trades Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2020.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance