Bill Text: IL HB2411 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Tiny Homes Act. Prohibits a person, firm, or corporation from establishing, maintaining, or operating a tiny home park without a license from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Sets forth application and permit requirements. Provides that an annual license fee shall be $500, plus an additional $50 for each tiny home site in the tiny home park. Allows the Authority to revoke or suspend a license granted under the Act. Prohibits a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other business entity from constructing a tiny home park without first obtaining a permit to do so. Describes requirements concerning the maintenance and operation of a tiny home park, including: provisions requiring management of the tiny home park by a responsible individual; drainage and water supply requirements; setback requirements and limits on tiny home size; requirements concerning the provision of safe and sanitary water, sewage disposal service, garbage service, insect and rodent control services, and fire extinguishers; requirements concerning construction of auxiliary rooms; requirements concerning street maintenance; requirements concerning sanitary, electrical, and safety appliances; requirements concerning electrical outlets; and requirements concerning fire safety. Requires the Authority to maintain records of all tiny home parks. Allows counties or municipalities to provide for licensing of tiny homes within their corporate limits in a manner consistent with the Act. Preempts home rule powers. Allows the Authority to enforce the Act. Requires the Authority to inspect each tiny home park at least once a year. Allows the Authority to adopt rules to carry out the Act. Allows the Authority to assess civil penalties for violations of fire safety provisions in the amount of $500 per day. Sets forth hearing procedures for any person who is refused a permit to construct or license to operate a tiny home park or for any person who has had a permit to construct or a license to operate a tiny home park revoked or suspended.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-31 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason [HB2411 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2411-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2411 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Tiny Homes Act. Prohibits a person, firm, or corporation from establishing, maintaining, or operating a tiny home park without a license from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Sets forth application and permit requirements. Provides that an annual license fee shall be $500, plus an additional $50 for each tiny home site in the tiny home park. Allows the Authority to revoke or suspend a license granted under the Act. Prohibits a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other business entity from constructing a tiny home park without first obtaining a permit to do so. Describes requirements concerning the maintenance and operation of a tiny home park, including: provisions requiring management of the tiny home park by a responsible individual; drainage and water supply requirements; setback requirements and limits on tiny home size; requirements concerning the provision of safe and sanitary water, sewage disposal service, garbage service, insect and rodent control services, and fire extinguishers; requirements concerning construction of auxiliary rooms; requirements concerning street maintenance; requirements concerning sanitary, electrical, and safety appliances; requirements concerning electrical outlets; and requirements concerning fire safety. Requires the Authority to maintain records of all tiny home parks. Allows counties or municipalities to provide for licensing of tiny homes within their corporate limits in a manner consistent with the Act. Preempts home rule powers. Allows the Authority to enforce the Act. Requires the Authority to inspect each tiny home park at least once a year. Allows the Authority to adopt rules to carry out the Act. Allows the Authority to assess civil penalties for violations of fire safety provisions in the amount of $500 per day. Sets forth hearing procedures for any person who is refused a permit to construct or license to operate a tiny home park or for any person who has had a permit to construct or a license to operate a tiny home park revoked or suspended.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tiny
Homes Act.
Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) there is a serious housing shortage in this State;
(2) rising costs in the building construction field
have seriously impeded the building of new housing,
particularly for moderate-income and low-income citizens;
(3) the existing housing stock is continuously
depleted through demolition resulting from aging
buildings, urban renewal, highway construction, and other
necessary public improvements;
(4) advances in the construction of tiny homes have
significantly increased the importance of this mode of
housing; and
(5) through proper regulation and licensing, tiny
homes can contribute to the provision of quality housing
for Illinois citizens.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Administrative decision" has the meaning given in Section

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3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
"Applicable tiny home park fire protection standards"
means: (i) in the case of a home rule unit, the fire protection
standards ordinance of the municipality or fire protection
district that has jurisdictional responsibility for responding
to a fire call in that tiny home park; or (ii) if there is no
ordinance or in the case of a non-home rule unit, the rules
adopted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal for fire safety
in tiny home parks.
"Authority" means the Illinois Housing Development
Authority.
"Director" means the Executive Director of the Authority.
"Independent tiny home" means a tiny home which has (i) a
self-contained toilet and (ii) bath or shower facilities.
"Maintain or operate a tiny home park" includes, but is
not limited to, supplying or maintaining common water, sewer,
or other utility supply or service, or the collection of rent
directly or indirectly from 10 or more independent tiny homes.
"Permanent habitation" means habitation for a period of 6
or more months.
"Site" means the lot on which the tiny home is located for
permanent habitation.
"Tiny home" means a factory-assembled, completely
integrated structure that: (i) is designed for permanent
habitation; (ii) is permanently constructed on a vehicle
chassis; (iii) includes electrical, mechanical, or plumbing

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services that are fabricated, formed, or assembled at a
location other than the site of the completed home; (iv) is not
self-propelled; (v) has a square footage of 1,000 square feet
or less; (vi) has a metal plate insignia installed under the
kitchen sink by the Authority; (vii) is connected to utilities
for year-round occupancy for use as a permanent habitation;
and (viii) is designed and situated to permit its occupancy as
a dwelling place for one or more persons. "Tiny home" does not
include a camper or recreational vehicle or a mobile home or
manufactured home, as defined under Section 2.1 of the Mobile
Home Park Act.
"Tiny home park" means a tract of land or 2 or more
contiguous tracts of land upon which there are sites with the
necessary utilities for 10 or more independent tiny homes for
permanent habitation. "Tiny home park" includes any building,
structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a
part of the equipment of the tiny home park. Separate
ownership of contiguous tracts of land shall not preclude the
tracts of land from common licensure as a tiny home park if
they are maintained and operated jointly. "Tiny home park"
does not include an immobilized mobile home or a motorized
recreational vehicle.
Section 15. License to operate tiny home park required. No
person, firm, or corporation shall establish, maintain, or
operate a tiny home park without a license from the Authority.

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The license shall expire December 31 of each year, and a new
license shall be issued upon proper application and payment of
the annual license fee if the applicant is in substantial
compliance with the rules of the Authority.
Section 20. Tiny home park permit application
requirements. In order to obtain a permit to construct a new
tiny home park, the applicant shall file with the Authority a
written application and plan documents, including the
following:
(1) The full name and address of the applicant or
applicants, or names and addresses of the partners if the
applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the
officers if the applicant is a corporation, the names and
addresses of the manager if the applicant is a limited
liability company, or the name of the trustee if the
applicant is a trust.
(2) The address, location, and legal description of
the tract of land upon which it is proposed to construct,
operate, and maintain a tiny home park.
(3) The name of the tiny home park.
(4) Detailed plans and specifications sealed by a
registered engineer or architect licensed to practice in
the State, which include a general plot plan of the tiny
home park with all sites and structures shown, the water
supply system, the sewage disposal system, the electrical

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system, the fuel supply system, the lighting system, the
method of disposal of solid waste, all streets and
sidewalks, swimming and bathing facilities, pickleball
courts, fire hydrants, and details of all auxiliary
structures.
(5) The number of tiny home sites proposed to be
constructed or licensed.
(6) A statement of the firefighting facilities, public
or private, that are available to the tiny home park.
(7) A plan review fee in the amount of $500, which is
nonrefundable.
Section 25. Issuance of permits. Upon receipt of an
application for a permit to construct or alter a tiny home park
or an application for an original license to maintain and
operate a tiny home park, the Authority shall, if the tiny home
park is, or the proposed tiny home park will be, in conformity
with this Act and the rules adopted by the Authority under this
Act, issue a permit to construct or an original license. If the
application for a permit to construct or an original license
is declined, the Authority shall give the reasons for its
decision in writing to the applicant, and if the objections
can be corrected, the applicant may amend the application and
resubmit it for approval.
If a permit to construct a tiny home park has been issued,
the applicant shall notify the Authority of the completion of

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the tiny home park. The Authority shall then inspect the tiny
home park and, if completed in accordance with the approved
plans, shall issue a license for the number of approved sites
after receipt of the required fee.
Within 10 days of receiving an application for a permit to
construct a tiny home park or alter a licensed tiny home park,
the Authority shall send a copy of the application, by
certified mail, to the county or municipality in which the
proposed or existing tiny home park is located. Construction
for which the Authority has issued a permit shall not commence
until the applicant has received any required municipal or
county building and zoning approvals. No license to maintain
and operate a tiny home park shall be issued by Authority if
the Authority is notified, within 60 days of the mailing of the
application to the municipality or county, by a written
certification from the municipal or county zoning board or
commission of any municipality or county that the tiny home
park is in violation of any municipal or county zoning or other
ordinances. Upon certification from the municipal or county
zoning board that the tiny home park has complied with the
municipal or county zoning or other ordinances and other
requirements of this Act have been met, the license shall be
issued. Within 10 days after the tiny home park has complied
with the municipal or county zoning ordinance, the municipal
or county zoning board or commission shall certify compliance
to the Authority. Fees charged by the municipality or county

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for permits shall not exceed the usual charge for the services
provided by the municipality or county in connection with the
permits.
Section 30. License fees. In addition to the application
fees provided for under this Act, the tiny home park operator
shall pay to the Authority on or before December 31 of each
year, an annual license fee. The annual license fee shall be
$500 plus $50 for each tiny home site in the tiny home park.
Each license fee shall be paid to the Authority and any license
fee or any part of the license fee, once paid to and accepted
by the Authority, shall not be refunded.
The Authority shall deposit all funds received under this
Act into the Facility Licensing Fund. Subject to
appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used for the
enforcement of this Act.
Section 35. Revocation or suspension of license. Any
license granted under this Act shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the Authority. However, the Authority shall
first serve or cause to be served upon the tiny home park
operator a written notice in which shall be specified the way
or ways in which the tiny home park operator has failed to
comply with this Act or any rules adopted by the Authority
under this Act. The notice shall require the tiny home park
operator to remove or abate the nuisance, insanitary, or

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objectionable condition, specified in the notice, within 5
days or within a longer period of time as may be allowed by the
Authority. If the tiny home park operator fails to comply with
the terms and conditions of the notice, within the time
specified or an extended period of time, the Authority may
revoke or suspend the tiny home park operator's license.
Section 40. Permit required to construct tiny home park.
No person, firm, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, or other business entity shall construct a tiny home
park without first obtaining a permit to do so. All permits to
construct and all licenses to operate shall be prominently
displayed in the tiny home park office. All licenses issued
under this Act shall be transferable only with the written
consent of the Authority; however, the Authority may not
withhold consent where the provisions of this Act have been
met. The tiny home park operator shall provide to the
Authority the information required in paragraphs (1), (3), and
(5) of Section 20.
Section 45. Operation and maintenance of tiny home park.
Each tiny home park licensed or to be constructed under the
provisions of this Act shall be operated and maintained in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 50 through 110.
Section 50. Management by responsible individual. Every

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tiny home park shall be managed by a responsible individual
whose name, address, and telephone number shall be on file at
all times with the Authority and whose duty it shall be to
maintain the tiny home park, its facilities, and equipment in
a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition, and that individual
shall be responsible, with the tiny home park operator, for
any violation of the provisions of this Act.
Section 55. Drainage and water supply. No tiny home park
shall be located in a manner that causes the drainage of the
tiny home park to endanger a water supply. All tiny home parks
shall be well drained. No wastewater shall be deposited on the
surface of the ground within the tiny home park.
Section 60. Tiny home size. Each site on which a tiny home
is accommodated shall have a minimum area of 1,000 square
feet.
No tiny home shall be parked closer than 50 feet to the
side lot lines of a tiny home park, or closer than 50 feet to a
public street, alley, or building. Each individual site shall
abut or face on a private or public street. All streets shall
have unobstructed access to a public street. There shall be an
open space of at least 50 feet next to the sides of every tiny
home and an open space of at least 50 feet next to the ends of
every tiny home.

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Section 65. Safe and sanitary water. An adequate supply of
water of safe, sanitary quality, approved by the Authority,
shall be furnished at each tiny home park. If water from other
sources than that supplied by a city or village is proposed to
be used, the source of the supply shall first be approved by
the Authority. Each tiny home shall have a connection to a
public water system, a semi-private water system, or a private
water supply constructed in accordance with the requirements
of the Illinois Water Well Construction Code or the Surface
Source Water Treatment Code.
Section 70. Sewage disposal. All sewage and other water
carried wastes shall be disposed of into a municipal sewerage
system whenever the interceptor or sewer main of the system is
next to the tiny home park. In a tiny home park in which the
connections are not available, disposal shall be into a
private system which includes a sanitary means of disposal,
the operation of which creates neither a nuisance nor a menace
to health.
Section 75. Garbage. A sufficient number of adequate
flyproof and watertight containers in accordance with rules
adopted by the Authority shall be supplied for the storage of
garbage except where an adequate incinerator is provided.
Garbage containers shall be emptied at least once a week
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foul smelling or a breeding place for flies.
Garbage and rubbish shall be disposed of in a that creates
neither a nuisance nor a menace to health and in a manner that
is approved by the Authority.
Section 80. Insect and rodent control. Adequate insect and
rodent control measures shall be employed. All buildings shall
be fly proof and rodent proof, and rodent harborages shall not
be permitted to exist in the tiny home park or pathways. All
tiny homes shall be skirted to exclude rodents and provide
protection to the homes' utilities from the weather.
Section 85. Fire extinguishers required. Each tiny home in
a tiny home park shall be equipped with fire extinguishers in
working order, one in each end of the tiny home.
Inspection of any equipment and enforcement of any rules
adopted under this Act shall be the duty of the State Fire
Marshal and local law enforcement agencies in the county or
municipality where the tiny home park is located.
Section 90. Construction of auxiliary rooms. Porches,
carports, garages, sheds, awnings, skirting, and auxiliary
rooms shall be constructed of materials specified by rule.
Section 95. Street maintenance. All streets in every tiny
home park must be maintained in a passable and reasonably

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dust-proof condition at all times.
Section 100. Sanitary, electrical, and safety appliances.
The management of every tiny home park shall assume full
responsibility for maintaining in good repair and condition
all sanitary, electrical, and safety appliances in the tiny
home park, and shall promptly bring an action as is necessary
to prosecute or eject from the tiny home park any person who
willfully or maliciously damages the appliances or any person
who fails to comply with this Act or the rules adopted under
this Act.
Section 105. Electrical outlets. Electrical outlets for
each individual site shall be provided, and the installation
of those outlets shall be in accordance with all State or local
codes and ordinances.
Section 110. Fire safety. All private water supply systems
and hydrants for fire safety purposes shall be maintained in
operable condition and good repair as defined by the State
Fire Marshal or tiny home park licensing agency. A tiny home
park that does not have a private water supply system and
hydrants shall have an agreement, approved by the State Fire
Marshal or licensing agency in consultation with the municipal
fire department or the local fire protection district, to
provide an adequate and reliable water supply for fire

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mitigation needs. This agreement shall be signed and dated by
the tiny home park operator and the local fire chief.
Certification that this agreement exists shall be signed by
the tiny home park operator and the local fire chief, and
submitted with each application for original licensure or
licensure renewal required under Section 30. A copy of this
agreement shall be on file at the local fire department or fire
protection district and posted in public view at the tiny home
park site by the tiny home park operator, and shall be
available for inspection.
The municipal fire department or fire protection district
that has jurisdictional responsibility for responding to a
fire call in a tiny home park shall annually inspect the tiny
home park in accordance with the applicable tiny home park
fire protection standards. If, upon inspection, the municipal
fire department or fire protection district finds that a tiny
home park does not meet the applicable fire protection
standards, the municipal fire department or fire protection
district shall give, within 5 working days of the inspection,
a written notice of violation to the tiny home park operator
and to the Department of Public Health describing any
violation or required modification or repair. The tiny home
park operator has 30 days after receipt of the written notice
to correct the violation or make the required modification or
repair. Not less than 30 days after the tiny home park
operator's receipt of the notice, the municipal fire

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department or fire protection district shall reinspect the
tiny home park and issue a written reinspection report to the
tiny home park operator and to the Department of Public Health
concerning the status of the tiny home park operator's
compliance with the notice and whether any violation still
exists. If the municipal fire department or fire protection
district determines on reinspection that a tiny home park
operator has made a good faith and substantial effort to
comply with the notice but that compliance is not complete,
the municipal fire department or fire protection district may
grant the tiny home park operator an extension of time for
compliance, as it deems fit, by a written notice of extension
of time for compliance issued within 5 working days after the
reinspection that identifies what remains to be corrected,
modified, or repaired and provides a date by which compliance
must be achieved. If an extension is granted, the municipal
fire department or fire protection district shall make another
inspection within 10 days after the date set for compliance
and issue a final written report to the tiny home park operator
and the Department of Public Health concerning the status of
the tiny home park operator's compliance with the notice,
written report, and written notice of extension of time for
compliance and whether a violation still exists. If a tiny
home park operator fails to cure the violation or comply with
the requirements stated in the notice of violation, or if a
written notice of extension of time for compliance is issued

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and the final written report states that a violation still
exists, the municipal fire department or fire protection
district shall notify the Department of Public Health of the
tiny home park operator's failure to comply with the notice of
violation and the written report and shall deliver to the
Authority for purposes of enforcement under this Section
copies of all written notices and reports concerning the
violation.
Upon receipt of the written reports concerning the
violation, the Authority shall issue to the tiny home park
operator a notice of intent to assess civil penalties in the
amount of $500 per day, per violation for noncompliance with
the written notice of violation issued by the municipal fire
department or fire protection district and shall provide the
tiny home park operator with the opportunity for an
administrative hearing under Section 145.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
enforcement of home rule ordinances and regulations shall be
by the appropriate local authorities, including local public
health departments, municipal attorneys, and State's
Attorneys. A home rule unit may not regulate the legal rights,
remedies, and obligations of a tiny home park operator under
this Section in a manner less restrictive than the regulation
by the State of fire safety in a tiny home park under this
Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the

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concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and function
exercised by the State.
Section 115. Condition of supplied facilities and
equipment. If community kitchens, dining rooms, laundries, or
other facilities are provided, the facilities and equipment
supplied must be maintained in a sanitary condition and kept
in good repair, and subject to the rules adopted by the
Authority.
Section 120. Retention of originals; notification to
municipalities; forms for permits. If the Authority has
approved an application for a permit to construct a tiny home
park or appurtenances to a tiny home park or a license to
maintain and operate a tiny home park, it shall retain the
original and keep a file containing the application. The
Authority shall notify the clerk of the municipality if the
tiny home park is located within the limits of a municipality
or the county clerk if the tiny home park is located outside
the limits of a municipality of all approved applications for
construction of tiny home parks or expansion of licensed tiny
home parks.
The Authority shall draft and supply all forms and blanks
and specify the number and detail necessary to obtain permits
to construct or make alterations upon tiny home parks, and for
a license to maintain and operate a tiny home park according to

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this Act.
Section 125. Records. The Authority shall keep a record of
all tiny home parks. The records shall show the names and
addresses of all tiny home parks, the names and addresses of
the licensees, the number of tiny homes in each tiny home park,
the source of water supply for the tiny home park, the system
of sewage and garbage disposal for the tiny home park, and any
other information desired by the Authority.
The Authority shall supply licensees of all tiny home
parks with the health rules that pertain to the tiny home park
and that have been adopted by the Authority, and any
amendments that may be made from time to time to those rules.
The rules shall be posted by the management of the tiny home
park in a protected, conspicuous place within the tiny home
park.
Section 130. Licensure by county or municipality. In
addition to the license required under Section 15, any county
or municipality in this State may provide for the licensing of
a tiny home park within its corporate limits; however, the
license shall not serve to exempt the tiny home park from the
license and fee required under Section 15, and the county or
municipality shall not charge a fee greater than $500 per
calendar year for the municipal or county license.

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Section 135. Enforcement. The Authority shall enforce the
provisions of this Act and the rules adopted under this Act
affecting health, sanitation, water supply, sewage, garbage,
fire safety, and waste disposal, and the Authority shall
inspect, at least once each year, each tiny home park and all
its accommodations and facilities. The officials or officers
are granted the power and authority to enter upon the premises
of tiny home parks at any time for the purposes set forth in
this Act.
The Authority may issue rules to carry out the provisions
of this Act. The rules may contain provisions for the
Authority to grant a waiver to a tiny home park, if the intent
and purpose of the Act are met.
The Authority is empowered to assess civil penalties for
violations of Section 110. Civil penalties in the amount of
$500 per day, per violation shall be assessed for
noncompliance with the written notice of violation issued by a
municipal fire department or fire protection district. An
additional civil penalty of $500 per day of violation shall be
assessed against a tiny home park operator who knowingly rents
or offers for rent a tiny home or tiny home site without taking
appropriate corrective action to remedy a notice of violation
issued by a municipal fire department or fire protection
district. The first day of violation for purposes of assessing
a fine shall be the date of the tiny home park operator's
receipt of the written report following the reinspection, if

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the written report states that a violation still exists. If a
written notice of extension of time for compliance is issued
and the final written report states that a violation still
exists, the first day of violation for purposes of assessing a
fine shall be the date of the tiny home park operator's receipt
of the final written report. The Authority shall deposit all
fees and fines collected under this Act into the Facility
Licensing Fund. Moneys in the Fund, subject to appropriation,
shall be used for the enforcement of this Act.
In the administration and enforcement of this Act, the
Authority may designate and use full-time city or county
health departments as its agents in making inspections and
investigations.
Section 140. Hearing. Any person refused a permit to
construct or a license or any person whose license is
suspended or revoked shall have the right to a hearing before
the Authority. A written notice of a request for a hearing
shall be served upon the Authority within 20 days of the
refusal of a permit to construct or alter, the refusal of a
license, or the suspension or revocation of a license. The
Director shall give written notice of the decision, by
registered mail, to the tiny home park operator or the
applicant within 5 days of the refusal, suspension, or
revocation.
The hearing shall be conducted by the Director or a duly

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qualified employee of the Authority designated in writing by
the Director as a hearing officer.
The Director or hearing officer may compel by subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum the attendance and testimony of witnesses
and the production of books and papers, and administer oaths
to witnesses. The hearing shall be conducted at a place as
designated by the Authority. The Director shall give written
notice of the time and place of hearing, by registered mail, to
the tiny home park operator or license applicant at least 10
days before the hearing.
The Director or hearing officer shall permit the tiny home
park operator or applicant to appear in person and to be
represented by counsel at the hearing at which time the tiny
home park operator or applicant shall be afforded an
opportunity to present all relevant matter in support of the
application for license or renewal of license or in resisting
the revocation of a license.
If any party or the Authority is unable to procure the
attendance of witnesses to give testimony or produce books and
papers, a party or the Authority may take the deposition of
witnesses in accordance with the law pertaining to the taking
of depositions in civil cases in the circuit courts of this
State. All testimony taken at a hearing shall be reduced to
writing, and all testimony and other evidence introduced at
the hearing shall constitute a part of the record of the
hearing.

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The Director shall make findings of fact in the hearing,
and the Director shall render a decision within 30 days after
the termination of the hearing, unless additional time is
required by the Director for a proper disposition of the
matter. When the hearing has been conducted by a hearing
officer, the Director shall review the record before rendering
a decision. It shall be the duty of the Director to forward a
copy of the decision, by registered mail, to the tiny home park
operator or applicant within 5 days of rendering the decision.
Technical errors in the proceeding before the Director or
hearing officer or the failure of the Director or hearing
officer to observe the technical rules of evidence shall not
constitute grounds for the reversal of any administrative
decision unless it appears to the court that the error or
failure materially affects the rights of any party and results
in substantial injustice to the party.
All subpoenas issued by the Director or hearing officer
may be served as provided for in civil actions. The fees of
witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the
fees for witnesses before the circuit court and shall be paid
by the party to a proceeding at whose request the subpoena is
issued. If a subpoena is issued at the request of the
Authority, the witness fee shall be paid as an administrative
expense.
In cases of refusal of a witness to attend or testify, or
to produce books or papers, concerning any matter upon which

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the witness might be lawfully examined, the circuit court of
the county where the hearing is held, upon application of any
party to the proceeding, may compel obedience by proceeding
for contempt as in cases of a like refusal to obey a similar
order of the court.
The Authority shall not be required to certify any record
or file any answer or otherwise appear in any proceeding for
judicial review unless the party filing the complaint deposits
with the clerk of the court the sum of $0.95 per page
representing costs of the certification. Failure on the part
of the plaintiff to make the deposit shall be grounds for
dismissal of the action.
Section 145. Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The
provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are
hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative
rules and procedures of the Department of Public Health under
this Act, except that in case of conflict between the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act and this Act the provisions of
this Act shall control, and except that Section 5-35 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures
for rulemaking does not apply to the adoption of any rule
required by federal law in connection with which the Authority
is precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
Section 150. Administrative Review Law. The Administrative

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Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant to the
Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern all
proceedings for judicial review of final administrative
decisions of the Authority under this Act.