Bill Text: IL HB4559 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may apply to the Department of Human Services for an Accessible Community designation for the municipality if the municipality shows it (1) has an accessibility committee or accessibility taskforce organized and operating; (2) has a website that meets specified accessibility standards for electronic and information technology; (3) provides training to its first responders regarding how to interact with a person with a disability; (4) provides public buildings that are accessible to persons with disabilities; (5) provides accessible public transportation; (6) provides affordable housing accessible to persons with disabilities or establishes regulations for the design, installation, and construction of single family and attached single family homes accessible to persons with disabilities; and (7) has at least one person with a disability on staff. Lists procedures for review of applications and awarding the Accessible Community designation by the Department. Provides that the Accessible Community designation expires 5 years after the date the Department awards the designation. Provides for procedures for reapplying for the Accessible Community designation after denial of an application or expiration of the designation. Amends the Department of Human Services Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4559 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4559-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4559 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1305/10-75 new
65 ILCS 5/1-2-12.2 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may apply to the Department of Human Services for an Accessible Community designation for the municipality if the municipality shows it (1) has an accessibility committee or accessibility taskforce organized and operating; (2) has a website that meets specified accessibility standards for electronic and information technology; (3) provides training to its first responders regarding how to interact with a person with a disability; (4) provides public buildings that are accessible to persons with disabilities; (5) provides accessible public transportation; (6) provides affordable housing accessible to persons with disabilities or establishes regulations for the design, installation, and construction of single family and attached single family homes accessible to persons with disabilities; and (7) has at least one person with a disability on staff. Lists procedures for review of applications and awarding the Accessible Community designation by the Department. Provides that the Accessible Community designation expires 5 years after the date the Department awards the designation. Provides for procedures for reapplying for the Accessible Community designation after denial of an application or expiration of the designation. Amends the Department of Human Services Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning local 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 10-75 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/10-75 new)
Sec. 10-75. Accessible Community designation. The
Department shall award Accessible Community designations and
adopt rules outlining the framework for awarding Accessible
Community designations consistent with Section 1-2-12.2 of the
Illinois Municipal Code.
Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 1-2-12.2 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/1-2-12.2 new)
Sec. 1-2-12.2. Accessible Community designation.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Centers for independent living" has the meaning given to
that term in Section 12a of the Rehabilitation of Persons with
Disabilities Act.
"Department" means the Department of Human Services.
(b) The corporate authorities of a municipality may apply

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to the Department for an Accessible Community designation for
the municipality. The application shall provide documentation
showing the municipality:
(1) has an accessibility committee or accessibility
task force organized and operating;
(2) has a website that meets the accessibility
standards for electronic and information technology for
State entities developed by the Department under the
Information Technology Accessibility Act;
(3) provides training to its first responders
regarding how to interact with a person with a disability;
(4) provides public buildings that are accessible to
persons with disabilities;
(5) provides accessible public transportation;
(6) provides affordable housing accessible to persons
with disabilities or establishes regulations for the
design, installation, and construction of single family
and attached single family homes accessible to persons with
disabilities; and
(7) has at least one person with a disability on staff.
The Department shall evaluate every application received
by the Department and shall consult with one or more centers
for independent living with a service area located within the
municipality as to whether the application meets the
requirements of this Section. If the Department rejects an
application for an Accessible Community designation, the

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municipality may reapply for the designation no earlier than 6
months after the denied application's date.
(c) If the Department finds that a municipality's
application documents the items required by subsection (b), the
Department shall award the municipality the Accessible
Community designation and issue a certificate evidencing the
designation. The Department may designate one or more centers
for independent living with a service area located within the
municipality to present a certificate certifying the
Accessible Community designation to the municipality.
(d) The Accessible Community designation expires 5 years
after the date the Department awards the designation. No
earlier than 6 months before the designation expires, the
corporate authorities of a municipality that has been awarded
an Accessible Community designation may reapply for the
Accessible Community designation as provided in subsection
(b).
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.