In addition to the duties and powers imposed elsewhere in the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department has the following powers:
(1) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Housing Authorities Act.(2) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Housing Cooperation Law.(3) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Housing Development and Construction Act.(4) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947.(5) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Blighted Vacant Areas Development Act of 1949.(6) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Urban Community Conservation Act.(7) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961.(8) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Redevelopment Project Rehousing Act.(9) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the State Housing Act.(10) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the State Housing Board under the Illinois Housing Development Act.(11) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which had been vested by law in the Department of Business and Economic Development under Sections 46.7 (renumbered; now Section 605-200 of this Law; 20 ILCS 605/605-200), 46.8 (repealed), 46.23 (repealed), and 47.1 (repealed) of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, previous to August 29, 1969.(12) To exercise the rights, powers, and duties which have been vested by law in the State Housing Board under Section 6b-3 of the State Finance Act. The Department shall render assistance and advice to and take action affecting local governments only upon request of a local government, except as otherwise provided by the powers and duties transferred to the Department by this Section.
P.A. 91-239, eff. 1/1/2000.