101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2192

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Creates the Rent Control Act. Establishes 6 regional rent control boards in the State. Provides for the election of 7 members to each board beginning in the 2021 consolidated election. Provides that a board shall establish regulations concerning rent stabilization rates for specified lessors and shall impose rent control registration fees to fund a Small Rental Property Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund. Includes enforcement provisions against landlords who charge rent in excess of amounts allowed by the Act. Limits home rule powers except in home rule units that enact a specified rent stabilization regime. Amends the Election Code making conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates rent-controlled and rental property capital improvement tax credits. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates procedures for terminating a tenancy or lease of one year or more after expiration of the lease. Provides that a lessor may terminate a lease and recover possession, after providing specified notice and monetary relocation assistance: if the lessor or a qualified relative will reside at the premises; if the lessor is going to substantially rehabilitate, remodel, or repair the premises; or if the lessor intends to demolish or permanently remove the premises from residential use. Provides for damages for failure to pay lessee relocation assistance or for failure to act in good faith in seeking to recover possession under the provisions. Provides that a demand or notice must be accessible to a lessor by being presented in the language of the lessor and contain a statement that the lessor may seek legal advice. Makes other changes. Repeals the Rent Control Preemption Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rent
5Control Act.
 
6    Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
7        (1) There is a significant shortage of safe,
8    affordable, and healthy rental housing in the State of
9    Illinois, especially for hundreds of thousands of
10    lower-income Illinois renters. One-third of Illinoisans,
11    or nearly 1,600,000 Illinois households, depend on rental
12    housing.
13        (2) The rate at which rents have increased in the State
14    of Illinois has continued to outpace the increase in
15    Illinoisans' real wages, resulting in an increasing rent
16    burden borne by Illinois households, especially vulnerable
17    populations. This growing burden threatens the quality and
18    stability of housing available to Illinois renters.
19        (3) Many Illinois households who depend on rental
20    housing are low-income and are rent-burdened, meaning that
21    they pay more than 30% of their income on rent.
22    Additionally, some of these households are severely
23    cost-burdened, meaning that they must devote more than 50%

 

 

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1    of their income to paying rent, leaving little for other
2    household necessities such as health care, education,
3    vocational training, transportation, or utilities.
4        (4) An inability to find affordable housing negatively
5    impacts tenants' economic stability, health and
6    well-being, and capacity to participate in their
7    communities. A lack of stable housing may limit a parent's
8    ability to maintain employment, a child's capacity to
9    succeed at school, and, for lower-income families,
10    potential to escape the cycle of poverty.
11        (5) Tenants' inability to find and retain affordable
12    housing results in increased rates of involuntary
13    displacement, eviction, and property turnover, creating
14    additional burdens for landlords and property owners,
15    social service agencies, units of local government, and the
16    judicial system, as well as renter households.
17        (6) Regional boards and local communities are best
18    positioned through collaborative administration to
19    implement rent control and address barriers to affordable
20    housing in their communities.
 
21    Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to promote
22the maintenance and expansion of the supply of affordable
23rental housing in the State of Illinois by establishing a
24system of rent control. This Act is designed to ensure that
25rent increases match general economic trends and tenants'

 

 

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1ability to pay by enacting rent stabilization. The system of
2rent control established by this Act is applicable to rental
3units, rather than individual tenant households, and is not
4disrupted by tenants moving into or out of a particular unit or
5a change in the ownership or management of a particular unit.
6This Act is remedial in its general purpose to stabilize
7amounts charged for rental housing and should be construed
8liberally to achieve its objectives.
 
9    Section 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    "Area median income" means the median income published
11annually for each metropolitan and non-metropolitan area by the
12U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
13    "Board" means a regional rent control board established by
14Section 20 of this Act.
15    "Consumer benchmark" means the index selected by a board to
16determine the rate by which consumer prices and purchasing
17power have changed and in reference to which the rent
18stabilization rate is set. If no index is selected by a board,
19then "consumer benchmark" means the index published by the
20Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
21Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
22services purchased by all urban consumers, Midwest Region, all
23items, 1982-84 = 100.
24    "Dwelling" means a privately-owned parcel of real property
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1undivided whole with one or more dwelling units rented or
2available for rent for residential use and occupancy on or
3after this Act's effective date. "Dwelling" includes a dwelling
4unit within a common-interest community, including a
5condominium or cooperative building that is held out for rent
6and not occupied by the owner of record. "Dwelling" does not
7include commercial units in mixed-use developments, subsidized
8housing, hospitals or skilled nursing facilities, or
9transitory dwellings that are not ordinarily occupied by the
10same tenant for more than 31 days.
11    "Dwelling unit" means a building, structure, or part of a
12building or structure or land appurtenant to a building or
13structure, or any other rental property rented or offered for
14rent for residential purposes, together with all common areas
15and recreational facilities held out for use by the tenant.
16"Dwelling unit" does not include subsidized housing.
17    "Landlord" means an owner of record, agent, lessor,
18sublessor, or the successor in interest of any of them, of a
19dwelling or dwelling unit.
20    "Median area rent" means the median of rents charged for
21dwelling units with the same number of bedrooms in each county
22or such other units of local government as defined by the
23board.
24    "Member" means an official elected to a board.
25    "Person with a disability" has the meaning given to that
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1and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
2    "Rent" means the consideration demanded or received in
3connection with the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit.
4"Rent" includes fees, costs, and other consideration,
5regardless of whether they are denominated as rent. Such
6consideration includes, but is not limited to, moneys and fair
7market value of goods and services rendered for the benefit of
8the landlord under the rental agreement. "Rent" does not
9include a security deposit or other fund held in trust for the
10tenant.
11    "Rent control registration fee" means a fee payable not
12less than annually by landlords to fund operations and
13activities of the board.
14    "Rent stabilization rate" means the rate by which rents are
15permitted to change in that region or other unit of local
16government within the region.
17    "Rental agreement" means an agreement, oral, written, or
18implied, between a landlord and tenant for use or occupancy of
19a dwelling unit in a dwelling and associated housing services.
20    "Subsidized housing" has the meaning given to that term in
21Section 3 of the Subsidized Housing Joint Occupancy Act.
22    "Tenant" means a person entitled by a rental agreement,
23subtenancy approved by the landlord, or sufferance to occupy a
24dwelling unit within a dwelling.
 
25    Section 20. Establishment of regional rent control boards;

 

 

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1membership.
2    (a) Six regional rent control boards are established and
3organized into the following geographic regions:
4        (1) Cook County, DuPage County, Grundy County, Kane
5    County, Kendall County, Lake County, McHenry County, and
6    Will County.
7        (2) Boone County, Bureau County, Carroll County,
8    DeKalb County, Henry County, Jo Daviess County, LaSalle
9    County, Lee County, Marshall County, Ogle County, Putnam
10    County, Rock Island County, Stark County, Stephenson
11    County, Whiteside County, and Winnebago County.
12        (3) Adams County, Brown County, Cass County, Fulton
13    County, Hancock County, Henderson County, Knox County,
14    Mason County, McDonough County, Menard County, Mercer
15    County, Morgan County, Peoria County, Pike County,
16    Sangamon County, Schuyler County, Scott County, Tazewell
17    County, Warren County, and Woodford County.
18        (4) Champaign County, Clark County, Coles County,
19    Cumberland County, DeWitt County, Douglas County, Edgar
20    County, Ford County, Iroquois County, Kankakee County,
21    Livingston County, Logan County, Macon County, McLean
22    County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Shelby County, and
23    Vermilion County.
24        (5) Bond County, Calhoun County, Christian County,
25    Effingham County, Fayette County, Greene County, Jersey
26    County, Madison County, Macoupin County, Monroe County,

 

 

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1    Montgomery County, Randolph County, and St. Clair County.
2        (6) Alexander County, Clay County, Clinton County,
3    Crawford County, Edwards County, Franklin County, Gallatin
4    County, Hardin County, Hamilton County, Jackson County,
5    Jasper County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Lawrence
6    County, Massac County, Marion County, Perry County, Pope
7    County, Pulaski County, Richland County, Saline County,
8    Union County, Wabash County, Washington County, Wayne
9    County, White County, and Williamson County.
10    (b) Each board shall consist of the following members:
11        (1) three members, each of whom is a tenant residing in
12    the region subject to regulation by the board and whose
13    household earns less than 120% of the area median income;
14        (2) two members, each of whom is a landlord and owns a
15    dwelling in the region subject to regulation by the board;
16    and
17        (3) two members who are representatives of an
18    organization that advocates for low-income tenants in the
19    region subject to regulation by the board.
20    (c) Candidates for board membership shall be nominated in
21the same manner, form, and time prescribed by the general
22election law, including the filing of nomination petitions,
23except that:
24        (1) political party name or affiliation may not appear
25    on any nominating petition;
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1    candidate's residential address, including the candidate's
2    county of residence; and
3        (3) each nominating petition shall specify the
4    position for which the candidate is running under
5    paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b).
6    (d) Members shall be elected initially in the 2021
7consolidated election, and the members initially elected shall
8meet within 21 days after the election and determine by lot the
9terms for which they each shall serve. Of the members initially
10elected, 3 members shall serve 2-year terms and 4 members shall
11each serve 4-year terms. At each consolidated election
12thereafter, each member elected to succeed a member whose term
13expires shall hold office for a term of 4 years. The term of
14office of each member elected shall commence on the first
15Monday of the month following the month of that member's
16election, and each member shall serve until the member's
17successor is elected and has qualified. No member shall serve
18more than 3 consecutive terms.
19    (e) The office of a member shall be deemed vacant and shall
20be filled by appointment pursuant to subsection (f) for the
21remainder of the term if the member does not continue to meet
22the requirements under the paragraph of subsection (b) under
23which the member was elected.
24    (f) If a vacancy in a board occurs, either by death,
25resignation, failure to qualify, change of residence, change of
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1remaining members shall fill the vacancy by appointment of a
2person who shall meet the qualifications of the vacant member
3position under the applicable paragraph of subsection (b). The
4appointed member shall then assume the duties of the office for
5the unexpired term to which the person was appointed.
6    (g) No member may be a tenant or landlord in a home rule
7unit that is exempted under subsection (a) of Section 45.
 
8    Section 25. Board duties. A board has the following duties:
9        (1) A board must provide support to and oversight of
10    the units of local government within its region in
11    implementing the requirements of this Act.
12        (2) A board must establish regulations as provided in
13    Section 35 and may establish other regulations and
14    penalties applicable within its region and consistent with
15    this Act and provide for enforcement of those regulations
16    and penalties. A board may enact regulations that are
17    specific to a particular jurisdiction or area within its
18    region. All regulations must be approved by a majority of
19    the members voting at a board meeting.
20        (3) A board must monitor and compile publicly
21    accessible data on rents and evictions within its region. A
22    board may provide for data collection from units of local
23    government, landlords, and tenants.
24        (4) A board must at least annually publish the median
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1    bedrooms within each county of its region or other unit of
2    local government within its region as the board may decide.
3        (5) No more than once every 12 months, a board must set
4    the rent stabilization rate for each county within its
5    region or other units of local government within each
6    county. A board may provide separate rates for tenants who
7    are over 65 years of age, tenants who are persons with a
8    disability, or other subclasses of tenants that a board may
9    from time to time define.
10        (6) A board must select a consumer benchmark to use
11    when calculating the rent stabilization rate.
12        (7) A board shall establish a rent control registration
13    fee schedule that results in the collection of annual fees
14    from landlords for each dwelling unit in the region over
15    which the board exercises oversight. The rent control
16    registration fee shall be used solely to fund activities
17    under this Act. A board must maintain and update a publicly
18    available online list of the current payment status of each
19    dwelling unit subject to the board's oversight. The
20    publicly available list shall include the name of the
21    landlord responsible for the dwelling unit.
22        (8) A board shall establish a complaint collection
23    system that allows tenants and landlords to submit written
24    or verbal complaints to the board concerning rents, the
25    affordability and quality of dwelling units subject to the
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1    landlords subject to the board's oversight. The board shall
2    not solicit, maintain, or report information concerning
3    unlawful behavior by a landlord or tenant not related to
4    the rent of a dwelling unit, including drug use or
5    possession, immigration status, or domestic relations. A
6    board is not required to create an adjudicatory system to
7    resolve complaints submitted to the board, but shall use
8    information submitted in landlord and tenant complaints
9    through this process to improve and inform its activities
10    under this Act.
 
11    Section 30. Board meetings and administration.
12    (a) Every board meeting shall be held in accordance with
13the Open Meetings Act and all records of the board are subject
14to the Freedom of Information Act.
15    (b) A board shall initially meet no later than 60 days
16after the board is established to enact regulations as set
17forth in this Act.
18    (c) A board shall meet at least quarterly and at other
19times as called by the chairperson of the board.
20    (d) A board shall hire such staff as is reasonably required
21to carry out its functions under this Act.
22    (e) Members of the board shall serve without compensation,
23but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses
24necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties and the
25exercise of their powers under this Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 35. Rent stabilization regulation. A board shall
2establish regulations consistent with the following for
3dwelling units subject to this Act:
4        (1) A board may change the rent stabilization rate no
5    more than once every 12 months. The change in rent
6    allowable by the rent stabilization rate shall not be
7    greater than the change in the consumer benchmark for the
8    same 12-month period.
9        (2) No more often than once every 12 months, upon 90
10    days' written notice, a landlord may increase the rent for
11    a dwelling unit in which a tenant resides by a rate no
12    greater than the rent stabilization rate currently in
13    effect. A landlord may not increase the rent more often
14    than once every 12 months or at a rate greater than the
15    rent stabilization rate then in effect regardless of
16    whether a tenant moves out of or is otherwise displaced
17    from the dwelling unit, another tenant moves into the
18    dwelling unit, or ownership or management of the dwelling
19    unit has changed. If a landlord has not increased the rent
20    within 12 months before a tenant moves into the dwelling
21    unit, the landlord may only increase the rent to the extent
22    allowed by the rent stabilization rate currently in effect.
23        (3) A landlord who has not paid a rent control
24    registration fee within the past 12 months for a particular
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1    dwelling unit until the landlord pays in full the rent
2    control registration fee currently due for the dwelling
3    unit.
4        (4) A board shall enact regulations that require
5    landlords to create and maintain a reserve account for
6    repairs and capital improvements. A landlord must deposit,
7    at least monthly, 10% of the landlord's rent proceeds,
8    after monthly expenses are paid, into the reserve account.
9    A landlord shall not be liable for failure to create and
10    maintain a reserve account in conformity with this
11    paragraph if the owner of the dwelling unit owns no more
12    than 12 dwelling units, occupies one dwelling unit as the
13    owner's principal residence, and charges rents that on
14    average do not exceed the applicable median area rent.
 
15    Section 40. Small Rental Property Owner Repairs and
16Improvement Fund.
17    (a) Each board shall establish a Small Rental Property
18Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund supported by the rent
19control registration fee that provides financial support in the
20form of grants, zero-interest loans, or low-interest loans to
21owners who own no more than 12 dwelling units in the region
22subject to the board's oversight, at least one of which is
23occupied by the owner as the owner's principal residence, who
24seek to conduct capital improvements or significant repairs
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1compliance with habitability and healthy homes standards. To be
2eligible to receive financial support through the Small Rental
3Property Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund, the owner must not
4charge rents that exceed the applicable median area rent.
5    (b) When considering and prioritizing applications for the
6Small Rental Property Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund, the
7board may prioritize, among other factors, applications from
8landlords who:
9        (1) have not increased rent within the past 12 months;
10        (2) have paid the rent control registration fee for the
11    current year;
12        (3) have not previously received funding from the Small
13    Rental Property Owner Repairs and Improvement Fund;
14        (4) have maintained a reserve account for maintenance
15    and repairs;
16        (5) lack insurance coverage for the repairs to be
17    conducted;
18        (6) have encountered unexpected repairs that
19    significantly reduce the habitability, health, or safety
20    of the dwelling; or
21        (7) meet other criteria as the board shall require.
 
22    Section 45. Home rule unit exemption and preemption.
23    (a) A home rule unit may exempt itself from coverage of
24this Act by enacting a rent stabilization regime that includes:
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1    committee, or other body to oversee implementation and
2    enforcement of the local rent stabilization regime, if such
3    entity is publicly accountable, subject to the
4    requirements of the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of
5    Information Act, transparent in its proceedings, and
6    solicitous of public input and participation;
7        (2) a system for determining the maximum rate by which
8    rents are permitted to increase within the home rule unit
9    that provides adequate assurance that rents will remain
10    affordable for a sufficient number of lower-income and
11    middle-income renter households and will not increase at a
12    rate significantly greater than real growth in
13    lower-income and middle-income consumers' spending power,
14    as measured by a reputable objective standard;
15        (3) a system for enforcing adherence to the local
16    stabilization regime that includes public and private
17    enforcement mechanisms and remedies not less than those
18    provided by this Act;
19        (4) definitions of dwelling, dwelling unit, and tenant
20    covered by the local rent stabilization regime that are not
21    less inclusive than the definition of dwelling, dwelling
22    unit, and tenant established by this Act; and
23        (5) a system for collecting and publishing data on rent
24    trends, average rent, and evictions.
25    (b) A home rule unit may not regulate rentals of dwelling
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1limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
2the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
3rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
4    Section 50. Private enforcement.
5    (a) A landlord who is found liable in a judicial or
6administrative proceeding, including an eviction action, to a
7tenant of a dwelling unit for charging an amount of rent for
8that dwelling unit in excess of that allowed under this Act
9must pay the prevailing tenant damages equal to 3 times the
10total monthly rent charged, together with the actual damages,
11the tenant's costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
12    (b) It is an affirmative defense and counterclaim in any
13eviction action that the landlord has charged rent in excess of
14the amount allowed under this Act.
15    (c) No landlord may terminate or threaten to terminate a
16tenancy, refuse to renew a tenancy, increase rent, or decrease
17services for a dwelling unit on the ground that the tenant has
18complained to the landlord, a governmental authority,
19community organization, or media organization of a violation of
20this Act, or worked collectively to organize a tenant
21association or other group to advocate for the tenant's rights
22under this Act. A provision in a rental agreement or other
23agreement or understanding purporting to waive the protection
24provided by this subsection is void and unenforceable. If a
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1subsection, the tenant shall be entitled to recover damages in
2the amount of 3 times the monthly rent charged, together with
3the tenant's actual damages, the tenant's costs, and reasonable
4attorney's fees. In an action brought under this subsection,
5the tenant may also seek to recover possession of the dwelling
6unit or terminate the rental agreement.
 
7    Section 95. Applicability. This Act may be enforced only
8against landlords who hold dwelling units out for rent. A board
9may only prescribe regulations applicable to its region,
10excluding home rule units that have been validly exempted from
11coverage under subsection (a) of Section 45.
 
12    Section 100. Prohibition of waiver. The provisions of this
13Act may not be waived, and any term of any rental agreement,
14contract, or other agreement that purports to waive or limit a
15tenant's substantive or procedural rights under this Act is
16contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable.
 
17    Section 105. Cumulative rights, obligations, and remedies.
18The rights, obligations, and remedies set forth in this Act are
19cumulative and in addition to any others available at law or in
20equity.
 
21    Section 110. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
22severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 

 

 

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1    Section 900. The Election Code is amended by changing
2Section 2A-1.2 as follows:
 
3    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
4    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections - offices
5designated.
6    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
7even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
8shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
9        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
10    United States;
11        (2) United States Senator and United States
12    Representative;
13        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
14        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
15        (5) County elected officers, including State's
16    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
17    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
18    Executive;
19        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
20        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
21    counties or educational service regions in which that
22    office has been abolished;
23        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
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1    newly created judicial offices;
2        (9) (Blank);
3        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
4    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
5        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
6    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
7    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
8    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
9    political parties.
10    (b) At the general primary election:
11        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
12    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
13    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
14    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
15    made by caucus.
16        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
17    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
18    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
19    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
20    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
21    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
22    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential election
23    is to be held, candidates in the Presidential preference
24    primary shall also be on the ballot.
25        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
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1    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
2    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
3    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
4    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
5    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
6    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
7    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
8    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
9    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
10    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
11    weeks preceding that election.
12        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
13    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
14    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
15    the year in which the general primary is held shall be
16    elected.
17    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
18odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
19        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
20    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
21    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
22    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
23    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
24    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
25    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
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1    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
2    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
3    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
4    by such ordinance;
5        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
6        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
7        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
8        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
9        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
10    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
11    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
12    requires election of candidates of political parties;
13        (7) Township officers, including township park
14    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
15    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
16    Assessors;
17        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
18        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
19    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
20        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
21    River Waterway Management Agency;
22        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
23    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
24    Act;
25        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
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1    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
2    counties or educational service regions having a
3    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
4    boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
5    districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
6        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
7        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
8        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
9    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
10        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
11    Districts;
12        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
13    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
14    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
15    political parties; .
16        (18) Members of regional rent control boards under the
17    Rent Control Act; however, members shall not be listed on
18    ballots in home rule units that have been exempted under
19    subsection (a) of Section 45 of the Rent Control Act.
20    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
21odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
22nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
23election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
24of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
25except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
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1    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
2odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
3shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
4mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
5to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
6elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
7required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
8nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
9candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
10of political parties.
11    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
12odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
13elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
14an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
15pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
16    (e) (Blank).
17    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
18questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
19any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
20by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
21    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
22established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
23the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
24to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
25election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
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1officers shall be subject to the referendum.
2    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
3officials established in this Article, any community college
4district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
5to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
6hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
7members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
8effective date of the new district.
9    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
10any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
11to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
12held in the precinct on that date.
13    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
14the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
15(Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    Section 905. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
17adding Section 229 as follows:
 
18    (35 ILCS 5/229 new)
19    Sec. 229. Rent-controlled property credit; rental property
20capital improvement credit.
21    (a) For taxable years beginning after this amendatory Act
22of the 101st General Assembly, there shall be allowed a tax
23credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
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1qualified taxpayer for each dwelling that the qualified
2taxpayer owns and that contains at least one dwelling unit for
3which a rent control registration fee was paid under the Rent
4Control Act. To be qualified to claim this credit, the taxpayer
5must own no more than 12 dwelling units in a region subject to
6a single board's oversight, occupy one such dwelling unit as
7the taxpayer's principal residence, and not charge rents that
8exceed the applicable median area rent, as determined by the
9board for that taxable year.
10    (b) For taxable years beginning after this amendatory Act
11of the 101st General Assembly, there shall be allowed a tax
12credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
13Section 201 in an amount equal to the amount of capital
14improvements to a dwelling that a taxpayer owns and that
15contains at least one dwelling unit for which a rent control
16registration fee was paid under the Rent Control Act. The
17credit allowed under this subsection may not exceed 25% of the
18real property taxes paid by the taxpayer for the dwelling for
19which improvements are claimed.
20    (c) A taxpayer may apply for a tax credit under subsection
21(a) or (b) or both.
22    (d) To obtain a tax credit or tax credits pursuant to this
23Section, the taxpayer must apply with the Department of
24Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The Department of Commerce
25and Economic Opportunity shall determine the amount of eligible
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1subsection (b). Upon approval of a tax credit, the Department
2of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall issue a certificate
3in the amount of the eligible credits. The taxpayer must attach
4the certificate to the tax return on which the credits are to
5be claimed. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
6may adopt rules to implement this Section.
7    (e) The tax credit under subsection (a) or (b), or both,
8may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero.
9    (f) As used in this Section:
10    "Board", "dwelling", "dwelling unit", "median area rent",
11and "rent control registration fee" have the meanings given to
12those terms in the Rent Control Act.
13    "Capital improvements" means capital improvements allowed
14under Section 263 of the Internal Revenue Code, as codified at
15Title 26 of the U.S. Code.
 
16    Section 910. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
17changing Sections 9-209, 9-210, and 9-211 and by adding
18Sections 9-205.5 and 9-207.7 as follows:
 
19    (735 ILCS 5/9-205.5 new)
20    Sec. 9-205.5. Refusal to renew. For a tenancy or lease for
21a term of one year or more, if the lease has expired and the
22lessee refuses to renew or extend the rental agreement within
2314 days after receiving written notice requesting that the
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1existed under the prior lease, then the lessee's tenancy shall
2terminate not fewer than 30 days after the 14-day notice period
3expires.
4    The lessor may terminate the tenancy under this Section if
5the written notice includes substantially the following
6language: "You must notify your landlord of your decision to
7continue or renew your tenancy within 14 days of the date of
8this notice. If you do not continue or renew your lease, then
9your tenancy at (description of premises) shall terminate 30
10days after (date of at least 14 days after the date of the
11notice). If you choose not to renew or continue your lease,
12nothing in this notice shall affect your obligation to pay rent
13through (here insert date on which the tenancy may be
14terminated if the lessee does not elect to renew or continue
15the lease).".
 
16    (735 ILCS 5/9-207.7 new)
17    Sec. 9-207.7. Termination of a tenancy for other good
18cause.
19    (a) Occupancy by landlord or qualified relative. The lessor
20may seek in good faith to recover possession of the premises
21from a lessee so that the lessor or the lessor's spouse,
22domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, sibling, or
23grandchild may occupy the premises as that person's principal
24residence for a period of no fewer than 24 continuous months.
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1premises within 3 months after the original lessee vacates the
2unit. The lessor must provide the lessee with written notice of
3no fewer than 120 days that the lessor intends to occupy the
4premises before the lessor may terminate the lease. The notice
5shall be dated and shall identify the date, at least 120 days
6after the notice is served, on which the lessee's tenancy is
7terminated. The notice shall also state that the lessee is
8entitled to relocation assistance in the amount of $3,000 or 3
9months' rent, whichever is greater, payable within 14 days
10before the termination of the lessee's tenancy. The lessor
11shall be presumed to be in violation of this subsection and
12liable to the original lessee for twice the relocation
13assistance that was paid to the lessee before the lessee's move
14from the premises if:
15        (1) the lessor recovers possession under this
16    subsection and continuous occupancy by the lessor or the
17    lessor's qualified relative is for fewer than 24 months; or
18        (2) the lessor recovers possession under this
19    subsection, but the lessor or the lessor's qualified
20    relative fails to occupy the premises within 3 months of
21    the expiration of the notice period.
22    The lessor may not recover possession of the premises under
23this subsection if the lessee notified the lessor, before the
24lessor's recovery of the premises, that the lessee: (1) has a
25disability, as that term is defined under the Americans with
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1suffering from a life-threatening illness, as certified by the
2lessee's treating physician.
3    If a substantially equivalent replacement dwelling unit is
4vacant and available, that unit may be made available to the
5original lessee at a substantially similar rental rate as the
6lessee's current lease. The lessee may reject this substitute
7unit without prejudice to the lessee's rights to notice and
8relocation assistance.
9    (b) Significant repairs. If the lessor in good faith seeks
10to recover possession of the premises in order to comply with
11an order from a governmental authority to vacate the premises,
12or seeks to recover possession in order to substantially
13rehabilitate, remodel, or repair the premises, which,
14according to a professional licensed to conduct such
15rehabilitation, remodeling, or repairs, will render the
16premises not reasonably fit for residential use for the
17duration of the rehabilitation, remodeling, or repair, the
18lessor must provide the lessee written notice of no fewer than
1990 days to vacate the premises and shall attach to the notice
20the applicable order or licensed professional's opinion. The
21notice shall be dated and shall identify the date, at least 90
22days after the notice is served, on which the lessee's tenancy
23is terminated. The notice shall also state that the lessee is
24entitled to relocation assistance in the amount of $3,000 or 3
25months' rent, whichever is greater, payable within 14 days
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1offer the lessee a substantially equivalent replacement unit
2that is vacant, available, and offered at a substantially
3similar rental rate as the original premises; however, the
4lessee may reject the lessor's offer of a replacement unit
5without prejudicing the lessee's right to relocation
6assistance. If the lessee prevails on a claim that the lessor
7did not act in good faith in seeking to recover possession
8under this subsection, the lessor shall be liable for twice the
9relocation assistance that would be due to the lessee had the
10lessor acted in compliance with the requirements of this
11subsection, together with the lessee's reasonable attorney's
12fees and costs.
13    (c) Demolition or removal. If the lessor in good faith
14intends to recover possession of the premises to demolish or
15permanently remove the premises from residential use, the
16lessor must provide the lessee with no less than 90 days'
17written notice of his or her intent before the lessor may
18terminate the lease. The notice shall be dated and shall
19identify the date, at least 120 days after the notice is
20served, on which the lessee's tenancy is terminated. The notice
21shall also state that the lessee is entitled to relocation
22assistance in the amount of $3,000 or 3 months' rent, whichever
23is greater, payable within 14 days before the termination of
24the lessee's tenancy. If the lessee prevails on a claim that
25the lessor did not act in good faith in seeking to recover
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1for twice the relocation assistance that would be due to the
2lessee had the lessor acted in compliance with the requirements
3of this subsection, together with the lessee's reasonable
4attorney's fees and costs.
5    (d) Failure to pay relocation assistance. If relocation
6assistance due under this Section is not paid within 14 days
7before the date set for termination of the lessee's tenancy,
8the lessor shall pay to the lessee twice the amount of
9relocation assistance originally due to the lessee. If the
10lessee prevails on a claim that the lessor failed to pay
11relocation assistance required by this Section, the lessee
12shall be entitled to recover the lessee's reasonable attorney's
13fees and costs. Failure to pay relocation assistance shall
14constitute an affirmative defense and counterclaim to any
15action initiated under the Rent Control Act.
 
16    (735 ILCS 5/9-209)  (from Ch. 110, par. 9-209)
17    Sec. 9-209. Demand for rent - eviction action. A landlord
18or his or her agent may, any time after rent is due, demand
19payment thereof and notify the tenant, in writing, that unless
20payment is made within a time mentioned in such notice, not
21less than 5 days after service thereof, the lease will be
22terminated. If the tenant does not pay the rent due within the
23time stated in the notice under this Section, the landlord may
24consider the lease ended and commence an eviction or ejectment
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1be joined in the complaint, including a request for the pro
2rata amount of rent due for any period that a judgment is
3stayed, and a judgment obtained for the amount of rent found
4due, in any action or proceeding brought, in an eviction action
5under this Section.
6    Notice made pursuant to this Section shall, as hereinafter
7stated, not be invalidated by payments of past due rent
8demanded in the notice, when the payments do not, at the end of
9the notice period, total the amount demanded in the notice. The
10landlord may, however, agree in writing to continue the lease
11in exchange for receiving partial payment. To prevent
12invalidation, the notice must prominently state:
13    "Only FULL PAYMENT of the rent demanded in this notice will
14waive the landlord's right to terminate the lease under this
15notice, unless the landlord agrees in writing to continue the
16lease in exchange for receiving partial payment."
17    Tender of past rent due after the filing of a suit and
18before trial for eviction or ejectment pursuant to failure of
19the tenant to pay the rent demanded in the notice shall
20invalidate the suit if the rent then due is tendered prior to
21trial being had in the suit for eviction or ejectment.
22Collection by the landlord of past rent due after the filing of
23a suit for eviction or ejectment pursuant to failure of the
24tenant to pay the rent demanded in the notice shall not
25invalidate the suit.
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1    (735 ILCS 5/9-210)  (from Ch. 110, par. 9-210)
2    Sec. 9-210. Notice to quit. When default is made in any of
3the material terms of a lease that results in a significant
4disturbance of the peaceful enjoyment of the property,
5significant damage to the property caused willfully or
6negligently, use of any part of the property for criminal
7activity that significantly threatens health, safety, or
8peaceful enjoyment of the property or has a significant adverse
9effect on the management of the property, or wrongful denial of
10access to the premises on 3 or more occasions in a 12-month
11period to persons duly authorized by the lessor to enter the
12premises, if the legal requirements for such entries were
13observed terms of a lease, it is not necessary to give more
14than 10 days' notice to quit, or of the termination of such
15tenancy, and the same may be terminated on giving such notice
16to quit at any time after such default in any of the material
17terms of the lease if the notice instructs how the alleged
18default may be cured before the end of the notice period and
19allows the lessee to meet to discuss the alleged default with
20the lessor or the lessor's agent that affords the lessee with a
21meaningful opportunity to remedy the alleged default terms of
22such lease. Such notice may be substantially in the following
23form:
24    "To A.B.: You are hereby notified that in consequence of
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1the premises now occupied by you, being, etc., (here describe
2the premises) I have elected to terminate your lease, and you
3are hereby notified to quit and deliver up possession of the
4same to me within 10 days of this date (dated, etc.). You may
5request to meet with (here identify the lessor's agent) within
610 days of the date of this notice to discuss this notice and
7how an eviction action can be avoided. IF YOU DO NOT VACATE OR
8CURE THIS DEFAULT WITHIN 10 DAYS BY (here explain how the
9alleged default may be cured within the notice period), THEN AN
10EVICTION ACTION MAY BE FILED AGAINST YOU."
11    The notice is to be signed by the lessor or his or her
12agent, and no other notice or demand of possession or
13termination of such tenancy is necessary if the lessee has not
14timely cured the alleged default.
15(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
 
16    (735 ILCS 5/9-211)  (from Ch. 110, par. 9-211)
17    Sec. 9-211. Service of demand or notice. Any demand may be
18made or notice served by delivering a written or printed, or
19partly written and printed, copy thereof to the tenant, or by
20leaving the same with some person of the age of 13 years or
21upwards, residing on or in possession of the premises; or by
22sending a copy of the notice to the tenant by certified or
23registered mail, with a returned receipt from the addressee;
24and in case no one is in the actual possession of the premises,
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1    A demand or notice served must be accessible to the tenant,
2including by being presented in the language the lessor knows
3or should know is the lessee's primary language, containing an
4explicit statement of the basis for the notice or demand with
5sufficient specificity to allow the lessee to prepare a defense
6and containing the following statement: "You may wish to
7contact a lawyer or local legal aid or housing counseling
8agency to discuss any rights that you may have."
9(Source: P.A. 83-355.)
 
10    (735 ILCS 5/9-207 rep.)
11    Section 915. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
12repealing Section 9-207.
 
13    Section 920. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
14changing Section 30 as follows:
 
15    (765 ILCS 605/30)  (from Ch. 30, par. 330)
16    Sec. 30. Conversion condominiums; notice; recording.
17    (a)(1) No real estate may be submitted to the provisions of
18the Act as a conversion condominium unless (i) a notice of
19intent to submit the real estate to this Act (notice of intent)
20has been given to all persons who were tenants of the building
21located on the real estate on the date the notice is given.
22Such notice shall be given at least 30 days, and not more than
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1submits the real estate to this Act; and (ii) the developer
2executes and acknowledges a certificate which shall be attached
3to and made a part of the declaration and which provides that
4the developer, prior to the execution by him or his agent of
5any agreement for the sale of a unit, has given a copy of the
6notice of intent to all persons who were tenants of the
7building located on the real estate on the date the notice of
8intent was given.
9        (2) If the owner fails to provide a tenant with notice
10    of the intent to convert as defined in this Section, the
11    tenant permanently vacates the premises as a direct result
12    of non-renewal of his or her lease by the owner, and the
13    tenant's unit is converted to a condominium by the filing
14    of a declaration submitting a property to this Act without
15    having provided the required notice, then the owner is
16    liable to the tenant for the following:
17            (A) the tenant's actual moving expenses incurred
18        when moving from the subject property, not to exceed
19        $1,500;
20            (B) 3 months' three month's rent at the subject
21        property; and
22            (C) reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
23    (b) Any developer of a conversion condominium must, upon
24issuing the notice of intent, publish and deliver along with
25such notice of intent, a schedule of selling prices for all
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1such unit to the current tenants, except for units to be
2vacated for rehabilitation subsequent to such notice of intent.
3Such offer shall not expire earlier than 30 days after receipt
4of the offer by the current tenant, unless the tenant notifies
5the developer in writing of his election not to purchase the
6condominium unit.
7    (c) Any tenant who was a tenant as of the date of the
8notice of intent and whose tenancy expires (other than for
9cause) prior to the expiration of 120 days from the date on
10which a copy of the notice of intent was given to the tenant
11shall have the right to extend his tenancy on the same terms
12and conditions and for the same rental until the expiration of
13such 120-day 120 day period by the giving of written notice
14thereof to the developer within 30 days of the date upon which
15a copy of the notice of intent was given to the tenant by the
16developer.
17    (d) Each lessee in a conversion condominium shall be
18informed in writing by the developer at the time the notice of
19intent is given whether his or her tenancy will be renewed or
20terminated upon its expiration. If the tenancy is to be
21renewed, the tenant shall be informed of all charges, rental or
22otherwise, in connection with the new tenancy and the length of
23the term of occupancy proposed in conjunction therewith. If the
24tenancy is to be terminated upon expiration of the notice
25period, the tenant shall be entitled to relocation assistance
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1$3,000, whichever is greater, payable to the tenant within 14
2days before the expiration of the notice period. If the tenancy
3is to be terminated, the notice of intent shall inform the
4tenant that relocation assistance shall be paid within 14 days
5before the expiration of the notice period. If the relocation
6assistance is not paid within 14 days before the expiration of
7the notice period, then the lessor shall pay to the lessee
8twice the relocation assistance due to the lessee. If the
9lessee prevails on a claim that the lessor failed to pay
10relocation assistance required by this Section, the lessee
11shall be entitled to recover the lessee's reasonable attorney's
12fees and costs. Failure to pay such relocation assistance is a
13affirmative defense and counterclaim to any action brought
14under Article IX of the Code of Civil Procedure.
15    (e) For a period of 120 days following his receipt of the
16notice of intent, any tenant who was a tenant on the date the
17notice of intent was given shall be given the right to purchase
18his unit on substantially the same terms and conditions as set
19forth in a duly executed contract to purchase the unit, which
20contract shall conspicuously disclose the existence of, and
21shall be subject to, the right of first refusal. The tenant may
22exercise the right of first refusal by giving notice thereof to
23the developer prior to the expiration of 30 days from the
24giving of notice by the developer to the tenant of the
25execution of the contract to purchase the unit. The tenant may
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1giving of notice by the developer of the execution of a
2contract to purchase the unit, notwithstanding the expiration
3of the 120-day 120 day period following the tenant's receipt of
4the notice of intent, if such contract was executed prior to
5the expiration of the 120-day 120 day period. The recording of
6the deed conveying the unit to the purchaser which contains a
7statement to the effect that the tenant of the unit either
8waived or failed to exercise the right of first refusal or
9option or had no right of first refusal or option with respect
10to the unit shall extinguish any legal or equitable right or
11interest to the possession or acquisition of the unit which the
12tenant may have or claim with respect to the unit arising out
13of the right of first refusal or option provided for in this
14Section. The foregoing provision shall not affect any claim
15which the tenant may have against the landlord for damages
16arising out of the right of first refusal provided for in this
17Section.
18    (f) During the 30-day 30 day period after the giving of
19notice of an executed contract in which the tenant may exercise
20the right of first refusal, the developer shall grant to such
21tenant access to any portion of the building to inspect any of
22its features or systems and access to any reports, warranties,
23or other documents in the possession of the developer which
24reasonably pertain to the condition of the building. Such
25access shall be subject to reasonable limitations, including as
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1a business offense punishable by a fine of $500. Each refusal
2to an individual lessee who is a potential purchaser is a
3separate violation.
4    (g) Any notice provided for in this Section shall be deemed
5given when a written notice is delivered in person or mailed,
6certified or registered mail, return receipt requested to the
7party who is being given the notice.
8    (h) Prior to their initial sale, units offered for sale in
9a conversion condominium and occupied by a tenant at the time
10of the offer shall be shown to prospective purchasers only a
11reasonable number of times and at appropriate hours. Units may
12only be shown to prospective purchasers during the last 90 days
13of any expiring tenancy.
14    (i) Any provision in any lease or other rental agreement,
15or any termination of occupancy on account of condominium
16conversion, not authorized herein, or contrary to or waiving
17the foregoing provisions, shall be deemed to be void as against
18public policy.
19    (j) A tenant is entitled to injunctive relief to enforce
20the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of this Section.
21    (k) A non-profit housing organization, suing on behalf of
22an aggrieved tenant under this Section, may also recover
23compensation for reasonable attorney's fees and court costs
24necessary for filing such action.
25    (l) Nothing in this Section shall affect any provision in
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1law.
2    (m) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1978 shall be
3construed to imply that there was previously a requirement to
4record the notice provided for in this Section.
5(Source: P.A. 95-221, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08;
6revised 10-4-18.)
 
7    (50 ILCS 825/Act rep.)
8    Section 925. The Rent Control Preemption Act is repealed.
 
9    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    New Act
4    10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
5    35 ILCS 5/229 new
6    735 ILCS 5/9-205.5 new
7    735 ILCS 5/9-207.7 new
8    735 ILCS 5/9-209from Ch. 110, par. 9-209
9    735 ILCS 5/9-210from Ch. 110, par. 9-210
10    735 ILCS 5/9-211from Ch. 110, par. 9-211
11    735 ILCS 5/9-207 rep.
12    765 ILCS 605/30from Ch. 30, par. 330
13    50 ILCS 825/Act rep.