101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4148

 

Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Kambium Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 160/1-71 new
765 ILCS 160/1-72 new

    Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Provides that any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest community, and any provision of a community instrument that either effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station within an owner's unit or in a designated parking space or an electric vehicle dedicated time-of-use (TOU) meter, is void and unenforceable. Provides that if approval is required for the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station or electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter, the application for approval shall be processed and approved by the association in the same manner as an application for approval of an architectural modification to the property. Provides requirements for an electric vehicle charging station or electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter placed in a common area or an exclusive use common area. Provides that the association may install an electric vehicle charging station or electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter in the common area for the use of all members of the association and all unit owners. Provides that an association that willfully violates the provisions is liable to the unit owner for actual damages and shall pay a civil penalty to the unit owner in an amount not to exceed $1,000.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Common Interest Community Association Act is
5amended by adding Sections 1-71 and 1-72 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 160/1-71 new)
7    Sec. 1-71. Electric vehicle charging stations.
8    (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in
9any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument
10affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common
11interest community and any provision of a community instrument
12that either effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts
13the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station
14within a unit owner's unit or in a designated parking space,
15including, but not limited to, a deeded parking space, a
16parking space in a unit owner's exclusive use common area, or a
17parking space that is specifically designated for use by a
18particular unit owner, or is in conflict with this Section is
19void and unenforceable.
20    (b) This Section does not apply to provisions that impose
21reasonable restrictions on an electric vehicle charging
22station. However, it is the policy of this State to promote,
23encourage, and remove obstacles to the use of an electric

 

 

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1vehicle charging station.
2    (c) An electric vehicle charging station shall meet
3applicable health and safety standards and requirements
4imposed by State and local authorities, and all other
5applicable zoning, land use, or other ordinances or land use
6permits.
7    (d) If approval is required for the installation or use of
8an electric vehicle charging station, the application for
9approval shall be processed and approved by the association in
10the same manner as an application for approval of an
11architectural modification to the property, and shall not be
12willfully avoided or delayed. The approval or denial of an
13application shall be in writing. If an application is not
14denied in writing within 60 days from the date of receipt of
15the application, the application shall be deemed approved
16unless the delay is the result of a reasonable request for
17additional information.
18    (e) If the electric vehicle charging station is to be
19placed in a common area or an exclusive use common area, as
20designated in the common interest community's bylaws, the
21following applies:
22        (1) The unit owner shall first obtain approval from the
23    association to install the electric vehicle charging
24    station and the association shall approve the installation
25    if the unit owner agrees in writing to:
26            (i) comply with the association's architectural

 

 

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1        standards for the installation of the electric vehicle
2        charging station;
3            (ii) engage a licensed contractor to install the
4        electric vehicle charging station;
5            (iii) within 14 days of approval, provide a
6        certificate of insurance that names the association as
7        an additional insured party under the unit owner's
8        insurance policy; and
9            (iv) pay for both the costs associated with the
10        installation of and the electricity usage associated
11        with the electric vehicle charging station.
12        (2) The unit owner, and each successive unit owner, of
13    the electric vehicle charging station shall be responsible
14    for:
15            (i) costs for damage to the electric vehicle
16        charging station, common area, exclusive use common
17        area, or separate interests resulting from the
18        installation, maintenance, repair, removal, or
19        replacement of the electric vehicle charging station;
20            (ii) costs for the maintenance, repair, and
21        replacement of the electric vehicle charging station
22        until it has been removed and for the restoration of
23        the common area after removal;
24            (iii) the cost of electricity associated with the
25        electric vehicle charging station; and
26            (iv) disclosing to prospective unit owners the

 

 

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1        existence of any electric vehicle charging station of
2        the unit owner and the related responsibilities of the
3        unit owner under this Section.
4        (3) The unit owner of the electric vehicle charging
5    station, whether located within a separate unit or within
6    the common area or exclusive use common area, shall, at all
7    times, maintain a liability coverage policy. The unit owner
8    that submitted the application to install the electric
9    vehicle charging station shall provide the association
10    with the corresponding certificate of insurance within 14
11    days of approval of the application. The unit owner, and
12    each successive unit owner, shall provide the association
13    with the certificate of insurance annually thereafter.
14        (4) A unit owner is not required to maintain a
15    homeowner liability coverage policy for an existing
16    National Electrical Manufacturers Association standard
17    alternating current power plug.
18    (f) Except as provided in subsection (g), the installation
19of an electric vehicle charging station for the exclusive use
20of a unit owner in a common area that is not an exclusive use
21common area shall be authorized by the association only if the
22installation in the unit owner's designated parking space is
23impossible or unreasonably expensive. In such cases, the
24association shall enter into a license agreement with the unit
25owner for the use of the space in a common area, and the unit
26owner shall comply with all of the requirements in subsection

 

 

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1(e).
2    (g) The association may install an electric vehicle
3charging station in the common area for the use of all members
4of the association and all unit owners. The association shall
5develop appropriate terms of use for the electric vehicle
6charging station.
7    (h) An association may create a new parking space where one
8did not previously exist to facilitate the installation of an
9electric vehicle charging station.
10    (i) An association that willfully violates this Section is
11liable to the unit owner for actual damages and shall pay a
12civil penalty to the unit owner in an amount not to exceed
13$1,000.
14    (j) In an action by a unit owner requesting to have an
15electric vehicle charging station installed and seeking to
16enforce compliance with this Section, the court shall award
17reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing plaintiff.
18    (k) For purposes of this Section:
19    "Electric vehicle charging station" means a station that
20delivers electricity from a source outside an electric vehicle
21into one or more electric vehicles. "Electric vehicle charging
22station" may include several charge points simultaneously
23connecting several electric vehicles to the station and any
24related equipment needed to facilitate charging plug-in
25electric vehicles.
26    "Reasonable restrictions" means restrictions that do not

 

 

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1significantly increase the cost of the station or significantly
2decrease its efficiency or specified performance.
 
3    (765 ILCS 160/1-72 new)
4    Sec. 1-72. Electric vehicle dedicated TOU meters.
5    (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in
6any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument
7affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common
8interest community and any provision of a community instrument
9that either effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts
10the installation or use of an electric vehicle dedicated TOU
11meter or is in conflict with this Section is void and
12unenforceable.
13    (b) This Section does not apply to provisions that impose
14reasonable restrictions on the installation of an electric
15vehicle dedicated TOU meter. However, it is the policy of this
16State to promote, encourage, and remove obstacles to the
17effective installation of an electric vehicle dedicated TOU
18meter.
19    (c) An electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter shall meet
20applicable health and safety standards and requirements
21imposed by State and local authorities, and all other
22applicable zoning, land use, or other ordinances or land use
23permits.
24    (d) If approval is required for the installation or use of
25an electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter, the application for

 

 

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1approval shall be processed and approved by the association in
2the same manner as an application for approval of an
3architectural modification to the property, and shall not be
4willfully avoided or delayed. The approval or denial of an
5application shall be in writing. If an application is not
6denied in writing within 60 days from the date of receipt of
7the application, the application shall be deemed approved
8unless the delay is the result of a reasonable request for
9additional information.
10    (e) If the electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter is to be
11placed in a common area or an exclusive use common area, as
12designated in the common interest community's bylaws, the
13following applies:
14        (1) The unit owner shall first obtain approval from the
15    association to install the electric vehicle dedicated TOU
16    meter and the association shall approve the installation if
17    the unit owner agrees in writing to:
18            (i) comply with the association's architectural
19        standards for the installation of the electric vehicle
20        dedicated TOU meter; and
21            (ii) engage the relevant electric utility to
22        install the electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter and,
23        if necessary, a licensed contractor to install the
24        wiring or conduit necessary to connect the electric
25        meter to an electric vehicle charging station, as
26        defined in Section 1-71.

 

 

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1        (2) The unit owner, and each successive unit owner, of
2    an electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter shall be
3    responsible for:
4                (i) costs for damage to the electric vehicle
5            dedicated TOU meter, common area, exclusive use
6            common area, or separate interests resulting from
7            the installation, maintenance, repair, removal, or
8            replacement of the electric vehicle dedicated TOU
9            meter;
10                (ii) costs for the maintenance, repair, and
11            replacement of the electric vehicle dedicated TOU
12            meter until it has been removed and for the
13            restoration of the common area after removal; and
14                (iii) disclosing to prospective unit owners
15            the existence of any electric vehicle dedicated
16            TOU meter of the unit owner and the related
17            responsibilities of the unit owner under this
18            Section.
19    (f) The association may install an electric vehicle
20dedicated TOU meter in the common area for the use of all
21members of the association and all unit owners. The association
22shall develop appropriate terms of use for the electric vehicle
23dedicated TOU meter.
24    (g) An association that willfully violates this Section is
25liable to the unit owner for actual damages and shall pay a
26civil penalty to the unit owner in an amount not to exceed

 

 

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1$1,000.
2    (h) In an action by a unit owner requesting to have an
3electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter installed and seeking to
4enforce compliance with this Section, the court shall award
5reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing plaintiff.
6    (i) For purposes of this Section:
7    "Electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter" means an electric
8meter supplied and installed by an electric utility that is
9separate from, and in addition to, any other electric meter and
10is devoted exclusively to the charging of electric vehicles,
11and that tracks the time of use (TOU) when charging occurs.
12"Electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter" includes any wiring or
13conduit necessary to connect the electric meter to an electric
14vehicle charging station, as defined in Section 1-71,
15regardless of whether it is supplied or installed by an
16electric utility.
17    "Reasonable restrictions" means restrictions based upon
18space, aesthetics, structural integrity, and equal access to
19electric vehicle dedicated TOU meter services for all unit
20owners. "Reasonable restrictions" does not include an
21association's refusal to find a reasonable way to accommodate
22the installation request unless the association would need to
23incur an expense.