HB1523 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1523

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 745/25.1 new

Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Creates the Illinois Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Dispute Board, and sets forth its membership requirements. Provides that the Board shall act as a liaison between the State and mobile home park owners and tenants. Authorizes the Board to refer possible violations of the Act to the Attorney General.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act is amended by adding Section 25.1 as follows:

(765 ILCS 745/25.1 new)

Sec. 25.1. Mobile Home Landlord Tenant Dispute Board; creation, duties.

(a) The Illinois Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Dispute Board is created. The Board shall consist of 5 members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall represent the following: one member shall be a representative of the Attorney General's office, 2 members shall represent Illinois landowners associations, and 2 members shall represent Illinois mobile homeowners associations. Two of the initial members shall serve 2-year terms, and 3 shall serve 4-year terms, as designated by the Governor. Thereafter, members shall serve 4-year terms. Vacancies prior to the end of a term shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the remainder of the term. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall adopt any necessary procedural rules for the Board. Board members shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses from moneys appropriated for that purpose.

(b) The Board shall serve as a liaison between the State and mobile home park owners and tenants and shall protect the rights and interests of mobile home tenants against illegal or unreasonable actions of mobile home park owners. If the Board believes that a park owner has engaged in a pattern and practice to violate any provision of this Act, the Board shall refer the matter to the Attorney General for enforcement.