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90_HB2405

      New Act
          Creates the Real Estate Broker Residential  Home  Builder
      Escrow Account Act.  Provides that when a contract is entered
      into between a licensed real estate broker who engages in the
      business  of  building  residential  single-family  homes and
      another person to build a residential single-family home  and
      an  escrow  account is established, the minimum amount of the
      account shall be $10,000.  Provides  that  when  the  builder
      fails  to  meet  any  contract  deadline, the other person is
      entitled to $100 per day for each day past the deadline until
      the builder complies with the relevant contractual provision.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to real estate escrow accounts.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 5    Real Estate Broker Residential Home  Builder  Escrow  Account
 6    Act.
 7        Section 5.  Escrow account.
 8        (a)  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  between a real
 9    estate broker licensed under the Real Estate License  Act  of
10    1983  who  engages  in  the  business of building residential
11    single-family homes and another person to build a residential
12    single family home and an escrow account is established,  the
13    minimum amount of the account shall be $10,000.
14        (b)  When the builder specified in subsection (a) of this
15    Section fails to meet any contract deadline, the other person
16    is  entitled  to  $100 per day for each day past the deadline
17    until the builder  complies  with  the  relevant  contractual
18    provision.

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