Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB1820

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1820

Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 605/32

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Requires the Condominium and Common Interest Community Ombudsperson to act as the mediator or arbitrator for any mediation or arbitration done under the Act.

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 Condominium Property Act is amended by changing Section 32 as follows:

(765 ILCS 605/32)

Sec. 32. Alternate dispute resolution; mediation; arbitration.

(a) The declaration or bylaws of a condominium association may require mediation or arbitration of disputes in which the matter in controversy has either no specific monetary value or a value of $10,000 or less, other than the levying and collection of assessments, or that arises out of violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations of the condominium association. A dispute not required to be mediated or arbitrated by an association pursuant to its powers under this Section, that is submitted to mediation or arbitration by the agreement of the disputants, is also subject to this Section.

(b) The Illinois Uniform Arbitration Act shall govern all arbitrations proceeding under this Section.

(b-5) The Uniform Mediation Act shall govern all mediations proceeding under this Section.

(c) The association may require the disputants to bear the costs of mediation or arbitration.

(d) The Condominium and Common Interest Community Ombudsperson must act as the mediator or arbitrator for any mediation or arbitration done under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 93-399, eff. 1-1-04.)