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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5519 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Creates the Native Language Transparency Act. Requires the translation into a language other than English in the requester's native language of a lease, real estate contract, mortgage, or real estate disclosure document if the tenant, lessee, mortgagor, or purchaser so requests. Provides that if the landlord, lessor, mortgagee, or seller refuses to provide a translation, this Act allows the tenant, lessee, mortgagor, or purchaser to void the lease, contract, or mortgage and seek actual damages. |
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| | HB5519 | | LRB103 39511 JRC 69711 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Native |
| 5 | | Language Transparency Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds |
| 7 | | that Illinois is a richly diverse State with a number of |
| 8 | | languages spoken in addition to English. This Act is intended |
| 9 | | to promote transparency and protection for residents who are |
| 10 | | more fluent in a language other than English.
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| 11 | | Section 10. Translation of documents. This Act applies to |
| 12 | | leases of residential and commercial real estate, contracts |
| 13 | | for the sale of real estate, real estate disclosure statements |
| 14 | | as provided in the Real Estate Residential Disclosure Act, |
| 15 | | mortgages, and any supporting documentation that is part of |
| 16 | | these transactions. If a prospective tenant, lessee, |
| 17 | | mortgagor, or purchaser of real estate requests, the landlord, |
| 18 | | lessor, mortgagee, or seller of the real estate must provide |
| 19 | | to the requester a translation of the lease, contract, |
| 20 | | mortgage, or disclosure statement in the requester's native |
| 21 | | language.
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