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| 1 | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-101 as follows:
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| 6 | (775 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-101)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-101. Definitions. The following definitions are | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | applicable strictly
in the context of this Article:
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| 9 | (A) Real Property. "Real property" includes buildings, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | structures, real
estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | interests in real estate cooperatives,
condominiums, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest
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| 13 | therein.
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| 14 | (B) Real Estate Transaction. "Real estate transaction" | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | includes the
sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | "Real estate
transaction" also includes the brokering or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | appraising of residential real
property and the making or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance:
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| 19 | (1) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | maintaining a dwelling; or
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| 21 | (2) secured by residential real estate.
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| 22 | (C) Housing Accommodations. "Housing accommodation" | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | includes any improved
or unimproved real property, or part | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | thereof, which is used or occupied,
or is intended, arranged | ||||||
| 2 | or designed to be used or occupied, as the home
or residence of | ||||||
| 3 | one or more individuals.
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| 4 | (D) Real Estate Broker or Salesman. "Real estate broker or | ||||||
| 5 | salesman"
means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or | ||||||
| 6 | with the expectation
of receiving a consideration, lists, | ||||||
| 7 | sells, purchases, exchanges, rents,
or leases real property, | ||||||
| 8 | or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any
of these | ||||||
| 9 | activities, or who holds himself or herself out as engaged in | ||||||
| 10 | these.
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| 11 | (E) Familial Status. "Familial status" means one or more | ||||||
| 12 | individuals
(who have not attained the age of 18 years) being | ||||||
| 13 | domiciled with:
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| 14 | (1) a parent or person having legal custody of such | ||||||
| 15 | individual or individuals; or
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| 16 | (2) the designee of such parent or other person having | ||||||
| 17 | such custody,
with the written permission of such parent or
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| 18 | other person.
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| 19 | The protections afforded by this Article against | ||||||
| 20 | discrimination on the
basis of familial status apply to any | ||||||
| 21 | person who is pregnant or is in the
process of securing legal | ||||||
| 22 | custody of any individual who has not attained
the age of 18 | ||||||
| 23 | years.
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| 24 | (F) Conciliation. "Conciliation" means the attempted | ||||||
| 25 | resolution of
issues raised by a charge, or by the | ||||||
| 26 | investigation of
such charge, through informal negotiations | ||||||
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| 1 | involving the
aggrieved party, the respondent and the | ||||||
| 2 | Department.
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| 3 | (G) Conciliation Agreement. "Conciliation agreement" means | ||||||
| 4 | a written
agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues | ||||||
| 5 | in conciliation.
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| 6 | (H) Covered Multifamily Dwellings. As used in Section | ||||||
| 7 | 3-102.1, "covered
multifamily dwellings" means:
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| 8 | (1) buildings consisting of 4 or more units if such | ||||||
| 9 | buildings have one
or more elevators; and
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| 10 | (2) ground floor units in other buildings consisting of 4 | ||||||
| 11 | or more units. | ||||||
| 12 | (I) Inquiry. "Inquiry" does not include the examination of | ||||||
| 13 | public records.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-910; 86-1028.)
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