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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rent Control Preemption Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 825/5)
7    Sec. 5. Rent control prohibited.
8    (a) A unit of local government, as defined in Section 1 of
9Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, shall not enact,
10maintain, or enforce an ordinance or resolution that would
11have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for
12leasing private residential or commercial property.
13    (b) This Act does not impair the right of a unit of local
14government to manage and control residential property in which
15the unit of local government has a property interest.
16    (c) This Act does not prohibit a municipality from setting
17rent controls for manufactured homes or manufactured home
18communities.
19(Source: P.A. 90-313, eff. 8-1-97.)