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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1233 Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that after a residential dwelling unit has been vacated by a tenant, a landlord must change the locks of the dwelling unit before it is again occupied and must provide a new tenant with a signed disclosure form acknowledging that this requirement has been met. Provides that if a landlord has not changed the locks, as required, and a theft occurs that is attributable to the landlord's failure to meet that requirement, the landlord is liable for any damages that the tenant incurs as a result of that failure.
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| | HB1233 | | LRB097 05778 AJO 45845 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 705/15 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Change of residential locks. |
| 8 | | (a) After a residential dwelling unit has been vacated by a |
| 9 | | tenant, a landlord must change the locks of the dwelling unit |
| 10 | | before the dwelling unit is again occupied. Before a tenant |
| 11 | | occupies a residential dwelling unit, a landlord must provide |
| 12 | | to the tenant a disclosure form signed by the landlord that |
| 13 | | states that the landlord has complied with the lock change |
| 14 | | requirement of this Section. |
| 15 | | (b) If a landlord did not change the locks of any dwelling |
| 16 | | unit after a tenant vacated the unit and before the dwelling |
| 17 | | unit is again occupied, and a theft occurs at that dwelling |
| 18 | | unit that is attributable to the landlord's failure to change |
| 19 | | the locks, the landlord is liable for any damages that the |
| 20 | | tenant incurred as a result of
the landlord's failure to change |
| 21 | | the locks.
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