Sen. Mike Jacobs

Filed: 3/30/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1394

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1394 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Self-Service Storage Facility Act is
5amended by changing Sections 2 and 4 and by adding Sections 7.5
6and 7.10 as follows:
 
7    (770 ILCS 95/2)  (from Ch. 114, par. 802)
8    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context clearly requires otherwise:
10    (A) "Self-service storage facility" means any real
11property designed and used for the purpose of renting or
12leasing individual storage space to occupants who are to have
13access to such for the purpose of storing and removing personal
14property. A self-service storage facility is not a warehouse
15for purposes of Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code. If an
16owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other

 

 

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1document of title for the personal property stored, the
2provisions of this Act do not apply.
3    (B) "Owner" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor
4of a self-service storage facility, his agent, or any other
5person authorized by him to manage the facility, or to receive
6rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.
7    (C) "Occupant" means a person, his sublessee, successor, or
8assign, entitled to the use of the storage space at a
9self-service storage facility under a rental agreement, to the
10exclusion of others.
11    (D) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease,
12written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms,
13conditions, rules or any other provisions concerning the use
14and occupancy of a self-service storage facility.
15    (E) "Personal property" means movable property not affixed
16to land, and includes, but is not limited to goods,
17merchandise, motor vehicles, and household items.
18    (F) "Last known address" means that address provided by the
19occupant in the latest rental agreement, or the address
20provided by the occupant in a subsequent written notice of a
21change of address.
22    (G) "Late fee" means a charge assessed for an occupant's
23failure to pay rent when due. "Late fee" does not include
24interest on a debt, reasonable expenses incurred in the
25collection of unpaid rent, or costs associated with the
26enforcement of any other remedy provided by statute or

 

 

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1contract.
2(Source: P.A. 83-800.)
 
3    (770 ILCS 95/4)  (from Ch. 114, par. 804)
4    Sec. 4. Enforcement of lien. An owner's lien as provided
5for in Section 3 of this Act for a claim which has become due
6may be satisfied as follows:
7    (A) The occupant shall be notified;
8    (B) The notice shall be delivered:
9        (1) in person; or
10        (2) sent by certified mail or by first-class mail with
11    a certificate of mailing to the last known address of the
12    occupant; or
13        (3) by an email sent to the last known active email
14    address of the occupant that was supplied by the occupant
15    on the rental agreement or in a subsequent written notice
16    of change of address received in person or by first-class
17    mail or email;
18    (C) The notice shall include:
19    (1) A An itemized statement of the owner's claim showing
20the sum due at the time of the notice and the date when the sum
21became due;
22    (2) The name of the facility, address, telephone number,
23date, time, location, and manner of the lien sale, and the
24tenant's name and unit number. A brief and general description
25of the personal property subject to the lien. The description

 

 

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1shall be reasonably adequate to permit the person notified to
2identify it, except that any container including, but not
3limited to, a trunk, valise, or box that is locked, fastened,
4sealed, or tied in a manner which deters immediate access to
5its contents may be described as such without describing its
6contents;
7    (3) A notice of denial of access to the personal property,
8if such denial is permitted under the terms of the rental
9agreement, which provides the name, street address, and
10telephone number of the owner, or his designated agent, whom
11the occupant may contact to respond to this notice;
12    (3.5) Except as otherwise provided by a rental agreement
13and until a lien sale, the exclusive care, custody, and control
14of all personal property stored in the leased self-service
15storage space remains vested in the occupant. No bailment or
16higher level of liability is created if the owner over-locks
17the occupant's lock, thereby denying the occupant access to the
18storage space. Rent and other charges related to the lien
19continue to accrue during the period of time when access is
20denied because of non-payment;
21    (4) A demand for payment within a specified time not less
22than 14 days after delivery of the notice;
23    (5) A conspicuous statement that unless the claim is paid
24within the time stated in the notice, the personal property
25will be advertised for sale or other disposition, and will be
26sold or otherwise disposed of at a specified time and place.

 

 

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1    (D) Any notice made pursuant to this Section shall be
2presumed delivered when it is deposited with the United States
3Postal Service, and properly addressed with postage prepaid or
4if it is emailed, when it is transmitted;
5    (E) After the expiration of the time given in the notice,
6an advertisement of the sale or other disposition shall be
7published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper
8of general circulation where the self-service storage facility
9is located. The advertisement shall include:
10    (1) The name of the facility, address, telephone number,
11date, time, location, and manner of lien sale and the tenant's
12name and unit number. A brief and general description of the
13personal property reasonably adequate to permit its
14identification as provided for in division (C)(2) of this
15Section;
16    (2) (Blank). The address of the self-service storage
17facility and the number, if any, of the space where the
18personal property is located and the name of the occupant;
19    (3) The time, place, and manner of the sale or other
20disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place not
21sooner than 15 days after the first publication. If there is no
22newspaper of general circulation where the self-service
23storage facility is located, the advertisement shall be posted
24at least 10 days before the date of the sale or other
25disposition in not less than 6 conspicuous places in the
26neighborhood where the self-service storage facility is

 

 

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1located.
2    (F) Any sale or other disposition of the personal property
3shall conform to the terms of the notification as provided for
4in this Section;
5    (G) Any sale or other disposition of the personal property
6shall be held at the self-service storage facility, or at the
7nearest suitable place to where the personal property is held
8or stored;
9    (G-5) If the property upon which the lien is claimed is a
10motor vehicle or watercraft and rent or other charges related
11to the property remain unpaid or unsatisfied for 60 days, the
12owner may have the property towed from the self-service storage
13facility. If a motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the owner
14shall not be liable for any damage to the motor vehicle or
15watercraft, once the tower takes possession of the property.
16After the motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the owner may
17pursue other collection options against the delinquent tenant
18for any outstanding debt. Before the sale of a motor vehicle,
19aircraft, mobile home, moped, motorcycle, snowmobile, trailer,
20or watercraft, the owner shall contact the Secretary of State
21and any other governmental agency as reasonably necessary to
22determine the name and address of the title holder or
23lienholder of the item, and the owner shall notify every
24identified title holder or lienholder of the time and place of
25the proposed sale. The owner is required to notify the holder
26of a security interest only if the security interest is filed

 

 

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1under the name of the person signing the rental agreement or an
2occupant. An owner who fails to make the lien searches required
3by this Section is liable only to valid lienholders injured by
4that failure as provided in Section 3;
5    (H) Before any sale or other disposition of personal
6property pursuant to this Section, the occupant may pay the
7amount necessary to satisfy the lien, and the reasonable
8expenses incurred under this Section, and thereby redeem the
9personal property. Upon receipt of such payment, the owner
10shall return the personal property, and thereafter the owner
11shall have no liability to any person with respect to such
12personal property;
13    (I) A purchaser in good faith of the personal property sold
14to satisfy a lien, as provided for in Section 3 of this Act,
15takes the property free of any rights of persons against whom
16the lien was valid, despite noncompliance by the owner with the
17requirements of this Section;
18    (J) In the event of a sale under this Section, the owner
19may satisfy his lien from the proceeds of the sale, but shall
20hold the balance, if any, for delivery on demand to the
21occupant. If the occupant does not claim the balance of the
22proceeds within 90 days after two years of the date of sale, it
23shall become the property of the owner without further recourse
24by the occupant.
25    (K) The lien on any personal property created by this Act
26shall be terminated as to any such personal property which is

 

 

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1sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this Act and any such
2personal property which is removed from the self-service
3storage facility.
4(Source: P.A. 83-800.)
 
5    (770 ILCS 95/7.5 new)
6    Sec. 7.5. Limitation of value. If the rental agreement
7contains a limit on the value of property that may be stored in
8the occupant's space, this limit is deemed to be the maximum
9value of the stored property and establishes the maximum amount
10of any liability of the facility owner for a claim for loss of
11or damage to the stored property.
 
12    (770 ILCS 95/7.10 new)
13    Sec. 7.10. Late fees.
14    (a) A reasonable late fee may be imposed and collected by
15an owner for each service period that an occupant does not pay
16rent when due under a rental agreement, provided that the due
17date for the rental payment is not earlier than the day before
18the first day of the service period to which the rental payment
19applies. However, no late fee shall be imposed or collected if
20the occupant makes a rental payment in full by the third day
21after the due date under the rental agreement.
22    (b) No late fee may be collected pursuant to this Section
23unless the amount of that fee and the conditions for imposing
24that fee are stated in the rental agreement or in an addendum

 

 

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1to that agreement.
2    (c) For purposes of this Section, a late fee of $20 or 20%
3of the rental fee for each month an occupant does not pay rent,
4whichever is greater, is deemed reasonable and does not
5constitute a penalty.
6    (d) Any reasonable expense incurred in rent collection or
7lien enforcement by an owner may be charged to the occupant in
8addition to the late fees permitted by this Section.
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".