Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4650

Deletes all. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that whenever, under any agreement, either written or verbal, a landlord or his or her agent charges a tenant for any water, gas, or electrical service and the tenant pays the landlord for the utility service and the landlord or his or her agent does not pay the utility company for the service and the utility company terminates service and as a result of the termination of utility service, the landlord knows or reasonably should know that the health or safety of the tenant is endangered, the landlord is guilty of the offense of criminal housing management.

Deletes all. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a landlord, or his or her agent, commits the offense of criminal housing management when, under an agreement, the landlord or agent charges a tenant for gas, water, or electrical utility service and: (1) the landlord or agent fails to pay the utility company for the service, resulting in termination of that utility service to the tenant's residence; and (2) the termination of utility service is not corrected within 24 hours after it was terminated, unless the delay is caused by an act of God or other occurrence through no fault of the landlord or agent; and (3) the termination of utility service endangers the health or safety of the tenant or a member of the tenant's household (instead of providing that a landlord commits criminal housing management when, under an agreement, the landlord or agent charges a tenant for utility service, the tenant pays the landlord for that service, the landlord or agent does not pay the utility company, the utility company terminates service, and as a result of that termination the landlord knows or reasonably should know that the health or safety of the tenant is endangered). Provides that the amendatory provisions are not intended to authorize the resale of water, gas, or electrical service if that resale is otherwise prohibited. Provides that "landlord" includes the owner or lessor of a building containing 3 or more residential units (instead of simply a building). Provides that a first conviction of a landlord or agent is a petty offense; a second conviction is a business offense subject to a fine not to exceed $1,500; and a third or subsequent conviction is a Class A misdemeanor (instead of providing that a first conviction is a Class A misdemeanor and a subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony).

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