HB3808 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 15369 LNS 20731 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3808

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/1

from Ch. 80, par. 91

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)

Sec. 1. Liability exemptions.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every covenant, agreement, or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any lease of real property, exempting the the lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from the negligence of the lessor, his or her agents, servants or employees, in the operation or maintenance of the demised premises or the real property containing the demised premises shall be deemed to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a provision in a non-residential lease that exempts the lessor from liability for property damage.

(Source: P.A. 94-601, eff. 8-16-05.)