HB6717 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 16569 DRJ 42216 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6717

Introduced 02/09/04, by Linda Chapa LaVia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 705/10 new

Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that a landlord must comply with standards adopted by a county or multiple county health department concerning the presence of mold in buildings. Provides that a landlord who fails to comply is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning property.

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 adding Section 10 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/10 new)

Sec. 10. Mold in buildings.

(a) A lessor of real property containing a building or other structure must comply with all applicable standards relating to the presence of mold in buildings or other structures that have been adopted by the county or multiple county health department having jurisdiction over the property.

(b) A lessor who violates subsection (a) is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.