HB4823 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4823

Introduced 01/18/06, by Rep. Ron Stephens

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Tenant Notification Act. Provides that a landlord of a multi-unit rental complex or rental property with 2 or more rental units, mobile homes, or mobile home lots shall notify tenants that a sex offender or sexual predator is also a tenant, within 10 days of the landlord becoming aware that the sex offender is a tenant. Provides that the notice shall include the sex offender's name, address, and crime. Provides that a landlord who knows that a sex offender is a tenant shall give written notice of information about the sex offender to a prospective tenant before that person signs a lease or makes a rental agreement.

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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tenant Notification Act.

Section 5. Rental units. A landlord of rental property consisting of 2 or more units shall, within 10 days after the landlord becomes aware that a "sex offender" or "sexual predator", as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, is a tenant in a unit in the property, notify in writing all tenants in the property that a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a unit in the property.

Section 10. Multi-unit complex. A landlord of a multi-building or multi-unit complex shall, within 10 days after the landlord becomes aware that a sex offender or sexual predator, is a tenant in a unit in the property, notify in writing all tenants who share a common onsite laundry facility, storage area, recreation area or parking building or lot, that a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a unit in the complex.

Section 15. Mobile homes. A mobile home park owner or landlord of rental mobile homes, as defined in the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act, or rental lots for mobile homes consisting of 2 or more units or lots shall, within 10 days after the park owner or landlord becomes aware that a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a rental mobile home or on a rental lot, notify in writing all tenants in rental mobile homes or on rental lots that a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a rented mobile home or on a rental lot.

Section 20. Prospective tenants. A park owner or landlord described in Section 5, 10, or 15, who is aware that a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a unit or mobile home or on a lot, shall notify in writing a prospective tenant that a sex offender is a tenant in a unit or mobile home or on a lot before he or she signs a lease or makes an oral rental agreement.

Section 25. Notice. The notice required by this Act shall state information about the sex offender or sexual predator including the person's full name, address, and the nature of the offense that the person committed that resulted in the person being designated as a sex offender or sexual predator.