HB0501 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0501

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Keith Farnham

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 745/8.7 new

Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that, if a mobile home park has an occupancy rate of less than 85%, (i) the purchaser of an existing mobile home that is located on a lot in that park may not be charged a rental amount for that lot for the first year of the lease that exceeds the rental amount charged to the prior lessee by more than 6% and (ii) rental amounts for the lease of any mobile home or mobile home lot may not be increased by more than 5% annually. Provides that in any mobile home park, increases in rent must be clearly explained in writing; the explanation must indicate (i) how much the rent has increased as a percentage of the base rent, (ii) the increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index during the previous 12-month period, and (iii) the dollar amount of the increase per month and annually. Exempts mobile home parks in operation for 5 years or less, regardless of ownership, from these rent limitations.

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 Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act is amended by adding Section 8.7 as follows:

(765 ILCS 745/8.7 new)

Sec. 8.7. Rent limitations.

(a) If a mobile home park has an occupancy rate of less than 85%:

(1) The purchaser of an existing mobile home that is located on a lot in that park may not be charged a rental amount for that lot for the first year of the lease that exceeds the rental amount charged to the prior lessee by more than 6%.

(2) Rental amounts for the lease of any mobile home or mobile home lot may not be increased by more than 5% annually.

(b) In any mobile home park, increases in rent must be clearly explained in writing. The explanation must indicate (i) how much the rent has increased as a percentage of the base rent, (ii) the increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index during the previous 12-month period, and (iii) the dollar amount of the increase per month and annually. In this Section, "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor.

(c) For purposes of this Section, mobile homes leased to others by the park owner are excluded from the occupancy rate calculations.

(d) Mobile home parks in operation for 5 years or less, regardless of ownership, are exempt from the provisions of this Section.