Full Text of HB4491 99th General Assembly
HB4491 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB4491 Introduced , by Rep. Scott Drury SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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735 ILCS 5/9-106 | from Ch. 110, par. 9-106 |
735 ILCS 5/9-111 | from Ch. 110, par. 9-111 |
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Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in an action for possession for unpaid condominium expenses, a unit owner may raise as defenses: (1) a material breach of any duty set forth in the Condominium Property Act or governing condominium instruments or rules and regulations or any applicable statute or ordinance applicable to the unit owner's possession of the condominium unit; and (2) improper motive for bringing the action. Provides that an association is barred from recovering any attorney's fees and costs against a unit owner if the association is found by a court to have breached an obligation under the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article or the Condominium Property Act or, in the case of any member of the association's board of managers, is found to have breached a fiduciary duty to the unit owner or the association.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 9-106 and 9-111 as follows:
| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/9-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-106)
| 7 | | Sec. 9-106. Pleadings and evidence. On complaint by the | 8 | | party or parties
entitled to
the possession of such premises | 9 | | being filed in the circuit court for the
county where such | 10 | | premises are situated, stating that such party is
entitled to | 11 | | the possession of such premises (describing the same with
| 12 | | reasonable certainty), and that the defendant (naming the | 13 | | defendant) unlawfully
withholds the possession thereof from | 14 | | him, her or them, the clerk of the
court shall issue a summons.
| 15 | | The defendant may under a general denial of the allegations | 16 | | of the
complaint offer in evidence any matter in defense of the | 17 | | action.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-120,
no
| 18 | | matters not germane to the distinctive purpose of the | 19 | | proceeding shall
be introduced by joinder, counterclaim or | 20 | | otherwise. However,
a claim for rent may be joined in the | 21 | | complaint, and judgment may be entered
for the amount of rent | 22 | | found due.
| 23 | | In an action brought under Section 9-111 of this Code |
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| 1 | | against a unit owner, as that term is defined under the | 2 | | Condominium Property Act, the unit owner may raise as defenses: | 3 | | (1) a material breach of any duty set forth in the | 4 | | Condominium Property Act or governing condominium | 5 | | instruments as that term is defined under the Condominium | 6 | | Property Act or rules and regulations or any applicable | 7 | | statute or ordinance applicable to the unit owner's | 8 | | possession of the condominium unit; and | 9 | | (2) improper motive for bringing the action. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 90-360, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 11 | | (735 ILCS 5/9-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-111)
| 12 | | Sec. 9-111. Condominium property.
| 13 | | (a) As to property subject to the
provisions of the | 14 | | "Condominium Property Act", approved June 20, 1963, as
amended, | 15 | | when the action is based upon the failure of an owner of a unit
| 16 | | therein to pay when due his or her proportionate share of the | 17 | | common
expenses of the property, or of any other expenses | 18 | | lawfully agreed upon or
the amount of any unpaid fine, and if | 19 | | the court finds that the expenses or
fines are due to the | 20 | | plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be entitled to the
possession of | 21 | | the whole of the premises claimed, and judgment in favor of
the | 22 | | plaintiff shall be entered for the possession thereof and for | 23 | | the
amount found due by the court including interest and late | 24 | | charges, if any,
together with reasonable attorney's fees, if | 25 | | any, and for the plaintiff's
costs. The awarding of reasonable |
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| 1 | | attorney's fees shall be pursuant to the
standards set forth in | 2 | | subsection (b) of this Section 9-111. The court
shall, by | 3 | | order, stay the enforcement of the judgment for possession for
| 4 | | a period of not less than 60 days from the date of the judgment | 5 | | and may
stay the enforcement of the judgment for a period not | 6 | | to exceed 180 days
from such date. Any judgment for money or | 7 | | any rent assignment under
subsection (b) of Section 9-104.2 is | 8 | | not subject to this stay. The judgment
for possession is not | 9 | | subject to an exemption of homestead under Part 9 of
Article | 10 | | XII of this Code. If at any
time, either during or after the | 11 | | period of stay, the
defendant pays such expenses found due by | 12 | | the court, and costs, and reasonable
attorney's fees as fixed | 13 | | by the court, and the defendant is
not in arrears on his or her | 14 | | share of the common expenses for the period
subsequent to that | 15 | | covered by the judgment, the defendant may file a motion to
| 16 | | vacate the judgment in the court in which the judgment was | 17 | | entered, and, if the
court, upon the hearing of such motion, is | 18 | | satisfied that the default in
payment of the proportionate | 19 | | share of expenses has been cured, and if the court
finds that | 20 | | the premises are not presently let by the board of managers as
| 21 | | provided in Section 9-111.1 of this Code Act , the judgment | 22 | | shall be vacated. If the
premises are being let by the board of | 23 | | managers as provided in Section 9-111.1
of this Code Act , when | 24 | | any judgment is sought to be vacated, the court shall vacate
| 25 | | the judgment effective concurrent with the expiration of the | 26 | | lease term. Unless
defendant files such motion to vacate in the |
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| 1 | | court or the judgment is otherwise
stayed, enforcement of the | 2 | | judgment may proceed immediately upon the expiration
of the | 3 | | period of stay and all rights of the defendant to possession of | 4 | | his or
her unit shall cease and determine until the date that | 5 | | the judgment may
thereafter be vacated in accordance with the | 6 | | foregoing provisions, and
notwithstanding payment of the | 7 | | amount of any money judgment if the unit owner
or occupant is | 8 | | in
arrears for the period after the date of entry of the | 9 | | judgment as provided in
this Section. Nothing
herein contained | 10 | | shall be construed as affecting the right of the board of
| 11 | | managers, or its agents, to any lawful remedy or relief other | 12 | | than that
provided by Part 1 of Article IX of this Code Act .
| 13 | | This amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly is | 14 | | intended as a
clarification of existing law and not as a new | 15 | | enactment.
| 16 | | (b) For purposes of determining reasonable attorney's fees | 17 | | under
subsection (a), the court shall consider:
| 18 | | (i) the time expended by the attorney;
| 19 | | (ii) the reasonableness of the hourly rate for the work | 20 | | performed;
| 21 | | (iii) the reasonableness of the amount of time expended | 22 | | for the work
performed; and
| 23 | | (iv) the amount in controversy and the nature of the | 24 | | action.
| 25 | | (c) The association is barred from recovering any | 26 | | attorney's fees and costs against a unit owner if the |
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| 1 | | association is found by a court to have breached an obligation | 2 | | under this Article or the Condominium Property Act or, in the | 3 | | case of any member of the association's board of managers, is | 4 | | found to have breached a fiduciary duty to the unit owner or | 5 | | the association. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 91-196, eff. 7-20-99; 92-540, eff. 6-12-02.)
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