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HB1233 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1233

 

Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 705/15 new

    Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that after a residential dwelling unit has been vacated by a tenant, a landlord must change the locks of the dwelling unit before it is again occupied and must provide a new tenant with a signed disclosure form acknowledging that this requirement has been met. Provides that if a landlord has not changed the locks, as required, and a theft occurs that is attributable to the landlord's failure to meet that requirement, the landlord is liable for any damages that the tenant incurs as a result of that failure.


LRB097 05778 AJO 45845 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1233LRB097 05778 AJO 45845 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding
5Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/15 new)
7    Sec. 15. Change of residential locks.
8    (a) After a residential dwelling unit has been vacated by a
9tenant, a landlord must change the locks of the dwelling unit
10before the dwelling unit is again occupied. Before a tenant
11occupies a residential dwelling unit, a landlord must provide
12to the tenant a disclosure form signed by the landlord that
13states that the landlord has complied with the lock change
14requirement of this Section.
15    (b) If a landlord did not change the locks of any dwelling
16unit after a tenant vacated the unit and before the dwelling
17unit is again occupied, and a theft occurs at that dwelling
18unit that is attributable to the landlord's failure to change
19the locks, the landlord is liable for any damages that the
20tenant incurred as a result of the landlord's failure to change
21the locks.