Full Text of SB1874 102nd General Assembly
SB1874 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1874 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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775 ILCS 5/3-101 | from Ch. 68, par. 3-101 |
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Amends the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that "inquiry" does not include the examination of public records.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (775 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-101. Definitions. The following definitions are | 8 | | applicable strictly
in the context of this Article:
| 9 | | (A) Real Property. "Real property" includes buildings, | 10 | | structures, real
estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, | 11 | | interests in real estate cooperatives,
condominiums, and | 12 | | hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest
| 13 | | therein.
| 14 | | (B) Real Estate Transaction. "Real estate transaction" | 15 | | includes the
sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property. | 16 | | "Real estate
transaction" also includes the brokering or | 17 | | appraising of residential real
property and the making or | 18 | | purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance:
| 19 | | (1) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or | 20 | | maintaining a dwelling; or
| 21 | | (2) secured by residential real estate.
| 22 | | (C) Housing Accommodations. "Housing accommodation" | 23 | | includes any improved
or unimproved real property, or part |
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| 1 | | thereof, which is used or occupied,
or is intended, arranged | 2 | | or designed to be used or occupied, as the home
or residence of | 3 | | one or more individuals.
| 4 | | (D) Real Estate Broker or Salesman. "Real estate broker or | 5 | | salesman"
means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or | 6 | | with the expectation
of receiving a consideration, lists, | 7 | | sells, purchases, exchanges, rents,
or leases real property, | 8 | | or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any
of these | 9 | | activities, or who holds himself or herself out as engaged in | 10 | | these.
| 11 | | (E) Familial Status. "Familial status" means one or more | 12 | | individuals
(who have not attained the age of 18 years) being | 13 | | domiciled with:
| 14 | | (1) a parent or person having legal custody of such | 15 | | individual or individuals; or
| 16 | | (2) the designee of such parent or other person having | 17 | | such custody,
with the written permission of such parent or
| 18 | | other person.
| 19 | | The protections afforded by this Article against | 20 | | discrimination on the
basis of familial status apply to any | 21 | | person who is pregnant or is in the
process of securing legal | 22 | | custody of any individual who has not attained
the age of 18 | 23 | | years.
| 24 | | (F) Conciliation. "Conciliation" means the attempted | 25 | | resolution of
issues raised by a charge, or by the | 26 | | investigation of
such charge, through informal negotiations |
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| 1 | | involving the
aggrieved party, the respondent and the | 2 | | Department.
| 3 | | (G) Conciliation Agreement. "Conciliation agreement" means | 4 | | a written
agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues | 5 | | in conciliation.
| 6 | | (H) Covered Multifamily Dwellings. As used in Section | 7 | | 3-102.1, "covered
multifamily dwellings" means:
| 8 | | (1) buildings consisting of 4 or more units if such | 9 | | buildings have one
or more elevators; and
| 10 | | (2) ground floor units in other buildings consisting of 4 | 11 | | or more units. | 12 | | (I) Inquiry. "Inquiry" does not include the examination of | 13 | | public records.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-910; 86-1028.)
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