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92_SB1665

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning civil procedure.

 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 9-111 and 12-903 as follows:

 6        (735 ILCS 5/9-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-111)
 7        Sec. 9-111.  Condominium property.
 8        (a)  As to property subject  to  the  provisions  of  the
 9    "Condominium  Property  Act",  approved  June  20,  1963,  as
10    amended,  when  the  action  is  based upon the failure of an
11    owner  of  a  unit  therein  to  pay  when  due  his  or  her
12    proportionate share of the common expenses of  the  property,
13    or  of  any other expenses lawfully agreed upon or the amount
14    of any unpaid fine, and if the court finds that the  expenses
15    or  fines  are  due  to the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall be
16    entitled to the possession  of  the  whole  of  the  premises
17    claimed,  and  judgment  in  favor  of the plaintiff shall be
18    entered for the possession thereof and for the  amount  found
19    due by the court including interest and late charges, if any,
20    together with reasonable attorney's fees, if any, and for the
21    plaintiff's costs. The awarding of reasonable attorney's fees
22    shall  be  pursuant  to the standards set forth in subsection
23    (b) of this Section 9-111.  The court shall, by  order,  stay
24    the  enforcement  of the judgment for possession for a period
25    of not less than 60 days from the date of  the  judgment  and
26    may  stay the enforcement of the judgment for a period not to
27    exceed 180 days from such date.  Any judgment  for  money  or
28    any  rent  assignment under subsection (b) of Section 9-104.2
29    is not subject to this stay. The judgment for  possession  is
30    not  subject  to  an  exemption  of homestead under Part 9 of
31    Article XII of this Code.  If at any time, either  during  or
 
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 1    after  the  period  of stay, the defendant pays such expenses
 2    found due by the court, and costs, and reasonable  attorney's
 3    fees  as  fixed  by  the  court,  and the defendant is not in
 4    arrears on his or her share of the common  expenses  for  the
 5    period  subsequent  to  that  covered  by  the  judgment, the
 6    defendant may file a motion to vacate  the  judgment  in  the
 7    court  in  which the judgment was entered, and, if the court,
 8    upon the hearing  of  such  motion,  is  satisfied  that  the
 9    default in payment of the proportionate share of expenses has
10    been  cured, and if the court finds that the premises are not
11    presently let by the board of managers as provided in Section
12    9-111.1 of this Act, the judgment shall be vacated.   If  the
13    premises  are  being let by the board of managers as provided
14    in Section 9-111.1 of this Act, when any judgment  is  sought
15    to  be vacated, the court shall vacate the judgment effective
16    concurrent with the expiration  of  the  lease  term.  Unless
17    defendant  files  such  motion  to vacate in the court or the
18    judgment is otherwise stayed, enforcement of the judgment may
19    proceed immediately upon the expiration of the period of stay
20    and all rights of the defendant to possession of his  or  her
21    unit  shall  cease  and  determine  until  the  date that the
22    judgment may thereafter be vacated  in  accordance  with  the
23    foregoing  provisions,  and  notwithstanding  payment  of the
24    amount of any money judgment if the unit owner or occupant is
25    in arrears for the period after the  date  of  entry  of  the
26    judgment   as   provided  in  this  Section.  Nothing  herein
27    contained shall be construed as affecting the  right  of  the
28    board  of  managers,  or  its agents, to any lawful remedy or
29    relief other than that provided by Part 1 of  Article  IX  of
30    this Act.
31        This  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly is
32    intended as a clarification of existing law and not as a  new
33    enactment.
34        (b)  For  purposes  of  determining reasonable attorney's
 
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 1    fees under subsection (a), the court shall consider:
 2             (i)  the time expended by the attorney;
 3             (ii)  the reasonableness of the hourly rate for  the
 4        work performed;
 5             (iii)  the  reasonableness  of  the  amount  of time
 6        expended for the work performed; and
 7             (iv)  the amount in controversy and  the  nature  of
 8        the action.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-196, eff. 7-20-99.)

10        (735 ILCS 5/12-903) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-903)
11        Sec. 12-903.  Extent of exemption.  No property shall, by
12    virtue  of  Part 9 of Article XII of this Act, be exempt from
13    sale for nonpayment of taxes or assessments, or for a debt or
14    liability incurred for the purchase or  improvement  thereof,
15    or for enforcement of a lien thereon for nonpayment of common
16    expenses  pursuant  to  paragraph  (g)(1) of Section 9 of the
17    "Condominium  Property  Act",  approved  June  20,  1963,  as
18    amended, or be exempt from  enforcement  of  a  judgment  for
19    possession  pursuant to paragraph (a)(7) or (a)(8) of Section
20    9-102 of this Code.
21        This amendatory Act  of  the  92nd  General  Assembly  is
22    intended  as a clarification of existing law and not as a new
23    enactment.
24    (Source: P.A. 83-707.)

25        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
26    becoming law.

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