95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1523

 

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 745/25.1 new

    Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Creates the Illinois Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Dispute Board, and sets forth its membership requirements. Provides that the Board shall act as a liaison between the State and mobile home park owners and tenants. Authorizes the Board to refer possible violations of the Act to the Attorney General.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
5 is amended by adding Section 25.1 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 745/25.1 new)
7     Sec. 25.1. Mobile Home Landlord Tenant Dispute Board;
8 creation, duties.
9     (a) The Illinois Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Dispute
10 Board is created. The Board shall consist of 5 members,
11 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
12 Senate, who shall represent the following: one member shall be
13 a representative of the Attorney General's office, 2 members
14 shall represent Illinois landowners associations, and 2
15 members shall represent Illinois mobile homeowners
16 associations. Two of the initial members shall serve 2-year
17 terms, and 3 shall serve 4-year terms, as designated by the
18 Governor. Thereafter, members shall serve 4-year terms.
19 Vacancies prior to the end of a term shall be filled by
20 appointment of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
21 Senate, for the remainder of the term. The Illinois Housing
22 Development Authority shall adopt any necessary procedural
23 rules for the Board. Board members shall not receive

 

 

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1 compensation but shall be reimbursed for reasonable and
2 necessary expenses from moneys appropriated for that purpose.
3     (b) The Board shall serve as a liaison between the State
4 and mobile home park owners and tenants and shall protect the
5 rights and interests of mobile home tenants against illegal or
6 unreasonable actions of mobile home park owners. If the Board
7 believes that a park owner has engaged in a pattern and
8 practice to violate any provision of this Act, the Board shall
9 refer the matter to the Attorney General for enforcement.