Sen. Mattie Hunter

Filed: 3/12/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 292

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 292 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
5 changing Section 18.4 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 605/18.4)  (from Ch. 30, par. 318.4)
7     Sec. 18.4. Powers and Duties of Board of Managers. The
8 board of managers shall exercise for the association all
9 powers, duties and authority vested in the association by law
10 or the condominium instruments except for such powers, duties
11 and authority reserved by law to the members of the
12 association. The powers and duties of the board of managers
13 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
14         (a) To provide for the operation, care, upkeep,
15     maintenance, replacement and improvement of the common
16     elements. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be deemed to

 

 

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1     invalidate any provision in a condominium instrument
2     placing limits on expenditures for the common elements,
3     provided, that such limits shall not be applicable to
4     expenditures for repair, replacement, or restoration of
5     existing portions of the common elements. The term "repair,
6     replacement or restoration" means expenditures to
7     deteriorated or damaged portions of the property related to
8     the existing decorating, facilities, or structural or
9     mechanical components, interior or exterior surfaces, or
10     energy systems and equipment with the functional
11     equivalent of the original portions of such areas.
12     Replacement of the common elements may result in an
13     improvement over the original quality of such elements or
14     facilities; provided that, unless the improvement is
15     mandated by law or is an emergency as defined in item (iv)
16     of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of Section 18, if the
17     improvement results in a proposed expenditure exceeding 5%
18     of the annual budget, the board of managers, upon written
19     petition by unit owners with 20% of the votes of the
20     association delivered to the board within 14 days of the
21     board action to approve the expenditure, shall call a
22     meeting of the unit owners within 30 days of the date of
23     delivery of the petition to consider the expenditure.
24     Unless a majority of the total votes of the unit owners are
25     cast at the meeting to reject the expenditure, it is
26     ratified.

 

 

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1         (b) To prepare, adopt and distribute the annual budget
2     for the property.
3         (c) To levy and expend assessments.
4         (d) To collect assessments from unit owners.
5         (e) To provide for the employment and dismissal of the
6     personnel necessary or advisable for the maintenance and
7     operation of the common elements.
8         (f) To obtain adequate and appropriate kinds of
9     insurance.
10         (g) To own, convey, encumber, lease, and otherwise deal
11     with units conveyed to or purchased by it.
12         (h) To adopt and amend rules and regulations covering
13     the details of the operation and use of the property, after
14     a meeting of the unit owners called for the specific
15     purpose of discussing the proposed rules and regulations.
16     Notice of the meeting shall contain the full text of the
17     proposed rules and regulations, and the meeting shall
18     conform to the requirements of Section 18(b) of this Act,
19     except that no quorum is required at the meeting of the
20     unit owners unless the declaration, bylaws or other
21     condominium instrument expressly provides to the contrary.
22     However, no rule or regulation may impair any rights
23     guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of
24     the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois
25     Constitution including, but not limited to, the free
26     exercise of religion, nor may any rules or regulations

 

 

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1     conflict with the provisions of this Act or the condominium
2     instruments. No rule or regulation shall prohibit any
3     reasonable accommodation for religious practices,
4     including the attachment of religiously mandated objects
5     to the front-door area of a condominium unit.
6         (i) To keep detailed, accurate records of the receipts
7     and expenditures affecting the use and operation of the
8     property.
9         (j) To have access to each unit from time to time as
10     may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement
11     of any common elements or for making emergency repairs
12     necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to
13     other units.
14         (k) To pay real property taxes, special assessments,
15     and any other special taxes or charges of the State of
16     Illinois or of any political subdivision thereof, or other
17     lawful taxing or assessing body, which are authorized by
18     law to be assessed and levied upon the real property of the
19     condominium.
20         (l) To impose charges for late payment of a unit
21     owner's proportionate share of the common expenses, or any
22     other expenses lawfully agreed upon, and after notice and
23     an opportunity to be heard, to levy reasonable fines for
24     violation of the declaration, by-laws, and rules and
25     regulations of the association.
26         (m) To borrow money for association purposes by a vote

 

 

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1     of a two-thirds majority of the board of directors. Unless
2     the condominium instruments expressly provide to the
3     contrary, by a majority vote of the entire board of
4     managers, to assign the right of the association to future
5     income from common expenses or other sources, and to
6     mortgage or pledge substantially all of the remaining
7     assets of the association.
8         (n) To record the dedication of a portion of the common
9     elements to a public body for use as, or in connection
10     with, a street or utility where authorized by the unit
11     owners under the provisions of Section 14.2.
12         (o) To record the granting of an easement for the
13     laying of cable television cable where authorized by the
14     unit owners under the provisions of Section 14.3; to
15     obtain, if available and determined by the board to be in
16     the best interests of the association, cable television
17     service for all of the units of the condominium on a bulk
18     identical service and equal cost per unit basis; and to
19     assess and recover the expense as a common expense and, if
20     so determined by the board, to assess each and every unit
21     on the same equal cost per unit basis.
22         (p) To seek relief on behalf of all unit owners when
23     authorized pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 10 from or
24     in connection with the assessment or levying of real
25     property taxes, special assessments, and any other special
26     taxes or changes of the State of Illinois or of any

 

 

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1     political subdivision thereof or of any lawful taxing or
2     assessing body.
3         (q) To reasonably accommodate the needs of a
4     handicapped unit owner as required by the federal Civil
5     Rights Act of 1968, the Human Rights Act and any applicable
6     local ordinances in the exercise of its powers with respect
7     to the use of common elements or approval of modifications
8     in an individual unit.
9         (r) To accept service of a notice of claim for purposes
10     of the Mechanics Lien Act on behalf of each respective
11     member of the Unit Owners' Association with respect to
12     improvements performed pursuant to any contract entered
13     into by the Board of Managers or any contract entered into
14     prior to the recording of the condominium declaration
15     pursuant to this Act, for a property containing more than 8
16     units, and to distribute the notice to the unit owners
17     within 7 days of the acceptance of the service by the Board
18     of Managers. The service shall be effective as if each
19     individual unit owner had been served individually with
20     notice.
21     In the performance of their duties, the officers and
22 members of the board, whether appointed by the developer or
23 elected by the unit owners, shall exercise the care required of
24 a fiduciary of the unit owners.
25     The collection of assessments from unit owners by an
26 association, board of managers or their duly authorized agents

 

 

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1 shall not be considered acts constituting a collection agency
2 for purposes of the Collection Agency Act.
3     The provisions of this Section are applicable to all
4 condominium instruments recorded under this Act. Any portion of
5 a condominium instrument which contains provisions contrary to
6 these provisions shall be void as against public policy and
7 ineffective. Any such instrument that fails to contain the
8 provisions required by this Section shall be deemed to
9 incorporate such provisions by operation of law.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-384, eff. 1-1-06; 94-729, eff. 1-1-07.)".