98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5426

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-9a new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that if a property owner is cited with a code violation and the remedy renders the property uninhabitable, the hearing department shall provide the owner with an emergency hearing in front of a hearing officer within 7 days of when the building inspector reported the violation. Requires a hearing officer to immediately lift the order condemning the property after the hearing unless he or she finds the alleged code violation to exist and pose an immediate safety hazard to the occupants of the property. Provides that a municipality may impose remedies for sanctions other than prohibition of occupancy.


LRB098 19139 JLK 54291 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5426LRB098 19139 JLK 54291 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-31.1-9a as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-9a new)
7    Sec. 11-31.1-9a. Emergency hearings. If a property owner is
8cited with a code violation and the remedy is to render the
9building uninhabitable, the hearing department shall provide
10the owner with an emergency hearing and an opportunity to be
11heard before a hearing officer within 7 days of when a building
12inspector reported the violation. At the hearing, unless the
13hearing officer finds the alleged code violation to exist and
14pose an immediate safety hazard to the occupants of the
15property, the hearing officer shall immediately lift the order
16rendering the building uninhabitable.
17    Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a municipality from
18imposing remedies for sanctions other than prohibition of
19occupancy.