Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 4/5/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1606

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1606 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
5changing Section 27 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 605/27)  (from Ch. 30, par. 327)
7    Sec. 27. (a) If there is any unit owner other than the
8developer, and unless otherwise provided in this Act, the
9condominium instruments shall be amended only as follows:
10        (i) upon the affirmative vote of 2/3 of those voting or
11    upon the majority specified by the condominium
12    instruments, provided that in no event shall the
13    condominium instruments require more than a three-quarters
14    vote of all unit owners; and
15        (ii) with the approval of any mortgagees required under
16    the provisions of the condominium instruments.

 

 

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1Except in cases where this Act provides different methods of
2amendment or with respect to property whose declaration is
3recorded on or after July 1, 1984, no condominium instrument
4shall require more than a three-quarters vote of unit owners to
5amend the bylaws. Except to the extent authorized by other
6provisions of this Act, no amendment to the condominium
7instrument shall change the boundaries of any unit or the
8undivided interest in the common elements, the number of votes
9in the unit owners' association, or the liability for common
10expenses appertaining to a unit.
11    (b)(1) If there is an omission or error in the declaration,
12bylaws or other condominium instrument, the association may
13correct the error or omission by an amendment to the
14declaration, bylaws, or other condominium instrument in such
15respects as may be required to conform to this Act, and any
16other applicable statute or to the declaration by vote of
17two-thirds of the members of the Board of Managers or by a
18majority vote of the unit owners at a meeting called for this
19purpose, unless the Act or the condominium instruments
20specifically provide for greater percentages or different
21procedures.
22    (2) If through a scrivener's error, a unit has not been
23designated as owning an appropriate undivided share of the
24common elements or does not bear an appropriate share of the
25common expenses or that all the common expenses or all of the
26common elements in the condominium have not been distributed in

 

 

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1the declaration, so that the sum total of the shares of common
2elements which have been distributed or the sum total of the
3shares of the common expenses fail to equal 100%, or if it
4appears that more than 100% of the common elements or common
5expenses have been distributed, the error may be corrected by
6operation of law by filing an amendment to the declaration
7approved by vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of
8Managers or a majority vote of the unit owners at a meeting
9called for this purpose which proportionately adjusts all
10percentage interests so that the total is equal to 100% unless
11the condominium instruments specifically provide for a
12different procedure or different percentage vote by the owners
13of the units and the owners of mortgages thereon affected by
14modification being made in the undivided interest in the common
15elements, the number of votes in the unit owners association or
16the liability for common expenses appertaining to the unit.
17    (3) If an omission or error or a scrivener's error in the
18declaration, bylaws or other condominium instrument is
19corrected by vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of
20Managers pursuant to the authority established in subsections
21(b)(1) or (b)(2) of Section 27 of this Act, the Board upon
22written petition by unit owners with 20 percent of the votes of
23the association filed within 30 days of the Board action shall
24call a meeting of the unit owners within 30 days of the filing
25of the petition to consider the Board action. Unless a majority
26of the votes of the unit owners of the association are cast at

 

 

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1the meeting to reject the action, it is ratified whether or not
2a quorum is present.
3    (4) The procedures for amendments set forth in this
4subsection (b) cannot be used if such an amendment would
5materially or adversely affect property rights of the unit
6owners unless the affected unit owners consent in writing. This
7Section does not restrict the powers of the association to
8otherwise amend the declaration, bylaws, or other condominium
9instruments, but authorizes a simple process of amendment
10requiring a lesser vote for the purpose of correcting defects,
11errors, or omissions when the property rights of the unit
12owners are not materially or adversely affected.
13    (5) If there is an omission or error in the declaration,
14bylaws, or other condominium instruments, which may not be
15corrected by an amendment procedure set forth in paragraphs (1)
16and (2) of subsection (b) of Section 27 in the declaration then
17the Circuit Court in the County in which the condominium is
18located shall have jurisdiction to hear a petition of one or
19more of the unit owners thereon or of the association, to
20correct the error or omission, and the action may be a class
21action. The court may require that one or more methods of
22correcting the error or omission be submitted to the unit
23owners to determine the most acceptable correction. All unit
24owners in the association must be joined as parties to the
25action. Service of process on owners may be by publication, but
26the plaintiff shall furnish all unit owners not personally

 

 

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1served with process with copies of the petition and final
2judgment of the court by certified mail return receipt
3requested, at their last known address.
4    (6) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to
5invalidate any provision of a condominium instrument
6authorizing the developer to amend a condominium instrument
7prior to the latest date on which the initial membership
8meeting of the unit owners must be held, whether or nor it has
9actually been held, to bring the instrument into compliance
10with the legal requirements of the Federal National Mortgage
11Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the
12Federal Housing Administration, the United States Veterans
13Administration or their respective successors and assigns.
14(Source: P.A. 94-886, eff. 6-20-06.)".