Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB3526

Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

Filed: 4/7/2025

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3526

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3526 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the Mobile Home Tenant Protection Act.

Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:

(765 ILCS 745/9) (from Ch. 80, par. 209)

Sec. 9. The Terms of Fees and Rents. The terms for payment of rent shall be clearly set forth and all charges for services, ground or lot rent, unit rent, or any other charges shall be specifically itemized in the lease and in all billings of the tenant by the park owner.

The owner shall not change the rental terms nor increase the cost of fees, except as provided herein.

The park owner shall not charge a transfer or selling fee as a condition of sale of a mobile home that is going to remain within the park unless a service is rendered.

Rents charged to a tenant by a park owner may be increased upon the renewal of a lease. Notification of an increase shall be delivered 90 days prior to expiration of the lease. Subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of Section 6 of this Act, a park owner may not increase rent for a site or a lot more than 3% per year plus a consumer price index-u increase of not more than 5% per year for a maximum total of not more than 8% per year. The 3% cap may be adjusted annually, beginning in 2027, to reflect a percentage equal to the percentage change in the consumer price index-u during the preceding 12-month calendar year. As used in this Section "consumer price index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly to the following: (1) newly constructed mobile home parks for a period of 15 years after the effective date of this Act; and (2) expenses approved as justified by the Housing Appeals Board to include, but be limited to, property tax increases, major capital improvements, and utility costs.

The park owner shall not charge or impose upon a tenant any fee or increase in rent which reflects the cost to the park owner of any fine, forfeiture, penalty, money damages, or fee assessed or awarded by a court of law against the park owner, including any attorney's fees and costs incurred by the park owner in connection therewith unless the fine, forfeiture, penalty, money damages, or fee was incurred as a result of the tenant's actions.

The park owner shall not charge or impose a pet fee upon a resident that owns the home, unless a service related to the pet is offered by the park owner and accepted by the resident. A tenant of a home owned by the park owner may be subject to the imposition of a pet fee as agreed to in the lease.

(Source: P.A. 102-737, eff. 1-1-23.)".