102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4248
 
Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. David Friess
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



765 ILCS 745/24  from Ch. 80, par. 224

     Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that a purchaser of a mobile home must obtain a written and signed lease from the park owner unless the purchaser elects to remove the mobile home from the mobile home park. Effective immediately.
  


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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,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act 
5is amended  by changing Section 24 as follows:
 



6    (765 ILCS 745/24)  (from Ch. 80, par. 224)



7    Sec. 24. Sale of Mobile Home. The park owner shall be 
8enjoined and
restrained from prohibiting, limiting, 
9restricting, obstructing, or in
any manner interfering with 
10the freedom of any mobile home owner to:

11    (a) Sell the his mobile home to a purchaser of the mobile 
12home owner's his choice, provided that
the park owner shall be 
13allowed to promulgate any general qualifications
or lawful 
14restrictions on park residents which limit or define the

15admission of entrants to the park.  The purchaser, prior to 
16closing,
must obtain a written and signed lease unless the 
17purchaser elects to remove the mobile home from the mobile 
18home park;

19    (b) Employ or secure the services of an independent 
20salesperson in
connection with the sale of said mobile home, 
21providing that said
salesperson collects and remits all 
22governmental taxes.

23    The park owner is prohibited from imposing any fee, 
 
 
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1charge,
or commission for the sale of a mobile home, except 
2when a mobile home owner
requests the park owner or his agent 
3of the park owner to
assist in securing a purchaser for the his 
4mobile home.  A commission may be
accepted for such service 
5subject only to the following conditions:

6    (1) That the exact amount of commission or fee shall be a 
7percentage
of the actual sales price of the mobile home; and

8    (2) That the maximum percentage figure for the services in 
9the
resale of the mobile home by the park owner or his agent of 
10the park owner shall be set forth
in writing prior to the sale.

11    The park owner is prohibited from requiring, upon the sale 
12by a tenant
of a mobile home to a qualified purchaser, the 
13removal from the park of
such mobile home unless the mobile 
14home is less than 12 feet wide or is
significantly 
15deteriorated and in substantial disrepair, in which case the

16park owner shall bear the burden of demonstrating such fact 
17and must, prior
to sale, have given the tenant written notice 
18thereof, and that unless
first corrected, removal will be 
19required upon sale.

20(Source: P.A. 85-998.)

 
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.