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| | HB2849 Engrossed | | LRB104 10944 JRC 21026 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act |
| 5 | | is amended by adding Section 6.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 745/6.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6.2. Utility services. |
| 8 | | (a) A park owner is prohibited from requiring a tenant to |
| 9 | | pay for utility services, such as water, sewer, and trash used |
| 10 | | in common areas in which a public utility company is charging |
| 11 | | for those services. If the public utility usage for common |
| 12 | | areas is not separately measured by equipment such as a water |
| 13 | | meter, the park owner may not charge the tenants for more than |
| 14 | | 80% of the public utility services for which the park owner was |
| 15 | | billed. |
| 16 | | (b) On an annual basis, a park owner must provide tenants |
| 17 | | with a written explanation of how a tenant's share of the |
| 18 | | utility charge was calculated, and upon request from a tenant, |
| 19 | | must provide a copy of the park's monthly utility bills to |
| 20 | | tenants for any utility charge separately billed under this |
| 21 | | Section. |