093_HB1022

 
                                     LRB093 05536 DRJ 05628 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to property.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Landlord  and  Tenant Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
 7        Sec. 1.  Covenant exempting lessor from liability.  Every
 8    covenant agreement or understanding in or in connection  with
 9    or  collateral  to  any lease of real property, exempting the
10    lessor from liability for damages for injuries to  person  or
11    property  caused  by  or resulting from the negligence of the
12    lessor, his or her agents,  servants  or  employees,  in  the
13    operation  or maintenance of the demised premises or the real
14    property containing the demised premises shall be  deemed  to
15    be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
16    (Source: P.A. 84-551.)