Rep. Rita Mayfield
Filed: 3/8/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1233 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1233 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by 
5adding Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/15 new)
7    Sec. 15. Changing or rekeying of the dwelling unit lock.
8    (a) A lessor of a dwelling unit shall comply with the 
9provisions of this Section regarding the changing or rekeying 
10of the dwelling unit lock.  For the purposes of this Section, 
11"dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms used for human 
12habitation and for which a lessor and a lessee have a written 
13lease agreement.
14    (b)  After a dwelling unit has been vacated and on or before 
15the day that a new lessee takes possession of the dwelling 
16unit, the lessor shall change or rekey the immediate access to 
 
 
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1the lessee's individual dwelling unit. For the purposes of this 
2Section, "change or rekey" means:
3        (1)  replacing the lock;
4        (2)  replacing the locking or cylinder mechanism in the 
5    lock so that a different key  is used to unlock the lock;
6        (3)  changing the combination on a combination or 
7    digital lock;
8        (4)  changing an electronic lock so that the means or 
9    method of unlocking the lock is changed from the 
10    immediately prior tenant; or
11        (5) otherwise changing the means of gaining access to 
12    the lessee's locked individual dwelling unit so that it is 
13    not identical to the prior lessee's means of  gaining access 
14    to the lessee's locked individual dwelling unit.
15    (c)      If a lessor does not change or rekey the lock as 
16required in this Section, and a theft occurs at that dwelling 
17unit that is attributable to the lessor's failure to change or 
18rekey the lock, the landlord is liable for any damages from the 
19theft that occurs as a result of the lessor's failure to comply 
20with this Section.
21    (d) The provisions of this Section do not apply if the 
22lessee has obtained the right to change or rekey the dwelling 
23unit lock pursuant to a written lease agreement.
 

24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
251, 2012.".