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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1607 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. William Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. When a prospective lessor receives a request from a prospective lessee to rent a residential property, the prospective lessor may charge that prospective lessee an application fee, subject to limitations concerning the cost of, receipt for, and return of the fee. Effective immediately.
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| | HB1607 | | LRB097 08009 AJO 48130 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 705/9 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Application fees. When a prospective lessor |
| 8 | | receives a request from a prospective lessee to rent a |
| 9 | | residential property, the prospective lessor may charge the |
| 10 | | prospective lessee an application fee. The fee cannot exceed |
| 11 | | the lessor's actual out-of-pocket cost to gather relevant |
| 12 | | information concerning the prospective lessee from a tenant |
| 13 | | screening service or consumer credit reporting agency. A |
| 14 | | prospective lessor shall provide the prospective lessee with a |
| 15 | | written itemized receipt for any application fee received. A |
| 16 | | prospective lessor shall not charge a prospective lessee an |
| 17 | | application fee if the prospective lessor knows or should have |
| 18 | | known that no rental unit is available at that time or will |
| 19 | | become available within a reasonable period of time. If the |
| 20 | | prospective lessor does not perform a screening of the |
| 21 | | prospective lessee, the prospective lessor shall return the |
| 22 | | application fee to the prospective lessee. A prospective lessor |
| 23 | | who violates this Section is liable to the prospective lessee |