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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 Condominium Property Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9.2 as follows:
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6 | (765 ILCS 605/9.2) (from Ch. 30, par. 309.2)
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7 | Sec. 9.2. Other remedies.
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8 | (a) In the event of any default by any unit owner,
his | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | tenant, invitee or guest in the performance of his obligations | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | under this
Act or under the declaration, bylaws, or the rules | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and regulations of the board
of managers, the board of managers | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | or its agents shall have such rights and
remedies as provided | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | in the Act or condominium instruments including the right
to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | maintain an eviction action against such defaulting unit owner | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | or his
tenant for the benefit of all the other unit owners in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the manner prescribed by
Article IX of the Code of Civil | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Procedure.
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18 | (b) Except for attorney's fees incurred in any litigation | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | or arbitration described in subsection (d) in which a unit | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | owner is deemed by the court or arbitrator to be the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | substantially prevailing party, any Any attorneys' fees | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | incurred by the Association arising out of a
default by any | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | unit owner, his tenant, invitee or guest in the performance of
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1 | any of the provisions of the condominium instruments, rules and | ||||||
2 | regulations or
any applicable statute or ordinance shall be | ||||||
3 | added to, and deemed a part of,
his respective share of the | ||||||
4 | common expense ; however, attorney's fees under this subsection | ||||||
5 | shall be excluded from the demand given under Section 9-104 or | ||||||
6 | 9-104.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure .
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7 | (c) Other than attorney's fees, no fees pertaining to the | ||||||
8 | collection of a unit owner's financial obligation to the | ||||||
9 | Association, including fees charged by a manager or managing | ||||||
10 | agent, shall be added to and deemed a part of an owner's | ||||||
11 | respective share of the common expenses unless: (i) the | ||||||
12 | managing agent fees relate to the costs to collect common | ||||||
13 | expenses for the Association; (ii) the fees are set forth in a | ||||||
14 | contract between the managing agent and the Association; and | ||||||
15 | (iii) the authority to add the management fees to an owner's | ||||||
16 | respective share of the common expenses is specifically stated | ||||||
17 | in the declaration or bylaws of the Association.
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18 | (d) In any litigation or arbitration between a unit owner | ||||||
19 | and the Association or its board of managers or any individual | ||||||
20 | member of the Association or its board of managers regarding: | ||||||
21 | (i) the enforcement of obligations of the board or the | ||||||
22 | Association, set forth either in this Act, the condominium | ||||||
23 | instruments, rules and regulations, or any applicable statute | ||||||
24 | or ordinance; (ii) a disputed charge on the unit owner's | ||||||
25 | account; or (iii) a purported default as described in | ||||||
26 | subsection (a), if the unit owner is deemed by the court or |
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1 | arbitrator to be the substantially prevailing party, then the | ||||||
2 | court or the arbitrator shall award to the unit owner from the | ||||||
3 | non-prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs | ||||||
4 | incurred by the unit owner in the litigation or arbitration.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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