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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
5 is amended by adding Section 8.6 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 745/8.6 new)
7     Sec. 8.6. Mobile and Manufactured Home Relocation
8 Commission.
9     (a) There is created a Mobile and Manufactured Home
10 Relocation Commission. The purpose of the Commission is to
11 study the process and procedure by which a mobile or
12 manufactured home located in a mobile or manufactured home park
13 that is closing is relocated. The Department of Public Health
14 shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
15     (b) The Commission shall consist of the following 10
16 members:
17         (1) the Director of the Department of Public Health or
18     his or her designee;
19         (2) the Attorney General of the State of Illinois or
20     his or her designee;
21         (3) four members of the General Assembly, with the
22     Speaker of the House, the Senate President, the House
23     Minority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader each making

 

 

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1     one appointment;
2         (4) the President of an organization primarily
3     representing the interests of park owners having
4     properties in downstate Illinois and mobile and
5     manufactured home retailers or his or her designee,
6     appointed by the Governor;
7         (5) the Executive Director of an organization
8     primarily representing the interests of park owners having
9     properties in northern Illinois or his or her designee,
10     appointed by the Governor; and
11         (6) two representatives of a statewide organization
12     representing the interests of mobile and manufactured home
13     owners, appointed by the Governor.
14     (c) The members appointed by the Speaker of the House and
15 the Senate Minority Leader shall serve as Co-Chairs of the
16 Commission.
17     (d) The Commission shall:
18         (1) examine the implementation and operation of
19     relocation assistance programs in other states;
20         (2) consider possible ways to fund State or local
21     relocation assistance programs, including but not limited
22     to home owner fees, park owner fees, and moving company
23     fees;
24         (3) examine the feasibility of allowing or mandating
25     park owners to create relocation trust funds;
26         (4) examine the feasibility of allowing or mandating a

 

 

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1     State agency to create a relocation trust fund;
2         (5) explore the potential for greater oversight of park
3     practices;
4         (6) formulate a set of best practices to minimize the
5     impact of park closures on both park owners and home
6     owners;
7         (7) analyze data and other information with respect to
8     relocation;
9         (8) research the availability of insurance policies
10     that cover the costs of relocation; and
11         (9) study the costs and associated legal matters
12     arising from the abandonment of a home in a park.
13     (e) The Commission shall report to the General Assembly on
14 its results and progress on or before January 1, 2010.
15     (f) This Section is repealed on March 1, 2010.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.