Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Filed: 4/9/2013
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1532
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1532, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 1, on page 2, line 19, after "each.", by inserting the | ||||||
| 5 | following: | ||||||
| 6 | "The notice shall be substantially in the following form: | ||||||
| 7 | "To .........(names of tenants) and all other unknown | ||||||
| 8 | occupants. Because of the repeated use of
the residence you | ||||||
| 9 | rent at ............ (location of the premises) in a manner | ||||||
| 10 | that disturbs your neighbors or threatens the health and | ||||||
| 11 | safety of your neighbors, I have chosen to terminate your | ||||||
| 12 | right to remain in the property. The specific acts, which | ||||||
| 13 | took place in a 60-day period and resulted in an arrest | ||||||
| 14 | being made or a citation being issued,
are: | ||||||
| 15 | ................. (insert the alleged acts and the date of | ||||||
| 16 | occurrence for each). You are hereby notified to return
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| 17 | possession of your residence to me within 5 days of this | ||||||
| 18 | date ............ (date of delivery of notice). | ||||||
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| 1 | Any person identified in this notice who, because of an | ||||||
| 2 | act listed in this notice, is a victim of domestic
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| 3 | violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking may | ||||||
| 4 | present the court documentation to defend
the victim's | ||||||
| 5 | right to retain possession of the residence. Documentation | ||||||
| 6 | shall be in the form of medical,
court, or police records | ||||||
| 7 | documenting the violence or a statement from either an | ||||||
| 8 | employee of a victim service
organization or a medical | ||||||
| 9 | professional from whom the victim sought services. | ||||||
| 10 | This demand is being made pursuant to Illinois law | ||||||
| 11 | (Section 9-120.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS | ||||||
| 12 | 5/9-120.5, which can be found online for
further | ||||||
| 13 | information)." | ||||||
| 14 | The notice shall be signed by the owner, lessor, or agent. | ||||||
| 15 | No other notice or demand of possession or termination of the | ||||||
| 16 | tenancy is necessary."; and
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| 17 | on page 3, line 13, after "stay", by inserting the following: | ||||||
| 18 | "and the court finds that, subsequent to the
issuance of the | ||||||
| 19 | stay, an act has been committed on the property which qualifies | ||||||
| 20 | as offensive use of property under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 21 | Section".
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