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| 1 | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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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 Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-102 as follows:
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| 6 | (775 ILCS 5/3-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-102)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-102.
Civil Rights Violations; Real Estate | ||||||
| 8 | Transactions) It
is a civil rights violation for an owner or | ||||||
| 9 | any other person engaging in
a real estate transaction, or for | ||||||
| 10 | a real estate broker or salesman,
because of unlawful | ||||||
| 11 | discrimination or familial status, to
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| 12 | (A) Transaction. Refuse to engage in a real estate | ||||||
| 13 | transaction with
a person or to discriminate in making | ||||||
| 14 | available such a transaction;
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| 15 | (B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges of a | ||||||
| 16 | real
estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or | ||||||
| 17 | services in
connection therewith;
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| 18 | (C) Offer. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona | ||||||
| 19 | fide
offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a | ||||||
| 20 | person;
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| 21 | (D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate for a real estate | ||||||
| 22 | transaction
with a person;
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| 23 | (E) Representations. Represent to a person that real | ||||||
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| 1 | property is
not available for inspection, sale, rental, or | ||||||
| 2 | lease when in fact it is
so available, or to fail to bring a | ||||||
| 3 | property listing to his or her
attention, or to refuse to | ||||||
| 4 | permit him or her to inspect real property;
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| 5 | (F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, Print, circulate, | ||||||
| 6 | post, mail,
publish or cause
to be so published a written or | ||||||
| 7 | oral statement, advertisement or sign,
or to use a form
of | ||||||
| 8 | application for a real estate transaction, or to make a record | ||||||
| 9 | or
inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate | ||||||
| 10 | transaction, which
expresses any preference or limitation | ||||||
| 11 | founded upon, or
indicates, directly or indirectly, an intent | ||||||
| 12 | to engage in unlawful
discrimination or unlawful | ||||||
| 13 | discrimination based upon familial status;
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| 14 | (G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a | ||||||
| 15 | listing of
real property with knowledge that unlawful | ||||||
| 16 | discrimination or
discrimination on the basis of familial | ||||||
| 17 | status in a real estate
transaction is intended.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 86-910.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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