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Full Text of SB2165  94th General Assembly

SB2165 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2165

 

Introduced 1/4/2006, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 605/18.4   from Ch. 30, par. 318.4

    Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the Board of Managers may not make a rule or regulation that shall prohibit any reasonable accommodation for religious practices, including the attachment of religiously-mandated objects to the front door area of a condominium unit.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning property.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
5 changing Section 18.4 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 605/18.4)  (from Ch. 30, par. 318.4)
7     Sec. 18.4. Powers and Duties of Board of Managers. The
8 board of managers shall exercise for the association all
9 powers, duties and authority vested in the association by law
10 or the condominium instruments except for such powers, duties
11 and authority reserved by law to the members of the
12 association. The powers and duties of the board of managers
13 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
14         (a) To provide for the operation, care, upkeep,
15     maintenance, replacement and improvement of the common
16     elements. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be deemed to
17     invalidate any provision in a condominium instrument
18     placing limits on expenditures for the common elements,
19     provided, that such limits shall not be applicable to
20     expenditures for repair, replacement, or restoration of
21     existing portions of the common elements. The term "repair,
22     replacement or restoration" means expenditures to
23     deteriorated or damaged portions of the property related to
24     the existing decorating, facilities, or structural or
25     mechanical components, interior or exterior surfaces, or
26     energy systems and equipment with the functional
27     equivalent of the original portions of such areas.
28     Replacement of the common elements may result in an
29     improvement over the original quality of such elements or
30     facilities; provided that, unless the improvement is
31     mandated by law or is an emergency as defined in item (iv)
32     of subparagraph (8) of paragraph (a) of Section 18, if the

 

 

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1     improvement results in a proposed expenditure exceeding 5%
2     of the annual budget, the board of managers, upon written
3     petition by unit owners with 20% of the votes of the
4     association delivered to the board within 14 days of the
5     board action to approve the expenditure, shall call a
6     meeting of the unit owners within 30 days of the date of
7     delivery of the petition to consider the expenditure.
8     Unless a majority of the total votes of the unit owners are
9     cast at the meeting to reject the expenditure, it is
10     ratified.
11         (b) To prepare, adopt and distribute the annual budget
12     for the property.
13         (c) To levy and expend assessments.
14         (d) To collect assessments from unit owners.
15         (e) To provide for the employment and dismissal of the
16     personnel necessary or advisable for the maintenance and
17     operation of the common elements.
18         (f) To obtain adequate and appropriate kinds of
19     insurance.
20         (g) To own, convey, encumber, lease, and otherwise deal
21     with units conveyed to or purchased by it.
22         (h) To adopt and amend rules and regulations covering
23     the details of the operation and use of the property, after
24     a meeting of the unit owners called for the specific
25     purpose of discussing the proposed rules and regulations.
26     Notice of the meeting shall contain the full text of the
27     proposed rules and regulations, and the meeting shall
28     conform to the requirements of Section 18(b) of this Act,
29     except that no quorum is required at the meeting of the
30     unit owners unless the declaration, bylaws or other
31     condominium instrument expressly provides to the contrary.
32     However, no rule or regulation may impair any rights
33     guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution of
34     the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois
35     Constitution including, but not limited to, the free
36     exercise of religion, nor may any rules or regulations

 

 

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1     conflict with the provisions of this Act or the condominium
2     instruments. No rule or regulation shall prohibit any
3     reasonable accommodation for religious practices,
4     including the attachment of religiously-mandated objects
5     to the front door area of a condominium unit.
6         (i) To keep detailed, accurate records of the receipts
7     and expenditures affecting the use and operation of the
8     property.
9         (j) To have access to each unit from time to time as
10     may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement
11     of any common elements or for making emergency repairs
12     necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to
13     other units.
14         (k) To pay real property taxes, special assessments,
15     and any other special taxes or charges of the State of
16     Illinois or of any political subdivision thereof, or other
17     lawful taxing or assessing body, which are authorized by
18     law to be assessed and levied upon the real property of the
19     condominium.
20         (l) To impose charges for late payment of a unit
21     owner's proportionate share of the common expenses, or any
22     other expenses lawfully agreed upon, and after notice and
23     an opportunity to be heard, to levy reasonable fines for
24     violation of the declaration, by-laws, and rules and
25     regulations of the association.
26         (m) Unless the condominium instruments expressly
27     provide to the contrary, by a majority vote of the entire
28     board of managers, to assign the right of the association
29     to future income from common expenses or other sources, and
30     to mortgage or pledge substantially all of the remaining
31     assets of the association.
32         (n) To record the dedication of a portion of the common
33     elements to a public body for use as, or in connection
34     with, a street or utility where authorized by the unit
35     owners under the provisions of Section 14.2.
36         (o) To record the granting of an easement for the

 

 

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1     laying of cable television cable where authorized by the
2     unit owners under the provisions of Section 14.3; to
3     obtain, if available and determined by the board to be in
4     the best interests of the association, cable television
5     service for all of the units of the condominium on a bulk
6     identical service and equal cost per unit basis; and to
7     assess and recover the expense as a common expense and, if
8     so determined by the board, to assess each and every unit
9     on the same equal cost per unit basis.
10         (p) To seek relief on behalf of all unit owners when
11     authorized pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 10 from or
12     in connection with the assessment or levying of real
13     property taxes, special assessments, and any other special
14     taxes or changes of the State of Illinois or of any
15     political subdivision thereof or of any lawful taxing or
16     assessing body.
17         (q) To reasonably accommodate the needs of a
18     handicapped unit owner as required by the federal Civil
19     Rights Act of 1968, the Human Rights Act and any applicable
20     local ordinances in the exercise of its powers with respect
21     to the use of common elements or approval of modifications
22     in an individual unit.
23         (r) To accept service of a notice of claim for purposes
24     of the Mechanics Lien Act on behalf of each respective
25     member of the Unit Owners' Association with respect to
26     improvements performed pursuant to any contract entered
27     into by the Board of Managers or any contract entered into
28     prior to the recording of the condominium declaration
29     pursuant to this Act, for a property containing more than 8
30     units, and to distribute the notice to the unit owners
31     within 7 days of the acceptance of the service by the Board
32     of Managers. The service shall be effective as if each
33     individual unit owner had been served individually with
34     notice.
35     In the performance of their duties, the officers and
36 members of the board, whether appointed by the developer or

 

 

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1 elected by the unit owners, shall exercise the care required of
2 a fiduciary of the unit owners.
3     The collection of assessments from unit owners by an
4 association, board of managers or their duly authorized agents
5 shall not be considered acts constituting a collection agency
6 for purposes of the Collection Agency Act.
7     The provisions of this Section are applicable to all
8 condominium instruments recorded under this Act. Any portion of
9 a condominium instrument which contains provisions contrary to
10 these provisions shall be void as against public policy and
11 ineffective. Any such instrument that fails to contain the
12 provisions required by this Section shall be deemed to
13 incorporate such provisions by operation of law.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-384, eff. 1-1-06.)