Full Text of SB2952 98th General Assembly
SB2952 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2952 Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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770 ILCS 95/2 | from Ch. 114, par. 802 |
770 ILCS 95/4 | from Ch. 114, par. 804 |
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Amends the Self-Service Storage Facility Act. Provides that the term "last known address" includes electronic mail addresses. Defines "verified mail" and "electronic mail". Provides that notice under the Act shall be delivered by verified mail or by electronic mail (instead of "by certified mail
or by first-class mail with a certificate of mailing") to the last known address of the occupant. Provides that a notice sent by electronic mail is presumed delivered when the owner receives a receipt of delivery to the occupant's last known address. Provides that the advertising requirements of the sale or other disposition to enforce the lien may be met in any commercially reasonable manner, and that the manner of advertisement shall be deemed commercially reasonable if at least 3 independent bidders attend the sale. Provides that a sale shall be deemed to be held at the self-service storage facility where the personal property is stored if the sale is held on a publicly accessible online website.
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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 Self-Service Storage Facility Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
| 6 | | (770 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 802)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 | | context clearly
requires otherwise:
| 9 | | (A) "Self-service storage facility" means any real | 10 | | property designed and
used for the purpose of renting or | 11 | | leasing individual storage space to occupants
who are to have | 12 | | access to such for the purpose of storing and removing personal
| 13 | | property. A self-service storage facility is not a warehouse | 14 | | for purposes
of Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
If an | 15 | | owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other | 16 | | document
of title for the personal property stored,
the | 17 | | provisions of this Act do not apply.
| 18 | | (B) "Owner" means the owner, operator, lessor, or sublessor | 19 | | of a self-service
storage facility, his agent, or any other | 20 | | person authorized by him to manage
the facility, or to receive | 21 | | rent from an occupant under a rental agreement.
| 22 | | (C) "Occupant" means a person, his sublessee, successor, or | 23 | | assign, entitled
to the use of the storage space at a |
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| 1 | | self-service storage facility under
a rental agreement, to the | 2 | | exclusion of others.
| 3 | | (D) "Rental agreement" means any agreement or lease, | 4 | | written or oral,
that establishes or modifies the terms, | 5 | | conditions, rules or any other provisions
concerning the use | 6 | | and occupancy of a self-service storage facility.
| 7 | | (E) "Personal property" means movable property not affixed | 8 | | to land, and
includes, but is not limited to goods, | 9 | | merchandise, motor vehicles, watercraft, and household items.
| 10 | | (F) "Last known address" means that mailing address or | 11 | | electronic mail address provided by the occupant in
the latest | 12 | | rental agreement, or the mailing address or electronic mail | 13 | | address provided by the occupant in
a subsequent written notice | 14 | | of a change of address.
| 15 | | (G) "Late fee" means a charge assessed for an occupant's | 16 | | failure to pay rent when due. "Late fee" does not include | 17 | | interest on a debt, reasonable expenses incurred in the | 18 | | collection of unpaid rent, or costs associated with the | 19 | | enforcement of any other remedy provided by statute or | 20 | | contract. | 21 | | (H) "Verified mail" means any method of mailing that is | 22 | | offered by the United States Postal Service or private delivery | 23 | | service that provides evidence of mailing. | 24 | | (I) "Electronic mail" means the transmission of | 25 | | information or a communication by the use of a computer or | 26 | | other electronic means sent to a person identified by a unique |
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| 1 | | address and that is received by that person. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 97-599, eff. 8-26-11.)
| 3 | | (770 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 114, par. 804)
| 4 | | Sec. 4. Enforcement of lien. An owner's lien as provided | 5 | | for in Section
3 of this Act for a claim which has become due | 6 | | may be satisfied as follows:
| 7 | | (A) The occupant shall be notified;
| 8 | | (B) The notice shall be delivered: | 9 | | (1) in person; or | 10 | | (2) by verified certified mail
or by electronic mail | 11 | | first-class mail with a certificate of mailing to the last | 12 | | known address of the occupant;
| 13 | | (C) The notice shall include:
| 14 | | (1) An itemized statement of the owner's claim showing | 15 | | the sum due at
the time of the notice and the date when the | 16 | | sum became due;
| 17 | | (2) The name of the facility, address, telephone | 18 | | number, date, time, location, and manner of the lien sale, | 19 | | and the occupant's name and unit number;
| 20 | | (3) A notice of denial of access to the personal | 21 | | property, if such denial
is permitted under the terms of | 22 | | the rental agreement, which provides the
name, street | 23 | | address, and telephone number of the owner, or his | 24 | | designated
agent, whom the occupant may contact to respond | 25 | | to this notice; |
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| 1 | | (3.5) Except as otherwise provided by a rental | 2 | | agreement and until a lien sale, the exclusive care, | 3 | | custody, and control of all personal property stored in the | 4 | | leased self-service storage space remains vested in the | 5 | | occupant. No bailment or higher level of liability is | 6 | | created if the owner over-locks the occupant's lock, | 7 | | thereby denying the occupant access to the storage space. | 8 | | Rent and other charges related to the lien continue to | 9 | | accrue during the period of time when access is denied | 10 | | because of non-payment;
| 11 | | (4) A demand for payment within a specified time not | 12 | | less than 14 days
after delivery of the notice;
| 13 | | (5) A conspicuous statement that unless the claim is | 14 | | paid within the time
stated in the notice, the personal | 15 | | property will be advertised for sale
or other disposition, | 16 | | and will be sold or otherwise disposed of at a specified
| 17 | | time and place.
| 18 | | (D) Any notice made pursuant to this Section shall be | 19 | | presumed delivered
when it is deposited with the United States | 20 | | Postal Service, and properly
addressed with postage prepaid or | 21 | | sent by electronic mail and the owner receives a receipt of | 22 | | delivery to the occupant's last known address ;
| 23 | | (E) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, | 24 | | an advertisement
of the sale or other disposition shall be | 25 | | published once a week for two
consecutive weeks in a newspaper | 26 | | of general circulation where the self-service
storage facility |
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| 1 | | is located or in any other commercially reasonable manner. The | 2 | | manner of advertisement shall be deemed commercially | 3 | | reasonable if at least 3 independent bidders attend the sale . | 4 | | The advertisement shall include:
| 5 | | (1) The name of the facility, address, telephone | 6 | | number, date, time, location, and manner of lien sale and | 7 | | the occupant's name and unit number.
| 8 | | (2) (Blank).
| 9 | | (3) The
sale or other disposition shall take place not | 10 | | sooner than 15 days after
the first publication. If there | 11 | | is no newspaper of general circulation
where the | 12 | | self-service storage facility is located, the | 13 | | advertisement shall
be posted at least 10 days before the | 14 | | date of the sale or other disposition
in not less than 6 | 15 | | conspicuous places in the neighborhood where the | 16 | | self-service
storage facility is located.
| 17 | | (F) Any sale or other disposition of the personal property | 18 | | shall conform
to the terms of the notification as provided for | 19 | | in this Section;
| 20 | | (G) Any sale or other disposition of the personal property | 21 | | shall be held
at the self-service storage facility, or at the | 22 | | nearest suitable place to
where the personal property is held | 23 | | or stored . A sale under this Section shall be deemed to be held | 24 | | at the self-service storage facility where the personal | 25 | | property is stored if the sale is held on a publicly accessible | 26 | | online website ;
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| 1 | | (G-5) If the property upon which the lien is claimed is a | 2 | | motor vehicle or watercraft and rent or other charges related | 3 | | to the property remain unpaid or unsatisfied for 60 days, the | 4 | | owner may have the property towed from the self-service storage | 5 | | facility. If a motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the owner | 6 | | shall not be liable for any damage to the motor vehicle or | 7 | | watercraft, once the tower takes possession of the property. | 8 | | After the motor vehicle or watercraft is towed, the owner may | 9 | | pursue other collection options against the delinquent | 10 | | occupant for any outstanding debt. If the owner chooses to sell | 11 | | a motor vehicle, aircraft, mobile home, moped, motorcycle, | 12 | | snowmobile, trailer, or watercraft, the owner shall contact the | 13 | | Secretary of State and any other governmental agency as | 14 | | reasonably necessary to determine the name and address of the | 15 | | title holder or lienholder of the item, and the owner shall | 16 | | notify every identified title holder or lienholder of the time | 17 | | and place of the proposed sale. The owner is required to notify | 18 | | the holder of a security interest only if the security interest | 19 | | is filed under the name of the person signing the rental | 20 | | agreement or an occupant. An owner who fails to make the lien | 21 | | searches required by this Section is liable only to valid | 22 | | lienholders injured by that failure as provided in Section 3; | 23 | | (H) Before any sale or other disposition of personal | 24 | | property pursuant
to this Section, the occupant may pay the | 25 | | amount necessary to satisfy the
lien, and the reasonable | 26 | | expenses incurred under this Section, and thereby
redeem the |
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| 1 | | personal property. Upon receipt of such payment, the owner | 2 | | shall
return the personal property, and thereafter the owner | 3 | | shall have no liability
to any person with respect to such | 4 | | personal property;
| 5 | | (I) A purchaser in good faith of the personal property sold | 6 | | to satisfy
a lien, as provided for in Section 3 of this Act, | 7 | | takes the property free
of any rights of persons against whom | 8 | | the lien was valid, despite noncompliance
by the owner with the | 9 | | requirements of this Section;
| 10 | | (J) In the event of a sale under this Section, the owner | 11 | | may satisfy his
lien from the proceeds of the sale, but shall | 12 | | hold the balance, if any,
for delivery on demand to the | 13 | | occupant. If the occupant does not claim
the balance of the | 14 | | proceeds within one year of the date of sale, it shall
become | 15 | | the property of the owner without further recourse by the | 16 | | occupant.
| 17 | | (K) The lien on any personal property created by this Act | 18 | | shall be terminated
as to any such personal property which is | 19 | | sold or otherwise disposed of
pursuant to this Act and any such | 20 | | personal property which is removed from
the self-service | 21 | | storage facility. | 22 | | (L) If 3 or more bidders who are unrelated to the owner are | 23 | | in attendance at a sale held under this Section, the sale and | 24 | | its proceeds are deemed to be commercially reasonable.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 97-599, eff. 8-26-11.)
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