Full Text of HB4658 99th General Assembly
HB4658ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Elaine Nekritz Filed: 4/5/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4658
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4658 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 7.5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 140/7.5) | 7 | | Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for | 8 | | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt | 9 | | from inspection and copying: | 10 | | (a) All information determined to be confidential | 11 | | under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and | 12 | | Development Act. | 13 | | (b) Library circulation and order records identifying | 14 | | library users with specific materials under the Library | 15 | | Records Confidentiality Act. | 16 | | (c) Applications, related documents, and medical |
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| 1 | | records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | 2 | | Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records | 3 | | prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | 4 | | Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it | 5 | | has received. | 6 | | (d) Information and records held by the Department of | 7 | | Public Health and its authorized representatives relating | 8 | | to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible | 9 | | disease or any information the disclosure of which is | 10 | | restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible | 11 | | Disease Control Act. | 12 | | (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | 13 | | under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | 14 | | (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of | 15 | | the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying | 16 | | Qualifications Based Selection Act. | 17 | | (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | 18 | | and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid | 19 | | Tuition Act. | 20 | | (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | 21 | | under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and | 22 | | records of any lawfully created State or local inspector | 23 | | general's office that would be exempt if created or | 24 | | obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under | 25 | | that Act. | 26 | | (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy |
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| 1 | | plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local | 2 | | emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under | 3 | | Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 4 | | (j) Information and data concerning the distribution | 5 | | of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless | 6 | | carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety | 7 | | Act. | 8 | | (k) Law enforcement officer identification information | 9 | | or driver identification information compiled by a law | 10 | | enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation | 11 | | under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 12 | | (l) Records and information provided to a residential | 13 | | health care facility resident sexual assault and death | 14 | | review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse | 15 | | Prevention Review Team Act. | 16 | | (m) Information provided to the predatory lending | 17 | | database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential | 18 | | Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent | 19 | | authorized under that Article. | 20 | | (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of | 21 | | compensation and expenses for court appointed trial | 22 | | counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital | 23 | | Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply | 24 | | until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the | 25 | | prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior | 26 | | to trial or sentencing. |
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| 1 | | (o) Information that is prohibited from being | 2 | | disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and | 3 | | Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | 4 | | (p) Security portions of system safety program plans, | 5 | | investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or | 6 | | information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the | 7 | | Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of | 8 | | the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair | 9 | | County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety | 10 | | Act. | 11 | | (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | 12 | | Personnel Records Review Act. | 13 | | (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | 14 | | Illinois School Student Records Act. | 15 | | (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | 16 | | under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
| 17 | | (t) All identified or deidentified health information | 18 | | in the form of health data or medical records contained in, | 19 | | stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from | 20 | | the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified | 21 | | or deidentified health information in the form of health | 22 | | data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information | 23 | | Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health | 24 | | Information Exchange Authority due to its administration | 25 | | of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms | 26 | | "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same |
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| 1 | | meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and | 2 | | Accountability and Portability Act of 1996, Public Law | 3 | | 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any | 4 | | regulations promulgated thereunder. | 5 | | (u) Records and information provided to an independent | 6 | | team of experts under Brian's Law. | 7 | | (v) Names and information of people who have applied | 8 | | for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under | 9 | | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for | 10 | | or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm | 11 | | Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the | 12 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the | 13 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry | 14 | | Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry | 15 | | Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the | 16 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | 17 | | (w) Personally identifiable information which is | 18 | | exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section | 19 | | 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | 20 | | (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure | 21 | | under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section | 22 | | 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 23 | | (y) Confidential information under the Adult | 24 | | Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling | 25 | | statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including | 26 | | information about the identity and administrative finding |
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| 1 | | against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated | 2 | | decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an | 3 | | eligible adult maintained in the Registry established | 4 | | under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. | 5 | | (z) Records and information provided to a fatality | 6 | | review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory | 7 | | Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services | 8 | | Act. | 9 | | (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure | 10 | | under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. | 11 | | (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from | 12 | | disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | 13 | | (cc) (bb) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement | 14 | | Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent | 15 | | authorized under that Act. | 16 | | (dd) Information that is prohibited from being | 17 | | disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common | 18 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756, | 20 | | eff. 7-16-14; 98-1039, eff. 8-25-14; 98-1045, eff. 8-25-14; | 21 | | 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; | 22 | | revised 10-14-15.) | 23 | | Section 10. The Common Interest Community Association Act | 24 | | is amended by changing Section 1-90 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (765 ILCS 160/1-90) | 2 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 3 | | delayed effective date ) | 4 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 5 | | Sec. 1-90. Compliance with the Condominium and Common | 6 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. Every common interest | 7 | | community association, except for those exempt from this Act | 8 | | under Section 1-75, must comply with the Condominium and | 9 | | Community Interest Community Ombudsperson Act and is subject to | 10 | | all provisions of the Condominium and Community Interest | 11 | | Community Ombudsperson Act. This Section is repealed July 1, | 12 | | 2022 2021 .
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 14 | | Section 15. The Condominium Property Act is amended by | 15 | | changing Section 35 as follows: | 16 | | (765 ILCS 605/35) | 17 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 18 | | delayed effective date ) | 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 20 | | Sec. 35. Compliance with the Condominium and Common | 21 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. Every unit owners' | 22 | | association must comply with the Condominium and Common | 23 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act and is subject to all | 24 | | provisions of the Condominium and Common Interest Community |
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| 1 | | Ombudsperson Act. This Section is repealed July 1, 2022 2021 .
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 3 | | Section 20. The Condominium and Common Interest Community | 4 | | Ombudsperson Act is amended by changing the title of the Act | 5 | | and Sections 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, and 999 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (765 ILCS 615/Act title) | 8 | | An Act concerning condominium and common interest | 9 | | community property. | 10 | | (765 ILCS 615/15) | 11 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 12 | | delayed effective date )
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 14 | | Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 15 | | "Association" means a condominium association or common | 16 | | interest community association as defined in this Act.
| 17 | | "Board of managers" or "board of directors" means:
| 18 | | (1) a common interest community association's board of | 19 | | managers or board of directors, whichever is applicable; or
| 20 | | (2) a condominium association's board of managers or | 21 | | board of or directors, whichever is applicable.
| 22 | | "Common interest community" means a property governed by | 23 | | the Common Interest Community Association Act.
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| 1 | | "Common interest community association" has the meaning | 2 | | ascribed to it in Section 1-5 of the Common Interest Community | 3 | | Association Act.
| 4 | | "Condominium" means a property governed by the Condominium | 5 | | Property Act.
| 6 | | "Condominium association" means an association in which | 7 | | membership is a condition of ownership or shareholder interest | 8 | | of a unit in a condominium, cooperative, townhouse, villa, or | 9 | | other residential unit which is part of a residential | 10 | | development plan and that is authorized to impose an | 11 | | assessment, rents, or other costs that may become a lien on the | 12 | | unit or lot, and includes a unit owners' association as defined | 13 | | in subsection (o) of Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act | 14 | | or and a master association as defined in subsection (u) of | 15 | | Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act.
| 16 | | "Declaration" has the meaning ascribed to it in:
| 17 | | (1) Section 1-5 of the Common Interest Community | 18 | | Association Act; or
| 19 | | (2) Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act.
| 20 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 21 | | Professional Regulation.
| 22 | | "Director" means the Director of the Division of Real | 23 | | Estate Professional Regulation .
| 24 | | "Division" means the Division of Real Estate Professional | 25 | | Regulation within the Department of Financial and Professional | 26 | | Regulation.
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| 1 | | "Office" means the Office of the Condominium and Common | 2 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson established under Section 20 | 3 | | of this Act.
| 4 | | "Ombudsperson" means the Condominium and Common Interest | 5 | | Community Ombudsperson named employed under Section 20 of this | 6 | | Act.
| 7 | | "Person" includes a natural person, firm, association, | 8 | | organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, | 9 | | limited liability company, or public entity.
| 10 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of | 11 | | Financial and Professional Regulation.
| 12 | | "Unit" means a part of the condominium property or common | 13 | | interest community property designed and intended for any type | 14 | | of independent use.
| 15 | | "Unit owner" has the meaning ascribed to it in: | 16 | | (1) subsection (g) of Section 2 of the Condominium | 17 | | Property Act; or | 18 | | (2) Section 1-5 of the Common Interest Community | 19 | | Association Act.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 21 | | (765 ILCS 615/20) | 22 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 23 | | delayed effective date )
| 24 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 25 | | Sec. 20. Office of the Condominium and Common Interest |
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| 1 | | Community Ombudsperson.
| 2 | | (a) There is created in the Division of Real Estate | 3 | | Professional Regulation within the Department of Financial and | 4 | | Professional Regulation, under the supervision and control of | 5 | | the Secretary, the Office of the Condominium and Common | 6 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson.
| 7 | | (b) The Department shall name employ an Ombudsperson and | 8 | | other persons as necessary to discharge the requirements of | 9 | | this Act. The Ombudsperson shall have the powers delegated to | 10 | | him or her by the Department, in addition to the powers set | 11 | | forth in this Act.
| 12 | | (c) Neither the Ombudsperson nor the Department shall have | 13 | | any authority to consider matters that may constitute grounds | 14 | | for charges or complaints under the Illinois Human Rights Act | 15 | | or that are properly brought before the Department of Human | 16 | | Rights or the Illinois Human Rights Commission. | 17 | | (d) (c) Information and advice provided by the Ombudsperson | 18 | | has no binding legal effect and is not subject to the | 19 | | rulemaking provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 20 | | Act.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 22 | | (765 ILCS 615/25) | 23 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 24 | | delayed effective date )
| 25 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 25. Training and education.
On or before July 1, 2017 | 2 | | 2018 , the Ombudsperson shall offer training, outreach, and | 3 | | educational materials, and may arrange for the offering of | 4 | | courses to unit owners, associations, boards of managers, and | 5 | | boards of directors in subjects relevant to: (i) the operation | 6 | | and management of condominiums and common interest | 7 | | communities; and (ii) the Condominium Property Act and the | 8 | | Common Interest Community Association Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 10 | | (765 ILCS 615/30) | 11 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 12 | | delayed effective date )
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 14 | | Sec. 30. Website ; toll-free number .
| 15 | | (a) The Office shall maintain on the Department's website | 16 | | the following information:
| 17 | | (1) the text of this Act, the Condominium Property Act, | 18 | | the Common Community Interest Community Association Act, | 19 | | and any other statute, administrative rule, or regulation | 20 | | that the Ombudsperson determines is relevant to the | 21 | | operation and management of a condominium association or | 22 | | common interest community association;
| 23 | | (2) information concerning non-judicial nonjudicial | 24 | | resolution of disputes that may arise within a condominium | 25 | | or common interest community , including, but not limited |
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| 1 | | to, alternative dispute resolution programs and contacts | 2 | | for locally-available dispute resolution programs ;
| 3 | | (3) a description of the services provided by the | 4 | | Ombudsperson and information on how to contact the | 5 | | Ombudsperson for assistance; and
| 6 | | (4) any other information that the Ombudsperson | 7 | | determines is useful to unit owners, associations, boards | 8 | | of managers, and boards of directors.
| 9 | | (b) The Office may make available during regular business | 10 | | hours a statewide toll-free telephone number to provide | 11 | | information and resources on matters relating to condominium | 12 | | property and common interest community property The Office | 13 | | shall make the information described in subsection (a) of this | 14 | | Section available in printed form .
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 16 | | (765 ILCS 615/35) | 17 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 18 | | delayed effective date )
| 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 20 | | Sec. 35. Written policy for resolving complaints.
| 21 | | (a) Each association, except for those outlined in | 22 | | subsection (d) Section (b) of this Section, shall adopt a | 23 | | written policy for resolving complaints made by unit owners. | 24 | | The association shall make the policy available to all unit | 25 | | owners upon request. The policy must include:
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| 1 | | (1) a sample form on which a unit owner may make a | 2 | | complaint to the association;
| 3 | | (2) a description of the process by which complaints | 4 | | shall be delivered to the association;
| 5 | | (3) the association's timeline and manner of making | 6 | | final determinations in response to a unit owner's | 7 | | complaint; and | 8 | | (4) a requirement that the final determination made by | 9 | | the association in response to a unit owner's complaint be: | 10 | | (i) made in writing;
| 11 | | (ii) made within 180 days a reasonable time after | 12 | | the association received the unit owner's original | 13 | | complaint; and
| 14 | | (iii) marked clearly and conspicuously as "final".
| 15 | | (b) Common interest community associations exempt from the | 16 | | Common Interest Community Association Act are not required to | 17 | | have a written policy for resolving complaints. | 18 | | (c) No later than January 1, 2019 180 days after the | 19 | | effective date of this Act , associations existing on the | 20 | | effective date of this Act , except for those identified in | 21 | | subsection (b) of this Section, must establish and adopt the | 22 | | policy required under this Section.
| 23 | | (d) Associations first created after January 1, 2019 the | 24 | | effective date of this Act , except for those identified in | 25 | | subsection (b) of this Section, must establish and adopt the | 26 | | policy required under this Section within 180 days following |
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| 1 | | creation of the association at the time of initial registration | 2 | | as required by Section 65 of this Act .
| 3 | | (e) A unit owner may not bring a request for assistance | 4 | | under Section 40 of this Act for an association's lack of or | 5 | | inadequacy of a written policy to resolve complaints, but may | 6 | | notify the Department in writing of the association's lack of | 7 | | or inadequacy of a written policy. An association that fails to | 8 | | comply with this Section is subject to subsection (g) of | 9 | | Section 65 of this Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 11 | | (765 ILCS 615/40) | 12 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 13 | | delayed effective date )
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 15 | | Sec. 40. Dispute resolution Requests for assistance .
| 16 | | (a) Beginning on July 1, 2020, and subject to appropriation | 17 | | 2019 , unit owners meeting the requirements of this Section may | 18 | | make a written request, as outlined in subsection (f) of this | 19 | | Section, to the Ombudsperson for assistance in resolving a | 20 | | dispute between a unit owner and an association that involves a | 21 | | violation of the Condominium Property Act or the Common | 22 | | Interest Community Association Property Act.
| 23 | | (b) The Ombudsperson shall not accept requests for | 24 | | resolutions of disputes with community association managers, | 25 | | supervising community association managers, or community |
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| 1 | | association management firms, as defined in the Community | 2 | | Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act.
| 3 | | (c) The Ombudsperson shall not accept requests for | 4 | | resolutions of disputes for which there is a pending complaint | 5 | | filed in any court or administrative tribunal in any | 6 | | jurisdiction or for which arbitration or alternative dispute | 7 | | resolution is scheduled to occur or has previously occurred.
| 8 | | (d) The assistance described in subsection (a) of this | 9 | | Section is available only to unit owners. In order for a unit | 10 | | owner to receive the assistance from the Ombudsperson described | 11 | | in subsection (a) of this Section, the unit owner must:
| 12 | | (1) owe no outstanding assessments, fees, or funds to | 13 | | the association, unless the assessments, fees, or funds are | 14 | | central to the dispute;
| 15 | | (2) allege a dispute that was initiated , or initially | 16 | | occurred , within the past 2 calendar years preceding of the | 17 | | date of the request;
| 18 | | (3) have made a written complaint pursuant to the unit | 19 | | owner's association's complaint policy, as outlined in | 20 | | Section 35, which alleged alleges violations of the | 21 | | Condominium Property Act or the Common Interest Community | 22 | | Association Act;
| 23 | | (4) have received a final and adverse decision from the | 24 | | association and attach a copy of the association's final | 25 | | adverse decision marked "final" to the request to the | 26 | | Ombudsperson; and
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| 1 | | (5) have filed the request within 30 days after the | 2 | | receipt of the association's final adverse decision.
| 3 | | (e) A unit owner who has not received a response, marked | 4 | | "final", to his or her complaint from the association within a | 5 | | reasonable time may request assistance from the Ombudsperson | 6 | | pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section if the unit owner | 7 | | meets the requirements of items (1), (2), and (3) of subsection | 8 | | (d) of this Section. A unit owner may not request assistance | 9 | | from the Ombudsperson until at least 90 days after the initial | 10 | | written complaint was submitted to the association. The | 11 | | Ombudsperson may decline a unit owner's request for assistance | 12 | | on the basis that a reasonable time has not yet passed.
| 13 | | (f) The request for assistance shall be in writing, on | 14 | | forms provided electronically by the Office, and include the | 15 | | following:
| 16 | | (1) the name, address, and contact information of the | 17 | | unit owner;
| 18 | | (2) the name, address, and contact information of the | 19 | | association;
| 20 | | (3) the applicable association governing documents | 21 | | unless the absence of governing documents is central to the | 22 | | dispute;
| 23 | | (4) the date of the final adverse decision by the | 24 | | association;
| 25 | | (5) a copy of the association's written complaint | 26 | | policy required under Section 35 of this Act;
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| 1 | | (6) a copy of the unit owner's complaint to the | 2 | | association with a specific reference to the alleged | 3 | | violations of the Condominium Property Act or the Common | 4 | | Interest Community Association Act;
| 5 | | (7) documentation verifying the unit owner's ownership | 6 | | of a unit, such as a copy of a recorded deed or other | 7 | | document conferring title; and
| 8 | | (8) a copy of the association's adverse decision marked | 9 | | "final", if applicable.
| 10 | | (g) On receipt of a unit owner's request for assistance | 11 | | that the Department determines meets the requirements of this | 12 | | Section, the Ombudsperson shall, within the limits of the | 13 | | available resources, confer with the interested parties and | 14 | | assist in efforts to resolve the dispute by mutual agreement of | 15 | | the parties.
| 16 | | (h) The Ombudsperson shall assist only opposing parties who | 17 | | mutually agree to participate in dispute resolution.
| 18 | | (i) A unit owner is limited to one request for assistance | 19 | | per dispute. The meaning of dispute is to be broadly | 20 | | interpreted by the Department.
| 21 | | (j) The Department has the authority to determine whether | 22 | | or not a final decision is adverse under paragraph (4) of | 23 | | subsection (d) of this Section.
| 24 | | (k) The Department shall , on or before July 1, 2020, | 25 | | establish rules describing the time limit, method, and manner | 26 | | for dispute resolution.
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| 1 | | (l) (Blank) A request under the Freedom of Information Act | 2 | | for information does not constitute a request for assistance | 3 | | under this Section .
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 5 | | (765 ILCS 615/45) | 6 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 7 | | delayed effective date )
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 9 | | Sec. 45. Confidentiality. | 10 | | (a) All information collected by the Department in the | 11 | | course of addressing a request for assistance or for any other | 12 | | purpose pursuant to this Act Section 40 shall be maintained for | 13 | | the confidential use of the Department and shall not be | 14 | | disclosed. The Department shall not disclose the information to | 15 | | anyone other than law enforcement officials or regulatory | 16 | | agencies that have an appropriate regulatory interest as | 17 | | determined by the Secretary. Information and documents | 18 | | disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law enforcement | 19 | | agency shall not be disclosed by that agency for any purpose to | 20 | | any other agency or person. | 21 | | (b) A request for information made to the Department, or | 22 | | the Ombudsperson, under this Act does not constitute a request | 23 | | under the Freedom of Information Act.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) |
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| 1 | | (765 ILCS 615/50) | 2 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 3 | | delayed effective date )
| 4 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 5 | | Sec. 50. Reports.
| 6 | | (a) The Department shall submit an annual written report on | 7 | | the activities of the Office to the General Assembly . The | 8 | | Department shall submit the first report no later than July 1, | 9 | | 2018. Beginning in 2019, the Department shall submit the | 10 | | report , no later than October 1 of each year , with the initial | 11 | | report being due October 1, 2020 . The report shall include all | 12 | | of the following:
| 13 | | (1) annual workload and performance data, including | 14 | | (i) the number of requests for information; (ii) training, | 15 | | education, or other information provided; (iii) assistance | 16 | | received, the manner in which education and training was | 17 | | conducted; requests were or were not resolved and (iv) the | 18 | | staff time required to provide the training, education, or | 19 | | other information resolve the requests . For each category | 20 | | of data, the report shall provide subtotals based on the | 21 | | type of question or dispute involved in the request; and
| 22 | | (2) where relevant information is available, analysis | 23 | | of the most common and serious types of concerns disputes | 24 | | within condominiums and common interest communities, along | 25 | | with any recommendations for statutory reform to reduce the | 26 | | frequency or severity of those disputes.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 2 | | (765 ILCS 615/60) | 3 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 4 | | delayed effective date )
| 5 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 6 | | Sec. 60. Rules. The Department may , from time to time, | 7 | | adopt such rules as are necessary for the administration and | 8 | | enforcement of any provision of this Act. Any rule adopted | 9 | | under this Act is subject to the rulemaking provisions of the | 10 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 12 | | (765 ILCS 615/70) | 13 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 14 | | delayed effective date )
| 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 16 | | Sec. 70. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2022 2021 .
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 18 | | (765 ILCS 615/999) | 19 | | (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a | 20 | | delayed effective date )
| 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2021) | 22 | | Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, | 23 | | 2017 July 1, 2016 .
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1135, eff. 7-1-16.) | 2 | | (765 ILCS 615/55 rep.) | 3 | | Section 25. The Condominium and Common Interest Community | 4 | | Ombudsperson Act is amended by repealing Section 55.
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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