Full Text of HB4467 103rd General Assembly
HB4467 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4467 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 210 ILCS 115/3 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 713 | 210 ILCS 115/4.4 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 714.4 | 210 ILCS 115/5.5 new | | 210 ILCS 115/6 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 716 |
| Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Provides that operating a mobile home park without a current license shall result in a fine of $10 per day per site. Provides that licenses issued under the Act are nontransferable. Provides that if a mobile home park is sold, the application for a new license shall be mailed to the Department of Public Health and postmarked no later than 10 days after the date of sale. Provides that delinquent licensing fees and reinspection fees of the prior owner or owners are to be paid by the new owner before a license is issued. Requires the current name, address, email address, and telephone number of the licensee and mobile home park manager to be displayed at all times on the mobile home park property in a location visible to the public and protected from weather. Requires the Department to conduct an annual inspection of each mobile home park. Provides that if violations are documented during the annual inspection and the Department is required to reinspect the mobile home park to ensure the violations have been corrected, the Department, at its discretion, may charge a reinspection fee of $300 per site visit due at the time of license renewal. Provides that licensing fees and reinspection fees are nonrefundable. Provides that a mobile home park whose license has been voided, suspended, denied or revoked may be relicensed once the park is in substantial compliance, all delinquent licensing fees are paid, all reinspection fees are paid, and the mobile home park submits an application and application fee. Increases fees to be paid for the annual mobile home park license, individual mobile home spaces, and late charges. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 3, 4.4, and 6 and by adding Section 5.5 as follows: | 6 | | (210 ILCS 115/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 713) | 7 | | Sec. 3. No person, firm or corporation shall establish, | 8 | | maintain, conduct, or operate a mobile home park after April | 9 | | 30, 1972, without a license therefor from the Department. | 10 | | Operating a mobile home park without a current license shall | 11 | | result in a fine of $10 per day per site. Licenses issued under | 12 | | this Act are nontransferable. If the mobile home park is sold, | 13 | | the application for a new license shall be mailed to the | 14 | | Department and postmarked no later than 10 days after the date | 15 | | of sale. All delinquent licensing fees and reinspection fees | 16 | | of the prior owner or owners must be paid by the new owner | 17 | | before a license is issued. The current name, address, email | 18 | | address, and telephone number of the licensee and mobile home | 19 | | park manager shall be displayed at all times on the mobile home | 20 | | park property in a location visible to the public and | 21 | | protected from weather. "Conduct or operate a mobile home | 22 | | park" as used in this Act shall include, but not necessarily be | 23 | | limited to supplying or maintaining common water, sewer or |
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| 1 | | other utility supply or service, or the collection of rents | 2 | | directly or indirectly from 5 five or more independent mobile | 3 | | homes. Such license shall expire April 30 of each year and a | 4 | | new license shall be issued upon proper application and | 5 | | payment of reinspection fees and the annual license fee | 6 | | provided the applicant is in substantial compliance with the | 7 | | Rules and Regulations of the Department. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 101-454, eff. 8-23-19.) | 9 | | (210 ILCS 115/4.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 714.4) | 10 | | Sec. 4.4. A mobile home park whose license has been | 11 | | voided, suspended, denied or revoked may be relicensed after | 12 | | the mobile home park is in substantial compliance, all | 13 | | delinquent licensing fees are paid, all reinspection fees are | 14 | | paid, and the mobile home park submits an application and | 15 | | application fee by submission of the application items | 16 | | required in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of Section 4 and | 17 | | an application fee which is nonrefundable . The application fee | 18 | | For applications submitted prior to the effective date of this | 19 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the fee shall be | 20 | | $50. For applications submitted on or after the effective date | 21 | | of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the fee | 22 | | shall be $250. Approval shall be issued if an inspection of the | 23 | | park by the Department indicates compliance with this Act and | 24 | | the rules promulgated pursuant to this Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-454, eff. 8-23-19.) |
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| 1 | | (210 ILCS 115/5.5 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5.5. The Department shall conduct an annual | 3 | | inspection of each mobile home park. If violations are | 4 | | documented during the annual inspection and the Department is | 5 | | required to reinspect the mobile home park to ensure the | 6 | | violations have been corrected, the Department at its | 7 | | discretion, may charge a reinspection fee of $300 per site | 8 | | visit due at the time of license renewal. All licensing fees | 9 | | and reinspection fees are nonrefundable. | 10 | | (210 ILCS 115/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 716) | 11 | | Sec. 6. In addition to the application fees provided for | 12 | | herein, the licensee shall pay to the Department on or before | 13 | | March 31 of each year, an annual license fee. The For calendar | 14 | | years prior to 2020, the annual license fee shall be $100 plus | 15 | | $4 for each mobile home space in the park. Beginning in | 16 | | calendar year 2020, the annual license fee shall be $300 $250 | 17 | | plus $25 $7 for each mobile home space in the park. Annual | 18 | | license fees submitted after April 30 shall be subject to a $50 | 19 | | per month late fee. The licensee shall also complete and | 20 | | return a license renewal application by March 31 of each year. | 21 | | For notifications sent prior to the effective date of this | 22 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the licensee | 23 | | shall pay to the Department within 30 days of receipt of | 24 | | notification from the Department $6 for each additional mobile |
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| 1 | | home site added to his park under authority of a written permit | 2 | | to alter the park as provided in Section 4.2 of this Act, | 3 | | payment for the additional mobile home sites to be made and an | 4 | | amended license therefor obtained before any mobile homes are | 5 | | accommodated on the additional mobile home spaces. The | 6 | | Department shall issue an amended license to cover such | 7 | | additional mobile home sites, when they are to be occupied | 8 | | before the end of the license year, for which an annual license | 9 | | has been previously issued. For notifications sent on or after | 10 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | 11 | | Assembly this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly , | 12 | | the licensee shall pay to the Department within 30 days of | 13 | | receipt of notification from the Department $25 $11 for each | 14 | | additional mobile home site added to his park under authority | 15 | | of a written permit to alter the park as provided in Section | 16 | | 4.2 of this Act, payment for the additional mobile home sites | 17 | | to be made and an amended license therefor obtained before any | 18 | | mobile homes are accommodated on the additional mobile home | 19 | | spaces. The Department shall issue an amended license to cover | 20 | | such additional mobile home sites, when they are to be | 21 | | occupied before the end of the license year, for which an | 22 | | annual license has been previously issued. | 23 | | Subsequent to the effective date of this Act, an applicant | 24 | | for an original license to operate a new park constructed | 25 | | under a permit issued by the Department shall only be required | 26 | | to pay 1/4 of the annual fee if such park begins operation |
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| 1 | | after the 31st day of January and before the 1st day of May of | 2 | | such licensing year; or 1/2 of the annual fee if such park | 3 | | begins operation after the 31st day of October and before the | 4 | | 1st day of February of such licensing year or 3/4 of the annual | 5 | | fee if such park begins operation after the 31st day of July | 6 | | and before the 1st day of November of such licensing year; but | 7 | | shall be required to pay the entire annual fee if such park | 8 | | begins operation after the 30th day of April and before the 1st | 9 | | day of August of such licensing year. | 10 | | Each license fee shall be paid to the Department and any | 11 | | license fee or any part thereof, once paid to and accepted by | 12 | | the Department shall not be refunded. | 13 | | The Department shall deposit all funds received under this | 14 | | Act into the Facility Licensing Fund. Subject to | 15 | | appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used for the | 16 | | enforcement of this Act. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-454, eff. 8-23-19.) |
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