Full Text of SB2834 103rd General Assembly
SB2834 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2834 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 765 ILCS 745/15 | from Ch. 80, par. 215 | 765 ILCS 745/16 | from Ch. 80, par. 216 | 765 ILCS 745/17 | from Ch. 80, par. 217 |
| Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits an unlicensed mobile home park from evicting a tenant for non-payment of rent. Requires leases or rental agreements for a mobile home or lot to include notice that the landlord may not collect rent if the park is unlicensed. |
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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 Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 15, 16, and 17 as follows: | 6 | | (765 ILCS 745/15) (from Ch. 80, par. 215) | 7 | | Sec. 15. Statutory grounds for eviction. | 8 | | (a) A park owner may terminate the lease and evict a tenant | 9 | | for any one or more of the following acts: | 10 | | (1) (a) Non-payment of rent due; | 11 | | (2) (b) Failure to comply with the park rules; | 12 | | (3) (c) Failure to comply with local ordinances and | 13 | | State laws regulating mobile homes. | 14 | | (b) Non-payment of rent to an unlicensed park shall not be | 15 | | grounds for eviction. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 81-637.) | 17 | | (765 ILCS 745/16) (from Ch. 80, par. 216) | 18 | | Sec. 16. Improper grounds for eviction. The following | 19 | | conduct by a tenant shall not constitute grounds for eviction | 20 | | or termination of the lease, nor shall an eviction order be | 21 | | entered against a tenant: | 22 | | (a) As a reprisal for the tenant's effort to secure or |
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| 1 | | enforce any rights under the lease or the laws of the State of | 2 | | Illinois, or its governmental subdivisions of the United | 3 | | States; | 4 | | (b) As a reprisal for the tenant's good faith complaint to | 5 | | a governmental authority of the park owner's alleged violation | 6 | | of any health or safety law, regulation, code or ordinance, or | 7 | | State law or regulation which has as its objective the | 8 | | regulation of premises used for dwelling purposes; | 9 | | (c) As a reprisal for the tenant's being an organizer or | 10 | | member of, or involved in any activities relative to a | 11 | | homeowners' association; | 12 | | (d) As a reprisal for or on the basis of the tenant's | 13 | | immigration or citizenship status ; . | 14 | | (e) As a reprisal for the non-payment of rent if the park | 15 | | is not licensed or has failed to renew its license with the | 16 | | Department of Public Health. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-439, eff. 8-21-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) | 18 | | (765 ILCS 745/17) (from Ch. 80, par. 217) | 19 | | Sec. 17. Notice required by Law. The following notice | 20 | | shall be printed verbatim in a clear and conspicuous manner in | 21 | | each lease or rental agreement of a mobile home or lot: | 22 | | "IMPORTANT NOTICE REQUIRED BY LAW: | 23 | | The rules set forth below govern the terms of your lease of | 24 | | occupancy arrangement with this mobile home park. The law | 25 | | requires all of these rules and regulations to be fair and |
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| 1 | | reasonable, and if not, such rules and regulations cannot be | 2 | | enforced against you. | 3 | | As required by law, the park is licensed by the Illinois | 4 | | Department of Public Health. Pursuant to the Mobile Home Park | 5 | | Act, such license shall expire April 30 of each year and a new | 6 | | license shall be issued upon proper application and payment of | 7 | | the annual license fee. Licensure is required to continue | 8 | | operation of a mobile home park, including the collection of | 9 | | rent. Rent cannot be collected by the park if the park fails to | 10 | | maintain licensure. | 11 | | You may continue to reside in the park as long as you pay | 12 | | your rent and abide by the rules and regulations of the park. | 13 | | You may only be evicted for non-payment of rent, violation of | 14 | | laws, or for violation of the rules and regulations of the park | 15 | | and the terms of the lease. | 16 | | If this park requires you to deal exclusively with a | 17 | | certain fuel dealer or other merchant for goods or service in | 18 | | connection with the use or occupancy of your mobile home or on | 19 | | your mobile home lot, the price you pay for such goods or | 20 | | services may not be more than the prevailing price in this | 21 | | locality for similar goods and services. | 22 | | You may not be evicted for reporting any violations of law | 23 | | or health and building codes to boards of health, building | 24 | | commissioners, the department of the Attorney General or any | 25 | | other appropriate government agency." | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 81-637.) |
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