Public Act 095-0042
 
HB0257 Enrolled LRB095 03651 AJO 23677 b

    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 3-106 as follows:
 
    (775 ILCS 5/3-106)  (from Ch. 68, par. 3-106)
    Sec. 3-106. Exemptions.) Nothing contained in Section
3-102 shall prohibit:
    (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes.
        (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so
    long as the following criteria are met:
            (a) (1) The owner does not own or have a beneficial
        interest in more than three single family homes at the
        time of the sale;
            (b) (2) The owner or a member of his or her family
        was the last current resident of the home;
            (c) (3) The home is sold without the use in any
        manner of the sales or rental facilities or services of
        any real estate broker or salesman, or of any employee
        or agent of any real estate broker or salesman;
            (d) (4) The home is sold without the publication,
        posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement
        or written notice in violation of paragraph (F) of
        Section 3-102.
        (2) This exemption does not apply to paragraph (F) of
    Section 3-102.
    (B) Apartments. Rental of a housing accommodation in a
building which contains housing accommodations for not more
than 4 five families living independently of each other, if the
owner lessor or a member of his or her family resides in one of
the housing accommodations. ; This exemption does not apply to
paragraph (F) of Section 3-102.
    (C) Private Rooms. Rental of a room or rooms in a private
home by an owner if he or she or a member of his or her family
resides therein or, while absent for a period of not more than
twelve months, if he or she or a member of his or her family
intends to return to reside therein. ;
    (D) Reasonable local, State, or Federal restrictions
regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a
dwelling.
    (E) Religious Organizations. A religious organization,
association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or
organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in
conjunction with a religious organization, association, or
society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of a
dwelling which it owns or operates for other than a commercial
purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving
preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion
is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin.
    (F) Sex. Restricting the rental of rooms in a housing
accommodation to persons of one sex.
    (G) Persons Convicted of Drug-Related Offenses. Conduct
against a person because such person has been convicted by any
court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or
distribution of a controlled substance as defined in Section
102 of the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
    (H) Persons engaged in the business of furnishing
appraisals of real property from taking into consideration
factors other than those based on unlawful discrimination or
familial status in furnishing appraisals.
    (H-1) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building
with 4 5 or fewer units (including the unit in which the owner
resides) from making decisions regarding whether to rent to a
person based upon that person's sexual orientation.
    (I) Housing for Older Persons. No provision in this Article
regarding familial status shall apply with respect to housing
for older persons.
        (1) As used in this Section, "housing for older
    persons" means housing:
            (a) provided under any State or Federal program
        that the Department determines is specifically
        designed and operated to assist elderly persons (as
        defined in the State or Federal program); or
            (b) intended for, and solely occupied by, persons
        62 years of age or older; or
            (c) intended and operated for occupancy by persons
        55 years of age or older and:
                (i) at least 80% of the occupied units are
            occupied by at least one person who is 55 years of
            age or older;
                (ii) the housing facility or community
            publishes and adheres to policies and procedures
            that demonstrate the intent required under this
            subdivision (c); and
                (iii) the housing facility or community
            complies with rules adopted by the Department for
            verification of occupancy, which shall:
                    (aa) provide for verification by reliable
                surveys and affidavits; and
                    (bb) include examples of the types of
                policies and procedures relevant to a
                determination of compliance with the
                requirement of clause (ii).
        These surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in
    administrative and judicial proceedings for the purposes
    of such verification.
        (2) Housing shall not fail to meet the requirements for
    housing for older persons by reason of:
            (a) persons residing in such housing as of the
        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989 who do
        not meet the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or
        (c); provided, that new occupants of such housing meet
        the age requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of
        this subsection; or
            (b) unoccupied units; provided, that such units
        are reserved for occupancy by persons who meet the age
        requirements of subsections (1)(b) or (c) of this
        subsection.
        (3) (a) A person shall not be held personally liable
        for monetary damages for a violation of this Article if
        the person reasonably relied, in good faith, on the
        application of the exemption under this subsection (I)
        relating to housing for older persons.
            (b) For the purposes of this item (3), a person may
        show good faith reliance on the application of the
        exemption only by showing that:
                (i) the person has no actual knowledge that the
            facility or community is not, or will not be,
            eligible for the exemption; and
                (ii) the facility or community has stated
            formally, in writing, that the facility or
            community complies with the requirements for the
            exemption.
(Source: P.A. 93-1078, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.