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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3004 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Sen. Christopher Belt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Tenants' Freedom From Compulsory Signage Act. Restricts a landlord from compelling a tenant to display any sign, flag, or other paraphernalia in or on the tenant's residential area. Allows a court to award equitable relief for a violation of the Act.
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| | SB3004 | | LRB102 23138 LNS 32298 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Tenants' Freedom From Compulsory Signage Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Flag" means any fabric intended to convey a message. |
| 8 | | "Landlord" means any owner, lessor, or landlord, or legal |
| 9 | | representative or agent of an owner, lessor, or landlord, or a |
| 10 | | housing authority or a housing subsidy program administrator, |
| 11 | | or agent of a housing authority or a housing subsidy program |
| 12 | | administrator. |
| 13 | | "Paraphernalia" means any item intended to convey a |
| 14 | | message. |
| 15 | | "Residential area" means the private area or rooms in |
| 16 | | which the tenant resides, excluding any common or public |
| 17 | | spaces. |
| 18 | | "Sign" means any image intended to convey a message. |
| 19 | | "Tenant" means any tenant, lessee, or occupant of any |
| 20 | | building, any apartment in a building, any dwelling unit, any |
| 21 | | trailer or mobile manufactured home, or any land upon which a |
| 22 | | trailer or mobile manufactured home is used or stands.
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