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HB4856 Engrossed |
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LRB093 20933 EFG 46911 b |
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| AN ACT concerning disclosure of utility services to be |
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| provided by landlords.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 3 as follows:
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| (765 ILCS 740/3 new) |
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| Sec. 3. Disclosure of utility services to be provided by |
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| landlord. Before executing a lease, the landlord shall provide |
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| to the prospective tenant a signed and sworn affidavit |
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| detailing any utility services to be paid for by the landlord. |
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| The affidavit shall specifically declare that payment for the |
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| indicated utility services is the obligation of the landlord |
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| rather than the tenant and that the indicated utility services |
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| will be turned on and functioning by the date of occupancy |
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| under the lease. |
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| Failure of the landlord to provide the required affidavit |
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| does not invalidate the lease, but shall give rise to a |
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| rebuttable presumption of the landlord's bad faith in any |
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| action against the landlord based in whole or in part on the |
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| landlord's failure to provide utility services. Provides, |
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| however, that nothing in this Section shall be interpreted as |
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| authorizing the resale of electric service.
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