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| AN ACT concerning mobile homes.
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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 Mobile Home Park Act is amended by changing |
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| Sections 6 and 19
as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 115/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 716)
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| Sec. 6. In addition to the application fees provided for |
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| herein, the
licensee shall pay to the Department on or before |
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| March 31 of each year, an
annual license fee which shall be |
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| $100 plus $3 for each mobile home space
in the park. Annual |
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| license fees submitted after April 30 shall be subject
to a $50 |
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| late fee. The licensee shall also complete and return a license
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| renewal application by March 31 of each year.
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| The licensee shall pay to the Department within 30 days of |
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| receipt of
notification from the Department $6 for each |
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| additional mobile
home site added to his park under authority |
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| of a written permit to alter
the park as provided in Section |
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| 4.2 of this Act, payment for the additional
mobile home sites |
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| to be made and an amended license therefor obtained
before any |
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| mobile homes are accommodated on the additional mobile home
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| spaces. The Department shall issue an amended license to cover |
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| such
additional mobile home sites, when they are to be occupied |
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| before the end
of the license year, for which an annual license |
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| has been previously issued.
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| Subsequent to the effective date of this Act, an applicant
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| for an original license to operate a new park constructed under |
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| a permit
issued by the Department shall only be required to pay |
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| 1/4 of the annual
fee if such park begins operation after the |
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| 31st day of January and before
the 1st day of May of such |
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| licensing year; or 1/2 of the annual fee if such
park begins |
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| operation after the 31st day of October and before the 1st day
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| of February of such licensing year or 3/4 of the annual fee if |
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| such park
begins operation after the 31st day of July and |
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| before the 1st day of
November of such licensing year; but |
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| shall be required to pay the entire
annual fee if such park |
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| begins operation after the 30th day of April and
before the 1st |
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| day of August of such licensing year.
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| Each license fee shall be paid to the Department and any |
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| license fee or
any part thereof, once paid to and accepted by |
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| the Department shall not be
refunded.
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| The Department shall deposit all funds received under this |
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| Act
into the Facility Licensing Fund. Subject to appropriation, |
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| moneys in
the Fund shall be used for the enforcement of this |
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| Act
in the
State Treasury.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-565.)
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| (210 ILCS 115/19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 729)
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| Sec. 19. Violations; penalties.
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| (a) Whoever violates any provision of this Act, shall, |
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| except as
otherwise
provided, be guilty of a Class B |
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| misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall
constitute a separate |
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| offense. The State's Attorney of the county in which
the |
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| violation occurred, or the Attorney General shall bring such |
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| actions in
the name of the people of the State of Illinois, or |
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| may, in addition to
other remedies provided in this Act, bring |
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| action for an injunction to
restrain such violation, or to |
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| enjoin the operation of any such mobile home
park. |
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(b) The Department may also impose an administrative |
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| monetary penalty, not to exceed $3,000 per day, against a |
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| person
who operates a mobile home park in violation of this Act |
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| or the rules adopted
under the authority of this Act. The |
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| Department shall establish the amount of the penalties by rule. |
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| The Department must provide the person with written |
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| notification of the
alleged violation and allow a minimum of 10 |
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| days for correction of the alleged violation before imposing an
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| administrative monetary penalty.
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| In addition, before imposing an administrative monetary |
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| penalty under this subsection, the Department must provide the |
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| following to the person operating the mobile home park:
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| (1) Written notice of the person's right to request an |
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| administrative hearing on the question of the alleged |
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| violation.
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| (2) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in |
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| writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation |
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| before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the |
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| Director of Public Health.
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| (3) A written decision from the Director of Public |
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| Health, based on the evidence introduced at the hearing and |
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| the hearing examiner's recommendations, finding that the |
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| person violated this Act and imposing the administrative |
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| monetary penalty.
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| The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit |
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| court to enforce the collection of an administrative monetary |
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| penalty imposed under this subsection.
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| The Department shall deposit all administrative monetary |
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| penalties collected under this subsection into the Facility |
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| Licensing Fund. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund |
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| shall be used for the enforcement of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-255.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |