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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1207
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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765 ILCS 705/1 |
from Ch. 80, par. 91 |
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Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1207 |
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LRB094 04861 LCB 34890 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
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| Sec. 1. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in |
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| connection
with or collateral to any lease of real property, |
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| exempting the
the lessor from
liability for damages for |
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| injuries to person or property caused by or
resulting from the |
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| negligence of the lessor, his or her agents, servants or
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| employees, in the operation or maintenance of the demised |
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| premises or the
real property containing the demised premises |
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| shall be deemed to be void as
against public policy and wholly |
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| unenforceable. |
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| (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
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