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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 | Illinois Radon Awareness Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | context otherwise requires: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) "Agent" means a licensed real estate "broker" or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | "salesperson", as those terms are defined in Section 1-10 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of the Real Estate License Act of 2000, acting on behalf of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | a seller or buyer of residential real property. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) "Buyer" means any individual, partnership, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | corporation or trustee entering into an agreement to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | purchase any estate or interest in real property. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (c) "Final settlement" means the time at which the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | parties have signed and delivered all papers and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | consideration to convey title to the estate or interest in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the residential real property being conveyed. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (d) "IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Agency Division of Nuclear Safety. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (e) "Mitigation" means measures designed to | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | permanently reduce indoor radon concentrations according | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | to procedures described in 32 Illinois Administrative Code |
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1 | Part 422. | ||||||
2 | (f) "Radon test" means a measurement of indoor radon | ||||||
3 | concentrations in accordance with 32 Illinois | ||||||
4 | Administrative Code Part 422 for performing radon | ||||||
5 | measurements within the context of a real estate | ||||||
6 | transaction. | ||||||
7 | (g) "Radon hazard" means any condition that causes | ||||||
8 | exposure to indoor radon concentrations at or in excess of | ||||||
9 | the United States Environmental Protection Agency's, or | ||||||
10 | IEMA's recommended Radon Action Level. | ||||||
11 | (h) "Residential real property" means any estate or | ||||||
12 | interest in a manufactured housing lot or a parcel of real | ||||||
13 | property, improved with not less than one nor more than 4 | ||||||
14 | residential dwelling units. | ||||||
15 | (i) "Seller" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
16 | corporation or trustee transferring residential real | ||||||
17 | property in return for consideration. | ||||||
18 | (j) "Subagent" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
19 | corporation or trustee working as a broker or salesperson | ||||||
20 | acting on behalf of an agent. | ||||||
21 | Section 10. Radon testing and disclosure. | ||||||
22 | (a) The following activities shall be completed before the | ||||||
23 | buyer is obligated under any contract to purchase residential | ||||||
24 | real property that is not otherwise an exempt transaction | ||||||
25 | pursuant to Section 20. Nothing in this Section implies a |
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1 | positive obligation on the seller to conduct any radon testing | ||||||
2 | or mitigation activities. | ||||||
3 | (1) Except as excluded by Section 20 of this Act, every | ||||||
4 | buyer of any interest in residential real property shall be | ||||||
5 | provided the IEMA pamphlet entitled "Radon Testing | ||||||
6 | Guidelines for Real Estate Transactions" (or an equivalent | ||||||
7 | pamphlet approved for use by IEMA) and an Illinois Radon | ||||||
8 | Warning Statement stating that the property may present the | ||||||
9 | potential for exposure to radon. | ||||||
10 | (2) Except as excluded by Section 20 of this Act, the | ||||||
11 | seller of any interest in residential real property is | ||||||
12 | required to disclose to the buyer and each agent any | ||||||
13 | information on radon tests previously performed or radon | ||||||
14 | test reports in the seller's possession, and notify the | ||||||
15 | buyer and each agent of any known radon hazards. | ||||||
16 | (3) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall | ||||||
17 | develop the content of the Illinois Radon Warning Statement | ||||||
18 | that the seller shall provide a copy of the statement to | ||||||
19 | the buyer of any interest in residential real property. | ||||||
20 | (4) The Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
21 | Regulation shall develop a form that will document that | ||||||
22 | subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this Section have | ||||||
23 | occurred. The form shall be utilized for every transfer of | ||||||
24 | residential real property as described in this Section and | ||||||
25 | shall include: | ||||||
26 | A) The property address; |
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1 | B) The seller's disclosure of the presence of radon | ||||||
2 | hazards, if known; | ||||||
3 | C) The buyer's acknowledgement that information | ||||||
4 | about radon was received; | ||||||
5 | D) The buyer's acknowledgement of the buyer's | ||||||
6 | option to test for radon; | ||||||
7 | E) The buyer's acknowledgement, if applicable, | ||||||
8 | that the buyer waives the opportunity to test for | ||||||
9 | radon; | ||||||
10 | F) The seller's acknowledgement that the seller | ||||||
11 | has been informed of the seller's obligation and is | ||||||
12 | aware of that seller's responsibility to ensure | ||||||
13 | compliance with this Section; and | ||||||
14 | G) Signatures of the buyer and seller and of any | ||||||
15 | the agents attesting to the above and the date so | ||||||
16 | signed. | ||||||
17 | (b) If any of the disclosure activities identified in | ||||||
18 | subsection a occurs after the buyer has made an offer to | ||||||
19 | purchase the residential real property, the seller shall | ||||||
20 | complete the required disclosure activities prior to accepting | ||||||
21 | the buyer's offer and allow the buyer an opportunity to review | ||||||
22 | the information and possibly amend the offer. | ||||||
23 | Section 15. Applicability. This Act shall apply to | ||||||
24 | transfers by sale of residential real property. |
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1 | Section 20. The provisions of this Act do not apply to the | ||||||
2 | following: | ||||||
3 | (1) Transfers pursuant to court order, including, but | ||||||
4 | not limited to, transfers ordered by a probate court in | ||||||
5 | administration of an estate, transfers between spouses | ||||||
6 | resulting from a judgment of dissolution of marriage or | ||||||
7 | legal separation, transfers pursuant to an order of | ||||||
8 | possession, transfers by a trustee in bankruptcy, | ||||||
9 | transfers by eminent domain, and transfers resulting from a | ||||||
10 | decree for specific performance. | ||||||
11 | (2) Transfers from a mortgagor to a mortgagee by deed | ||||||
12 | in lieu of foreclosure or consent judgment, transfer by | ||||||
13 | judicial deed issued pursuant to a foreclosure sale to the | ||||||
14 | successful bidder or the assignee of a certificate of sale, | ||||||
15 | transfer by a collateral assignment of a beneficial | ||||||
16 | interest of a land trust, or a transfer by a mortgagee or a | ||||||
17 | successor in interest to the mortgagee's secured position | ||||||
18 | or a beneficiary under a deed in trust who has acquired the | ||||||
19 | real property by deed in lieu of foreclosure, consent | ||||||
20 | judgment or judicial deed issued pursuant to a foreclosure | ||||||
21 | sale. | ||||||
22 | (3) Transfers by a fiduciary in the course of the | ||||||
23 | administration of a decedent's estate, guardianship, | ||||||
24 | conservatorship, or trust. | ||||||
25 | (4) Transfers from one co-owner to one or more other | ||||||
26 | co-owners. |
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1 | (5) Transfers pursuant to testate or intestate | ||||||
2 | succession. | ||||||
3 | (6) Transfers made to a spouse, or to a person or | ||||||
4 | persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of one or more | ||||||
5 | of the sellers. | ||||||
6 | (7) Transfers from an entity that has taken title to | ||||||
7 | residential real property from a seller for the purpose of | ||||||
8 | assisting in the relocation of the seller, so long as the | ||||||
9 | entity makes available to all prospective buyers a copy of | ||||||
10 | the disclosure form furnished to the entity by the seller.
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11 | (8) Transfers to or from any governmental entity.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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