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1 | AN ACT concerning mobile homes.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 6 and 19
as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 115/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 716)
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7 | Sec. 6. In addition to the application fees provided for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | herein, the
licensee shall pay to the Department on or before | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | March 31 of each year, an
annual license fee which shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | $100 plus $3 for each mobile home space
in the park. Annual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | license fees submitted after April 30 shall be subject
to a $50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | late fee. The licensee shall also complete and return a license
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13 | renewal application by March 31 of each year.
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14 | The licensee shall pay to the Department within 30 days of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | receipt of
notification from the Department $6 for each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | additional mobile
home site added to his park under authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of a written permit to alter
the park as provided in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 4.2 of this Act, payment for the additional
mobile home sites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | to be made and an amended license therefor obtained
before any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | mobile homes are accommodated on the additional mobile home
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21 | spaces. The Department shall issue an amended license to cover | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | such
additional mobile home sites, when they are to be occupied | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | before the end
of the license year, for which an annual license |
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1 | has been previously issued.
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2 | Subsequent to the effective date of this Act, an applicant
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3 | for an original license to operate a new park constructed under | ||||||
4 | a permit
issued by the Department shall only be required to pay | ||||||
5 | 1/4 of the annual
fee if such park begins operation after the | ||||||
6 | 31st day of January and before
the 1st day of May of such | ||||||
7 | licensing year; or 1/2 of the annual fee if such
park begins | ||||||
8 | operation after the 31st day of October and before the 1st day
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9 | of February of such licensing year or 3/4 of the annual fee if | ||||||
10 | such park
begins operation after the 31st day of July and | ||||||
11 | before the 1st day of
November of such licensing year; but | ||||||
12 | shall be required to pay the entire
annual fee if such park | ||||||
13 | begins operation after the 30th day of April and
before the 1st | ||||||
14 | day of August of such licensing year.
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15 | Each license fee shall be paid to the Department and any | ||||||
16 | license fee or
any part thereof, once paid to and accepted by | ||||||
17 | the Department shall not be
refunded.
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18 | The Department shall deposit all funds received under this | ||||||
19 | Act
into the Facility Licensing Fund. Subject to appropriation, | ||||||
20 | moneys in
the Fund shall be used for the enforcement of this | ||||||
21 | Act
in the
State Treasury .
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22 | (Source: P.A. 85-565.)
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23 | (210 ILCS 115/19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 729)
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24 | Sec. 19. Violations; penalties.
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25 | (a) Whoever violates any provision of this Act, shall, |
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1 | except as
otherwise
provided, be guilty of a Class B | ||||||
2 | misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall
constitute a separate | ||||||
3 | offense. The State's Attorney of the county in which
the | ||||||
4 | violation occurred, or the Attorney General shall bring such | ||||||
5 | actions in
the name of the people of the State of Illinois, or | ||||||
6 | may, in addition to
other remedies provided in this Act, bring | ||||||
7 | action for an injunction to
restrain such violation, or to | ||||||
8 | enjoin the operation of any such mobile home
park. | ||||||
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(b) The Department may also impose an administrative | ||||||
10 | monetary penalty against a person
who operates a mobile home | ||||||
11 | park in violation of this Act or the rules adopted
under the | ||||||
12 | authority of this Act. The Department shall establish the | ||||||
13 | amount of the penalties by rule. The Department must provide | ||||||
14 | the person with written notification of the
alleged violation | ||||||
15 | and allow a minimum of 10 days for correction of the alleged | ||||||
16 | violation before imposing an
administrative monetary penalty.
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17 | In addition, before imposing an administrative monetary | ||||||
18 | penalty under this subsection, the Department must provide the | ||||||
19 | following to the person operating the mobile home park:
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20 | (1) Written notice of the person's right to request an | ||||||
21 | administrative hearing on the question of the alleged | ||||||
22 | violation.
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23 | (2) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in | ||||||
24 | writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation | ||||||
25 | before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the | ||||||
26 | Director of Public Health.
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1 | (3) A written decision from the Director of Public | ||||||
2 | Health, based on the evidence introduced at the hearing and | ||||||
3 | the hearing examiner's recommendations, finding that the | ||||||
4 | person violated this Act and imposing the administrative | ||||||
5 | monetary penalty.
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6 | The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit | ||||||
7 | court to enforce the collection of an administrative monetary | ||||||
8 | penalty imposed under this subsection.
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9 | The Department shall deposit all administrative monetary | ||||||
10 | penalties collected under this subsection into the Facility | ||||||
11 | Licensing Fund. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund | ||||||
12 | shall be used for the enforcement of this Act.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 78-255.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law. |