95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3722

 

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-30-15 new

    Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may license residential rental property managers. Provides that the municipality may require the licensee to pay a license fee in an amount not to exceed $50 per year. Sets forth the information that the licensee is required to provide to the municipality. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5 Section 11-30-15 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-30-15 new)
7     Sec. 11-30-15. Residential rental property managers;
8 licensing.
9     (a) In order to promote the health, safety, and welfare of
10 the public and of the occupants of residential rental property,
11 the corporate authorities of any municipality may license
12 residential rental property managers in a manner consistent
13 with this Section.
14     (b) A licensing ordinance enacted under this Section shall
15 apply to any person, firm, or corporation that has management
16 or control of a building, or portion of a building, other than
17 a hotel or motel, within the municipality if the building
18 contains 3 or more apartments that are not occupied by an owner
19 of the building. This Section applies to such a person, firm,
20 or corporation regardless of whether the person, firm, or
21 corporation has management or control of the property as a
22 legal or equitable owner, as a managing agent, or otherwise.
23     (c) The municipality may require the licensee to pay a

 

 

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1 license fee in an amount not to exceed $50 per year and shall
2 require only the following information from the licensee:
3         (1) the name, address, and phone number of the
4     licensee;
5         (2) the name, address, and phone number of any person
6     who will handle property maintenance complaints on behalf
7     of the licensee within the municipality and who is
8     authorized to accept service of municipal code violation
9     complaints on behalf of the licensee;
10         (3) a list of all properties managed by the licensee
11     within the municipality; and
12         (4) a certification by the licensee that the licensee
13     is aware of the municipality's code requirements
14     applicable to any property managed by the licensee.
15     (d) For purposes of this Section, "apartment" means a
16 self-contained residential living unit, with private bath and
17 cooking facilities, that is intended for occupation as a
18 permanent place of abode by someone other than the owner of the
19 property. "Apartment" does not include any unit that is
20 intended for occupation on a transient basis for a short period
21 of occupancy.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.