Housing and Urban Development
Filed: 2/27/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4352
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4352 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 7 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (765 ILCS 705/7 new)
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7 | Sec. 7. Landlord access. | ||||||
8 | (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the | ||||||
9 | landlord to enter the dwelling unit: | ||||||
10 | (1) to make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, | ||||||
11 | alterations, or improvements; | ||||||
12 | (2) to supply necessary or agreed services; | ||||||
13 | (3) to conduct inspections authorized or required by | ||||||
14 | any government agency; | ||||||
15 | (4) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or | ||||||
16 | actual purchasers, mortgagees, workmen, or contractors; |
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1 | (5) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective tenants | ||||||
2 | 60 days or less prior to the expiration of the existing | ||||||
3 | rental agreement; | ||||||
4 | (6) for practical necessity where repairs or | ||||||
5 | maintenance elsewhere in the building unexpectedly require | ||||||
6 | the access; | ||||||
7 | (7) to determine a tenant's compliance with provisions | ||||||
8 | in the rental agreement; or | ||||||
9 | (8) in case of an emergency. | ||||||
10 | (b) The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use | ||||||
11 | it to harass the tenant. | ||||||
12 | (c) Except in cases where access is authorized by item (6) | ||||||
13 | or (8) of subsection (a), the landlord shall give the tenant | ||||||
14 | notice of the landlord's intent to enter of no less than 2 | ||||||
15 | days. The notice shall be provided directly to each dwelling | ||||||
16 | unit by mail, telephone, written notice to the dwelling unit, | ||||||
17 | or by other reasonable means designed in good faith to provide | ||||||
18 | notice to the tenant. If access is required because of repair | ||||||
19 | work in common facilities or other apartments, a general notice | ||||||
20 | may be given by the landlord to all potentially affected | ||||||
21 | tenants that entry may be required. | ||||||
22 | (d) In cases where access is authorized by item (6) or (8) | ||||||
23 | of subsection (a), the landlord may enter the dwelling unit | ||||||
24 | without notice or consent of the tenant. The landlord shall | ||||||
25 | give the tenant notice of the entry within 2 days after the | ||||||
26 | entry. |
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1 | (e) The landlord may enter only at reasonable times except | ||||||
2 | in case of an emergency. An entry between 9:00 A.M. and 8:00 | ||||||
3 | P.M. or at any other time expressly requested by the tenant | ||||||
4 | shall be presumed reasonable. | ||||||
5 | (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede | ||||||
6 | any provision of any federal or State law or any local | ||||||
7 | ordinance that provides greater protections than the rights | ||||||
8 | established under this Section. The rights established under | ||||||
9 | this Section shall not be diminished by any State law or local | ||||||
10 | ordinance. ".
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