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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5170
Introduced , by Rep. Harry Osterman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Relocation Assistance Act. Provides that if a governmental entity notifies a landlord that a dwelling unit will be condemned or will be unlawful to occupy due to conditions that violate applicable codes, statutes, or ordinances, a landlord shall pay relocation assistance to a displaced tenant, unless the condemnation action or no occupancy order results from a natural disaster, a tenant's illegal conduct, or eminent domain. Provides that the landlord shall pay relocation assistance to a displaced tenant of $2,000 per dwelling unit or 3 times the monthly rent, whichever is greater, plus the deposit, interest, and prepaid rent by certified check within 7 days after the governmental entity sent the notice to the landlord. Provides that if the landlord fails to timely complete these payments, a municipality or a county may advance the payments to a displaced tenant and assess a civil penalty of $50 per day against the landlord for each tenant to whom the municipality or county advanced a payment. Provides that the municipality or county may sue to recover the assistance paid, interest, penalties, attorney's fees, and costs. Provides that in an action against a landlord to recover unpaid obligations, a displaced tenant shall recover costs and attorney's fees. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5170 |
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LRB095 17845 AJO 43924 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Relocation Assistance Act. |
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| Section 5. Relocation assistance. If a municipality or |
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| government agency responsible for the enforcement of building, |
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| housing, health and safety, or other appropriate codes, |
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| statutes, or ordinances, has notified the landlord that a |
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| dwelling unit will be condemned or will be unlawful to occupy |
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| due to conditions that violate applicable codes, statutes, or |
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| ordinances, a landlord shall pay relocation assistance to the |
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| displaced tenants of the dwelling unit. |
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| Section 10. Exceptions to relocation assistance. A |
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| landlord is not required to pay relocation assistance to a |
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| displaced tenant if the condemnation action or no occupancy |
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| order directly results from conditions arising from a natural |
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| disaster, conditions caused by a tenant's illegal conduct |
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| without the landlord's prior knowledge, or the acquisition of |
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| the property by eminent domain. |
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| Section 15. Relocation assistance; timing and form of |