Rep. William Davis
Filed: 3/10/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1607 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1607 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/9 new)
7    Sec. 9. Application fees. When a prospective lessor 
8receives a request from a prospective lessee to rent a 
9residential property, the prospective lessor may charge the

10prospective lessee a reasonable application fee. A prospective 
11lessor shall provide the prospective lessee with a written 
12itemized accounting of the fee and its uses for any application 
13fee received. A prospective lessor shall not charge a 
14prospective lessee an
application fee if the prospective lessor 
15knows or should have known that no rental unit is available at 
16that time or will become available within a reasonable period 
 
 
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1of time. If the
prospective lessor does not perform a screening 
2of the prospective lessee, the prospective lessor shall make a 
3good faith effort to return to the prospective lessee any 
4amount of the application fee that is not used. A prospective 
5lessor who violates this Section is liable to the prospective 
6lessee for the application fee,  court costs, and reasonable 
7attorney fees incurred to enforce this remedy.
 

8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.".