Rep. William Davis
Filed: 3/25/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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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 represent to the 
14prospective lessee that a rental unit is currently available 
15and charge an application fee when there is no available rental 
16unit. If the prospective lessor does not perform a screening of 
 
 
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1the prospective lessee, the prospective lessor shall make a 
2good faith effort to return to the prospective lessee any 
3amount of the application fee that is not used. A prospective 
4lessor who violates this Section is liable to the prospective 
5lessee for the application fee, court costs, and reasonable 
6attorney fees incurred to enforce this remedy.

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