Rep. Luis Arroyo

Filed: 3/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5454

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5454 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Vacant Residential Building Database Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Assessor" means the county assessor, supervisor of
8assessments, or board of assessors, as the case may be, for the
9county.
10    "Lender" has the meaning that is ascribed to that term in
11subsection (g) of Section 1-4 of the Residential Mortgage
12License Act of 1987.
13    "Program" means the Vacant Residential Building Database
14Program.
15    "Real estate broker" has the meaning ascribed to the terms
16real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or leasing agent

 

 

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1in Section 1-10 of the Real Estate License Act of 2000.
2    "Residential building" means any type of permanent
3residential dwelling unit, including detached single family
4structures, townhouses, condominium units, multifamily rental
5apartments, and manufactured homes treated under Illinois law
6as real estate and not as personal property.
7    "Title insurance company" means any domestic company
8organized under the laws of this State for the purpose of
9conducting the business of guaranteeing or insuring titles to
10real estate and any title insurance company organized under the
11laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or a foreign
12government and authorized to transact the business of
13guaranteeing or insuring titles to real estate in this State.
14    "Vacant residential building" means a residential building
15which is lacking the habitual presence of human beings who have
16a legal right to be on the premises or at which substantially
17all lawful construction operations or residential occupancy
18has ceased, or which is substantially devoid of content. In
19determining whether a structure is a vacant residential
20building, it is relevant to consider, among other factors, if
21known: the percentage of the overall residential square footage
22of the building compared to the occupied residential space; the
23condition and value of any items in the residential space; and
24the presence of rental or for sale signs on the property on
25which the building is located. A dwelling unit in a residential
26building shall not be deemed vacant if it has been used as a

 

 

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1residence by a person entitled to possession for a period of at
2least 3 months within the previous 9 months and a person
3entitled to possession intends to resume residing in the
4dwelling unit. A multiple unit residential building shall be
5considered vacant when 90% or more of the dwelling units are
6unoccupied.
 
7    Section 10. Vacant Residential Building Database Program.
8    (a) A Vacant Residential Building Database Program shall be
9established and administered in accordance with this Act. The
10inception date of the program shall be July 1, 2013. Until the
11inception date, none of the duties, obligations,
12contingencies, or consequences of or from the program shall be
13imposed. The program shall apply to all vacant residential
14buildings that are subject to this Act and that are or become
15vacant after the inception of the program.
16    (b) Each assessor shall create, administer, and maintain a
17database pursuant to this Act. The database shall be designed
18to allow the United States Postal Service, the Department of
19Housing and Urban Development, and any person, lender, real
20estate broker, title insurance company, municipality, or
21county to submit information to the database online. The
22database shall not be designed to allow those entities to
23retrieve information from the database, except as to avoid
24duplicate entries for the same vacant residential building or
25as otherwise provided in this Act.

 

 

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1    (c) Within 10 days after obtaining information that a
2residential building is vacant, the owner and the mortgagee
3must submit online or by other means to the vacant residential
4building database so much of the information listed under
5Section 15 that the person or entity has, along with any other
6information required by the assessor.
7    (d) All information provided to a vacant residential
8building database under the program is confidential and is not
9subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act,
10except as otherwise provided in this Act. Information or
11documents obtained by employees of the assessor in the course
12of maintaining and administering the program are deemed
13confidential. Employees are prohibited from making disclosure
14of such confidential information or documents. Any request for
15production of information from the program, whether by
16subpoena, notice, or any other source, shall be referred to the
17State's Attorney. Any owner of property on which a vacant
18residential building is located may authorize in writing the
19release of database information. The assessor may use the
20information in the database without the consent of the owner:
21(i) for the purposes of administering and enforcing the
22program; (ii) to provide relevant information to
23municipalities and counties if a vacant residential building is
24located in a place that is subject to the zoning jurisdiction
25of the municipality or the jurisdiction of the county; or (iii)
26to provide information to the appropriate law enforcement

 

 

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1agency or the applicable administrative agency if the database
2information demonstrates criminal, fraudulent, or otherwise
3illegal activity. There shall be regular periodic reports
4furnished to each municipality and county about the existence
5of any vacant residential building that has been reported since
6the prior regular periodic report within the zoning
7jurisdiction of the municipality or within the jurisdiction of
8the county. If a vacant residential building is known to the
9assessor to exist within the zoning jurisdiction of a
10municipality, the assessor need not include that building in
11the assessor's periodic report to the county in which the
12building is located.
13    (e) Any person who violates any provision of this Act
14commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Consumer
15Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
16    (f) During the existence of the program, each assessor
17shall submit semi-annual reports to the Governor and to the
18General Assembly by May 1 and November 1 of each year detailing
19the assessor's findings regarding the program. Each county
20report shall include at least the following information for
21each reporting period:
22        (1) the number of vacant residential buildings
23    registered with the program;
24        (2) the number of vacant residential buildings removed
25    from the database since the last report because the
26    residential buildings are occupied by residents, the

 

 

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1    buildings no longer exist, or the buildings can no longer
2    be characterized as vacant residential buildings;
3        (3) the number of persons, lenders, real estate
4    brokers, title insurance companies, municipalities, and
5    counties entering information into the database;
6        (4) a summary of the types of vacant residential
7    buildings listed on the database; and
8        (5) a summary of how the assessor, municipalities, and
9    counties are actively utilizing the program to combat the
10    existence of vacant residential buildings.
 
11    Section 15. Required information. As part of the program,
12the assessor must gather from the reporting person or entity so
13much of the following information that is available about a
14vacant residential building for inclusion in the database:
15        (1) The address, permanent index number, and a
16    description of the building.
17        (2) The owner's name, present address, social security
18    number or taxpayer identification number, date of birth,
19    and present location.
20        (3) Information about the vacant residential building
21    including the condition of doors, windows, and fencing; the
22    status of utility services; and the presence and condition
23    of electrical, plumbing, and heating and air conditioning
24    systems.
25        (4) Information about the mortgagor, or title holder,

 

 

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1    affiliated or third party service provider, including the
2    applicable name, address, and telephone number.
3        (5) Annual real estate taxes for the property on which
4    the building is located, together with any assessments
5    payable in connection with the property.
6        (6) Information concerning any notices issued as to the
7    building or any foreclosure proceedings initiated or
8    concluded as to the property on which the building is
9    located.
 
10    Section 20. Vacant Residential Building Database Program
11Fund. Each assessor shall create a Vacant Residential Building
12Database Program Fund as a fund in the county treasury. Subject
13to appropriation, moneys in this county fund shall be
14appropriated to the assessor for the purpose of the
15implementation and development of the program.
 
16    Section 905. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
17Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2Z as follows:
 
18    (815 ILCS 505/2Z)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z)
19    Sec. 2Z. Violations of other Acts. Any person who knowingly
20violates the Automotive Repair Act, the Automotive Collision
21Repair Act, the Home Repair and Remodeling Act, the Dance
22Studio Act, the Physical Fitness Services Act, the Hearing
23Instrument Consumer Protection Act, the Illinois Union Label

 

 

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1Act, the Job Referral and Job Listing Services Consumer
2Protection Act, the Travel Promotion Consumer Protection Act,
3the Credit Services Organizations Act, the Automatic Telephone
4Dialers Act, the Pay-Per-Call Services Consumer Protection
5Act, the Telephone Solicitations Act, the Illinois Funeral or
6Burial Funds Act, the Cemetery Oversight Act, the Cemetery Care
7Act, the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act, the Pre-Need Cemetery Sales
8Act, the High Risk Home Loan Act, the Payday Loan Reform Act,
9the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section
103-10 of the Cigarette Tax Act, subsection (a) or (b) of Section
113-10 of the Cigarette Use Tax Act, the Electronic Mail Act, the
12Internet Caller Identification Act, paragraph (6) of
13subsection (k) of Section 6-305 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
14Section 11-1431, 18d-115, 18d-120, 18d-125, 18d-135, 18d-150,
15or 18d-153 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Article 3 of the
16Residential Real Property Disclosure Act, the Automatic
17Contract Renewal Act, the Vacant Residential Building Database
18Act, or the Personal Information Protection Act commits an
19unlawful practice within the meaning of this Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-863, eff. 1-19-10; 96-1369, eff. 1-1-11;
2196-1376, eff. 7-29-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
22    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".