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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Common Interest Community Association Act is
5amended by changing Section 1-30 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 160/1-30)
7    Sec. 1-30. Board duties and obligations; records.
8    (a) The board shall meet at least 4 times annually.
9    (b) A common interest community association may not enter
10into a contract with a current board member, or with a
11corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in
12which a board member or a member of his or her immediate family
13has 25% or more interest, unless notice of intent to enter into
14the contract is given to members within 20 days after a
15decision is made to enter into the contract and the members are
16afforded an opportunity by filing a petition, signed by 20% of
17the membership, for an election to approve or disapprove the
18contract; such petition shall be filed within 20 days after
19such notice and such election shall be held within 30 days
20after filing the petition. For purposes of this subsection, a
21board member's immediate family means the board member's
22spouse, parents, siblings, and children.
23    (c) The bylaws or operating agreement shall provide for the

 

 

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1maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and
2payments therefor, including the method of approving payment
3vouchers.
4    (d) (Blank).
5    (e) The association may engage the services of a manager or
6management company.
7    (f) The association shall have one class of voting
8membership unless the declaration, bylaws, or operating
9agreement provide otherwise; however, this subsection (f)
10shall not be construed to limit the operation of subsection (c)
11of Section 1-20 of this Act.
12    (g) The board shall have the power, after notice and an
13opportunity to be heard, to levy and collect reasonable fines
14from members or unit owners for violations of the declaration,
15bylaws, operating agreement, and rules and regulations of the
16common interest community association.
17    (h) Other than attorney's fees and court or arbitration
18costs, no fees pertaining to the collection of a member's or
19unit owner's financial obligation to the association,
20including fees charged by a manager or managing agent, shall be
21added to and deemed a part of a member's or unit owner's
22respective share of the common expenses unless: (i) the
23managing agent fees relate to the costs to collect common
24expenses for the association; (ii) the fees are set forth in a
25contract between the managing agent and the association; and
26(iii) the authority to add the management fees to a member's or

 

 

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1unit owner's respective share of the common expenses is
2specifically stated in the declaration, bylaws, or operating
3agreement of the association.
4    (i) Board records.
5        (1) The board shall maintain the following records of
6    the association and make them available for examination and
7    copying at convenient hours of weekdays by any member or
8    unit owner in a common interest community subject to the
9    authority of the board, their mortgagees, and their duly
10    authorized agents or attorneys:
11            (i) Copies of the recorded declaration, other
12        community instruments, other duly recorded covenants
13        and bylaws and any amendments, articles of
14        incorporation, articles of organization, annual
15        reports, and any rules and regulations adopted by the
16        board shall be available. Prior to the organization of
17        the board, the developer shall maintain and make
18        available the records set forth in this paragraph (i)
19        for examination and copying.
20            (ii) Detailed and accurate records in
21        chronological order of the receipts and expenditures
22        affecting the common areas, specifying and itemizing
23        the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas
24        and any other expenses incurred, and copies of all
25        contracts, leases, or other agreements entered into by
26        the board shall be maintained.

 

 

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1            (iii) The minutes of all meetings of the board
2        which shall be maintained for not less than 7 years.
3            (iv) With a written statement of a proper purpose,
4        ballots and proxies related thereto, if any, for any
5        election held for the board and for any other matters
6        voted on by the members, which shall be maintained for
7        not less than one year.
8            (v) With a written statement of a proper purpose,
9        such other records of the board as are available for
10        inspection by members of a not-for-profit corporation
11        pursuant to Section 107.75 of the General Not For
12        Profit Corporation Act of 1986 shall be maintained.
13            (vi) With respect to units owned by a land trust, a
14        living trust, or other legal entity, the trustee,
15        officer, or manager of the entity may designate, in
16        writing, a person to cast votes on behalf of the member
17        or unit owner and a designation shall remain in effect
18        until a subsequent document is filed with the
19        association.
20        (2) Where a request for records under this subsection
21    is made in writing to the board or its agent, failure to
22    provide the requested record or to respond within 30 days
23    shall be deemed a denial by the board.
24        (3) A reasonable fee may be charged by the board for
25    the cost of retrieving and copying records properly
26    requested.

 

 

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1        (4) If the board fails to provide records properly
2    requested under paragraph (1) of this subsection (i) within
3    the time period provided in that paragraph (1), the member
4    may seek appropriate relief and shall be entitled to an
5    award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs if the member
6    prevails and the court finds that such failure is due to
7    the acts or omissions of the board of managers or the board
8    of directors.
9    (j) The board shall have standing and capacity to act in a
10representative capacity in relation to matters involving the
11common areas or more than one unit, on behalf of the members or
12unit owners as their interests may appear.
13(Source: P.A. 98-232, eff. 1-1-14; 98-241, eff. 8-9-13; 98-756,
14eff. 7-16-14; 99-41, eff. 7-14-15.)
 
15    Section 10. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
16changing Sections 15 and 18 as follows:
 
17    (765 ILCS 605/15)  (from Ch. 30, par. 315)
18    Sec. 15. Sale of property.
19    (a) Unless a greater percentage is provided for in the
20declaration or bylaws, and notwithstanding the provisions of
21Sections 13 and 14 hereof, a majority of the unit owners if
22where the property contains 2 units, or not less than 66 2/3%
23if where the property contains 3 three units, or and not less
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1than 6 units, or not less than 85% if the property contains 7
2or more units, 4 or more units may, by affirmative vote at a
3meeting of unit owners duly called for such purpose, elect to
4sell the property. Such action shall be binding upon all unit
5owners, and it shall thereupon become the duty of every unit
6owner to execute and deliver such instruments and to perform
7all acts as in manner and form may be necessary to effect such
8sale, provided, however, that any unit owner who did not vote
9in favor of such action and who has filed written objection
10thereto with the manager or board of managers within 20 days
11after the date of the meeting at which such sale was approved
12shall be entitled to receive from the proceeds of such sale an
13amount equivalent to the value of his interest, as determined
14by a fair appraisal, less the amount of any unpaid assessments
15or charges due and owing from such unit owner.
16    (b) If there is a disagreement as to the value of the
17interest of a unit owner who did not vote in favor of the sale
18of the property, that unit owner shall have a right to
19designate an expert in appraisal or property valuation to
20represent him, in which case, the prospective purchaser of the
21property shall designate an expert in appraisal or property
22valuation to represent him, and both of these experts shall
23mutually designate a third expert in appraisal or property
24valuation. The 3 experts shall constitute a panel to determine
25by vote of at least 2 of the members of the panel, the value of
26that unit owner's interest in the property.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 86-1156.)
 
2    (765 ILCS 605/18)  (from Ch. 30, par. 318)
3    Sec. 18. Contents of bylaws. The bylaws shall provide for
4at least the following:
5        (a)(1) The election from among the unit owners of a
6    board of managers, the number of persons constituting such
7    board, and that the terms of at least one-third of the
8    members of the board shall expire annually and that all
9    members of the board shall be elected at large; if there
10    are multiple owners of a single unit, only one of the
11    multiple owners shall be eligible to serve as a member of
12    the board at any one time;
13        (2) the powers and duties of the board;
14        (3) the compensation, if any, of the members of the
15    board;
16        (4) the method of removal from office of members of the
17    board;
18        (5) that the board may engage the services of a manager
19    or managing agent;
20        (6) that each unit owner shall receive, at least 25
21    days prior to the adoption thereof by the board of
22    managers, a copy of the proposed annual budget together
23    with an indication of which portions are intended for
24    reserves, capital expenditures or repairs or payment of
25    real estate taxes;

 

 

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1        (7) that the board of managers shall annually supply to
2    all unit owners an itemized accounting of the common
3    expenses for the preceding year actually incurred or paid,
4    together with an indication of which portions were for
5    reserves, capital expenditures or repairs or payment of
6    real estate taxes and with a tabulation of the amounts
7    collected pursuant to the budget or assessment, and showing
8    the net excess or deficit of income over expenditures plus
9    reserves;
10        (8)(i) that each unit owner shall receive notice, in
11    the same manner as is provided in this Act for membership
12    meetings, of any meeting of the board of managers
13    concerning the adoption of the proposed annual budget and
14    regular assessments pursuant thereto or to adopt a separate
15    (special) assessment, (ii) that except as provided in
16    subsection (iv) below, if an adopted budget or any separate
17    assessment adopted by the board would result in the sum of
18    all regular and separate assessments payable in the current
19    fiscal year exceeding 115% of the sum of all regular and
20    separate assessments payable during the preceding fiscal
21    year, the board of managers, upon written petition by unit
22    owners with 20 percent of the votes of the association
23    delivered to the board within 14 days of the board action,
24    shall call a meeting of the unit owners within 30 days of
25    the date of delivery of the petition to consider the budget
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1    votes of the unit owners are cast at the meeting to reject
2    the budget or separate assessment, it is ratified, (iii)
3    that any common expense not set forth in the budget or any
4    increase in assessments over the amount adopted in the
5    budget shall be separately assessed against all unit
6    owners, (iv) that separate assessments for expenditures
7    relating to emergencies or mandated by law may be adopted
8    by the board of managers without being subject to unit
9    owner approval or the provisions of item (ii) above or item
10    (v) below. As used herein, "emergency" means an immediate
11    danger to the structural integrity of the common elements
12    or to the life, health, safety or property of the unit
13    owners, (v) that assessments for additions and alterations
14    to the common elements or to association-owned property not
15    included in the adopted annual budget, shall be separately
16    assessed and are subject to approval of two-thirds of the
17    total votes of all unit owners, (vi) that the board of
18    managers may adopt separate assessments payable over more
19    than one fiscal year. With respect to multi-year
20    assessments not governed by items (iv) and (v), the entire
21    amount of the multi-year assessment shall be deemed
22    considered and authorized in the first fiscal year in which
23    the assessment is approved;
24        (9)(A) that every meeting of the board of managers
25    shall be open to any unit owner, except that the board may
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1    from a noticed meeting to: (i) discuss litigation when an
2    action against or on behalf of the particular association
3    has been filed and is pending in a court or administrative
4    tribunal, or when the board of managers finds that such an
5    action is probable or imminent, (ii) discuss the
6    appointment, employment, engagement, or dismissal of an
7    employee, independent contractor, agent, or other provider
8    of goods and services, (iii) interview a potential
9    employee, independent contractor, agent, or other provider
10    of goods and services, (iv) discuss violations of rules and
11    regulations of the association, (v) discuss a unit owner's
12    unpaid share of common expenses, or (vi) consult with the
13    association's legal counsel; that any vote on these matters
14    shall take place at a meeting of the board of managers or
15    portion thereof open to any unit owner;
16        (B) that board members may participate in and act at
17    any meeting of the board of managers in person, by
18    telephonic means, or by use of any acceptable technological
19    means whereby all persons participating in the meeting can
20    communicate with each other; that participation
21    constitutes attendance and presence in person at the
22    meeting;
23        (C) that any unit owner may record the proceedings at
24    meetings of the board of managers or portions thereof
25    required to be open by this Act by tape, film or other
26    means, and that the board may prescribe reasonable rules

 

 

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1    and regulations to govern the right to make such
2    recordings;
3        (D) that notice of every meeting of the board of
4    managers shall be given to every board member at least 48
5    hours prior thereto, unless the board member waives notice
6    of the meeting pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 18.8;
7    and
8        (E) that notice of every meeting of the board of
9    managers shall be posted in entranceways, elevators, or
10    other conspicuous places in the condominium at least 48
11    hours prior to the meeting of the board of managers except
12    where there is no common entranceway for 7 or more units,
13    the board of managers may designate one or more locations
14    in the proximity of these units where the notices of
15    meetings shall be posted; that notice of every meeting of
16    the board of managers shall also be given at least 48 hours
17    prior to the meeting, or such longer notice as this Act may
18    separately require, to: (i) each unit owner who has
19    provided the association with written authorization to
20    conduct business by acceptable technological means, and
21    (ii) to the extent that the condominium instruments of an
22    association require, to each other unit owner, as required
23    by subsection (f) of Section 18.8, by mail or delivery, and
24    that no other notice of a meeting of the board of managers
25    need be given to any unit owner;
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1    annually;
2        (11) that no member of the board or officer shall be
3    elected for a term of more than 2 years, but that officers
4    and board members may succeed themselves;
5        (12) the designation of an officer to mail and receive
6    all notices and execute amendments to condominium
7    instruments as provided for in this Act and in the
8    condominium instruments;
9        (13) the method of filling vacancies on the board which
10    shall include authority for the remaining members of the
11    board to fill the vacancy by two-thirds vote until the next
12    annual meeting of unit owners or for a period terminating
13    no later than 30 days following the filing of a petition
14    signed by unit owners holding 20% of the votes of the
15    association requesting a meeting of the unit owners to fill
16    the vacancy for the balance of the term, and that a meeting
17    of the unit owners shall be called for purposes of filling
18    a vacancy on the board no later than 30 days following the
19    filing of a petition signed by unit owners holding 20% of
20    the votes of the association requesting such a meeting, and
21    the method of filling vacancies among the officers that
22    shall include the authority for the members of the board to
23    fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term;
24        (14) what percentage of the board of managers, if other
25    than a majority, shall constitute a quorum;
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1    members of the board;
2        (16) the board of managers may not enter into a
3    contract with a current board member or with a corporation
4    or partnership in which a board member or a member of the
5    board member's immediate family has 25% or more interest,
6    unless notice of intent to enter the contract is given to
7    unit owners within 20 days after a decision is made to
8    enter into the contract and the unit owners are afforded an
9    opportunity by filing a petition, signed by 20% of the unit
10    owners, for an election to approve or disapprove the
11    contract; such petition shall be filed within 20 days after
12    such notice and such election shall be held within 30 days
13    after filing the petition; for purposes of this subsection,
14    a board member's immediate family means the board member's
15    spouse, parents, and children;
16        (17) that the board of managers may disseminate to unit
17    owners biographical and background information about
18    candidates for election to the board if (i) reasonable
19    efforts to identify all candidates are made and all
20    candidates are given an opportunity to include
21    biographical and background information in the information
22    to be disseminated; and (ii) the board does not express a
23    preference in favor of any candidate;
24        (18) any proxy distributed for board elections by the
25    board of managers gives unit owners the opportunity to
26    designate any person as the proxy holder, and gives the

 

 

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1    unit owner the opportunity to express a preference for any
2    of the known candidates for the board or to write in a
3    name;
4        (19) that special meetings of the board of managers can
5    be called by the president or 25% of the members of the
6    board;
7        (20) that the board of managers may establish and
8    maintain a system of master metering of public utility
9    services and collect payments in connection therewith,
10    subject to the requirements of the Tenant Utility Payment
11    Disclosure Act; and
12        (21) that the board may ratify and confirm actions of
13    the members of the board taken in response to an emergency,
14    as that term is defined in subdivision (a)(8)(iv) of this
15    Section; that the board shall give notice to the unit
16    owners of: (i) the occurrence of the emergency event within
17    7 business days after the emergency event, and (ii) the
18    general description of the actions taken to address the
19    event within 7 days after the emergency event.
20        The intent of the provisions of Public Act 99-472
21    adding this paragraph (21) is to empower and support boards
22    to act in emergencies.
23        (b)(1) What percentage of the unit owners, if other
24    than 20%, shall constitute a quorum provided that, for
25    condominiums with 20 or more units, the percentage of unit
26    owners constituting a quorum shall be 20% unless the unit

 

 

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1    owners holding a majority of the percentage interest in the
2    association provide for a higher percentage, provided that
3    in voting on amendments to the association's bylaws, a unit
4    owner who is in arrears on the unit owner's regular or
5    separate assessments for 60 days or more, shall not be
6    counted for purposes of determining if a quorum is present,
7    but that unit owner retains the right to vote on amendments
8    to the association's bylaws;
9        (2) that the association shall have one class of voting
10    membership;
11        (3) that the members shall hold an annual meeting, one
12    of the purposes of which shall be to elect members of the
13    board of managers;
14        (4) the method of calling meetings of the unit owners;
15        (5) that special meetings of the members can be called
16    by the president, board of managers, or by 20% of unit
17    owners;
18        (6) that written notice of any membership meeting shall
19    be mailed or delivered giving members no less than 10 and
20    no more than 30 days notice of the time, place and purpose
21    of such meeting except that notice may be sent, to the
22    extent the condominium instruments or rules adopted
23    thereunder expressly so provide, by electronic
24    transmission consented to by the unit owner to whom the
25    notice is given, provided the director and officer or his
26    agent certifies in writing to the delivery by electronic

 

 

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1    transmission;
2        (7) that voting shall be on a percentage basis, and
3    that the percentage vote to which each unit is entitled is
4    the percentage interest of the undivided ownership of the
5    common elements appurtenant thereto, provided that the
6    bylaws may provide for approval by unit owners in
7    connection with matters where the requisite approval on a
8    percentage basis is not specified in this Act, on the basis
9    of one vote per unit;
10        (8) that, where there is more than one owner of a unit,
11    if only one of the multiple owners is present at a meeting
12    of the association, he is entitled to cast all the votes
13    allocated to that unit, if more than one of the multiple
14    owners are present, the votes allocated to that unit may be
15    cast only in accordance with the agreement of a majority in
16    interest of the multiple owners, unless the declaration
17    expressly provides otherwise, that there is majority
18    agreement if any one of the multiple owners cast the votes
19    allocated to that unit without protest being made promptly
20    to the person presiding over the meeting by any of the
21    other owners of the unit;
22        (9)(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this
23    paragraph (9) in connection with board elections, that a
24    unit owner may vote by proxy executed in writing by the
25    unit owner or by his duly authorized attorney in fact; that
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1    condominium instruments or the written proxy itself
2    provide otherwise, is invalid after 11 months from the date
3    of its execution; to the extent the condominium instruments
4    or rules adopted thereunder expressly so provide, a vote or
5    proxy may be submitted by electronic transmission,
6    provided that any such electronic transmission shall
7    either set forth or be submitted with information from
8    which it can be determined that the electronic transmission
9    was authorized by the unit owner or the unit owner's proxy;
10        (B) that if a rule adopted at least 120 days before a
11    board election or the declaration or bylaws provide for
12    balloting as set forth in this subsection, unit owners may
13    not vote by proxy in board elections, but may vote only (i)
14    by submitting an association-issued ballot in person at the
15    election meeting or (ii) by submitting an
16    association-issued ballot to the association or its
17    designated agent by mail or other means of delivery
18    specified in the declaration, bylaws, or rule; that the
19    ballots shall be mailed or otherwise distributed to unit
20    owners not less than 10 and not more than 30 days before
21    the election meeting, and the board shall give unit owners
22    not less than 21 days' prior written notice of the deadline
23    for inclusion of a candidate's name on the ballots; that
24    the deadline shall be no more than 7 days before the
25    ballots are mailed or otherwise distributed to unit owners;
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1    candidates who have given the board or its authorized agent
2    timely written notice of their candidacy and must give the
3    person casting the ballot the opportunity to cast votes for
4    candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot; that a
5    ballot received by the association or its designated agent
6    after the close of voting shall not be counted; that a unit
7    owner who submits a ballot by mail or other means of
8    delivery specified in the declaration, bylaws, or rule may
9    request and cast a ballot in person at the election
10    meeting, and thereby void any ballot previously submitted
11    by that unit owner;
12        (B-5) that if a rule adopted at least 120 days before a
13    board election or the declaration or bylaws provide for
14    balloting as set forth in this subparagraph, unit owners
15    may not vote by proxy in board elections, but may vote only
16    (i) by submitting an association-issued ballot in person at
17    the election meeting; or (ii) by any acceptable
18    technological means as defined in Section 2 of this Act;
19    instructions regarding the use of electronic means for
20    voting shall be distributed to all unit owners not less
21    than 10 and not more than 30 days before the election
22    meeting, and the board shall give unit owners not less than
23    21 days' prior written notice of the deadline for inclusion
24    of a candidate's name on the ballots; the deadline shall be
25    no more than 7 days before the instructions for voting
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1    distributed to unit owners; every instruction notice must
2    include the names of all candidates who have given the
3    board or its authorized agent timely written notice of
4    their candidacy and must give the person voting through
5    electronic or acceptable technological means the
6    opportunity to cast votes for candidates whose names do not
7    appear on the ballot; a unit owner who submits a vote using
8    electronic or acceptable technological means may request
9    and cast a ballot in person at the election meeting,
10    thereby voiding any vote previously submitted by that unit
11    owner;
12        (C) that if a written petition by unit owners with at
13    least 20% of the votes of the association is delivered to
14    the board within 14 days after the board's approval of a
15    rule adopted pursuant to subparagraph (B) or subparagraph
16    (B-5) of this paragraph (9), the board shall call a meeting
17    of the unit owners within 30 days after the date of
18    delivery of the petition; that unless a majority of the
19    total votes of the unit owners are cast at the meeting to
20    reject the rule, the rule is ratified;
21        (D) that votes cast by ballot under subparagraph (B) or
22    electronic or acceptable technological means under
23    subparagraph (B-5) of this paragraph (9) are valid for the
24    purpose of establishing a quorum;
25        (10) that the association may, upon adoption of the
26    appropriate rules by the board of managers, conduct

 

 

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1    elections by secret ballot whereby the voting ballot is
2    marked only with the percentage interest for the unit and
3    the vote itself, provided that the board further adopt
4    rules to verify the status of the unit owner issuing a
5    proxy or casting a ballot; and further, that a candidate
6    for election to the board of managers or such candidate's
7    representative shall have the right to be present at the
8    counting of ballots at such election;
9        (11) that in the event of a resale of a condominium
10    unit the purchaser of a unit from a seller other than the
11    developer pursuant to an installment contract for purchase
12    shall during such times as he or she resides in the unit be
13    counted toward a quorum for purposes of election of members
14    of the board of managers at any meeting of the unit owners
15    called for purposes of electing members of the board, shall
16    have the right to vote for the election of members of the
17    board of managers and to be elected to and serve on the
18    board of managers unless the seller expressly retains in
19    writing any or all of such rights. In no event may the
20    seller and purchaser both be counted toward a quorum, be
21    permitted to vote for a particular office or be elected and
22    serve on the board. Satisfactory evidence of the
23    installment contract shall be made available to the
24    association or its agents. For purposes of this subsection,
25    "installment contract" shall have the same meaning as set
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1    Contract Act;
2        (12) the method by which matters subject to the
3    approval of unit owners set forth in this Act, or in the
4    condominium instruments, will be submitted to the unit
5    owners at special membership meetings called for such
6    purposes; and
7        (13) that matters subject to the affirmative vote of
8    not less than 2/3 of the votes of unit owners at a meeting
9    duly called for that purpose, shall include, but not be
10    limited to:
11        (i) merger or consolidation of the association;
12        (ii) sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition
13        (excluding the mortgage or pledge) of all, or
14        substantially all of the property and assets of the
15        association; and
16        (iii) the purchase or sale of land or of units on
17        behalf of all unit owners.
18        (c) Election of a president from among the board of
19    managers, who shall preside over the meetings of the board
20    of managers and of the unit owners.
21        (d) Election of a secretary from among the board of
22    managers, who shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the
23    board of managers and of the unit owners and who shall, in
24    general, perform all the duties incident to the office of
25    secretary.
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1    managers, who shall keep the financial records and books of
2    account.
3        (f) Maintenance, repair and replacement of the common
4    elements and payments therefor, including the method of
5    approving payment vouchers.
6        (g) An association with 30 or more units shall obtain
7    and maintain fidelity insurance covering persons who
8    control or disburse funds of the association for the
9    maximum amount of coverage available to protect funds in
10    the custody or control of the association plus the
11    association reserve fund. All management companies which
12    are responsible for the funds held or administered by the
13    association shall maintain and furnish to the association a
14    fidelity bond for the maximum amount of coverage available
15    to protect funds in the custody of the management company
16    at any time. The association shall bear the cost of the
17    fidelity insurance and fidelity bond, unless otherwise
18    provided by contract between the association and a
19    management company. The association shall be the direct
20    obligee of any such fidelity bond. A management company
21    holding reserve funds of an association shall at all times
22    maintain a separate account for each association,
23    provided, however, that for investment purposes, the Board
24    of Managers of an association may authorize a management
25    company to maintain the association's reserve funds in a
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1    associations. The management company shall at all times
2    maintain records identifying all moneys of each
3    association in such investment account. The management
4    company may hold all operating funds of associations which
5    it manages in a single operating account but shall at all
6    times maintain records identifying all moneys of each
7    association in such operating account. Such operating and
8    reserve funds held by the management company for the
9    association shall not be subject to attachment by any
10    creditor of the management company.
11        For the purpose of this subsection, a management
12    company shall be defined as a person, partnership,
13    corporation, or other legal entity entitled to transact
14    business on behalf of others, acting on behalf of or as an
15    agent for a unit owner, unit owners or association of unit
16    owners for the purpose of carrying out the duties,
17    responsibilities, and other obligations necessary for the
18    day to day operation and management of any property subject
19    to this Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term
20    "fiduciary insurance coverage" shall be defined as both a
21    fidelity bond and directors and officers liability
22    coverage, the fidelity bond in the full amount of
23    association funds and association reserves that will be in
24    the custody of the association, and the directors and
25    officers liability coverage at a level as shall be
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1    not otherwise established by the declaration or by laws.
2        Until one year after September 21, 1985 (the effective
3    date of Public Act 84-722), if a condominium association
4    has reserves plus assessments in excess of $250,000 and
5    cannot reasonably obtain 100% fidelity bond coverage for
6    such amount, then it must obtain a fidelity bond coverage
7    of $250,000.
8        (h) Method of estimating the amount of the annual
9    budget, and the manner of assessing and collecting from the
10    unit owners their respective shares of such estimated
11    expenses, and of any other expenses lawfully agreed upon.
12        (i) That upon 10 days notice to the manager or board of
13    managers and payment of a reasonable fee, any unit owner
14    shall be furnished a statement of his account setting forth
15    the amount of any unpaid assessments or other charges due
16    and owing from such owner.
17        (j) Designation and removal of personnel necessary for
18    the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common
19    elements.
20        (k) Such restrictions on and requirements respecting
21    the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the
22    common elements, not set forth in the declaration, as are
23    designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use
24    of their respective units and of the common elements by the
25    several unit owners.
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1    rules and regulations governing the operation and use of
2    the common elements.
3        (m) The percentage of votes required to modify or amend
4    the bylaws, but each one of the particulars set forth in
5    this section shall always be embodied in the bylaws.
6        (n)(i) The provisions of this Act, the declaration,
7    bylaws, other condominium instruments, and rules and
8    regulations that relate to the use of the individual unit
9    or the common elements shall be applicable to any person
10    leasing a unit and shall be deemed to be incorporated in
11    any lease executed or renewed on or after August 30, 1984
12    (the effective date of Public Act 83-1271).
13        (ii) With regard to any lease entered into subsequent
14    to July 1, 1990 (the effective date of Public Act 86-991),
15    the unit owner leasing the unit shall deliver a copy of the
16    signed lease to the board or if the lease is oral, a
17    memorandum of the lease, not later than the date of
18    occupancy or 10 days after the lease is signed, whichever
19    occurs first. In addition to any other remedies, by filing
20    an action jointly against the tenant and the unit owner, an
21    association may seek to enjoin a tenant from occupying a
22    unit or seek to evict a tenant under the provisions of
23    Article IX of the Code of Civil Procedure for failure of
24    the lessor-owner to comply with the leasing requirements
25    prescribed by this Section or by the declaration, bylaws,
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1    proceed directly against a tenant, at law or in equity, or
2    under the provisions of Article IX of the Code of Civil
3    Procedure, for any other breach by tenant of any covenants,
4    rules, regulations or bylaws.
5        (o) The association shall have no authority to forbear
6    the payment of assessments by any unit owner.
7        (p) That when 30% or fewer of the units, by number,
8    possess over 50% in the aggregate of the votes in the
9    association, any percentage vote of members specified
10    herein or in the condominium instruments shall require the
11    specified percentage by number of units rather than by
12    percentage of interest in the common elements allocated to
13    units that would otherwise be applicable and garage units
14    or storage units, or both, shall have, in total, no more
15    votes than their aggregate percentage of ownership in the
16    common elements; this shall mean that if garage units or
17    storage units, or both, are to be given a vote, or portion
18    of a vote, that the association must add the total number
19    of votes cast of garage units, storage units, or both, and
20    divide the total by the number of garage units, storage
21    units, or both, and multiply by the aggregate percentage of
22    ownership of garage units and storage units to determine
23    the vote, or portion of a vote, that garage units or
24    storage units, or both, have. For purposes of this
25    subsection (p), when making a determination of whether 30%
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1    aggregate of the votes in the association, a unit shall not
2    include a garage unit or a storage unit.
3        (q) That a unit owner may not assign, delegate,
4    transfer, surrender, or avoid the duties,
5    responsibilities, and liabilities of a unit owner under
6    this Act, the condominium instruments, or the rules and
7    regulations of the Association; and that such an attempted
8    assignment, delegation, transfer, surrender, or avoidance
9    shall be deemed void.
10    The provisions of this Section are applicable to all
11condominium instruments recorded under this Act. Any portion of
12a condominium instrument which contains provisions contrary to
13these provisions shall be void as against public policy and
14ineffective. Any such instrument which fails to contain the
15provisions required by this Section shall be deemed to
16incorporate such provisions by operation of law.
17(Source: P.A. 98-1042, eff. 1-1-15; 99-472, eff. 6-1-16;
1899-567, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)