103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4796

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 705/7 new

    Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Requires a landlord to disclose all nonoptional fees in the lease agreement. Requires that the sum total of rent and all nonoptional fees must be described as the Total Monthly Payment and be listed on the first page of the lease. Requires that a unit advertised for a residential tenancy must disclose the nonoptional fees included with the total amount for rent in any advertisement or posting. Requires that the landlord disclose whether utilities are included in the rent in a lease agreement disclosure or unit advertisement. Provides that a landlord who violates this Section is liable to the residential tenant for treble damages, and the court may award the tenant reasonable attorney's fees.


LRB103 38697 JRC 68834 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4796LRB103 38697 JRC 68834 b

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 Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
5adding Section 7 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/7 new)
7    Sec. 7. Fees. A landlord must disclose all nonoptional
8fees in the lease agreement. The sum total of rent and all
9nonoptional fees must be described as the Total Monthly
10Payment and be listed on the first page of the lease. A unit
11advertised for a residential tenancy must disclose the
12nonoptional fees included with the total amount for rent in
13any advertisement or posting. The landlord must disclose
14whether utilities are included included in the rent in a lease
15agreement disclosure or unit advertisement. A landlord who
16violates this Section is liable to the residential tenant for
17treble damages and the court may award the tenant reasonable
18attorney's fees.