94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1207

 

Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 705/1   from Ch. 80, par. 91

    Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 705/1)  (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
7     Sec. 1. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in
8 connection with or collateral to any lease of real property,
9 exempting the the lessor from liability for damages for
10 injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from the
11 negligence of the lessor, his or her agents, servants or
12 employees, in the operation or maintenance of the demised
13 premises or the real property containing the demised premises
14 shall be deemed to be void as against public policy and wholly
15 unenforceable.
16 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)