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1     AN ACT concerning the military.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Military Leave of Absence Act is amended by
5 adding Section 1.01 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 325/1.01 new)
7     Sec. 1.01. Violation. A violation of this Act constitutes a
8 civil rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.
 
9     Section 10. The Public Employee Armed Services Rights Act
10 is amended by adding Section 5.1 as follows:
 
11     (5 ILCS 330/5.1 new)
12     Sec. 5.1. Violation. A violation of this Act constitutes a
13 civil rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.
 
14     Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
15 changing Section 11-117-12.2 as follows:
 
16     (65 ILCS 5/11-117-12.2)
17     Sec. 11-117-12.2. Military personnel on active duty; no
18 stoppage of gas or electricity; arrearage.
19     (a) In this Section:

 

 

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1     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
2 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
3 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
4     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or
5 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
6 National Guard.
7     (b) No municipality owning a public utility shall stop gas
8 or electricity from entering the residential premises of which
9 a service member was a primary occupant immediately before the
10 service member was deployed on active duty for nonpayment for
11 gas or electricity supplied to the residential premises.
12     (c) Upon the return from active duty of a residential
13 consumer who is a service member, the municipality shall offer
14 the residential consumer a period equal to at least the period
15 of the residential consumer's deployment on active duty to pay
16 any arrearages incurred during the period of the residential
17 consumer's deployment. The municipality shall inform the
18 residential consumer that, if the period the municipality
19 offers presents a hardship to the consumer, the consumer may
20 request a longer period to pay the arrearages.
21     (d) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to
22 service members under this Section, a service member must
23 provide the municipality with a copy of the military or
24 gubernatorial orders calling the service member to active duty
25 and of any orders further extending the service member's period
26 of active duty.

 

 

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1     (e) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
2 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In addition to
3 any other penalty that may be provided by law, a municipality
4 that wilfully violates this Section is subject to a civil
5 penalty of $1,000. The Attorney General may impose a civil
6 penalty under this subsection only after he or she provides the
7 following to the affected municipality:
8         (1) Written notice of the alleged violation.
9         (2) Written notice of the municipality's right to
10     request an administrative hearing on the question of the
11     alleged violation.
12         (3) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in
13     writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation
14     before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the
15     Attorney General.
16         (4) A written decision from the Attorney General, based
17     on the evidence introduced at the hearing and the hearing
18     examiner's recommendations, finding that the municipality
19     violated this Section and imposing the civil penalty.
20     The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit
21 court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed
22 under this subsection.
23     All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty
24 imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the
25 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
26 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05; 94-802, eff. 5-26-06.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 20. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
2 changing Section 224.05 as follows:
 
3     (215 ILCS 5/224.05)
4     Sec. 224.05. Military personnel on active duty; no lapse of
5 life insurance policy.
6     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Section
7 shall apply to any individual life insurance policy insuring
8 the life of a member of the armed services or reserve forces of
9 the United States or a member of the Illinois National Guard
10 who is on active duty pursuant to an executive order of the
11 President of the United States, an act of the Congress of the
12 United States, or an order of the Governor, if the life
13 insurance policy meets both of the following conditions:
14         (1) The policy has been in force for at least 180 days.
15         (2) The policy has been brought within the
16     "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act," 117 Stat. 2835 (2003),
17     50 U.S.C. App. 541 and following.
18     (b) This Section does not apply to any policy that was
19 cancelled or that had lapsed for the nonpayment of premiums
20 prior to the commencement of the insured's period of military
21 service.
22     (c) An individual life insurance policy described in this
23 Section shall not lapse or be forfeited for the nonpayment of
24 premiums during the military service of a member of the armed

 

 

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1 services or reserve forces of the United States or a member of
2 the Illinois National Guard or during the 2-year period
3 subsequent to the end of the member's period of military
4 service.
5     (d) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to
6 service members under this Section, a service member must
7 provide the life insurance company with a copy of the military
8 or gubernatorial orders calling the service member to active
9 duty and of any orders further extending the service member's
10 period of active duty.
11     (e) This Section does not limit a life insurance company's
12 enforcement of provisions in the insured's policy relating to
13 naval or military service in time of war.
14     (f) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
15 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In addition to
16 any other penalty that may be provided by law, an insurance
17 company that violates this Section is subject to a civil
18 penalty of $1,000. The Attorney General may impose a civil
19 penalty under this subsection only after he or she provides the
20 following to the affected insurance company:
21         (1) Written notice of the alleged violation.
22         (2) Written notice of the insurance company's right to
23     request an administrative hearing on the question of the
24     alleged violation.
25         (3) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in
26     writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation

 

 

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1     before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the
2     Attorney General.
3         (4) A written decision from the Attorney General, based
4     on the evidence introduced at the hearing and the hearing
5     examiner's recommendations, finding that the insurance
6     company violated this Section and imposing the civil
7     penalty.
8     The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit
9 court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed
10 under this subsection.
11     All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty
12 imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the
13 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05; 94-802, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
15     Section 25. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
16 Section 8-201.5 as follows:
 
17     (220 ILCS 5/8-201.5)
18     Sec. 8-201.5. Military personnel on active duty; no
19 stoppage of gas or electricity; arrearage.
20     (a) In this Section:
21     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
22 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
23 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
24     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or

 

 

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1 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
2 National Guard.
3     (b) No company or electric cooperative shall stop gas or
4 electricity from entering the residential premises of which a
5 service member was a primary occupant immediately before the
6 service member was deployed on active duty for nonpayment for
7 gas or electricity supplied to the residential premises.
8     (c) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to
9 service members under this Section, a service member must
10 provide the company or electric cooperative with a copy of the
11 military or gubernatorial orders calling the service member to
12 active duty and of any orders further extending the service
13 member's period of active duty.
14     (d) Upon the return from active duty of a residential
15 consumer who is a service member, the company or electric
16 cooperative shall offer the residential consumer a period equal
17 to at least the period of deployment on active duty to pay any
18 arrearages incurred during the period of the residential
19 consumer's deployment. The company or electric cooperative
20 shall inform the residential consumer that, if the period that
21 the company or electric cooperative offers presents a hardship
22 to the consumer, the consumer may request a longer period to
23 pay the arrearages and, in the case of a company that is a
24 public utility, may request the assistance of the Illinois
25 Commerce Commission to obtain a longer period. No late payment
26 fees or interest shall be charged to the residential consumer

 

 

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1 during the period of deployment or the repayment period.
2     (e) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
3 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In addition to
4 any other penalty that may be provided by law, a company or
5 electric cooperative that wilfully violates this Section is
6 subject to a civil penalty of $1,000. The Attorney General may
7 impose a civil penalty under this subsection only after he or
8 she provides the following to the affected company or electric
9 cooperative:
10         (1) Written notice of the alleged violation.
11         (2) Written notice of the company or electric
12     cooperative's right to request an administrative hearing
13     on the question of the alleged violation.
14         (3) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in
15     writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation
16     before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the
17     Attorney General.
18         (4) A written decision from the Attorney General, based
19     on the evidence introduced at the hearing and the hearing
20     examiner's recommendations, finding that the company or
21     electric cooperative violated this Section and imposing
22     the civil penalty.
23     The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit
24 court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed
25 under this subsection.
26     All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty

 

 

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1 imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the
2 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
3 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05; 94-802, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
4     Section 30. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 9-107.10 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/9-107.10)
7     Sec. 9-107.10. Military personnel on active duty; action
8 for possession.
9     (a) In this Section:
10     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
11 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
12 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
13     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or
14 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
15 National Guard.
16     (b) In an action for possession of residential premises of
17 a tenant, including a tenant who is a resident of a mobile home
18 park, who is a service member deployed on active duty, or of
19 any member of the tenant's family who resides with the tenant,
20 if the tenant entered into the rental agreement on or after the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
22 Assembly, the court may, on its own motion, and shall, upon
23 motion made by or on behalf of the tenant, do either of the
24 following if the tenant's ability to pay the agreed rent is

 

 

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1 materially affected by the tenant's deployment on active duty:
2         (1) Stay the proceedings for a period of 90 days,
3     unless, in the opinion of the court, justice and equity
4     require a longer or shorter period of time.
5         (2) Adjust the obligation under the rental agreement to
6     preserve the interest of all parties to it.
7     (c) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to
8 service members under this Section, a service member or a
9 member of the service member's family who resides with the
10 service member must provide the landlord or mobile home park
11 operator with a copy of the military or gubernatorial orders
12 calling the service member to active duty and of any orders
13 further extending the service member's period of active duty.
14     (d) If a stay is granted under this Section, the court may
15 grant the landlord or mobile home park operator such relief as
16 equity may require.
17     (e) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
18 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05.)
 
20     Section 35. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
21 changing Section 1-103 and adding Section 6-102 as follows:
 
22     (775 ILCS 5/1-103)  (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103)
23     Sec. 1-103. General Definitions. When used in this Act,
24 unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

 

 

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1     (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who
2 is at least 40 years old, except with regard to any practice
3 described in Section 2-102, insofar as that practice concerns
4 training or apprenticeship programs. In the case of training or
5 apprenticeship programs, for the purposes of Section 2-102,
6 "age" means the chronological age of a person who is 18 but not
7 yet 40 years old.
8     (B) Aggrieved Party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who
9 is alleged or proved to have been injured by a civil rights
10 violation or believes he or she will be injured by a civil
11 rights violation under Article 3 that is about to occur.
12     (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the
13 Department by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department
14 under its authority.
15     (D) Civil Rights Violation. "Civil rights violation"
16 includes and shall be limited to only those specific acts set
17 forth in Sections 2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-103, 3-104,
18 3-104.1, 3-105, 4-102, 4-103, 5-102, 5A-102, and 6-101, and
19 6-102 of this Act.
20     (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights
21 Commission created by this Act.
22     (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed
23 by the Department with the Commission following an
24 investigation and finding of substantial evidence of a civil
25 rights violation.
26     (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including

 

 

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1 the Department who files a charge of civil rights violation
2 with the Department or the Commission.
3     (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human
4 Rights created by this Act.
5     (I) Handicap. "Handicap" means a determinable physical or
6 mental characteristic of a person, including, but not limited
7 to, a determinable physical characteristic which necessitates
8 the person's use of a guide, hearing or support dog, the
9 history of such characteristic, or the perception of such
10 characteristic by the person complained against, which may
11 result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
12 functional disorder and which characteristic:
13         (1) For purposes of Article 2 is unrelated to the
14     person's ability to perform the duties of a particular job
15     or position and, pursuant to Section 2-104 of this Act, a
16     person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a handicap;
17         (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the
18     person's ability to acquire, rent or maintain a housing
19     accommodation;
20         (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a
21     person's ability to repay;
22         (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a
23     person's ability to utilize and benefit from a place of
24     public accommodation.
25     (J) Marital Status. "Marital status" means the legal status
26 of being married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.

 

 

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1     (J-1) Military Status. "Military status" means a person's
2 status on active duty in or status as a veteran of the armed
3 forces of the United States, status as a current member or
4 veteran of any reserve component of the armed forces of the
5 United States, including the United States Army Reserve, United
6 States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy Reserve, United
7 States Air Force Reserve, and United States Coast Guard
8 Reserve, or status as a current member or veteran of the
9 Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard.
10     (K) National Origin. "National origin" means the place in
11 which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
12     (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals,
13 partnerships, associations or organizations, labor
14 organizations, labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees,
15 or union labor associations, corporations, the State of
16 Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions,
17 units of local government, legal representatives, trustees in
18 bankruptcy or receivers.
19     (M) Public Contract. "Public contract" includes every
20 contract to which the State, any of its political subdivisions
21 or any municipal corporation is a party.
22     (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious
23 observance and practice, as well as belief, except that with
24 respect to employers, for the purposes of Article 2, "religion"
25 has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (F) of Section
26 2-101.

 

 

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1     (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
2     (O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means
3 actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality,
4 bisexuality, or gender-related identity, whether or not
5 traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
6 birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or
7 sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
8     (P) Unfavorable Military Discharge. "Unfavorable military
9 discharge" includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the
10 United States, their Reserve components or any National Guard
11 or Naval Militia which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent
12 thereof, but does not include those characterized as RE-4 or
13 "Dishonorable".
14     (Q) Unlawful Discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination"
15 means discrimination against a person because of his or her
16 race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex,
17 marital status, handicap, military status, sexual orientation,
18 or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms
19 are defined in this Section.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-941, eff. 8-16-04; 93-1078, eff. 1-1-06;
21 94-803, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
22     (775 ILCS 5/6-102 new)
23     Sec. 6-102. Violations of other Acts. A person who violates
24 the Military Leave of Absence Act, the Public Employee Armed
25 Services Rights Act, Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois

 

 

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1 Municipal Code, Section 224.05 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
2 Section 8-201.5 of the Public Utilities Act, Section 9-107.10
3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 4.05 of the Interest
4 Act, the Military Personnel Cellular Phone Contract
5 Termination Act, or Section 37 of the Motor Vehicle Leasing Act
6 commits a civil rights violation within the meaning of this
7 Act.
 
8     Section 40. The Interest Act is amended by changing Section
9 4.05 as follows:
 
10     (815 ILCS 205/4.05)
11     Sec. 4.05. Military personnel on active duty; limitation on
12 interest rate.
13     (a) In this Section:
14     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
15 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
16 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
17     "Obligation" means any retail installment sales contract,
18 other contract for the purchase of goods or services, or bond,
19 bill, note, or other instrument of writing for the payment of
20 money arising out of a contract or other transaction for the
21 purchase of goods or services.
22     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or
23 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
24 National Guard.

 

 

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1     (b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of State law,
2 but subject to the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, no
3 creditor in connection with an obligation entered into on or
4 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
5 General Assembly, but prior to a service member's deployment on
6 active duty, shall charge or collect from a service member who
7 is deployed on active duty, or the spouse of that service
8 member, interest or finance charges exceeding 6% per annum
9 during the period that the service member is deployed on active
10 duty.
11     (c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law,
12 interest or finance charges in excess of 6% per annum that
13 otherwise would be incurred but for the prohibition in
14 subsection (b) are forgiven.
15     (d) The amount of any periodic payment due from a service
16 member who is deployed on active duty, or the spouse of that
17 service member, under the terms of the obligation shall be
18 reduced by the amount of the interest and finance charges
19 forgiven under subsection (c) that is allocable to the period
20 for which the periodic payment is made.
21     (e) In order for an obligation to be subject to the
22 interest and finance charges limitation of this Section, the
23 service member deployed on active duty, or the spouse of that
24 service member, shall provide the creditor with written notice
25 of and a copy of the military or gubernatorial orders calling
26 the service member to active duty and of any orders further

 

 

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1 extending the service member's period of active duty, not later
2 than 180 days after the date of the service member's
3 termination of or release from active duty.
4     (f) Upon receipt of the written notice and a copy of the
5 orders referred to in subsection (e), the creditor shall treat
6 the obligation in accordance with subsection (b), effective as
7 of the date on which the service member is deployed to active
8 duty.
9     (g) A court may grant a creditor relief from the interest
10 and finance charges limitation of this Section, if, in the
11 opinion of the court, the ability of the service member
12 deployed on active duty, or the spouse of that service member,
13 to pay interest or finance charges with respect to the
14 obligation at a rate in excess of 6% per annum is not
15 materially affected by reason of the service member's
16 deployment on active duty.
17     (h) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
18 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In addition to
19 any other penalty that may be provided by law, a creditor that
20 violates this Section is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.
21 The Attorney General may impose a civil penalty under this
22 subsection only after he or she provides the following to the
23 affected creditor:
24         (1) Written notice of the alleged violation.
25         (2) Written notice of the creditor's right to request
26     an administrative hearing on the question of the alleged

 

 

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1     violation.
2         (3) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in
3     writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation
4     before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the
5     Attorney General.
6         (4) A written decision from the Attorney General, based
7     on the evidence introduced at the hearing and the hearing
8     examiner's recommendations, finding that the creditor
9     violated this Section and imposing the civil penalty.
10     The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit
11 court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed
12 under this subsection.
13     All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty
14 imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the
15 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
16 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05; 94-802, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
17     Section 45. The Military Personnel Cellular Phone Contract
18 Termination Act is amended by adding Section 22 as follows:
 
19     (815 ILCS 633/22 new)
20     Sec. 22. Violation. A violation of this Act constitutes a
21 civil rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.
 
22     (815 ILCS 633/20 rep.)
23     Section 50. The Military Personnel Cellular Phone Contract

 

 

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1 Termination Act is amended by repealing Section 20.
 
2     Section 55. The Motor Vehicle Leasing Act is amended by
3 changing Section 37 as follows:
 
4     (815 ILCS 636/37)
5     Sec. 37. Military personnel on active duty; termination of
6 lease.
7     (a) In this Act:
8     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
9 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
10 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
11     "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, car minivan,
12 passenger van, sport utility vehicle, pickup truck, or other
13 self-propelled vehicle not operated or driven on fixed rails or
14 track.
15     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or
16 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
17 National Guard.
18     (b) Any service member who is deployed on active duty for a
19 period of not less than 180 days, or the spouse of that service
20 member, may terminate any motor vehicle lease that meets both
21 of the following requirements:
22         (1) The lease is entered into on or after the effective
23     date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
24         (2) The lease is executed by or on behalf of the

 

 

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1     service member who is deployed on active duty.
2     (c) Termination of the motor vehicle lease shall not be
3 effective until:
4         (1) the service member who is deployed on active duty,
5     or the service member's spouse, gives the lessor by
6     certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of the
7     intention to terminate the lease together with a copy of
8     the military or gubernatorial orders calling the service
9     member to active duty and of any orders further extending
10     the service member's period of active duty; and
11         (2) the motor vehicle subject to the lease is returned
12     to the custody or control of the lessor not later than 15
13     days after the delivery of the written notice.
14     (d) Lease amounts unpaid for the period preceding the
15 effective date of the lease's termination shall be paid on a
16 prorated basis. The lessor may not impose an early termination
17 charge, but any taxes, costs of summons, and title or
18 registration fees and any other obligation and liability of the
19 lessee under the terms of the lease, including reasonable
20 charges to the lessee for excess wear, use, and mileage, that
21 are due and unpaid at the time of the lease's termination shall
22 be paid by the lessee.
23     (e) The lessor shall refund to the lessee lease amounts
24 paid in advance for a period after the effective date of the
25 lease's termination within 30 days after the effective date of
26 the lease's termination.

 

 

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1     (f) Upon application by the lessor to a court before the
2 effective date of the lease's termination, relief granted by
3 this Section may be modified as justice and equity require.
4     (g) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights
5 violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In addition to
6 any other penalty that may be provided by law, a lessor that
7 violates this Section is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.
8 The Attorney General may impose a civil penalty under this
9 subsection only after he or she provides the following to the
10 affected lessor:
11         (1) Written notice of the alleged violation.
12         (2) Written notice of the lessor's right to request an
13     administrative hearing on the question of the alleged
14     violation.
15         (3) An opportunity to present evidence, orally or in
16     writing or both, on the question of the alleged violation
17     before an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the
18     Attorney General.
19         (4) A written decision from the Attorney General, based
20     on the evidence introduced at the hearing and the hearing
21     examiner's recommendations, finding that the lessor
22     violated this Section and imposing the civil penalty.
23     The Attorney General may bring an action in the circuit
24 court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed
25 under this subsection.
26     All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty

 

 

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1 imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the
2 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.
3 (Source: P.A. 94-635, eff. 8-22-05; 94-802, eff. 5-26-06.)
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.