Full Text of HB2220 103rd General Assembly
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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 Innkeeper Protection Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Sections 10 and 11 as follows: | 6 | | (740 ILCS 90/10 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10. Refusal of admission. A proprietor or manager of | 8 | | a hotel may refuse to admit or refuse service or | 9 | | accommodations to a person who: | 10 | | (1) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or | 11 | | threatens to destroy hotel property or causes or threatens | 12 | | to cause a public disturbance; or | 13 | | (2) is seeking accommodations for the unlawful | 14 | | possession or use of controlled substances or the use of | 15 | | the premises for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a | 16 | | person under the age of 21. | 17 | | (740 ILCS 90/11 new) | 18 | | Sec. 11. Right to eject. | 19 | | (a) A proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause | 20 | | to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: | 21 | | (1) refuses to pay for accommodations or services; | 22 | | (2) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or |
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| 1 | | threatens to destroy hotel property, verbally or | 2 | | physically threatens employees or guests, or causes or | 3 | | threatens to cause a public disturbance; | 4 | | (3) is using the premises for the unlawful possession | 5 | | or use of controlled substances by the person or using the | 6 | | premises for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a | 7 | | person under the age of 21 years of age; | 8 | | (4) violates any federal, State, or local laws, | 9 | | ordinances, or rules relating to the hotel; | 10 | | (5) violates a rule of the hotel that is clearly and | 11 | | conspicuously posted at or near the front desk or posted | 12 | | online where the guest can view it before making a | 13 | | reservation at the hotel; or | 14 | | (6) uses verbally abusive language toward the hotel's | 15 | | employees or guests. As used in this Section, "verbally | 16 | | abusive language" means any language that would reasonably | 17 | | be found to be threatening or demeaning. | 18 | | (b) If the guest has paid in advance, the proprietor or | 19 | | manager of a hotel shall tender to the guest any unused portion | 20 | | of the advance payment at the time of removal. | 21 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall be used as a pretext to | 22 | | discriminate against a guest on the basis of characteristics | 23 | | protected under local, State, or federal antidiscrimination | 24 | | laws. This Section does not limit any rights or protections | 25 | | that a guest or other person may have under local, State, or | 26 | | federal antidiscrimination or civil rights laws. |
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| 1 | | (d) A proprietor or manager of a hotel shall not eject a | 2 | | guest while the area the hotel is located in is under a severe | 3 | | weather warning without first giving a verbal or written | 4 | | warning to the guest that the guest may be ejected for the | 5 | | guest's behavior. As used in this subsection, "severe weather | 6 | | warning" means a tornado warning, severe thunderstorm warning, | 7 | | flash flood warning, or winter storm warning issued by the | 8 | | National Weather Service. | 9 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be used as a pretext to | 10 | | terminate a month-to-month, yearly, or any other term lease, | 11 | | written or oral, of a permanent resident. A proprietor or | 12 | | manager of a hotel shall not terminate the lease of a permanent | 13 | | resident without first going through the appropriate legal | 14 | | process required to lawfully terminate such lease. This | 15 | | Section does not limit any rights or protections a permanent | 16 | | resident may have under local, State, or federal landlord or | 17 | | tenant laws or fair housing laws. | 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 60 days | 19 | | after becoming law. |
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