SB1271 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1271

Introduced 2/3/2023, by Sen. Jil Tracy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/9-123 new

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the eviction procedures and the enforcement of eviction judgments entered may not be suspended by an executive order under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act or any other provision of law. Provides that if the Governor has declared that the area where the applicable court is located falls within a disaster area, the court shall take into account any financial impact the disaster has had on the tenant or lessee's ability to pay rent. Provides that the court may delay or suspend the proceeding or delay the entry or enforcement of a judgment as equity may require.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding Section 9-123 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/9-123 new)

Sec. 9-123. Executive orders; disaster areas. The procedures established in this Article and the enforcement of judgments entered under this Article may not be suspended by an executive order under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act or any other provision of law. If the Governor has declared that the area where the applicable court is located falls within a disaster area, the court shall take into account any financial impact the disaster has had on the tenant or lessee's ability to pay rent. The court may delay or suspend the proceeding or delay the entry or enforcement of a judgment as equity may require.