SB1207 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

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 Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)

Sec. 1. Every covenant, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to any lease of real property, exempting the the lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or property caused by or resulting from the negligence of the lessor, his or her agents, servants or employees, in the operation or maintenance of the demised premises or the real property containing the demised premises shall be deemed to be void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.

(Source: P.A. 84-551.)