Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5435
Illinois General Assembly

Previous General Assemblies

Full Text of HB5435  100th General Assembly

HB5435 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5435

 

Introduced , by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer

 

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.


LRB100 20136 HEP 35420 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5435LRB100 20136 HEP 35420 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
5changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (765 ILCS 705/1)  (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
7    Sec. 1. Liability exemptions.
8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every
9covenant, agreement, or understanding in or in connection with
10or collateral to any lease of real property, exempting the the
11lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or
12property caused by or resulting from the negligence of the
13lessor, his or her agents, servants or employees, in the
14operation or maintenance of the demised premises or the real
15property containing the demised premises shall be deemed to be
16void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
17    (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a provision in a
18non-residential lease that exempts the lessor from liability
19for property damage.
20(Source: P.A. 94-601, eff. 8-16-05.)