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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 278
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 278  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
 5    Sections 9-104, 9-209,  and  9-211,  and  by  adding  Section
 6    9-107.5."; and
 7    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 8    following:
 9        "Section 5.  The Code of Civil Procedure  is  amended  by
10    changing  Sections  9-104,  9-209,  and  9-211, and by adding
11    Section 9-107.5 as follows:
12        (735 ILCS 5/9-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-104)
13        Sec. 9-104.   Demand  -  Notice  -  Return.   The  demand
14    required  by  Section  9-102  of  this  Act  may  be  made by
15    delivering a copy thereof to the tenant, or by leaving such a
16    copy with some person of the age  of  13  years  or  upwards,
17    residing  on, or being in charge of, the premises; or in case
18    no one is in the actual possession of the premises  or  those
19    in  possession  are  not parties to any written lease, rental
20    agreement, or right to possession agreement for the premises,
21    then by delivering a copy thereof, directed to those persons,
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 1    to the tenant or by leaving a copy of the  notice  with  some
 2    person  of  the  age of 13 years or upwards residing on or in
 3    possession of the premises, or  by  sending  a  copy  of  the
 4    notice   to  the  tenants,  directed  to  those  persons,  by
 5    certified or registered mail with a returned receipt from the
 6    addressee; or by posting the same on the premises. When  such
 7    demand is made by an officer authorized to serve process, his
 8    or  her  return  is prima facie evidence of the facts therein
 9    stated, and if such demand is  made  by  any  person  not  an
10    officer, the return may be sworn to by the person serving the
11    same,  and  is then prima facie evidence of the facts therein
12    stated. The demand for possession may  be  in  the  following
13    form: To ....
14        I  hereby  demand  immediate  possession of the following
15    described premises: (describing the same.)
16        The demand shall be signed by the  person  claiming  such
17    possession, his or her agent, or attorney.
18    (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
19        (735 ILCS 5/9-107.5 new)
20        Sec.  9-107.5.   Notice  to  others.   Whenever,  in  any
21    forcible  entry  and  detainer action, the plaintiff believes
22    that a person or persons having no rental  agreement,  lease,
23    or right to possession agreement with plaintiff are or may be
24    occupying or possessing the premises, plaintiff or his or her
25    attorney  shall  file,  simultaneously  with  the  filing  of
26    plaintiff's complaint against the tenant or at any time prior
27    to entry of the judgment for possession, at the office of the
28    clerk  of  the  court  in  which  the  action  is pending, an
29    affidavit indicating that the premises is or may be  occupied
30    by  one  or  more  persons  not  having any rental agreement,
31    lease, or right to possession agreement with  plaintiff,  and
32    upon  filing  thereof  the  clerk  shall  cause a posting and
33    mailing of notices to be  made  on  the  premises  for  which
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 1    possession  is  being  sought.    Such posting and mailing of
 2    notices shall be effected, and shall contain the  information
 3    required, consistent with Section 9-107 of this Act.
 4        (735 ILCS 5/9-209) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-209)
 5        Sec.  9-209.  Demand  for rent - Action for possession. A
 6    landlord or his or her agent may, any time after rent is due,
 7    demand payment thereof and notify  the  tenant,  in  writing,
 8    that  unless  payment is made within a time mentioned in such
 9    notice, not less than 5 days after service thereof, the lease
10    will be terminated. If the tenant does not  within  the  time
11    mentioned  in such notice, pay the rent due, the landlord may
12    consider the lease ended, and sue for  the  possession  under
13    the  statute  in  relation to forcible entry and detainer, or
14    maintain ejectment without further notice or demand. A  claim
15    for  rent  may  be  joined  in  the complaint, and a judgment
16    obtained for the amount of rent found due, in any  action  or
17    proceeding  brought,  in  an  action  of  forcible  entry and
18    detainer for the possession of  the  leased  premises,  under
19    this Section.
20        Notice   made   pursuant   to   this  Section  shall,  as
21    hereinafter stated, not be invalidated by  payments  of  past
22    due rent demanded in the notice, when the payments do not, at
23    the  end  of  the notice period, total the amount demanded in
24    the notice.  The landlord may, however, agree in  writing  to
25    continue the lease in exchange for receiving partial payment.
26    To prevent invalidation, the notice must prominently state:
27        "Only  FULL  PAYMENT  of the rent demanded in this notice
28    will waive the landlord's right to terminate the lease  under
29    this  notice,  unless  the  landlord  agrees  in  writing  to
30    continue   the   lease  in  exchange  for  receiving  partial
31    payment."
32        Collection by the landlord of past  rent  due  after  the
33    filing  of  a  suit  for  possession or ejectment pursuant to
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 1    failure of the tenant to pay the rent demanded in the  notice
 2    shall not invalidate the suit.
 3        If  additional rent accrues after the complaint is filed,
 4    the plaintiff may amend the claim for rent in  the  complaint
 5    at  any  time  before  the entry of judgment, without further
 6    notice to the defendant.
 7    (Source: P.A. 83-1398.)
 8        (735 ILCS 5/9-211) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-211)
 9        Sec. 9-211. Service of demand or notice.  Any demand  may
10    be  made or notice served by delivering a written or printed,
11    or partly written and printed, copy thereof to the tenant, or
12    by leaving the same with some person of the age of  13  years
13    or  upwards, residing on or in possession of the premises; or
14    by sending a copy of the notice to the tenant by certified or
15    registered mail, with a returned receipt from the  addressee;
16    and  in  case  no  one  is  in  the  actual possession of the
17    premises, then by posting the same on the premises.
18        In addition, demand may be made or notice served  on  any
19    person  or  persons occupying, residing in, or possessing the
20    premises who are not  parties  to  a  written  lease,  rental
21    agreement,  or right to possession agreement for the premises
22    by delivering  a  copy  of  the  notice,  directed  to  those
23    persons,  to  the  tenant  or by leaving a copy of the notice
24    with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards,  residing
25    on  or in possession of the premises; or by sending a copy of
26    the notice to the  tenant,  directed  to  those  persons,  by
27    certified or registered mail with a returned receipt from the
28    addressee;  or  by  posting  a  copy  of  the  notice  on the
29    premises.
30    (Source: P.A. 83-355.)
31        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
32    becoming law.".

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