Illinois House Bill 5179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a gang-related activity, as defined by the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, is a sufficient basis to terminate a lessee's lease. Provides a procedure and standards for a person who resides, works, or owns property in a building, or a neighbor within a 2-block radius of the building, to report that a tenant in the building is using leased premises in gang-related activity. Provides that this person may give notice of the tenant's gang-related activity and demand that the landlord commence an investigation and a wrongful entry and detainer action. Provides that if the landlord, after receipt of a notice and demand, refuses to investigate or finds no such activity, that the person who issued the notice and demand may petition the court under these provisions to determine if gang-related activity is occurring at the tenant's leased premises, and if so, to order the tenant to vacate the premises. Provides remedies to the prevailing party in an action initiated pursuant to these provisions by a person other than the landlord, in the form of an award of costs and attorney's fees.

CIV PRO-END LEASE-GANG ACTIVTY

Rep. Deborah Mell [D]

Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]

Rep. Keith Farnham [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-03-30	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2012-03-27	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2012-03-27	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2012-03-07	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2012-03-07	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000
2012-03-07	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
2012-03-05	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
2012-03-01	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2012-03-01	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Deborah Mell
2012-02-27	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
2012-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
2012-02-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
2012-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-02-08	House	First Reading
2012-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deborah Mell

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	9-120	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	9-120.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5179&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB5179.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB5179ham001.htm