Bill Text: IL HB0936 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that before entering leased premises without the tenant's permission, a landlord shall provide the tenant with at least 24 hours notice except the landlord or the landlord's representative may enter without notice in an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-02 - Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 042-071-004 [HB0936 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0936-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0936 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 705/7 new
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that before entering leased premises without the tenant's permission, a landlord shall provide the tenant with at least 24 hours notice except the landlord or the landlord's representative may enter without notice in an emergency.
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A BILL FOR
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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 adding
Section 7 as follows:
(765 ILCS 705/7 new)
Sec. 7. Landlord access.
(a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the
landlord to enter the dwelling unit:
(1) to make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations,
alterations, or improvements;
(2) to supply necessary or agreed services;
(3) to conduct inspections authorized or required by
any government agency;
(4) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or
actual purchasers, mortgagees, workmen, or contractors;
(5) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective tenants
60 days or less prior to the expiration of the existing
rental agreement;
(6) for practical necessity where repairs or
maintenance elsewhere in the building unexpectedly require
the access;
(7) to determine a tenant's compliance with provisions

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in the rental agreement; or
(8) in case of an emergency.
(b) The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use
it to harass the tenant.
(c) Except in cases where access is authorized by item (6)
or (8) of subsection (a), the landlord shall give the tenant
notice of the landlord's intent to enter of no less than 2
days. The notice shall be provided directly to each dwelling
unit by mail, telephone, written notice to the dwelling unit,
or by other reasonable means designed in good faith to provide
notice to the tenant. If access is required because of repair
work in common facilities or other apartments, a general notice
may be given by the landlord to all potentially affected
tenants that entry may be required.
(d) In cases where access is authorized by item (6) or (8)
of subsection (a), the landlord may enter the dwelling unit
without notice or consent of the tenant. The landlord shall
give the tenant notice of the entry within 2 days after the
entry.
(e) The landlord may enter only at reasonable times except
in case of an emergency. An entry between 8:00 A.M. and 8:00
P.M. or at any other time expressly requested by the tenant
shall be presumed reasonable.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to supersede
any provision of any federal or State law or any local
ordinance that provides greater protections than the rights

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established under this Section. The rights established under
this Section shall not be diminished by any State law or local
ordinance.