Bill Text: IL HB1047 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Provides that the tax imposed under the Act on a mobile home or manufactured home that (i) is located in a mobile home park that experiences a change in ownership on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and (ii) is occupied as a primary residence by an eligible senior citizen may not exceed the tax imposed under the Act on that mobile home or manufactured home for the taxable year in which the change in ownership takes place. Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides for a right of first refusal for tenants in the case of a sale or lease of a mobile home park. Adds provisions concerning tenants who are 65 years of age or older when there is a change in ownership of the mobile home park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1047 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1047-Introduced.html


103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1047

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 515/3 from Ch. 120, par. 1203
35 ILCS 515/6.1 from Ch. 120, par. 1206.1
765 ILCS 745/8.6 new
765 ILCS 745/15.1 new

Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Provides that the tax imposed under the Act on a mobile home or manufactured home that (i) is located in a mobile home park that experiences a change in ownership on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and (ii) is occupied as a primary residence by an eligible senior citizen may not exceed the tax imposed under the Act on that mobile home or manufactured home for the taxable year in which the change in ownership takes place. Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides for a right of first refusal for tenants in the case of a sale or lease of a mobile home park. Adds provisions concerning tenants who are 65 years of age or older when there is a change in ownership of the mobile home park.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning mobile homes.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act is
5amended by changing Sections 3 and 6.1 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 515/3) (from Ch. 120, par. 1203)
7 Sec. 3. Rate of tax; eligible senior citizens.
8 (a) Mobile homes in addition to such taxes as provided in
9the "Use Tax Act" shall be subject to the following privilege
10tax only, and to no ad valorem tax. Except as provided in
11Section 7 and in those cases where the owner notifies the local
12assessing authority, by sworn affidavit, that the mobile home
13is uninhabited and will no longer be used for human
14habitation, the owner of each mobile home shall pay to the
15county treasurer of the county in which such mobile home is
16located an annual tax to be computed at the rate shown in the
17table below:
18TAX YEAR FOLLOWING MODEL YEAR TAX PER SQUARE FOOT
19 OF MOBILE HOME
20model year and 1st and 2nd
21year following: 15¢
223rd, 4th and 5th years following
23model year: 13.5¢

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16th, 7th and 8th years following
2model year: 12¢
39th, 10th and 11th years following
4model year: 10.5¢
512th, 13th and 14th years following
6model year: 9¢
715th year following model year
8and subsequent years: 7.5¢
9 For purposes of this Act, the square-footage shall be
10based upon the outside dimensions of the mobile home excluding
11the length of the tongue and hitch. The owner of a mobile home
12on January 1 of any year shall be liable for the tax of that
13year, except that the owner of a mobile home on July 1, 1976,
14shall be liable for the tax for the period of July 1, 1976, to
15December 31, 1976. This is not a limitation on any home rule
16county.
17 (b) With respect to any mobile home or manufactured home
18that (i) is located in a mobile home park that experiences a
19change in ownership on or after the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and (ii) is
21occupied as a principal place of residence by an eligible
22senior citizen, for tax years beginning on or after the date
23when the mobile home park experiences a change in ownership
24and until the first taxable year to occur on or after the date
25when the mobile home or manufactured home is no longer
26occupied as a principal place of residence by an eligible

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1senior citizen, the tax imposed under this Act on that mobile
2home or manufactured home may not exceed the tax imposed under
3this Act on that mobile home or manufactured home for the
4taxable year in which the change in ownership takes place.
5 As used in this Section, "eligible senior citizen" means a
6person who (i) is 65 years of age or older during the taxable
7year in which the change in ownership of the mobile home park
8takes place and (ii) is liable for the payment of the tax under
9this Act on the subject mobile home or manufactured home.
10(Source: P.A. 94-606, eff. 8-16-05.)
11 (35 ILCS 515/6.1) (from Ch. 120, par. 1206.1)
12 Sec. 6.1. If a tax bill is in error as to the square
13footage of the mobile home, or as to the rate of tax, or the
14amount of the tax liability, the owner may file within 6 months
15following receipt of the bill an affidavit with the county
16board of assessors, supervisor of assessments or county
17assessor setting forth such error. If the tax bill does not
18show the name of the correct owner, the person whose name
19appears as owner on the bill may file an affidavit with the
20county board of assessors, supervisor of assessments or county
21assessor so stating and identifying the correct owner, if
22known. Upon the filing of an affidavit as provided in this
23Section, the county clerk or, in counties in which a county
24assessor is elected pursuant to Section 3-45 of the Property
25Tax Code, the county assessor shall issue a corrected bill and

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1shall so indicate on his records.
2(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
3 Section 10. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
4is amended by adding Sections 8.6 and 15.1 and 15.2 as follows:
5 (765 ILCS 745/8.6 new)
6 Sec. 8.6. Sale of a mobile home park; right of first
7refusal.
8 (a) A mobile home park owner shall give notice to each
9tenant of the mobile home park if the park owner intends to
10sell or lease all or part of the land on which the mobile home
11park is located for any purpose. The notice under this
12subsection shall be mailed by certified mail, and a
13simultaneous copy shall be sent by certified mail to the
14authority having jurisdiction, within 14 days after the date
15on which any advertisement, listing, or public notice is first
16made that the land is for sale or lease and, in any event, at
17least 45 days before the sale or lease occurs. The notice shall
18also include notice of tenants' rights under this Act. This
19subsection does not apply to the lease of a single lot in a
20mobile home park to an individual tenant or tenants.
21 (b) Before a mobile home park may be sold or leased for any
22purpose that would result in a change in use of the mobile home
23park or result in the property no longer being used as a mobile
24home park, the park owner shall give notice to each tenant of

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1the mobile home park, by certified mail, of any bona fide offer
2for sale or lease that the owner intends to accept. The mobile
3home park owner shall also send a simultaneous copy of the
4notice by certified mail to the authority having jurisdiction.
5Before any other sale or lease of mobile home park property,
6the owner shall give each tenant and the authority having
7jurisdiction notice of the offer only if more than 50% of the
8tenants residing in the mobile home park notify the mobile
9home park owner in writing that they would like to receive
10information about the proposed sale or lease. Any notice of
11the offer required to be given under this subsection shall
12include the price and the terms and conditions of the offer.
13The price shall be calculated as a single lump sum amount that
14reflects (i) the total purchase price, (ii) the present value
15of any installment payments offered in lieu of cash payment or
16any promissory notes offered in lieu of cash payment, or (iii)
17in the case of an offer to rent, the capitalized value of the
18annual rent. This subsection does not apply to the lease of a
19single lot in a mobile home park to an individual tenant or
20tenants.
21 (c) In the case of a third party bona fide offer to
22purchase that the park owner intends to accept, a group or
23association of tenants representing at least 51% of the
24tenants residing in the mobile home park who are entitled to
25notice under paragraph (b) shall have the right to purchase
26the subject property for the purpose of continuing the use of

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1the property as a mobile home park. In the case of a third
2party bona fide offer to lease that the owner intends to
3accept, a group or association of tenants representing at
4least 51% of the tenants residing in the mobile home park who
5are entitled to notice under paragraph (b) shall have the
6right to lease the subject property for the purpose of
7continuing the use of the property as a mobile home park. In
8either case, the group or association shall: (1) submit to the
9owner reasonable evidence that the residents of at least 51%
10of the occupied homes in the park have approved the purchase of
11the mobile home park by the group or association; (2) submit to
12the owner a proposed purchase and sale agreement or lease
13agreement on substantially equivalent terms and conditions
14within 45 days after receipt of notice of the offer made under
15subsection (b) of this Section; (3) obtain a binding
16commitment for any necessary financing or guarantees within an
17additional 90 days after execution of the purchase and sale
18agreement or lease; and (4) close on the purchase or lease
19within an additional 90 days after the end of the 90-day period
20under item (3).
21 No owner shall unreasonably refuse to enter into, or
22unreasonably delay the execution or closing on, a purchase and
23sale or lease agreement with tenants who have made a bona fide
24offer to meet the price and substantially equivalent terms and
25conditions of an offer for which notice is required to be given
26pursuant to subsection (b). Failure of the tenants to submit

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1such a purchase and sale agreement or lease within the first
245-day period, to obtain a binding commitment for financing
3within the additional 90-day period, or to close on the
4purchase or lease within the second 90-day period shall serve
5to terminate the rights of such residents to purchase or lease
6the mobile home park. The time periods provided in this
7Section may be extended by agreement. Nothing in this Section
8shall be construed to require an owner to provide financing to
9tenants except to the extent such financing would be provided
10to the third party offeror in the case of a sale or lease for a
11use which would result in a change of use or discontinuance or
12to prohibit an owner from requiring tenants who are offering
13to lease a mobile home park to provide a security deposit, not
14to exceed the lesser of one-year's rent or the amount which
15would have been required to be provided by the third party
16offeror, to be kept in escrow for such purposes during the term
17of the lease. A group or association that has the right to
18purchase under this Section may, at its election, assign its
19purchase right under this Section to the municipality in which
20the mobile home park is located or to the agency having
21jurisdiction for the purpose of continuing the property's use
22as a mobile home park.
23 (d) The right of first refusal created in this Section
24shall inure to the tenants for the time periods set forth in
25this Section, beginning on the date of notice to the residents
26under paragraph (b). The effective period for such right of

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1first refusal shall obtain separately for each substantially
2different bona fide offer to purchase or lease the mobile home
3park, and for each offer substantially equivalent to an offer
4made more than 3 months prior to the later offer; provided
5however, that in the case of a substantially equivalent offer
6made by a prospective buyer who has previously made an offer
7for which notice to residents was required by subsection (b),
8the right of first refusal shall obtain only if the subsequent
9offer is made more than 6 months after the earlier offer. The
10right of first refusal shall not apply with respect to any
11offer received by the park owner for which a notice is not
12required pursuant to subsection (b). No right of first refusal
13shall apply to a government taking by eminent domain or
14negotiated purchase, a forced sale pursuant to a foreclosure
15by an unrelated third party, transfer by gift, devise or
16operation of law, or a sale to a person who would be an heir at
17law if there were to be a death intestate of a mobile home park
18owner.
19 (e) If the tenants of the mobile home park are not the
20successful purchasers or lessees of the park, the seller or
21lessor of the park shall provide evidence of compliance with
22this Section by filing an affidavit of compliance with the
23authority having jurisdiction within 7 days after the sale or
24lease of the park. Any lease of 5 years or less shall
25specifically require that the lessee shall not discontinue or
26change the use of the mobile home park during the term of the

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1lease.
2 (f) If there is a sale or lease for which a notice from the
3mobile home park owner is not required to be, and is not, given
4under paragraph (b), and, within one year of that sale or
5lease, the new owner or lessee delivers a notice of change of
6use or discontinuance as a mobile home park, that notice shall
7provide each tenant in the mobile home park with at least 4
8years prior notice of the effective date of the proposed
9change of use or discontinuance.
10 (765 ILCS 745/15.1 new)
11 Sec. 15.1. Tenant 65 years of age or older; protected
12lots.
13 (a) Whenever there is a change in ownership of a mobile
14home park on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of the 103rd General Assembly, the new owner of that mobile
16home park may not increase the rent charged for the use of any
17protected lot in that mobile home park, nor may the new owner
18make any changes to the terms and conditions of a lease
19covering a protected lot, until the mobile home or
20manufactured home situated on that protected lot is no longer
21the principal place of residence of a qualifying tenant. Upon
22the expiration of a lease covering a protected lot, the owner
23of the mobile home park shall allow the qualifying tenant to
24renew the lease at the same rent and subject to the same terms
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1the date of the change in ownership. Nothing in this Section
2prohibits a mobile home park owner from:
3 (1) changing the terms and conditions of a lease at
4 the request of the tenant;
5 (2) changing the terms and conditions of a lease for
6 the purpose of complying with any other provision of law;
7 (3) increasing rent or changing the terms and
8 conditions of a lease in a manner that is permitted under a
9 lease that is in effect on the date of the change in
10 ownership; or
11 (4) evicting a tenant for any one or more of the
12 reasons specified in Section 15 of this Act.
13 (b) As used in this Section:
14 "Protected lot" means a lot in a mobile home park that, as
15of the date on which a change in ownership of the mobile home
16park occurs, is subject to a written lease covering a mobile
17home or manufactured home that is the principal place of
18residence of a qualifying tenant.
19 "Qualifying tenant" means a tenant who is 65 years of age
20or older on the date when the change in ownership of the mobile
21home park occurs.
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