Bill Text: IL HB2562 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act, the Condominium Property Act, and the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that when a common interest community building, condominium building, or residential rental property has a cooling system or heating system or both serving the entire building or premises, including individual units, the common interest community association, unit owner's association, or landlord shall comply with specified standards with respect to the individual units in which people or tenants live during the cooling and heating seasons. Provides that when a building or premises does not have a building-wide or premises-wide cooling system that serves individual units, then the association or landlord shall provide at least one indoor common gathering space for which a cooling system operates when the heat index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and all occupants or tenants of the building or premises shall have free access to that cooled space. Provides that the provisions only apply to associations in which the initial declaration limits ownership, rental, or occupancy of a unit to a person 55 years of age or older, or to residential rental property in which rental or occupancy is limited to persons 55 years of age or older.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0161 [HB2562 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2562-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-0161
HB2562 Enrolled LRB103 24796 LNS 51125 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Common Interest Community Association Act
is amended by adding Section 1-71 as follows:
(765 ILCS 160/1-71 new)
Sec. 1-71. Heating and cooling standards.
(a) When a common interest community building has a
cooling system or heating system or both serving the entire
building, including individual units, the association shall
comply with the following standards with respect to the
individual units in which people live:
(1) During the cooling season, June 1 through
September 30, cooling systems must operate when the heat
index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) During the heating season, October 1 through May
31: (i) between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., heat must register at
least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside temperature
falls below 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and (ii) between 10
p.m. and 6 a.m., heat must register at least 62 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(b) When a common interest community building does not
have a building-wide cooling system that serves individual

units, then the association shall provide at least one indoor
common gathering space for which a cooling system operates
when the heat index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit. All
occupants of the building shall have free access to that
cooled space. As used in this subsection, "indoor common
gathering space" means a room intended to be used as a place
where multiple people can gather, such as a lounge, meeting or
conference room, party room, or similar that can accommodate a
cooling system. Any common interest community building that
does not have an indoor common gathering space shall be exempt
from this subsection.
(c) This Section only applies to associations in which the
initial declaration limits ownership, rental, or occupancy of
a unit to a person 55 years of age or older.
Section 10. The Condominium Property Act is amended by
adding Section 18.11 as follows:
(765 ILCS 605/18.11 new)
Sec. 18.11. Heating and cooling standards.
(a) When a condominium building has a cooling system or
heating system or both serving the entire building, including
individual units, the association shall comply with the
following standards with respect to the individual units in
which people live:
(1) During the cooling season, June 1 through

September 30, cooling systems must operate when the heat
index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) During the heating season, October 1 through May
31: (i) between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., heat must register at
least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside temperature
falls below 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and (ii) between 10
p.m. and 6 a.m., heat must register at least 62 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(b) When a condominium building does not have a
building-wide cooling system that serves individual units,
then the association shall provide at least one indoor common
gathering space for which a cooling system operates when the
heat index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit. All occupants of the
building shall have free access to that cooled space. As used
in this subsection, "indoor common gathering space" means a
room intended to be used as a place where multiple people can
gather, such as a lounge, meeting or conference room, party
room, or similar that can accommodate a cooling system. Any
condominium building that does not have an indoor common
gathering space shall be exempt from this subsection.
(c) This Section only applies to associations in which the
initial declaration limits ownership, rental, or occupancy of
a unit to a person 55 years of age or older.
Section 15. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
adding Section 20 as follows:

(765 ILCS 705/20 new)
Sec. 20. Heating and cooling standards.
(a) When residential rental property has a cooling system
or heating system or both serving the entire premises,
including individual dwelling units, the landlord shall comply
with the following standards with respect to the individual
dwelling units in which tenants live:
(1) During the cooling season, June 1 through
September 30, cooling systems must operate when the heat
index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
(2) During the heating season, October 1 through May
31: (i) between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., heat must register at
least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside temperature
falls below 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and