103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4528
 
Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

765 ILCS 735/1.5 new
765 ILCS 735/2.1 from Ch. 80, par. 63.1
 Amends the Rental Property Utility Service Act. Provides that a landlord shall repair any leaking water pipe of a tenant within 30 days of the landlord being notified of a leak. Provides that this requirement applies if the leaking water pipe is under the landlord's control, but it does not apply if the leaking water pipe is owned by a municipality or water utility. Provides that, if a landlord violates this provision and the tenant pays the water bill, the landlord is liable for any additional costs incurred by the tenant as a result of the water leak.


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1 AN ACT concerning civil law.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Rental Property Utility Service Act is 
5amended by adding Section 1.5 and changing Section 2.1 as 
6follows:

7 (765 ILCS 735/1.5 new)
8 Sec. 1.5. Repair of leaking water pipes. A landlord shall 
9repair any leaking water pipe of a tenant within 30 days of the 
10landlord being notified of a leak. This requirement applies if 
11the leaking water pipe is under the landlord's control. This 
12requirement does not apply if the leaking water pipe is owned 
13by a municipality or water utility.

14 (765 ILCS 735/2.1) (from Ch. 80, par. 63.1)
15 Sec. 2.1. Tenant damages. 
16 (a) A landlord's violation of Section 1.4 entitles the 
17residential tenant to damages from the landlord in the amount 
18of a 100% abatement of the rental obligation for each month, 
19and prorated for each part of a month, that the utility service 
20was terminated and to consequential damages. The tenant has a 
21duty to mitigate damages.
22 (b) When utility service is terminated as a result of the 
 
 
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