Bill Text: IL HB5646 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a lease contains the required notice, no additional termination notice or demand for possession is required to initiate a forcible entry and detainer action based on the use of the premises for criminal activity, however, a notice specifying the lease violations shall mailed to the lessee and posted on the premises. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney or the corporation counsel of the municipality in which the property is located shall give a written response within 3 days after receiving a lessor's request for the office to accept an assignment of the lessor's right to bring a forcible entry and detainer action. Provides that the owner or lessor remains liable for the court cost of the eviction and fees to the sheriff for execution of an order for possession (instead of liable for the cost of eviction) whether or not the right to bring the forcible entry and detainer action has been assigned. Deletes language stating that this provision shall not be construed to diminish the lessor's rights to terminate a lease for other lawful reasons or under the lease. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5646 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5646-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5646 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/9-120
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a lease contains the required notice, no additional termination notice or demand for possession is required to initiate a forcible entry and detainer action based on the use of the premises for criminal activity, however, a notice specifying the lease violations shall mailed to the lessee and posted on the premises. Provides that the office of the State's Attorney or the corporation counsel of the municipality in which the property is located shall give a written response within 3 days after receiving a lessor's request for the office to accept an assignment of the lessor's right to bring a forcible entry and detainer action. Provides that the owner or lessor remains liable for the court cost of the eviction and fees to the sheriff for execution of an order for possession (instead of liable for the cost of eviction) whether or not the right to bring the forcible entry and detainer action has been assigned. Deletes language stating that this provision shall not be construed to diminish the lessor's rights to terminate a lease for other lawful reasons or under the lease. Makes other changes.
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Section 9-120 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/9-120)
Sec. 9-120. Leased premises used in furtherance of a
criminal offense; lease void at option of lessor or assignee.
(a) If any lessee or occupant, on one or more occasions,
uses or permits the use of leased premises for the commission
of any act that would constitute a felony or a Class A
misdemeanor under the laws of this State, the lease or rental
agreement shall, at the option of the lessor or the lessor's
assignee become void, and the owner or lessor shall be entitled
to recover possession of the leased premises as against a
tenant holding over after the expiration of his or her term. A
written lease shall notify the lessee that if any lessee or
occupant, on one or more occasions, uses or permits the use of
the leased premises for the commission of a felony or Class A
misdemeanor under the laws of this State, the lessor shall have
the right to void the lease and recover the leased premises.
Failure to include this language in a written lease or the use
of an oral lease shall not waive or impair the rights of the

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lessor or lessor's assignee under this Section or the lease.
This Section shall not be construed so as to diminish the
rights of a lessor, if any, to terminate a lease for other
reasons permitted under law or pursuant to the lease agreement.
(a-5) In actions brought under this Section, when the
required notice is included in a written lease, no additional
notice of termination or demand for possession shall be
required to initiate a forcible entry and detainer action,
however, notice specifying all alleged violations of the lease
to be considered by the court shall be delivered to the lessee
by sending a copy by certified mail and by posting the notice
on the premises. Failure to include the required notice in a
lease, or the fact that the lease is oral, shall not waive or
impair the rights of the lessor or the lessor's assignee under
this Section or the lease, but the lessor shall be required to
deliver a 5-day notice to quit to lessee specifying all alleged
violations of the lease to be considered by the court prior to
initiating a forcible entry and detainer action.
(b) The owner or lessor may bring a forcible entry and
detainer action under this Section. When the lessor has
received notification from any government office alleging that
an act occurred that would constitute a felony or a Class A
misdemeanor and , or, if the State's Attorney of the county in
which the real property is located or the corporation counsel
of the municipality in which the real property is located
agrees, the lessor may assign to that State's Attorney or

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corporation counsel the right to bring a forcible entry and
detainer action on behalf of the owner or lessor, against the
lessee and all occupants of the leased premises. A lessor's
request to the office of the State's Attorney or the
corporation counsel that the office accept an assignment of the
lessor's right to bring a forcible entry and detainer action
under this Section shall be in writing and the office of the
State's Attorney or the corporation counsel to which the
request is made shall respond in writing within 3 days after
receipt of the request. The assignment must be in writing on a
form prepared by the State's Attorney of the county in which
the real property is located or the corporation counsel of the
municipality in which the real property is located, as
applicable. If the owner or lessor assigns the right to bring a
forcible entry and detainer action, the assignment shall be
limited to those rights and duties up to and including delivery
of the order of eviction to the sheriff for execution. The
owner or lessor shall remain liable for the court cost of the
eviction and fees to the sheriff for execution of a judgment
for possession whether or not the right to bring the forcible
entry and detainer action has been assigned.
(c) A person does not forfeit any part of his or her
security deposit due solely to an eviction under the provisions
of this Section, except that a security deposit may be used to
pay fees charged by the sheriff for carrying out an eviction
and for any other purpose defined by the lease agreement.

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(d) If a lessor or the lessor's assignee voids a lease or
contract under the provisions of this Section, notwithstanding
and the tenant or occupant has not vacated the premises within
5 days after receipt of a written notice to vacate the
premises, the lessor or lessor's assignee may seek relief under
this Article IX. Notwithstanding Sections 9-112, 9-113, and
9-114 of this Code, judgment for costs against a plaintiff
seeking possession of the premises under this Section shall not
be awarded to the defendant unless the action was brought by
the plaintiff in bad faith. An action to possess premises under
this Section shall not be deemed to be in bad faith when the
plaintiff based his or her cause of action on information
provided to him or her by a law enforcement agency, the State's
Attorney, or the municipality.
(e) After a trial, if the court finds, by a preponderance
of the evidence, that any of the allegations in the complaint
have been proven, the court shall enter judgment for possession
of the premises in favor of the plaintiff and the court shall
order that the plaintiff shall be entitled to re-enter the
premises immediately.
(f) A judgment for possession of the premises entered in an
action brought by a lessor or lessor's assignee, if the action
was brought as a result of a lessor or lessor's assignee
declaring a lease void pursuant to this Section, may not be
stayed for any period in excess of 7 days by the court unless
all parties agree to a longer period. Thereafter the plaintiff

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shall be entitled to re-enter the premises immediately. The
sheriff or other lawfully deputized officers shall execute an
order entered pursuant to this Section within 7 days of its
entry, or within 7 days of the expiration of a stay of
judgment, if one is entered.
(g) Nothing in this Section shall limit the rights of an
owner or lessor to bring a forcible entry and detainer action
on the basis of other applicable law.
(Source: P.A. 97-236, eff. 8-2-11.)