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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0196 Introduced 1/22/2025, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 765 ILCS 745/12 | from Ch. 80, par. 212 | 765 ILCS 745/14.4 new | |
| Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Prohibits a landlord from imposing a rule, regulation, or lease provision, in any manner, that impairs any rights guaranteed to the tenant by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or Section 4 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, including the display of advertising pertaining to any political candidate or proposition. | |
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| | SB0196 | | LRB104 06116 JRC 16149 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act |
| 5 | | is amended by changing Section 12 and by adding Section 14.4 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (765 ILCS 745/12) (from Ch. 80, par. 212) |
| 8 | | Sec. 12. Lease prohibitions. No lease hereafter executed |
| 9 | | or currently existing between a park owner and tenant in a |
| 10 | | mobile home park or manufactured home community in this State |
| 11 | | shall contain any provision: |
| 12 | | (a) Permitting the park owner to charge a penalty fee |
| 13 | | for late payment of rent without allowing a tenant a |
| 14 | | minimum of 5 days beyond the date the rent is due in which |
| 15 | | to remit such payment; |
| 16 | | (b) Permitting the park owner to charge an amount in |
| 17 | | excess of one month's rent as a security deposit; |
| 18 | | (c) Requiring the tenant to pay any fees not specified |
| 19 | | in the lease; |
| 20 | | (d) Permitting the park owner to transfer, or move, a |
| 21 | | mobile home to a different lot, including a different lot |
| 22 | | in the same mobile home park or manufactured home |
| 23 | | community, during the term of the lease; |