Bill Text: IL HB0847 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Eviction Moratorium Clarification Act. Provides that in any eviction moratorium issued by the Governor through Executive Order or legislation passed by the General Assembly, the moratorium shall not prohibit the eviction of specified individuals. Provides that evictions may be filed, commenced, and enforced against the specified individuals, along with any individuals who otherwise fail to meet the stated requirements of an eviction moratorium. Provides that in a rental or lease agreement in which utility payments are included in the rent payment, the landlord or property manager shall not be responsible for a tenant's portion of a monthly utility payment for a tenant not paying rent who is protected by an eviction moratorium if the utility charges for that tenant are for more than 20% higher usage than any month in the previous year. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0847 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0847-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0847 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Eviction Moratorium Clarification Act. Provides that in any eviction moratorium issued by the Governor through Executive Order or legislation passed by the General Assembly, the moratorium shall not prohibit the eviction of specified individuals. Provides that evictions may be filed, commenced, and enforced against the specified individuals, along with any individuals who otherwise fail to meet the stated requirements of an eviction moratorium. Provides that in a rental or lease agreement in which utility payments are included in the rent payment, the landlord or property manager shall not be responsible for a tenant's portion of a monthly utility payment for a tenant not paying rent who is protected by an eviction moratorium if the utility charges for that tenant are for more than 20% higher usage than any month in the previous year. Effective immediately.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Eviction Moratorium Clarification Act.
Section 5. Covered persons.
(a) In any eviction moratorium issued by the Governor
through Executive Order or legislation passed by the General
Assembly, the moratorium shall not prohibit the eviction any
of the following individuals:
(1) individuals able to make full rent or housing
payment;
(2) individuals who now occupy the residential
property if no individuals in the household have had a
verbal or written rental agreement at any time for the
subject property; and
(3) individuals engaging in criminal activity while on
the premises, threatening the health or safety of other
residents, damaging or posing an immediate and significant
risk of damage to property, or engaging in unreasonable
behavior that substantially infringes on the use and
enjoyment by other tenants or occupants.
(b) Evictions may be filed, commenced, and enforced

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against individuals referenced in subsection (a), along with
any individuals who otherwise fail to meet the stated
requirements of an eviction moratorium.
Section 10. Utility payments. In a rental or lease
agreement in which utility payments are included in the rent
payment, the landlord or property manager shall not be
responsible for a tenant's portion of a monthly utility
payment for a tenant not paying rent who is protected by an
eviction moratorium if the utility charges for that tenant are
for more than 20% higher usage than any month in the previous
year.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.