Bill Text: IL HB2849 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that a park owner is prohibited from requiring a tenant to pay for utility services, such as water, sewer, and trash used in common areas in which a public utility company is charging for those services. Provides that if the public utility usage for common areas is not separately measured by equipment such as a water meter, the park owner may not charge the tenants for more than 80% of the public utility services for which the park owner was billed. Requires on an annual basis that the park owner provide tenants with a written explanation of how a tenant's share of the utility charge was calculated, and upon request from a tenant, must provide a copy of the park's monthly utility bills to tenants for any utility charge separately billed under the Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Passed) 2025-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0064 [HB2849 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB2849-Enrolled.html
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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 adding Section 6.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (765 ILCS 745/6.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6.2. Utility services. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A park owner is prohibited from requiring a tenant to | ||||||
| 9 | pay for utility services, such as water, sewer, and trash used | ||||||
| 10 | in common areas in which a public utility company is charging | ||||||
| 11 | for those services. If the public utility usage for common | ||||||
| 12 | areas is not separately measured by equipment such as a water | ||||||
| 13 | meter, the park owner may not charge the tenants for more than | ||||||
| 14 | 80% of the public utility services for which the park owner was | ||||||
| 15 | billed. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) On an annual basis, a park owner must provide tenants | ||||||
| 17 | with a written explanation of how a tenant's share of the | ||||||
| 18 | utility charge was calculated, and upon request from a tenant, | ||||||
| 19 | must provide a copy of the park's monthly utility bills to | ||||||
| 20 | tenants for any utility charge separately billed under this | ||||||
| 21 | Section. | ||||||