Bill Text: IL HB4248 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that a purchaser of a mobile home must obtain a written and signed lease from the park owner unless the purchaser elects to remove the mobile home from the mobile home park. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4248 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4248-Introduced.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,
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| 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 24 as follows:
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| 6 | (765 ILCS 745/24) (from Ch. 80, par. 224)
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| 7 | Sec. 24. Sale of Mobile Home. The park owner shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | enjoined and
restrained from prohibiting, limiting, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | restricting, obstructing, or in
any manner interfering with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the freedom of any mobile home owner to:
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| 11 | (a) Sell the his mobile home to a purchaser of the mobile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | home owner's his choice, provided that
the park owner shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | allowed to promulgate any general qualifications
or lawful | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | restrictions on park residents which limit or define the
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| 15 | admission of entrants to the park. The purchaser, prior to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | closing,
must obtain a written and signed lease unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | purchaser elects to remove the mobile home from the mobile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | home park;
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| 19 | (b) Employ or secure the services of an independent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | salesperson in
connection with the sale of said mobile home, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | providing that said
salesperson collects and remits all | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | governmental taxes.
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| 23 | The park owner is prohibited from imposing any fee, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | charge,
or commission for the sale of a mobile home, except | ||||||
| 2 | when a mobile home owner
requests the park owner or his agent | ||||||
| 3 | of the park owner to
assist in securing a purchaser for the his | ||||||
| 4 | mobile home. A commission may be
accepted for such service | ||||||
| 5 | subject only to the following conditions:
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| 6 | (1) That the exact amount of commission or fee shall be a | ||||||
| 7 | percentage
of the actual sales price of the mobile home; and
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| 8 | (2) That the maximum percentage figure for the services in | ||||||
| 9 | the
resale of the mobile home by the park owner or his agent of | ||||||
| 10 | the park owner shall be set forth
in writing prior to the sale.
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| 11 | The park owner is prohibited from requiring, upon the sale | ||||||
| 12 | by a tenant
of a mobile home to a qualified purchaser, the | ||||||
| 13 | removal from the park of
such mobile home unless the mobile | ||||||
| 14 | home is less than 12 feet wide or is
significantly | ||||||
| 15 | deteriorated and in substantial disrepair, in which case the
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| 16 | park owner shall bear the burden of demonstrating such fact | ||||||
| 17 | and must, prior
to sale, have given the tenant written notice | ||||||
| 18 | thereof, and that unless
first corrected, removal will be | ||||||
| 19 | required upon sale.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 85-998.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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