Bill Text: IL HB4317 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Service Member Residential Property Act. Provides that if a service member who has entered into certain residential leases is killed in action or while on active duty, then the immediate family or dependents of the service member may terminate the lease. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-8)

Status: (Passed) 2018-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0616 [HB4317 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4317-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 100-0616
HB4317 Enrolled LRB100 16922 MJP 32065 b
AN ACT concerning military service.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Service Member Residential Property Act is
amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:
(330 ILCS 62/5-15)
Sec. 5-15. Termination by lessee; immediate family;
dependents. The lessee on a lease described in Section 5-10
may, at the lessee's option, terminate the lease at any time
after (i) the lessee's entry into military service or (ii) the
date of the lessee's military orders described in subdivision
(2) of Section 5-10, as the case may be.
If the lessee on a lease described in Section 5-10 is
killed in action or while on active duty, then the immediate
family or dependents of the lessee may terminate the lease.
(Source: P.A. 96-1400, eff. 7-29-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.