Bill Text: IL HB5022 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides specific circumstances in which a tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter the dwelling unit. Requires the landlord to give the tenant notice of the landlord's intent to enter of no less than 2 days. Allows the landlord to enter the dwelling unit without notice or consent of the tenant when entering for practical necessity if repairs or maintenance elsewhere in the building unexpectedly require access or in case of an emergency, but requires the landlord to give notice of the entry within 2 days after the entry.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-27 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5022 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5022-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5022 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 705/17 new
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides specific circumstances in which a tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter the dwelling unit. Requires the landlord to give the tenant notice of the landlord's intent to enter of no less than 2 days. Allows the landlord to enter the dwelling unit without notice or consent of the tenant when entering for practical necessity if repairs or maintenance elsewhere in the building unexpectedly require access or in case of an emergency, but requires the landlord to give notice of the entry within 2 days after the entry.
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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 5. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by
adding Section 17 as follows:
(765 ILCS 705/17 new)
Sec. 17. Landlord's right of access. A tenant shall not
unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter the
dwelling unit:
(1) to make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations,
alterations, or improvements;
(2) to supply necessary or agreed services;
(3) to conduct inspections authorized or required by
any government agency;
(4) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or
actual purchasers, mortgagees, workers, or contractors;
(5) to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective
tenants 60 days or less prior to the expiration of the
existing rental agreement;
(6) for practical necessity if repairs or maintenance
elsewhere in the building unexpectedly require access;
(7) to determine a tenant's compliance with provisions
in the rental agreement; and

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(8) in an emergency.
The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it
to harass the tenant. Except if access is authorized by
paragraph (6) or (8), the landlord shall give the tenant no
less than 2 days' notice of the landlord's intent to enter. The
notice shall be provided directly to each dwelling unit by
mail, text message, email, or written notice taped to or
slipped under the door of the dwelling unit. If access is
required because of repair work for common facilities or other
apartments, a general notice may be given by the landlord to
all potentially affected tenants that entry may be required.
If access is authorized by paragraph (6) or (8), the landlord
may enter the dwelling unit without notice or consent of the
tenant. The landlord shall give the tenant notice of the entry
within 2 days after the entry.
The landlord may enter only at reasonable times except in
an emergency. An entry between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. or at
any other time expressly requested by the tenant is presumed
reasonable.