Bill Text: IL HB5061 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-25 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5061 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5061-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5061 Introduced 1/25/2010, by Rep. Monique D. Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 705/1 from Ch. 80, par. 91
Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.
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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
changing Section 1 as follows:
(765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
Sec. 1. Liability exemptions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every
covenant, agreement, or understanding in or in connection with
or collateral to any lease of real property, exempting the the
lessor from liability for damages for injuries to person or
property caused by or resulting from the negligence of the
lessor, his or her agents, servants or employees, in the
operation or maintenance of the demised premises or the real
property containing the demised premises shall be deemed to be
void as against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a provision in a
non-residential lease that exempts the lessor from liability
for property damage.
(Source: P.A. 94-601, eff. 8-16-05.)