Bill Text: IL HB5523 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure provisions concerning leased premises used in furtherance of a criminal offense. Removes language that provides that a written lease shall notify the lessee that if any lessee or occupant uses or permits the use of the leased premises for the commission of a felony or Class A misdemeanor, the lessor has the right to void the lease and recover the leased premises. Removes language that the failure to include this language in a written lease or the use of an oral lease shall not waive or impair the rights of the lessor or lessor's assignee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5523 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5523-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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9-120 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/9-120) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9-120. Leased premises used in furtherance of a | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | criminal offense;
lease void at option of lessor or assignee. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) If any lessee or occupant, on one or more occasions, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | uses or permits the
use of leased premises for the commission | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of any act that would constitute a
felony or a Class A | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | misdemeanor under the laws of this State, the lease or
rental | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | agreement shall, at the option of the lessor or
the lessor's
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14 | assignee become void, and the owner or lessor shall be entitled | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to recover
possession of the leased premises as against a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | tenant holding over after the
expiration of his or her term. A | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | written lease shall notify the lessee that if any lessee or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | occupant, on one or more occasions, uses or permits the use of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the leased premises for the commission of a felony or Class A | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | misdemeanor under the laws of this State, the lessor shall have | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the right to void the lease and recover the leased premises. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Failure to include this language in a written lease or the use | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | of an oral lease shall not waive or impair the rights of the |
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1 | lessor or lessor's assignee under this Section or the lease. | ||||||
2 | This Section shall not be construed so as to diminish the | ||||||
3 | rights of a lessor, if any, to terminate a lease for other | ||||||
4 | reasons permitted under law or pursuant to the lease agreement. | ||||||
5 | (b) The owner or lessor may bring a forcible entry and | ||||||
6 | detainer action, or,
if
the State's Attorney of the county in | ||||||
7 | which the real property is
located or the corporation counsel | ||||||
8 | of the municipality in which the real property is located | ||||||
9 | agrees, assign to that State's Attorney or corporation counsel | ||||||
10 | the right to bring a forcible
entry and detainer action on | ||||||
11 | behalf of
the owner or lessor, against the lessee and all | ||||||
12 | occupants of the leased
premises. The assignment must be in | ||||||
13 | writing on a form prepared by the State's
Attorney of the | ||||||
14 | county in which the real property is located or the corporation | ||||||
15 | counsel of the municipality in which the real property is | ||||||
16 | located, as applicable. If the owner or
lessor assigns the | ||||||
17 | right to bring a forcible entry and detainer action, the
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18 | assignment shall be limited to those rights and duties up to | ||||||
19 | and including
delivery of the order of eviction to the sheriff | ||||||
20 | for execution. The owner or
lessor shall remain liable for the | ||||||
21 | cost of the eviction whether or not the
right to bring the | ||||||
22 | forcible entry and detainer action has been assigned. | ||||||
23 | (c) A person does not forfeit any part of his or her | ||||||
24 | security deposit due
solely to an eviction under the provisions | ||||||
25 | of this Section, except that a
security deposit may be used to | ||||||
26 | pay fees charged by the sheriff for carrying
out an eviction. |
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1 | (d) If a lessor or the lessor's assignee voids a lease or | ||||||
2 | contract under the
provisions of this Section and the tenant or | ||||||
3 | occupant has not vacated the
premises within 5 days after | ||||||
4 | receipt of a written notice to vacate the
premises, the lessor | ||||||
5 | or lessor's assignee may seek relief under this Article
IX. | ||||||
6 | Notwithstanding Sections 9-112, 9-113, and 9-114
of this Code, | ||||||
7 | judgment for costs against a plaintiff seeking
possession of | ||||||
8 | the premises under this Section shall not be awarded to the
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9 | defendant unless the action was brought by the plaintiff in bad | ||||||
10 | faith. An
action to possess premises under this Section shall | ||||||
11 | not be deemed to be in bad
faith when the plaintiff based his | ||||||
12 | or her cause of action on information
provided to him or her by | ||||||
13 | a law enforcement agency, the State's Attorney, or the | ||||||
14 | municipality. | ||||||
15 | (e) After a trial, if the court finds, by a
preponderance | ||||||
16 | of the evidence,
that the allegations in the complaint have | ||||||
17 | been proven, the court
shall enter judgment for possession of | ||||||
18 | the premises in favor of the plaintiff
and the court shall | ||||||
19 | order that the plaintiff shall be entitled to re-enter the
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20 | premises immediately. | ||||||
21 | (f) A judgment for
possession of the premises entered in an | ||||||
22 | action brought by a lessor or lessor's
assignee, if the action | ||||||
23 | was brought
as a result of a lessor or lessor's assignee | ||||||
24 | declaring a lease void
pursuant to this Section,
may not be | ||||||
25 | stayed for any period in excess of 7 days by the court unless | ||||||
26 | all
parties agree to a longer period.
Thereafter the plaintiff |
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1 | shall be entitled to re-enter the premises
immediately. The | ||||||
2 | sheriff or other lawfully deputized officers shall execute an
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3 | order entered pursuant to this Section
within 7 days of its | ||||||
4 | entry, or within 7 days of the expiration of
a stay of | ||||||
5 | judgment, if one is entered. | ||||||
6 | (g) Nothing in this Section shall limit the rights of an | ||||||
7 | owner or lessor
to bring a forcible entry and detainer action | ||||||
8 | on the basis of other applicable
law. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 97-236, eff. 8-2-11.)
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