Bill Text: IL SB0569 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0569 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0569-Engrossed.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, | ||||||
| 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 6.7 as follows:
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| 6 | (765 ILCS 745/6.7) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6.7. Violations; inspection reports; postings; | ||||||
| 8 | penalty. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Any nonconformance with a statute, rule, or ordinance | ||||||
| 10 | applicable to the mobile home park or manufactured home | ||||||
| 11 | community constitutes a violation. The authority having | ||||||
| 12 | jurisdiction shall identify violations in an inspection | ||||||
| 13 | report. The inspection report shall be served upon the park | ||||||
| 14 | owner or managing agent in person or by certified United States | ||||||
| 15 | mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The park owner or its managing agent shall post in a | ||||||
| 17 | conspicuous place any inspection report received from the | ||||||
| 18 | authority having jurisdiction regarding health and life safety | ||||||
| 19 | violations as defined in rules promulgated by the Illinois | ||||||
| 20 | Department of Public Health. The inspection report shall be | ||||||
| 21 | posted beginning the business day after the date by which the | ||||||
| 22 | violation or violations must be corrected as set forth in the | ||||||
| 23 | inspection report issued by the authority having jurisdiction. | ||||||
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| 1 | The posting may be removed only when: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) the authority having jurisdiction has issued | ||||||
| 3 | written authorization to remove the posting; or | ||||||
| 4 | (2) the park owner or its managing agent has corrected | ||||||
| 5 | the violation or violations, served notice to the authority | ||||||
| 6 | having jurisdiction that the violation or violations have | ||||||
| 7 | been corrected by submitting such documentation or | ||||||
| 8 | affidavit as may be necessary to substantiate the | ||||||
| 9 | correction by certified United States mail, return receipt | ||||||
| 10 | requested, postage prepaid, and no less than 15 days have | ||||||
| 11 | expired from the mailing date of the notice to the | ||||||
| 12 | authority having jurisdiction. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) Nothing in this Act may be construed to diminish, | ||||||
| 14 | impair, or otherwise affect the authority of the authority | ||||||
| 15 | having jurisdiction to charge violations under the Mobile Home | ||||||
| 16 | Park Act or any other statute, rule, or ordinance applicable to | ||||||
| 17 | the mobile home park or manufactured home community. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section | ||||||
| 19 | subjects the park owner or managing agent to a $250 penalty. | ||||||
| 20 | The penalty shall be payable to the authority having | ||||||
| 21 | jurisdiction which issued the inspection report citing | ||||||
| 22 | violations. | ||||||
| 23 | (e) For purposes of enforcement of this Section by the | ||||||
| 24 | Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois | ||||||
| 25 | Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted. The | ||||||
| 26 | Illinois Department of Public Health has the authority to | ||||||
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| 1 | promulgate rules to enforce this Section. | ||||||
| 2 | (f) For purposes of enforcement of this Section by any | ||||||
| 3 | authority having jurisdiction other than the Illinois | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Public Health, the authority having jurisdiction | ||||||
| 5 | has the authority to adopt ordinances to enforce this Section.
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