Bill Text: IL SB1623 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that in the event of the sale of abandoned or repossessed property, the park owner shall pay lienholders before paying any remaining balance to the title holder of the abandoned or repossessed property. Provides that an action by a park owner involving an abandoned or repossessed manufactured home and any household goods or other personal property shall comply with the Abandoned Mobile Home Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0410 [SB1623 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1623-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1623 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 745/9.5
Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that in the event of the sale of abandoned or repossessed property, the park owner shall pay lienholders before paying any remaining balance to the title holder of the abandoned or repossessed property. Provides that an action by a park owner involving an abandoned or repossessed manufactured home and any household goods or other personal property shall comply with the Abandoned Mobile Home Act. Effective immediately.
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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 Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
is amended by changing Section 9.5 as follows:
(765 ILCS 745/9.5)
Sec. 9.5. Abandoned or Repossessed Properties. In the event
of the sale of abandoned or repossessed property, the park
owner shall, after payment of all outstanding rent, fees,
costs, and expenses to the community, and payment in priority
order to lienholders, including providers of any utility
services, pay any remaining balance to the title holder of the
abandoned or repossessed property. If the tenant cannot be
found through a diligent inquiry after 90 days, then the funds
shall be forfeited. As used in this Section, "diligent inquiry"
means sending a notice by certified mail to the last known
address.
An action by a park owner involving an abandoned
manufactured home and any household goods or other personal
property in the abandoned manufactured home following an
eviction shall comply with the Abandoned Mobile Home Act. For a
repossessed manufactured home, a park owner shall comply with
subsection (g) of Section 10.1 of the Abandoned Mobile Home Act

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regarding any household goods or other personal property in the
repossessed manufactured home.
(Source: P.A. 95-383, eff. 1-1-08.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.