Bill Text: IL SB1920 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applicability of the Act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Vetoed) 2009-10-29 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB1920 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1920-Enrolled.html

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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 adding Section 8.6 as follows:
(765 ILCS 745/8.6 new)
Sec. 8.6. Mobile and Manufactured Home Relocation
Commission.
(a) There is created a Mobile and Manufactured Home
Relocation Commission. The purpose of the Commission is to
study the process and procedure by which a mobile or
manufactured home located in a mobile or manufactured home park
that is closing is relocated. The Department of Public Health
shall provide administrative support to the Commission.
(b) The Commission shall consist of the following 10
members:
(1) the Director of the Department of Public Health or
his or her designee;
(2) the Attorney General of the State of Illinois or
his or her designee;
(3) four members of the General Assembly, with the
Speaker of the House, the Senate President, the House
Minority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader each making

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one appointment;
(4) the President of an organization primarily
representing the interests of park owners having
properties in downstate Illinois and mobile and
manufactured home retailers or his or her designee,
appointed by the Governor;
(5) the Executive Director of an organization
primarily representing the interests of park owners having
properties in northern Illinois or his or her designee,
appointed by the Governor; and
(6) two representatives of a statewide organization
representing the interests of mobile and manufactured home
owners, appointed by the Governor.
(c) The members appointed by the Speaker of the House and
the Senate Minority Leader shall serve as Co-Chairs of the
Commission.
(d) The Commission shall:
(1) examine the implementation and operation of
relocation assistance programs in other states;
(2) consider possible ways to fund State or local
relocation assistance programs, including but not limited
to home owner fees, park owner fees, and moving company
fees;
(3) examine the feasibility of allowing or mandating
park owners to create relocation trust funds;
(4) examine the feasibility of allowing or mandating a

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State agency to create a relocation trust fund;
(5) explore the potential for greater oversight of park
practices;
(6) formulate a set of best practices to minimize the
impact of park closures on both park owners and home
owners;
(7) analyze data and other information with respect to
relocation;
(8) research the availability of insurance policies
that cover the costs of relocation; and
(9) study the costs and associated legal matters
arising from the abandonment of a home in a park.
(e) The Commission shall report to the General Assembly on
its results and progress on or before January 1, 2010.
(f) This Section is repealed on March 1, 2010.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.