Bill Text: IL SB2159 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the eviction procedures and the enforcement of eviction judgments entered may not be suspended by executive order under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act or any other provision of law. Provides that if the Governor has declared that the area where the applicable court is located falls within a disaster area, the court shall take into account any financial impact the disaster has had on the tenant or lessee's ability to pay rent. Provides that the court may delay or suspend the proceeding or delay the entry or enforcement of a judgment as equity may require.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2159 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2159-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2159 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/9-122 new
Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the eviction procedures and the enforcement of eviction judgments entered may not be suspended by executive order under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act or any other provision of law. Provides that if the Governor has declared that the area where the applicable court is located falls within a disaster area, the court shall take into account any financial impact the disaster has had on the tenant or lessee's ability to pay rent. Provides that the court may delay or suspend the proceeding or delay the entry or enforcement of a judgment as equity may require.
LRB102 15748 LNS 21114 b
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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
adding Section 9-122 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/9-122 new)
Sec. 9-122. Executive orders; disaster areas. The
procedures established in this Article and the enforcement of
judgments entered under this Article may not be suspended by
Executive Order under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Act or any other provision of law. If the Governor has declared
that the area where the applicable court is located falls
within a disaster area, the court shall take into account any
financial impact the disaster has had on the tenant or
lessee's ability to pay rent. The court may delay or suspend
the proceeding or delay the entry or enforcement of a judgment
as equity may require.