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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4823
Introduced 01/18/06, by Rep. Ron Stephens SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Tenant Notification Act. Provides that a landlord of a multi-unit rental complex or rental property with 2 or more rental units, mobile homes, or mobile home lots shall notify tenants that a sex offender or sexual predator is also a tenant, within 10 days of the landlord becoming aware that the sex offender is a tenant. Provides that the notice shall include the sex offender's name, address, and crime. Provides that a landlord who knows that a sex offender is a tenant shall give written notice of information about the sex offender to a prospective tenant before that person signs a lease or makes a rental agreement.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4823 |
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LRB094 17432 AJO 52727 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tenant |
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| Notification Act.
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| Section 5. Rental units. A landlord of rental property |
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| consisting of 2 or more units shall, within 10 days after the |
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| landlord becomes aware that a "sex offender" or "sexual |
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| predator", as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, is |
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| a tenant in a unit in the property, notify in writing all |
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| tenants in the property that a sex offender or sexual predator |
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| is a tenant in a unit in the property.
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| Section 10. Multi-unit complex. A landlord of a |
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| multi-building or multi-unit complex shall, within 10 days |
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| after the landlord becomes aware that a sex offender or sexual |
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| predator, is a tenant in a unit in the property, notify in |
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| writing all tenants who share a common onsite laundry facility, |
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| storage area, recreation area or parking building or lot, that |
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| a sex offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a unit in the |
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| complex.
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| Section 15. Mobile homes. A mobile home park owner or |
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| landlord of rental mobile homes, as defined in the Mobile Home |
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| Landlord and Tenant Rights Act, or rental lots for mobile homes |
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| consisting of 2 or more units or lots shall, within 10 days |
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| after the park owner or landlord becomes aware that a sex |
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| offender or sexual predator is a tenant in a rental mobile home |
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| or on a rental lot, notify in writing all tenants in rental |
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| mobile homes or on rental lots that a sex offender or sexual |
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| predator is a tenant in a rented mobile home or on a rental |
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| lot.
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