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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1115 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 765 ILCS 705/1 | from Ch. 80, par. 91 |
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Amends the Landlord and Tenant Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning covenants exempting a lessor from liability for damages.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1115 | | LRB097 04828 AJO 44867 b |
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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 Landlord and Tenant Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (765 ILCS 705/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 91)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. Liability exemptions.
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| 8 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), every
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| 9 | | covenant, agreement, or understanding in or in connection
with |
| 10 | | or collateral to any lease of real property, exempting the
the |
| 11 | | lessor from
liability for damages for injuries to person or |
| 12 | | property caused by or
resulting from the negligence of the |
| 13 | | lessor, his or her agents, servants or
employees, in the |
| 14 | | operation or maintenance of the demised premises or the
real |
| 15 | | property containing the demised premises shall be deemed to be |
| 16 | | void as
against public policy and wholly unenforceable.
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| 17 | | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a provision in a |
| 18 | | non-residential lease
that exempts the lessor from liability |
| 19 | | for property damage.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 94-601, eff. 8-16-05.)
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