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91_HB3477
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1 AN ACT concerning mobile home parks.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by
5 changing Section 6 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 115/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 716)
7 Sec. 6. In addition to the application fees provided for
8 herein, the licensee shall pay to the Department on or before
9 March 31 of each year, an annual license fee which shall be
10 $100 plus $5 $3 for each mobile home space in the park.
11 Annual license fees submitted after April 30 shall be subject
12 to a $50 late fee. The licensee shall also complete and
13 return a license renewal application by March 31 of each
14 year.
15 The licensee shall pay to the Department within 30 days
16 of receipt of notification from the Department $5 $6 for each
17 additional mobile home site added to his park under authority
18 of a written permit to alter the park as provided in Section
19 4.2 of this Act, payment for the additional mobile home sites
20 to be made and an amended license therefor obtained before
21 any mobile homes are accommodated on the additional mobile
22 home spaces. The Department shall issue an amended license to
23 cover such additional mobile home sites, when they are to be
24 occupied before the end of the license year, for which an
25 annual license has been previously issued.
26 Subsequent to the effective date of this Act, an
27 applicant for an original license to operate a new park
28 constructed under a permit issued by the Department shall
29 only be required to pay 1/4 of the annual fee if such park
30 begins operation after the 31st day of January and before the
31 1st day of May of such licensing year; or 1/2 of the annual
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1 fee if such park begins operation after the 31st day of
2 October and before the 1st day of February of such licensing
3 year or 3/4 of the annual fee if such park begins operation
4 after the 31st day of July and before the 1st day of November
5 of such licensing year; but shall be required to pay the
6 entire annual fee if such park begins operation after the
7 30th day of April and before the 1st day of August of such
8 licensing year.
9 Each license fee shall be paid to the Department and any
10 license fee or any part thereof, once paid to and accepted by
11 the Department shall not be refunded.
12 The Department shall deposit all funds received under
13 this Act in the Facility Licensing Fund State Treasury.
14 (Source: P.A. 85-565.)
15 Section 10. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights
16 Act is amended by adding Sections 27 and 28 as follows:
17 (765 ILCS 745/27 new)
18 Sec. 27. Mobile Home Park Ombudsman.
19 (a) The office of Mobile Home Park Ombudsman is created.
20 The Ombudsman shall be appointed by the Director of Public
21 Health and shall be an employee of the Department of Public
22 Health.
23 (b) The Ombudsman shall serve as a liaison between the
24 State, mobile home park owners, and tenants of mobile homes
25 and shall protect the rights and interests of mobile home
26 tenants and mobile home park owners. The Ombudsman shall
27 receive and investigate complaints related to this Act for
28 the purpose of obtaining non-binding resolution of conflicts
29 between park owners and tenants related to this Act. The
30 Ombudsman may seek the advice of individuals possessing
31 specific expertise or members of the Mobile Home Park Owners
32 and Tenants Advisory Board.
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1 (c) The Ombudsman shall refer violations of this Act to
2 the Attorney General for enforcement activity.
3 (765 ILCS 745/28 new)
4 Sec. 28. Mobile Home Park Owners and Tenants Advisory
5 Board.
6 (a) The Mobile Home Park Owners and Tenants Advisory
7 Board is created to consult with and advise the Department of
8 Public Health. The Board shall be comprised of the Mobile
9 Home Park Ombudsman who shall serve as Chairman ex officio
10 and 10 members as follows: 2 residents of mobile home parks
11 who have lived in mobile homes for at least 5 years; the
12 president of a state association of mobile home owners or his
13 or her representative; 3 individuals who have owned a mobile
14 home park of at least 20 sites for at least 5 years; a
15 representative of the Cook County Department of Public
16 Health; a building official familiar with the installation of
17 mobile homes; a representative of the American Association of
18 Retired People; and a representative of the Statewide Housing
19 Action Coalition.
20 (b) Members of the Board shall be appointed by the
21 Ombudsman for 3 year terms, except that, of the initial
22 members, 3 members shall serve through December 31, 2002 and
23 3 members shall serve through December 31, 2003. Members
24 shall serve until their successors are appointed and
25 qualified. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
26 before the expiration of the term for which his or her
27 predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
28 remainder of that term. The initial appointments shall
29 commence January 1, 2001.
30 (c) The Board shall meet at least 3 times each year.
31 Additional meetings may be called by 3 members of the Board
32 upon delivery of a written notice to the Ombudsman. A
33 majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a
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1 quorum. Each member of the Board shall be compensated for
2 travel expenses incurred in the performance of duties as a
3 member of the Board in accordance with the Rules of the
4 Travel Regulation Council in the Illinois Administrative
5 Code.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.