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|  |  | | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2644  Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |  | 
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 Amends the Condominium Property Act. Restricts the applicability of a Section concerning the rights of the board of managers to actions taken under provisions stating that the board of managers has standing and capacity to act in a representative capacity in relation to matters involving the common elements or more than one unit, on behalf of the unit owners, as their interests may appear. Deletes language providing that a provision in a declaration which would otherwise be void and ineffective may be enforced if it is approved by a vote of not less than 75% of the unit owners at any time after the election of the first unit owner board of managers.
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| |  |  | HB2644 |  | LRB099 07617 HEP 27748 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,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Condominium Property Act is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 18.9 as follows: | 
| 6 |  |  (765 ILCS 605/18.9) | 
| 7 |  |  Sec. 18.9 18.8. Common elements; rights of board. (a) Any  | 
| 8 |  | provision in a condominium instrument which limits or restricts  | 
| 9 |  | the rights of the board to act under subsection (b) of Section  | 
| 10 |  | 9.1 of this Act is void as against public policy and  | 
| 11 |  | ineffective. A provision shall be deemed to limit or restrict  | 
| 12 |  | the rights of the Board under subsection (b) of Section 9.1 if  | 
| 13 |  | it limits or restricts the rights of the board of managers by: | 
| 14 |  |   (1) it requires requiring the prior consent of the unit  | 
| 15 |  | owners in order for the board of managers to take any  | 
| 16 |  | action authorized or permitted under subsection (b) of  | 
| 17 |  | Section 9.1, including the institution of any action in  | 
| 18 |  | court or a demand for a trial by jury; or | 
| 19 |  |   (2) notwithstanding Section 32 of this Act, it requires  | 
| 20 |  | requiring the board of managers to arbitrate or mediate a  | 
| 21 |  | dispute with any one or more of all of the declarants under  | 
| 22 |  | the condominium instruments or the developer or any person  | 
| 23 |  | not then a unit owner prior to the institution of any  |