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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 9-102 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (735 ILCS 5/9-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-102)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 9-102. When action may be maintained. 
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| 8 |  |  (a) The person entitled to the possession of lands or  | 
| 9 |  | tenements may be
restored thereto under any of the following  | 
| 10 |  | circumstances:
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| 11 |  |   (1) When a forcible entry is made thereon.
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| 12 |  |   (2) When a peaceable entry is made and the possession  | 
| 13 |  |  unlawfully withheld.
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| 14 |  |   (3) When entry is made into vacant or unoccupied lands  | 
| 15 |  |  or
tenements without right or title.
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| 16 |  |   (4) When any lessee of the lands or tenements, or any  | 
| 17 |  |  person
holding under such lessee, holds possession without  | 
| 18 |  |  right after the
termination of the lease or tenancy by its  | 
| 19 |  |  own limitation, condition
or terms, or by notice to quit or  | 
| 20 |  |  otherwise.
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| 21 |  |   (5) When a vendee having obtained possession under a  | 
| 22 |  |  written or
verbal agreement to purchase lands or tenements,  | 
| 23 |  |  and having failed to
comply with the agreement, withholds  | 
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| 1 |  |  possession thereof, after demand in
writing by the person  | 
| 2 |  |  entitled to such possession; provided, however,
that any  | 
| 3 |  |  such agreement for residential real estate as defined in  | 
| 4 |  |  the
Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law entered into on or  | 
| 5 |  |  after July 1, 1987 where
the purchase price is to be paid  | 
| 6 |  |  in installments over a period in excess of 5
years and the  | 
| 7 |  |  amount unpaid under the terms of the contract at the time  | 
| 8 |  |  of
the filing of a foreclosure complaint under Article XV,  | 
| 9 |  |  including principal
and due and unpaid interest, is less  | 
| 10 |  |  than 80% of the original purchase price
shall be foreclosed  | 
| 11 |  |  under the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law.
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| 12 |  |   This amendatory Act of 1993 is declarative of existing  | 
| 13 |  |  law.
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| 14 |  |   (6) When lands or tenements have been conveyed by any  | 
| 15 |  |  grantor in
possession, or sold under the order or judgment  | 
| 16 |  |  of any court in this State, or
by virtue of any sale in any  | 
| 17 |  |  mortgage or deed of trust contained and the
grantor in  | 
| 18 |  |  possession or party to such order or judgment or to such  | 
| 19 |  |  mortgage or
deed of trust, after the expiration of the time  | 
| 20 |  |  of redemption, when redemption
is allowed by law, refuses  | 
| 21 |  |  or neglects to surrender possession thereof, after
demand  | 
| 22 |  |  in writing by the person entitled thereto, or his or her  | 
| 23 |  |  agent.
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| 24 |  |   (7) When any property is subject to the provisions of  | 
| 25 |  |  the Condominium
Property Act, the owner of a unit fails or  | 
| 26 |  |  refuses to pay when due his or
her proportionate share of  | 
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| 1 |  |  the common expenses of such property, or of any
other  | 
| 2 |  |  expenses lawfully agreed upon or any unpaid fine, the Board  | 
| 3 |  |  of
Managers or its agents have served the demand set forth  | 
| 4 |  |  in Section 9-104.1
of this Article in the manner provided  | 
| 5 |  |  for in that Section and the unit
owner has failed to pay  | 
| 6 |  |  the amount claimed within the time prescribed in
the  | 
| 7 |  |  demand; or if the lessor-owner of a unit fails to comply  | 
| 8 |  |  with the leasing
requirements prescribed by subsection (n)  | 
| 9 |  |  of Section 18 of the Condominium
Property Act or by
the
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| 10 |  |  declaration, by-laws, and rules and regulations of the  | 
| 11 |  |  condominium, or if a
lessee of an owner is in breach of any  | 
| 12 |  |  covenants, rules, regulations, or
by-laws of the  | 
| 13 |  |  condominium, and the Board of Managers or its agents have  | 
| 14 |  |  served
the demand set forth in Section 9-104.2 of this  | 
| 15 |  |  Article in the manner provided
in that Section.
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| 16 |  |   (8) When any property is subject to the provisions of a  | 
| 17 |  |  declaration
establishing a common interest community and  | 
| 18 |  |  requiring the unit owner to
pay regular or special  | 
| 19 |  |  assessments for the maintenance or repair of common
areas  | 
| 20 |  |  owned in common by all of the owners of the common interest  | 
| 21 |  |  community
or by the community association and maintained  | 
| 22 |  |  for the use of the unit
owners or of any other expenses of  | 
| 23 |  |  the association lawfully agreed upon,
and the unit owner  | 
| 24 |  |  fails or refuses to pay when due his or her
proportionate  | 
| 25 |  |  share of such assessments or expenses and the board or its
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| 26 |  |  agents have served the demand set forth in Section 9-104.1  | 
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| 1 |  |  of this Article
in the manner provided for in that Section  | 
| 2 |  |  and the unit owner has failed to
pay the amount claimed  | 
| 3 |  |  within the time prescribed in the demand.
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| 4 |  |  (b) The provisions of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of  | 
| 5 |  | Section 9-102
and Section 9-104.3 of this Act shall not apply  | 
| 6 |  | to any common interest
community unless (1) the association is  | 
| 7 |  | a not-for-profit corporation or a limited liability company,  | 
| 8 |  | (2)
unit owners are authorized to attend meetings of the board  | 
| 9 |  | of directors or
board of managers of the association in the  | 
| 10 |  | same manner as provided for
condominiums under the Condominium  | 
| 11 |  | Property Act, and (3) the board of
managers or board of  | 
| 12 |  | directors of the common interest community association
has,  | 
| 13 |  | subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1984  | 
| 14 |  | voted
to have the provisions of this Article apply to such  | 
| 15 |  | association and has
delivered or mailed notice of such action  | 
| 16 |  | to the unit owners or unless the
declaration of the association  | 
| 17 |  | is recorded after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of  | 
| 18 |  | 1985.
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| 19 |  |  (c) For purposes of this Article:
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| 20 |  |   (1) "Common interest community" means real estate  | 
| 21 |  |  other than a
condominium or cooperative with respect to  | 
| 22 |  |  which any person by virtue of
his or her ownership of a  | 
| 23 |  |  partial interest or unit therein is obligated to
pay for  | 
| 24 |  |  maintenance, improvement, insurance premiums, or real  | 
| 25 |  |  estate taxes
of other real estate described in a  | 
| 26 |  |  declaration which is administered by
an association.
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| 1 |  |   (2) "Declaration" means any duly recorded instruments,  | 
| 2 |  |  however
designated, that have created a common interest  | 
| 3 |  |  community and any duly
recorded amendments to those  | 
| 4 |  |  instruments.
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| 5 |  |   (3) "Unit" means a physical portion of the common  | 
| 6 |  |  interest community
designated by separate ownership or  | 
| 7 |  |  occupancy by boundaries which are
described in a  | 
| 8 |  |  declaration.
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| 9 |  |   (4) "Unit owners' association" or "association" means  | 
| 10 |  |  the association
of all owners of units in the common  | 
| 11 |  |  interest community acting pursuant to
the declaration.
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| 12 |  |  (d) If the board of a common interest community elects to  | 
| 13 |  | have the
provisions of this Article apply to such association  | 
| 14 |  | or the declaration of
the association is recorded after the  | 
| 15 |  | effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1985, the provisions  | 
| 16 |  | of subsections (c) through (h) of Section 18.5 of
the  | 
| 17 |  | Condominium Property Act applicable to a Master Association and
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| 18 |  | condominium unit subject to such association under subsections  | 
| 19 |  | (c) through
(h) of Section 18.5 shall be applicable to the  | 
| 20 |  | community associations and
to its unit owners.
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| 21 |  | (Source: P.A. 88-47; 89-41, eff. 6-23-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
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| 22 |  |  Section 10. The Common Interest Community Association Act  | 
| 23 |  | is amended by changing Sections 1-5, 1-20, 1-25, 1-30, and 1-50  | 
| 24 |  | as follows:
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| 1 |  |  (765 ILCS 160/1-5) | 
| 2 |  |  Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the  | 
| 3 |  | context otherwise requires: | 
| 4 |  |  "Acceptable technological means" includes, without  | 
| 5 |  | limitation, electronic transmission over the Internet or other  | 
| 6 |  | network, whether by direct connection, intranet, telecopier,  | 
| 7 |  | or electronic mail.  | 
| 8 |  |  "Association" or "common interest community association"  | 
| 9 |  | means the association of all the members of a common interest  | 
| 10 |  | community, acting pursuant to bylaws or an operating agreement  | 
| 11 |  | through its duly elected board of managers or board of  | 
| 12 |  | directors. | 
| 13 |  |  "Board" means a common interest community association's  | 
| 14 |  | board of managers or board of directors, whichever is  | 
| 15 |  | applicable. | 
| 16 |  |  "Board member" or "member of the board" means a member of  | 
| 17 |  | the board of managers or the board of directors, whichever is  | 
| 18 |  | applicable. | 
| 19 |  |  "Board of directors" means, for a common interest community  | 
| 20 |  | that has been incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit  | 
| 21 |  | corporation, the group of people elected by the members of a  | 
| 22 |  | common interest community as the governing body to exercise for  | 
| 23 |  | the members of the common interest community association all  | 
| 24 |  | powers, duties, and authority vested in the board of directors  | 
| 25 |  | under this Act and the common interest community association's  | 
| 26 |  | declaration and bylaws. | 
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| 1 |  |  "Board of managers" means, for a common interest community  | 
| 2 |  | that is an unincorporated association or organized as a limited  | 
| 3 |  | liability company, the group of people elected by the members  | 
| 4 |  | of a common interest community as the governing body to  | 
| 5 |  | exercise for the members of the common interest community  | 
| 6 |  | association all powers, duties, and authority vested in the  | 
| 7 |  | board of managers under this Act and the common interest  | 
| 8 |  | community association's declaration, and bylaws, or operating  | 
| 9 |  | agreement. | 
| 10 |  |  "Building" means all structures, attached or unattached,  | 
| 11 |  | containing one or more units. | 
| 12 |  |  "Common areas" means the portion of the property other than  | 
| 13 |  | a unit. | 
| 14 |  |  "Common expenses" means the proposed or actual expenses  | 
| 15 |  | affecting the property, including reserves, if any, lawfully  | 
| 16 |  | assessed by the common interest community association. | 
| 17 |  |  "Common interest community" means real estate other than a  | 
| 18 |  | condominium or cooperative with respect to which any person by  | 
| 19 |  | virtue of his or her ownership of a partial interest or a unit  | 
| 20 |  | therein is obligated to pay for the maintenance, improvement,  | 
| 21 |  | insurance premiums or real estate taxes of common areas  | 
| 22 |  | described in a declaration which is administered by an  | 
| 23 |  | association. "Common interest community" may include, but not  | 
| 24 |  | be limited to, an attached or detached townhome, villa, or  | 
| 25 |  | single-family home. A "common interest community" does not  | 
| 26 |  | include a master association.  | 
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| 1 |  |  "Community instruments" means all documents and authorized  | 
| 2 |  | amendments thereto recorded by a developer or common interest  | 
| 3 |  | community association, including, but not limited to, the  | 
| 4 |  | declaration, bylaws, operating agreement, plat of survey, and  | 
| 5 |  | rules and regulations. | 
| 6 |  |  "Declaration" means any duly recorded instruments, however  | 
| 7 |  | designated, that have created a common interest community and  | 
| 8 |  | any duly recorded amendments to those instruments. | 
| 9 |  |  "Developer" means any person who submits property legally  | 
| 10 |  | or equitably owned in fee simple by the person to the  | 
| 11 |  | provisions of this Act, or any person who offers units legally  | 
| 12 |  | or equitably owned in fee simple by the person for sale in the  | 
| 13 |  | ordinary course of such person's business, including any  | 
| 14 |  | successor to such person's entire interest in the property  | 
| 15 |  | other than the purchaser of an individual unit. | 
| 16 |  |  "Developer control" means such control at a time prior to  | 
| 17 |  | the election of the board of the common interest community  | 
| 18 |  | association by a majority of the members other than the  | 
| 19 |  | developer. | 
| 20 |  |  "Electronic transmission" means any form of communication,  | 
| 21 |  | not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that  | 
| 22 |  | creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed  | 
| 23 |  | by a recipient and that may be directly reproduced in paper  | 
| 24 |  | form by the recipient through an automated process.  | 
| 25 |  |  "Majority" or "majority of the members" means the owners of  | 
| 26 |  | more than 50% in the aggregate in interest of the undivided  | 
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| 1 |  | ownership of the common elements. Any specified percentage of  | 
| 2 |  | the members means such percentage in the aggregate in interest  | 
| 3 |  | of such undivided ownership. "Majority" or "majority of the  | 
| 4 |  | members of the board of the common interest community  | 
| 5 |  | association" means more than 50% of the total number of persons  | 
| 6 |  | constituting such board pursuant to the bylaws or operating  | 
| 7 |  | agreement. Any specified percentage of the members of the  | 
| 8 |  | common interest community association means that percentage of  | 
| 9 |  | the total number of persons constituting such board pursuant to  | 
| 10 |  | the bylaws or operating agreement. | 
| 11 |  |  "Management company" or "community association manager"  | 
| 12 |  | means a person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity  | 
| 13 |  | entitled to transact business on behalf of others, acting on  | 
| 14 |  | behalf of or as an agent for an association for the purpose of  | 
| 15 |  | carrying out the duties, responsibilities, and other  | 
| 16 |  | obligations necessary for the day to day operation and  | 
| 17 |  | management of any property subject to this Act.
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| 18 |  |  "Meeting of the board" or "board meeting" means any  | 
| 19 |  | gathering of a quorum of the members of the board of the common  | 
| 20 |  | interest community association held for the purpose of  | 
| 21 |  | conducting board business. | 
| 22 |  |  "Member" means the person or entity designated as an owner  | 
| 23 |  | and entitled to one vote as defined by the community  | 
| 24 |  | instruments. The terms "member" and "unit owner" may be used  | 
| 25 |  | interchangeably as defined by the community instruments,  | 
| 26 |  | except in situations in which a matter of legal title to the  | 
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| 1 |  | unit is involved or at issue, in which case the term "unit  | 
| 2 |  | owner" would be the applicable term used.  | 
| 3 |  |  "Membership" means the collective group of members  | 
| 4 |  | entitled to vote as defined by the community instruments.  | 
| 5 |  |  "Parcel" means the lot or lots or tract or tracts of land  | 
| 6 |  | described in the declaration as part of a common interest  | 
| 7 |  | community. | 
| 8 |  |  "Person" means a natural individual, corporation,  | 
| 9 |  | partnership, trustee, or other legal entity capable of holding  | 
| 10 |  | title to real property. | 
| 11 |  |  "Plat" means a plat or plats of survey of the parcel and of  | 
| 12 |  | all units in the common interest community, which may consist  | 
| 13 |  | of a three-dimensional horizontal and vertical delineation of  | 
| 14 |  | all such units, structures, easements, and common areas on the  | 
| 15 |  | property. | 
| 16 |  |  "Prescribed delivery method" means mailing, delivering,  | 
| 17 |  | posting in an association publication that is routinely mailed  | 
| 18 |  | to all members, electronic transmission, or any other delivery  | 
| 19 |  | method that is approved in writing by the member and authorized  | 
| 20 |  | by the community instruments.  | 
| 21 |  |  "Property" means all the land, property, and space  | 
| 22 |  | comprising the parcel, all improvements and structures  | 
| 23 |  | erected, constructed or contained therein or thereon,  | 
| 24 |  | including any building and all easements, rights, and  | 
| 25 |  | appurtenances belonging thereto, and all fixtures and  | 
| 26 |  | equipment intended for the mutual use, benefit, or enjoyment of  | 
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| 1 |  | the members, under the authority or control of a common  | 
| 2 |  | interest community association. | 
| 3 |  |  "Purchaser" means any person or persons, other than the  | 
| 4 |  | developer, who purchase a unit in a bona fide transaction for  | 
| 5 |  | value. | 
| 6 |  |  "Record" means to record in the office of the recorder of  | 
| 7 |  | the county wherein the property is located. | 
| 8 |  |  "Reserves" means those sums paid by members which are  | 
| 9 |  | separately maintained by the common interest community  | 
| 10 |  | association for purposes specified by the declaration and  | 
| 11 |  | bylaws of the common interest community association. | 
| 12 |  |  "Unit" means a part of the property designed and intended  | 
| 13 |  | for any type of independent use. | 
| 14 |  |  "Unit owner" means the person or persons whose estates or  | 
| 15 |  | interests, individually or collectively, aggregate fee simple  | 
| 16 |  | absolute ownership of a unit.
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| 17 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-605, eff. 8-26-11; 97-1090, eff. 8-24-12;  | 
| 18 |  | 98-1042, eff. 1-1-15.)
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| 19 |  |  (765 ILCS 160/1-20)
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| 20 |  |  Sec. 1-20. Amendments to the declaration, or bylaws, or  | 
| 21 |  | operating agreement.  | 
| 22 |  |  (a) The administration of every property shall be governed  | 
| 23 |  | by the declaration and bylaws or operating agreement, which may  | 
| 24 |  | either be embodied in the declaration or in a separate  | 
| 25 |  | instrument, a true copy of which shall be appended to and  | 
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| 1 |  | recorded with the declaration. No modification or amendment of  | 
| 2 |  | the declaration, or bylaws, or operating agreement shall be  | 
| 3 |  | valid unless the same is set forth in an amendment thereof and  | 
| 4 |  | such amendment is duly recorded. An amendment of the  | 
| 5 |  | declaration, or bylaws, or operating agreement shall be deemed  | 
| 6 |  | effective upon recordation, unless the amendment sets forth a  | 
| 7 |  | different effective date. | 
| 8 |  |  (b) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, amendments to  | 
| 9 |  | community instruments authorized to be recorded shall be  | 
| 10 |  | executed and recorded by the president of the board or such  | 
| 11 |  | other officer authorized by the common interest community  | 
| 12 |  | association or the community instruments. | 
| 13 |  |  (c) If an association that currently permits leasing amends  | 
| 14 |  | its declaration, bylaws, or rules and regulations to prohibit  | 
| 15 |  | leasing, nothing in this Act or the declarations, bylaws, rules  | 
| 16 |  | and regulations of an association shall prohibit a unit owner  | 
| 17 |  | incorporated under 26 USC 501(c)(3) which is leasing a unit at  | 
| 18 |  | the time of the prohibition from continuing to do so until such  | 
| 19 |  | time that the unit owner voluntarily sells the unit; and no  | 
| 20 |  | special fine, fee, dues, or penalty shall be assessed against  | 
| 21 |  | the unit owner for leasing its unit. 
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| 22 |  |  (d) No action to incorporate a common interest community as  | 
| 23 |  | a municipality shall commence until an instrument agreeing to  | 
| 24 |  | incorporation has been signed by two-thirds of the members.  | 
| 25 |  | (Source: P.A. 96-1400, eff. 7-29-10; 97-605, eff. 8-26-11;  | 
| 26 |  | 97-1090, eff. 8-24-12.)
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| 1 |  |  (765 ILCS 160/1-25) | 
| 2 |  |  Sec. 1-25. Board of managers, board of directors, duties,  | 
| 3 |  | elections, and voting.  | 
| 4 |  |  (a) Elections shall be held in accordance with the  | 
| 5 |  | community instruments, provided that an election shall be held  | 
| 6 |  | no less frequently than once every 24 months, for the board of  | 
| 7 |  | managers or board of directors from among the membership of a  | 
| 8 |  | common interest community association. | 
| 9 |  |  (b) (Blank). | 
| 10 |  |  (c) The members of the board shall serve without  | 
| 11 |  | compensation, unless the community instruments indicate  | 
| 12 |  | otherwise.  | 
| 13 |  |  (d) No member of the board or officer shall be elected for  | 
| 14 |  | a term of more than 4 years, but officers and board members may  | 
| 15 |  | succeed themselves. | 
| 16 |  |  (e) If there is a vacancy on the board, the remaining  | 
| 17 |  | members of the board may fill the vacancy by a two-thirds vote  | 
| 18 |  | of the remaining board members until the next annual meeting of  | 
| 19 |  | the membership or until members holding 20% of the votes of the  | 
| 20 |  | association request a meeting of the members to fill the  | 
| 21 |  | vacancy for the balance of the term. A meeting of the members  | 
| 22 |  | shall be called for purposes of filling a vacancy on the board  | 
| 23 |  | no later than 30 days following the filing of a petition signed  | 
| 24 |  | by membership holding 20% of the votes of the association  | 
| 25 |  | requesting such a meeting. | 
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| 1 |  |  (f) There shall be an election of a: | 
| 2 |  |   (1) president from among the members of the board, who  | 
| 3 |  |  shall preside over the meetings of the board and of the  | 
| 4 |  |  membership; | 
| 5 |  |   (2) secretary from among the members of the board, who  | 
| 6 |  |  shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the board and of  | 
| 7 |  |  the membership and who shall, in general, perform all the  | 
| 8 |  |  duties incident to the office of secretary; and | 
| 9 |  |   (3) treasurer from among the members of the board, who  | 
| 10 |  |  shall keep the financial records and books of account. | 
| 11 |  |  (g) If no election is held to elect board members within  | 
| 12 |  | the time period specified in the bylaws, or within a reasonable  | 
| 13 |  | amount of time thereafter not to exceed 90 days, then 20% of  | 
| 14 |  | the members may bring an action to compel compliance with the  | 
| 15 |  | election requirements specified in the bylaws or operating  | 
| 16 |  | agreement. If the court finds that an election was not held to  | 
| 17 |  | elect members of the board within the required period due to  | 
| 18 |  | the bad faith acts or omissions of the board of managers or the  | 
| 19 |  | board of directors, the members shall be entitled to recover  | 
| 20 |  | their reasonable attorney's fees and costs from the  | 
| 21 |  | association. If the relevant notice requirements have been met  | 
| 22 |  | and an election is not held solely due to a lack of a quorum,  | 
| 23 |  | then this subsection (g) does not apply.  | 
| 24 |  |  (h) Where there is more than one owner of a unit and there  | 
| 25 |  | is only one member vote associated with that unit, if only one  | 
| 26 |  | of the multiple owners is present at a meeting of the  | 
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| 1 |  | membership, he or she is entitled to cast the member vote  | 
| 2 |  | associated with that unit. | 
| 3 |  |  (h-5) A member may vote:  | 
| 4 |  |   (1) by proxy executed in writing by the member or by  | 
| 5 |  |  his or her duly authorized attorney in fact, provided,  | 
| 6 |  |  however, that the proxy bears the date of execution. Unless  | 
| 7 |  |  the community instruments or the written proxy itself  | 
| 8 |  |  provide otherwise, proxies will not be valid for more than  | 
| 9 |  |  11 months after the date of its execution; or | 
| 10 |  |   (2) by submitting an association-issued ballot in  | 
| 11 |  |  person at the election meeting; or  | 
| 12 |  |   (3) by submitting an association-issued ballot to the  | 
| 13 |  |  association or its designated agent by mail or other means  | 
| 14 |  |  of delivery specified in the declaration or bylaws; or | 
| 15 |  |   (4) by any electronic or acceptable technological  | 
| 16 |  |  means. | 
| 17 |  |  Votes cast under any paragraph of this subsection (h-5) are  | 
| 18 |  | valid for the purpose of establishing a quorum.  | 
| 19 |  |  (i) The association may, upon adoption of the appropriate  | 
| 20 |  | rules by the board, conduct elections by electronic or  | 
| 21 |  | acceptable technological means. Members may not vote by proxy  | 
| 22 |  | in board elections. Instructions regarding the use of  | 
| 23 |  | electronic means or acceptable technological means for voting  | 
| 24 |  | shall be distributed to all members not less than 10 and not  | 
| 25 |  | more than 30 days before the election meeting. The instruction  | 
| 26 |  | notice must include the names of all candidates who have given  | 
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| 1 |  | the board or its authorized agent timely written notice of  | 
| 2 |  | their candidacy and must give the person voting through  | 
| 3 |  | electronic or acceptable technological means the opportunity  | 
| 4 |  | to cast votes for candidates whose names do not appear on the  | 
| 5 |  | ballot. The board rules shall provide and the instructions  | 
| 6 |  | provided to the member shall state that a member who submits a  | 
| 7 |  | vote using electronic or acceptable technological means may  | 
| 8 |  | request and cast a ballot in person at the election meeting,  | 
| 9 |  | and thereby void any vote previously submitted by that member. | 
| 10 |  |  (j) Upon proof of purchase, the purchaser of a unit from a  | 
| 11 |  | seller other than the developer pursuant to an installment  | 
| 12 |  | contract for purchase shall, during such times as he or she  | 
| 13 |  | resides in the unit, be counted toward a quorum for purposes of  | 
| 14 |  | election of members of the board at any meeting of the  | 
| 15 |  | membership called for purposes of electing members of the  | 
| 16 |  | board, shall have the right to vote for the members of the  | 
| 17 |  | board of the common interest community association and to be  | 
| 18 |  | elected to and serve on the board unless the seller expressly  | 
| 19 |  | retains in writing any or all of such rights. 
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| 20 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-605, eff. 8-26-11; 97-1090, eff. 8-24-12;  | 
| 21 |  | 98-1042, eff. 1-1-15.)
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| 22 |  |  (765 ILCS 160/1-30)
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| 23 |  |  Sec. 1-30. Board duties and obligations; records.  | 
| 24 |  |  (a) The board shall meet at least 4 times annually.  | 
| 25 |  |  (b) A common interest community association may not enter  | 
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| 1 |  | into a contract with a current board member, or with a  | 
| 2 |  | corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in  | 
| 3 |  | which a board member or a member of his or her immediate family  | 
| 4 |  | has 25% or more interest, unless notice of intent to enter into  | 
| 5 |  | the contract is given to members within 20 days after a  | 
| 6 |  | decision is made to enter into the contract and the members are  | 
| 7 |  | afforded an opportunity by filing a petition, signed by 20% of  | 
| 8 |  | the membership, for an election to approve or disapprove the  | 
| 9 |  | contract; such petition shall be filed within 20 days after  | 
| 10 |  | such notice and such election shall be held within 30 days  | 
| 11 |  | after filing the petition. For purposes of this subsection, a  | 
| 12 |  | board member's immediate family means the board member's  | 
| 13 |  | spouse, parents, siblings, and children. | 
| 14 |  |  (c) The bylaws or operating agreement shall provide for the  | 
| 15 |  | maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and  | 
| 16 |  | payments therefor, including the method of approving payment  | 
| 17 |  | vouchers. | 
| 18 |  |  (d) (Blank). | 
| 19 |  |  (e) The association may engage the services of a manager or  | 
| 20 |  | management company. | 
| 21 |  |  (f) The association shall have one class of membership  | 
| 22 |  | unless the declaration, or bylaws, or operating agreement  | 
| 23 |  | provide otherwise; however, this subsection (f) shall not be  | 
| 24 |  | construed to limit the operation of subsection (c) of Section  | 
| 25 |  | 1-20 of this Act. | 
| 26 |  |  (g) The board shall have the power, after notice and an  | 
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| 1 |  | opportunity to be heard, to levy and collect reasonable fines  | 
| 2 |  | from members or unit owners for violations of the declaration,  | 
| 3 |  | bylaws, operating agreement, and rules and regulations of the  | 
| 4 |  | common interest community association. | 
| 5 |  |  (h) Other than attorney's fees and court or arbitration  | 
| 6 |  | costs, no fees pertaining to the collection of a member's or  | 
| 7 |  | unit owner's financial obligation to the association,  | 
| 8 |  | including fees charged by a manager or managing agent, shall be  | 
| 9 |  | added to and deemed a part of a member's or unit owner's  | 
| 10 |  | respective share of the common expenses unless: (i) the  | 
| 11 |  | managing agent fees relate to the costs to collect common  | 
| 12 |  | expenses for the association; (ii) the fees are set forth in a  | 
| 13 |  | contract between the managing agent and the association; and  | 
| 14 |  | (iii) the authority to add the management fees to a member's or  | 
| 15 |  | unit owner's respective share of the common expenses is  | 
| 16 |  | specifically stated in the declaration, or bylaws, or operating  | 
| 17 |  | agreement of the association. | 
| 18 |  |  (i) Board records. | 
| 19 |  |   (1) The board shall maintain the following records of  | 
| 20 |  |  the association and make them available for examination and  | 
| 21 |  |  copying at convenient hours of weekdays by any member or  | 
| 22 |  |  unit owner in a common interest community subject to the  | 
| 23 |  |  authority of the board, their mortgagees, and their duly  | 
| 24 |  |  authorized agents or attorneys: | 
| 25 |  |    (i) Copies of the recorded declaration, other  | 
| 26 |  |  community instruments, other duly recorded covenants  | 
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| 1 |  |  and bylaws and any amendments, articles of  | 
| 2 |  |  incorporation, articles of organization, annual  | 
| 3 |  |  reports, and any rules and regulations adopted by the  | 
| 4 |  |  board shall be available. Prior to the organization of  | 
| 5 |  |  the board, the developer shall maintain and make  | 
| 6 |  |  available the records set forth in this paragraph (i)  | 
| 7 |  |  for examination and copying. | 
| 8 |  |    (ii) Detailed and accurate records in  | 
| 9 |  |  chronological order of the receipts and expenditures  | 
| 10 |  |  affecting the common areas, specifying and itemizing  | 
| 11 |  |  the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas  | 
| 12 |  |  and any other expenses incurred, and copies of all  | 
| 13 |  |  contracts, leases, or other agreements entered into by  | 
| 14 |  |  the board shall be maintained. | 
| 15 |  |    (iii) The minutes of all meetings of the board  | 
| 16 |  |  which shall be maintained for not less than 7 years. | 
| 17 |  |    (iv) With a written statement of a proper purpose,  | 
| 18 |  |  ballots and proxies related thereto, if any, for any  | 
| 19 |  |  election held for the board and for any other matters  | 
| 20 |  |  voted on by the members, which shall be maintained for  | 
| 21 |  |  not less than one year. | 
| 22 |  |    (v) With a written statement of a proper purpose,  | 
| 23 |  |  such other records of the board as are available for  | 
| 24 |  |  inspection by members of a not-for-profit corporation  | 
| 25 |  |  pursuant to Section 107.75 of the General Not For  | 
| 26 |  |  Profit Corporation Act of 1986 shall be maintained. | 
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| 1 |  |    (vi) With respect to units owned by a land trust, a  | 
| 2 |  |  living trust, or other legal entity, the trustee,  | 
| 3 |  |  officer, or manager of the entity may designate, in  | 
| 4 |  |  writing, a person to cast votes on behalf of the member  | 
| 5 |  |  or unit owner and a designation shall remain in effect  | 
| 6 |  |  until a subsequent document is filed with the  | 
| 7 |  |  association. | 
| 8 |  |   (2) Where a request for records under this subsection  | 
| 9 |  |  is made in writing to the board or its agent, failure to  | 
| 10 |  |  provide the requested record or to respond within 30 days  | 
| 11 |  |  shall be deemed a denial by the board. | 
| 12 |  |   (3) A reasonable fee may be charged by the board for  | 
| 13 |  |  the cost of retrieving and copying records properly  | 
| 14 |  |  requested. | 
| 15 |  |   (4) If the board fails to provide records properly  | 
| 16 |  |  requested under paragraph (1) of this subsection (i) within  | 
| 17 |  |  the time period provided in that paragraph (1), the member  | 
| 18 |  |  may seek appropriate relief and shall be entitled to an  | 
| 19 |  |  award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs if the member  | 
| 20 |  |  prevails and the court finds that such failure is due to  | 
| 21 |  |  the acts or omissions of the board of managers or the board  | 
| 22 |  |  of directors. | 
| 23 |  |  (j) The board shall have standing and capacity to act in a  | 
| 24 |  | representative capacity in relation to matters involving the  | 
| 25 |  | common areas or more than one unit, on behalf of the members or  | 
| 26 |  | unit owners as their interests may appear.
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| 1 |  | (Source: P.A. 97-605, eff. 8-26-11; 97-1090, eff. 8-24-12;  | 
| 2 |  | 98-232, eff. 1-1-14; 98-241, eff. 8-9-13; 98-756, eff.  | 
| 3 |  | 7-16-14.)
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| 4 |  |  (765 ILCS 160/1-50)
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| 5 |  |  Sec. 1-50. Administration of property prior to election of  | 
| 6 |  | the initial board of directors. | 
| 7 |  |  (a) Until the election of the initial board whose  | 
| 8 |  | declaration is recorded on or after the effective date of this  | 
| 9 |  | Act, the same rights, titles, powers, privileges, trusts,  | 
| 10 |  | duties, and obligations that are vested in or imposed upon the  | 
| 11 |  | board by this Act or in the declaration or other duly recorded  | 
| 12 |  | covenant shall be held and performed by the developer.
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| 13 |  |  (b) The election of the initial board, whose declaration is  | 
| 14 |  | recorded on or after the effective date of this Act, shall be  | 
| 15 |  | held not later than 60 days after the conveyance by the  | 
| 16 |  | developer of 75% of the units, or 3 years after the recording  | 
| 17 |  | of the declaration, whichever is earlier. The developer shall  | 
| 18 |  | give at least 21 days' notice of the meeting to elect the  | 
| 19 |  | initial board of directors and shall upon request provide to  | 
| 20 |  | any member, within 3 working days of the request, the names,  | 
| 21 |  | addresses, and weighted vote of each member entitled to vote at  | 
| 22 |  | the meeting. Any member shall, upon receipt of the request, be  | 
| 23 |  | provided with the same information, within 10 days after the  | 
| 24 |  | request, with respect to each subsequent meeting to elect  | 
| 25 |  | members of the board of directors.
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| 1 |  |  (c) If the initial board of a common interest community  | 
| 2 |  | association whose declaration is recorded on or after the  | 
| 3 |  | effective date of this Act is not elected by the time  | 
| 4 |  | established in subsection (b), the developer shall continue in  | 
| 5 |  | office for a period of 30 days, whereupon written notice of his  | 
| 6 |  | or her resignation shall be sent to all of the unit owners or  | 
| 7 |  | members.
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| 8 |  |  (d) Within 60 days following the election of a majority of  | 
| 9 |  | the board, other than the developer, by members, the developer  | 
| 10 |  | shall deliver to the board:
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| 11 |  |   (1) All original documents as recorded or filed  | 
| 12 |  |  pertaining to the property, its administration, and the  | 
| 13 |  |  association, such as the declaration, articles of  | 
| 14 |  |  incorporation, articles of organization, other  | 
| 15 |  |  instruments, annual reports, minutes, rules and  | 
| 16 |  |  regulations, and contracts, leases, or other agreements  | 
| 17 |  |  entered into by the association. If any original documents  | 
| 18 |  |  are unavailable, a copy may be provided if certified by  | 
| 19 |  |  affidavit of the developer, or an officer or agent of the  | 
| 20 |  |  developer, as being a complete copy of the actual document  | 
| 21 |  |  recorded or filed.
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| 22 |  |   (2) A detailed accounting by the developer, setting  | 
| 23 |  |  forth the source and nature of receipts and expenditures in  | 
| 24 |  |  connection with the management, maintenance, and operation  | 
| 25 |  |  of the property, copies of all insurance policies, and a  | 
| 26 |  |  list of any loans or advances to the association which are  | 
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| 1 |  |  outstanding.
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| 2 |  |   (3) Association funds, which shall have been at all  | 
| 3 |  |  times segregated from any other moneys of the developer.
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| 4 |  |   (4) A schedule of all real or personal property,  | 
| 5 |  |  equipment, and fixtures belonging to the association,  | 
| 6 |  |  including documents transferring the property, warranties,  | 
| 7 |  |  if any, for all real and personal property and equipment,  | 
| 8 |  |  deeds, title insurance policies, and all tax bills.
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| 9 |  |   (5) A list of all litigation, administrative action,  | 
| 10 |  |  and arbitrations involving the association, any notices of  | 
| 11 |  |  governmental bodies involving actions taken or which may be  | 
| 12 |  |  taken concerning the association, engineering and  | 
| 13 |  |  architectural drawings and specifications as approved by  | 
| 14 |  |  any governmental authority, all other documents filed with  | 
| 15 |  |  any other governmental authority, all governmental  | 
| 16 |  |  certificates, correspondence involving enforcement of any  | 
| 17 |  |  association requirements, copies of any documents relating  | 
| 18 |  |  to disputes involving members or unit owners, and originals  | 
| 19 |  |  of all documents relating to everything listed in this  | 
| 20 |  |  paragraph.
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| 21 |  |   (6) If the developer fails to fully comply with this  | 
| 22 |  |  subsection (d) within the 60 days provided and fails to  | 
| 23 |  |  fully comply within 10 days after written demand mailed by  | 
| 24 |  |  registered or certified mail to his or her last known  | 
| 25 |  |  address, the board may bring an action to compel compliance  | 
| 26 |  |  with this subsection (d). If the court finds that any of  | 
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| 1 |  |  the required deliveries were not made within the required  | 
| 2 |  |  period, the board shall be entitled to recover its  | 
| 3 |  |  reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred from and  | 
| 4 |  |  after the date of expiration of the 10-day demand.
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| 5 |  |  (e) With respect to any common interest community  | 
| 6 |  | association whose declaration is recorded on or after the  | 
| 7 |  | effective date of this Act, any contract, lease, or other  | 
| 8 |  | agreement made prior to the election of a majority of the board  | 
| 9 |  | other than the developer by or on behalf of members or  | 
| 10 |  | underlying common interest community association, the  | 
| 11 |  | association or the board, which extends for a period of more  | 
| 12 |  | than 2 years from the recording of the declaration, shall be  | 
| 13 |  | subject to cancellation by more than one-half of the votes of  | 
| 14 |  | the members, other than the developer, cast at a special  | 
| 15 |  | meeting of members called for that purpose during a period of  | 
| 16 |  | 90 days prior to the expiration of the 2-year period if the  | 
| 17 |  | board is elected by the members, otherwise by more than  | 
| 18 |  | one-half of the underlying common interest community  | 
| 19 |  | association board. At least 60 days prior to the expiration of  | 
| 20 |  | the 2-year period, the board or, if the board is still under  | 
| 21 |  | developer control, the developer shall send notice to every  | 
| 22 |  | member notifying them of this provision, of what contracts,  | 
| 23 |  | leases, and other agreements are affected, and of the procedure  | 
| 24 |  | for calling a meeting of the members or for action by the board  | 
| 25 |  | for the purpose of acting to terminate such contracts, leases  | 
| 26 |  | or other agreements. During the 90-day period the other party  | 
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| 1 |  | to the contract, lease, or other agreement shall also have the  | 
| 2 |  | right of cancellation.
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| 3 |  |  (f) The statute of limitations for any actions in law or  | 
| 4 |  | equity that the board may bring shall not begin to run until  | 
| 5 |  | the members have elected a majority of the members of the  | 
| 6 |  | board.
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| 7 |  | (Source: P.A. 96-1400, eff. 7-29-10; 97-1090, eff. 8-24-12.)
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| 8 |  |  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  | 
| 9 |  | becoming law. 
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