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PROPOSED DISCHARGE ITEM FROM COMMITTEE
Department: Cook County Board of Commissioners
Request: The Board discharge Item 24-5318 from the Human Relations Committee and refer Item 24-5318 to the Zoning and Building Committee
Item Number: 24-5318
Committee: Human Relations Committee
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Account(s): N/A
Summary: Item number 24-5318, which is an amendment to the Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance, was referred to the Human Relations Committee in error. The item should have been referred to the Zoning and Building Committee, which is a committee of the whole and where the underlying ordinance was originally approved.
24-5318
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE IV, RESIDENTIAL TENANT AND LANDLORD ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42 - Human Relations, Article IV - Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance, Sections 42-104(f)(12), 42-105, and 42-106 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 42-104. Rental Agreements.
(f) Prohibited Provisions. A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant or the landlord:
(12) Agrees that the landlord shall not impose a fee in excess of the reasonable cost of that expense, including, but not limited to, credit-check fees and move-in fees. A landlord shall not rename a fee or charge to avoid application of this prohibition.
Sec. 42-105. Tenant rights.
(a) In addition to any rights provided under federal or state law, a tenant shall have the rights specified in this section under the circumstances herein set forth.
(b) Tenant right to disclosure of costs.
(1) The tenant shall have the right to disclosure of utility costs. A landlord shall disclose to the tenant whether the landlord or tenant bears the responsibility for payment of the cost of a utility for the dwelling unit.
(2) In rental agreements in which the tenant pays the cost of a utility for a dwelling unit and is d...
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