CBA Record July-August 2017

JULY/AUGUST 2017

YOUR VOICE IN SPRINGFIELD: RECOMMENDING CBA POSITIONS ON MORE

THAN 100 BILLS

CBA Legislative News

By Helene Snyder, CBA Legislative Committee and

Loretta Wells, CBA Director of Government Affairs

he CBA’s Legislative Committee,

chaired by Helene Snyder, reviewed

more than 200 pieces of non-spon-

sored legislation during the Illinois General

Assembly’s 99

and 100

sessions in 2016-

2017. The committee recommended posi-

tions on approximately 100 bills that were

adopted by the CBA’s Board of Managers.

The following bills were drafted by CBA

substantive law committees, reviewed by

the Legislative Committee, and approved

by the Board of Managers for the 100

General Assembly–2017 Session.

HB 703 (Feigenholtz) Interstate Adoptions

This proposed legislation sets forth detailed,

consistent and coherent procedures as to

the manner in which the Department

of Children and Family Service (DCFS)

approves or denies approval of interstate

adoptive placements of children.

Status:

Passed both Houses.

Drafted by

Adoption Law Committee

HB 2526 (A. Williams) Illinois Trust Code

This proposed legislation is a comprehen-

sive Illinois version of the Uniform Trust

Code, intended to modernize trust law

in Illinois, codify common law concepts

that currently apply to trusts, and pro-

vide uniformity in relations to trust law

in other states. The Uniform Trust Code

has been adopted in 30 states and the

District of Columbia (Alabama, Arizona,

Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida,

Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,

Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,

New Hampshire, New Mexico, North

Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon,

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,

Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,

Wisconsin, Wyoming), with state-specific

modifications, and was introduced in 2015

in one additional state (New Jersey).

Status:

House Rule 19(a)–Re-referred to

Rules Committee.

Drafted by

: Trust Law

Committee

HB 2667 (Cassidy) Common Interest

Associations

Amends 735 ILCS 5/9-102(b); 9-102(c);

and 9-104.3–Forcible Entry and Detainer

Act (FED Act) to include references to the

Common Interest Community Associa-

tion Act.

Status:

House Rule 19(a)–Re-referred

to Rules Committee.

Drafted by

: RPL-

Condo Subcommittee

HB 2673/HB 189 (Cassidy/Thapedi)

Condominium Act-Surplus Funds

Amends 765 ILCS 605/9(c). This proposal

would create a new subsection (5) to Sec-

tion 9(c) of the Illinois Condominium

Property Act. This new section would

expressly authorize a condominium asso-

ciation’s board to dispose of any surplus

funds over actual expenses at the end of

each fiscal year in one of four enumerated

ways. The text of this bill was made part

HB 189

(the “global” or “omnibus” bill

created by Rep Thapedi).

Status:

HB 2673-House Rule 19(a)–Re-

referred to Rules Committee.

Status

: HB

189–Passed both Houses.

Drafted by

RPL-Condo Subcommittee

HB 3359 (E. Sims, Jr.) Forcible Entry Action–

Eviction

This proposal is a technical amendment

that would make our court system more

understandable to the public by chang-

ing the name of the “Forcible Entry and

Detainer Act” to the “Eviction Act.”

Status:

Passed both Houses.

Drafted by

Legal Aid Committee

SB 1903 (Silverstein) Companion Animal–

Cold/Heat

Amends 510 ILCS 70/3.01–This pro-

posal expands the animals protected from

“cruel treatment” from “dog or cat” to

“companion animal,” as defined in 510

ILCS 70/2.01a of the Humane Care for

Animals Act.

Status:

Senate Rule 3-9(a)/Re-referred to

Assignments.

Drafted by

: Animal Law

Committee

If you have a keen interest in the CBA’s

efforts to evaluate pending bills to improve

how Illinois’ statutes impact the legal com-

munity and the public, consider attending

a meeting of the Legislative Committee

and seeking an appointment to serve on

the committee.

For additional informtaion or a

full text copy of the bills, go to the

Illinois General Assembly website:

www.ilga.gov

or contact Loretta

Wells, Director of Government

Affairs, at 312/554-2060

CBA/YLS Committees:

please designate your

Legislative Liaison(s) for the 2017-2018 bar year

by August 31, 2017

CBA/YLS Committee Legislative Liaison Work-

shop

will be held on October 23, 2017 at the CBA

Building. All Legislative Liaisons should attend.