Topic:
Condominiums and common-interest communities
(Nekritz, D-Buffalo Grove) creates the Condominium and Common-Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. It creates a state office entitled the Office of the Condominium and Common-Interest Community Ombudsperson within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. After July 1, 2017, the ombudsperson shall offer training, educational materials, and courses to unit owners, associations, board of managers, and boards of directors in subjects relevant to the operation and management of condominiums and common interest communities and the respective Acts under each. It requires each association to adopt a written policy for resolving complaints made by unit owners. Unit owners may make a written request under this Act to the ombudsperson for assistance in resolving a dispute between a unit owner and an association that involves a violation of either the Condominium Property Act or the Common-Interest Community Property Act. The assistance of the section is available only to unit owners. The department must promulgate a rule assessing nonrefundable fees for the administration and enforcement of this act. House Bill 4204 passed the House on a 60-38 vote and is now in the Senate.