Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1267 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2023

                            103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1267 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:   765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new  Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Governor shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in Illinois by any noncitizens. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall submit to the General Assembly a report that details the history of purchases of public and private real estate located in the State by noncitizens; provides more information on the percentage of real estate located in the State that is owned by noncitizens; and offers recommendations to make it easier for citizens and harder for noncitizens to purchase real estate located in the State, including farmland. Repeals the provisions 5 years after the effective date of the Act. Makes conforming changes.  LRB103 05069 RJT 50083 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1267 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new 765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new  Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Governor shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in Illinois by any noncitizens. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall submit to the General Assembly a report that details the history of purchases of public and private real estate located in the State by noncitizens; provides more information on the percentage of real estate located in the State that is owned by noncitizens; and offers recommendations to make it easier for citizens and harder for noncitizens to purchase real estate located in the State, including farmland. Repeals the provisions 5 years after the effective date of the Act. Makes conforming changes.  LRB103 05069 RJT 50083 b     LRB103 05069 RJT 50083 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1267 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new 765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new
765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7
765 ILCS 60/7.5 new
Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Governor shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in Illinois by any noncitizens. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall submit to the General Assembly a report that details the history of purchases of public and private real estate located in the State by noncitizens; provides more information on the percentage of real estate located in the State that is owned by noncitizens; and offers recommendations to make it easier for citizens and harder for noncitizens to purchase real estate located in the State, including farmland. Repeals the provisions 5 years after the effective date of the Act. Makes conforming changes.
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1  AN ACT concerning civil law.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The Property Owned By Noncitizens Act is
5  amended by changing Section 7 and by adding Section 7.5 as
6  follows:
7  (765 ILCS 60/7) (from Ch. 6, par. 7)
8  Sec. 7.  Except as provided in Section 7.5, all All
9  noncitizens may acquire, hold, and dispose of real and
10  personal property in the same manner and to the same extent as
11  natural born citizens of the United States, and the personal
12  estate of a noncitizen dying intestate shall be distributed in
13  the same manner as the estates of natural born citizens, and
14  all persons interested in such estate shall be entitled to
15  proper distributive shares thereof under the laws of this
16  state, whether they are noncitizens or not.
17  This amendatory Act of 1992 does not apply to the
18  Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act.
19  (Source: P.A. 102-1030, eff. 5-27-22.)
20  (765 ILCS 60/7.5 new)
21  Sec. 7.5. Prohibition on purchase of public or private
22  real estate by noncitizens.

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1267 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new 765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7 765 ILCS 60/7.5 new
765 ILCS 60/7 from Ch. 6, par. 7
765 ILCS 60/7.5 new
Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Governor shall take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in Illinois by any noncitizens. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall submit to the General Assembly a report that details the history of purchases of public and private real estate located in the State by noncitizens; provides more information on the percentage of real estate located in the State that is owned by noncitizens; and offers recommendations to make it easier for citizens and harder for noncitizens to purchase real estate located in the State, including farmland. Repeals the provisions 5 years after the effective date of the Act. Makes conforming changes.
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1  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7 or any other provision of
2  law, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3  the 103rd General Assembly, the Governor shall take such
4  actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public
5  or private real estate by noncitizens. As used in this
6  Section, "noncitizen" means: (i) any foreign national, foreign
7  government, or foreign entity; or (ii) any entity over which
8  control is exercised or exercisable by a foreign national,
9  foreign government, or foreign entity. "noncitizen" also
10  includes a corporation, partnership, or other association: (i)
11  created under the laws of a foreign country; and (ii)
12  substantially beneficially owned by nationals of that foreign
13  country or any other foreign country.
14  (b) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
15  amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Commission
16  on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall submit to
17  the General Assembly a report that:
18  (1) details the history of purchases of public and
19  private real estate located in the State by noncitizens;
20  (2) provides more information on the percentage of
21  real estate located in the State that is owned by
22  noncitizens; and
23  (3) offers recommendations to make it easier for
24  citizens and harder for noncitizens to purchase real
25  estate located in the State, including farmland.
26  (c) This Section is repealed 5 years after the effective

 

 

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