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220 ILCS 5/10-103 — Illinois Code / Chapter 220 / Act 5 / Section 10-103
Section 10-103
Status: in_force

(220 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-103) Sec. 10-103. In all proceedings, investigations or hearings conducted by the Commission, except in the disposition of matters which the Commission is authorized to entertain or dispose of on an ex parte basis, any finding, decision or order made by the Commission shall be based exclusively on the record for decision in the case, which shall include only the transcript of testimony and exhibits together with all papers and requests filed in the proceeding, including, in contested cases, the documents and information described in Section 10-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The provisions of Section 10-60 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act shall apply in full to Commission proceedings, including ratemaking cases, any provision of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the contrary notwithstanding. The provisions of Section 10-60 shall not apply, however, to communications between Commission employees who are engaged in investigatory, prosecutorial or advocacy functions and other parties to the proceeding, provided that such Commission employees are still prohibited from communicating on an ex parte basis, as designated in Section 10-60, directly or indirectly, with members of the Commission, any administrative law judge in the proceeding, or any Commission employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decisional process of the proceeding. Any commissioner, administrative law judge, or other person who is or may reasonably be expected to be involved in the decisional process of a proceeding, who receives, or who makes or knowingly causes to be made, a communication prohibited by this Section or Section 10-60 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act as modified by this Section, shall place on the public record of the proceeding (1) any and all such written communications; (2) memoranda stating the substance of any and all such oral communications; and (3) any and all written responses and memoranda stating the substance of any and all oral responses to the materials described in clauses (1) and (2). The Commission, or any commissioner or administrative law judge presiding over the proceeding, shall in the event of a violation of this Section, take whatever action is necessary to ensure that such violation does not prejudice any party or adversely affect the fairness of the proceedings, including dismissing the affected matter. (Source: P.A. 100-840, eff. 8-13-18.)
225 ILCS 470/54 — Illinois Code / Chapter 225 / Act 470 / Section 54
Section 54
Status: in_force

(225 ILCS 470/54) (from Ch. 147, par. 154) Sec. 54. A person who in any way hinders or obstructs the Director, his authorized representative, any one of the inspectors or a sealer, deputy sealer or special sealer, in the performance of his official duties is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 96-1333, eff. 7-27-10.)
110 ILCS 61/5 — Illinois Code / Chapter 110 / Act 61 / Section 5
Section 5
Status: in_force

(110 ILCS 61/5) Sec. 5. Purpose. The General Assembly finds and declares the following: (1) to maximize the social and economic benefits of research to the public, the
815 ILCS 398/70 — Illinois Code / Chapter 815 / Act 398 / Section 70
Section 70
Status: in_force

(815 ILCS 398/70) Sec. 70. The Pawnbroker Regulation Act is amended by repealing Section 15. (Source: P.A. 98-1096, eff. 1-1-15.)
105 ILCS 5/27A-9 — Illinois Code / Chapter 105 / Act 5 / Section 27A-9
Section 27A-9
Status: in_force

(105 ILCS 5/27A-9) Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal. (a) An initial charter shall be granted for a period of 5 school years. A charter may be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 10 school years. Authorizers shall ensure that every charter granted on or after January 1, 2017 includes standards and goals for academic, organizational, and financial performance. A charter must meet all standards and goals for academic, organizational, and financial performance set forth by the authorizer in order to be renewed for a term in excess of 5 years but not more than 10 years. If an authorizer fails to establish standards and goals, a charter shall not be renewed for a term in excess of 5 years. Nothing contained in this Section shall require an authorizer to grant a full 10-year renewal term to any particular charter school, but an authorizer may award a full 10-year renewal term to charter schools that have a demonstrated track record of improving student performance. (b) A charter school renewal proposal submitted to the local school board or the State Board, as the chartering entity, shall contain: (1) a report on the progress of the charter school in achieving the goals, objectives,
510 ILCS 77/10.10 — Illinois Code / Chapter 510 / Act 77 / Section 10.10
Section 10.10
Status: in_force

(510 ILCS 77/10.10) Sec. 10.10. Animal unit. "Animal unit" means a unit of measurement for any animal feeding operation calculated as follows: (1) Brood cows and slaughter and feeder cattle multiplied by 1.0. (2) Milking dairy cows multiplied by 1.4. (3) Young dairy stock multiplied by 0.6. (4) Swine weighing over 55 pounds multiplied by 0.4. (5) Swine weighing under 55 pounds multiplied by 0.03. (6) Sheep, lambs, or goats multiplied by 0.1. (7) Horses multiplied by 2.0. (8) Turkeys multiplied by 0.02. (9) Laying hens or broilers multiplied by 0.01 (if the facility has continuous overflow watering). (10) Laying hens or broilers multiplied by 0.03 (if the facility has a liquid manure handling system). (11) Ducks multiplied by 0.02. (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96.)
820 ILCS 185/40 — Illinois Code / Chapter 820 / Act 185 / Section 40
Section 40
Status: in_force

(820 ILCS 185/40) Sec. 40. Penalties. (a) An employer or entity that violates any of the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation found in the first audit by the Department. Following a first audit, an employer or entity shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each repeat violation found by the Department within a 5 year period. For purposes of this Section, each violation of this Act for each person and for each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. In determining the amount of a penalty, the Director shall consider the appropriateness of the penalty to the employer or entity charged, upon the determination of the gravity of the violations. (b) The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, may be recovered in any administrative proceeding or a civil action filed in any circuit court by the Director of Labor, or a person aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act. (1) The Department shall distribute to all affected employees 10% of the civil penalty
820 ILCS 325/5-20 — Illinois Code / Chapter 820 / Act 325 / Section 5-20
Section 5-20
Status: in_force

(820 ILCS 325/5-20) Sec. 5-20. Violations. An employee or representative of employees claiming a violation of this Act may bring an action against the hotel employer or casino employer in the circuit court of the county in which the hotel or casino is located and is entitled to all remedies available under the law or in equity appropriate to remedy any such violation, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief or other equitable relief including reinstatement and compensatory damages. Before a representative of employees may bring a claim under this Act, the representative must first notify the hotel employer or casino employer in writing of the alleged violation under this Act and allow the hotel employer or casino employer 15 calendar days to remedy the alleged violation. An employee or representative of employees that successfully brings a claim under this Act shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs. An award of economic damages shall not exceed $350 for each violation. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 3-1-21 (See Section 50 of P.A. 101-639 for effective date of P.A. 101-221).)
755 ILCS 5/19-10 — Illinois Code / Chapter 755 / Act 5 / Section 19-10
Section 19-10
Status: in_force

(755 ILCS 5/19-10) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 19-10) Sec. 19-10. Contracts of decedent.) By order of court a contract made by a decedent may be performed by his representative. (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
110 ILCS 152/15 — Illinois Code / Chapter 110 / Act 152 / Section 15
Section 15
Status: in_force

(110 ILCS 152/15) Sec. 15. Participation. All public institutions shall participate in the Illinois Articulation Initiative through submission and review of their courses for statewide transfer. All public institutions shall maintain a complete Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package, and all public institutions shall submit and maintain up to 4 core courses in each of the Illinois Articulation Initiative majors, provided the public institution has equivalent majors and courses. All public institutions shall provide faculty, as appointed by the Board of Higher Education for public universities and the Illinois Community College Board for public community colleges, to serve on panels in the review of courses. If, in a given academic year, a public institution does not have an equivalent major, lower-division courses, or both that align with the major panel's descriptors and course approval criteria, then the public institution shall be considered to be compliant with this Section for that academic year, as determined by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board, in coordination with the director of the Illinois Articulation Initiative. (Source: P.A. 103-469, eff. 1-1-24; 103-1022, eff. 8-9-24.)
775 ILCS 55/1-5 — Illinois Code / Chapter 775 / Act 55 / Section 1-5
Section 1-5
Status: in_force

(775 ILCS 55/1-5) Sec. 1-5. Scope. This Act sets forth the fundamental rights of individuals to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health, including the fundamental right to use or refuse reproductive health care. This includes the fundamental right of an individual to use or refuse contraception or sterilization, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right; and the fundamental right of an individual who becomes pregnant to continue the pregnancy and give birth to a child, or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right. This Act restricts the ability of the State to deny, interfere with, or discriminate against these fundamental rights. The purposes of this Act are: (1) To establish laws and policies that protect individual decision-making in the area
215 ILCS 165/15.10 — Illinois Code / Chapter 215 / Act 165 / Section 15.10
Section 15.10
Status: in_force

(215 ILCS 165/15.10) (from Ch. 32, par. 609.10) Sec. 15.10. Every service plan contract of a health service plan corporation issued after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1979 which provides coverage for services coming within the practice of optometry as defined in the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, as now or hereafter amended shall, upon issuance, be accompanied by a written notice to the subscriber that such subscriber may elect for optometric services received to be reimbursed to either a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches or to an optometrist licensed in this State. (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
735 ILCS 5/10-133 — Illinois Code / Chapter 735 / Act 5 / Section 10-133
Section 10-133
Status: in_force

(735 ILCS 5/10-133) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-133) Sec. 10-133. Penalties - How recovered. All the pecuniary forfeitures incurred under this Act shall inure to the use of the party for whose benefit the order of habeas corpus was entered, and shall be sued for and recovered with costs, by the Attorney General or State's Attorney, in the name of the State, by complaint; and the amount, when recovered, shall, without any deduction, be paid to the party entitled thereto. (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
310 ILCS 10/6 — Illinois Code / Chapter 310 / Act 10 / Section 6
Section 6
Status: in_force

(310 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 6) Sec. 6. As soon as possible after the creation of an Authority the commissioners shall organize for the transaction of business by choosing from among their number a chairman and a vice-chairman and by adopting by-laws and rules and regulations suitable to the purposes of this Act. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of an Authority that has 5 commissioners, 4 commissioners shall constitute a quorum for an Authority that has 7 commissioners, and 6 commissioners shall constitute a quorum for an Authority that has 10 commissioners. The commissioners shall, from time to time, select and appoint a chief executive officer and officers and employees, including engineering, architectural and legal assistants, as they may require for the performance of their duties, and may prescribe the duties and compensation of each officer and employee or expressly delegate that authority to the chief executive officer. (Source: P.A. 87-200; 87-657; 87-895; 88-214.)
735 ILCS 30/25-7-103.27 — Illinois Code / Chapter 735 / Act 30 / Section 25-7-103.27
Section 25-7-103.27
Status: in_force

(735 ILCS 30/25-7-103.27) (was 735 ILCS 5/7-103.27) Sec. 25-7-103.27. Quick-take; Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority purposes. Quick-take proceedings under Article 20 may be used for the acquisition by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority of property described in subsection (f) of Section 5 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act for the purposes of providing additional grounds, buildings, and facilities related to the purposes of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
40 ILCS 5/17-125 — Illinois Code / Chapter 40 / Act 5 / Section 17-125
Section 17-125
Status: in_force

(40 ILCS 5/17-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-125) Sec. 17-125. Refund of contributions. Upon certification by the Employer of a member's resignation or termination prior to completion of the minimum term of service required to establish eligibility for a pension and on written application therefor, a teacher shall be paid a refund of all the amounts the member has contributed to the Fund, less any former refund that has not been repaid. Upon certification by the Employer of the member's resignation or termination after completion of the minimum term of service required to establish eligibility for a pension and on written application therefor, a teacher shall be paid a refund of all the amounts the member has contributed, less (1) any former refund that has not been repaid, and (2) pension payments received, provided the member has executed and delivered to the Board a written acknowledgment of forfeiture of all service credit and rights to pension payments. Thereupon, the member shall have no further interest in or claim against the Fund. A request for refund shall be considered valid if the member's withdrawal from service occurred at least 2 months prior to the filing of such request. Upon retirement of a teacher either on immediate or deferred pension, if the teacher is not then married, or if the member's spouse or children do not meet the qualifying conditions for a survivor's or children's pension, the total amount contributed by the member or otherwise paid by deductions from salary for survivor's pension, shall be refunded to the member, without interest. No survivor's or children's pension rights shall be effective thereafter in such a case. During a teacher's term of service, no refund is payable except contributions made in error. (Source: P.A. 101-263, eff. 8-9-19.)
210 ILCS 45/3-811 — Illinois Code / Chapter 210 / Act 45 / Section 3-811
Section 3-811
Status: in_force

(210 ILCS 45/3-811) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 3-811. Joint provider, surveyor, and association trainings. The Department shall semiannually provide joint training sessions for surveyors and nursing home providers. The Department shall include the State long-term care ombudsman, or the State long-term care ombudsman's designee, and representatives of each nursing home provider association in the State in the planning process to create the topics and content of the joint training sessions as well as the coordination and presentations for the joint training sessions. At least annually, a joint training session shall include, but not be limited to, regional citation patterns relating to complaints, standards, and outcomes in the nursing home survey process. (Source: P.A. 104-305, eff. 1-1-26.)
230 ILCS 10/7.8 — Illinois Code / Chapter 230 / Act 10 / Section 7.8
Section 7.8
Status: in_force

(230 ILCS 10/7.8) Sec. 7.8. Home rule. The regulation and licensing of organization gaming licensees and gaming conducted pursuant to an organization gaming license are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate or license such gaming or organization gaming licensees. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. (Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19.)
410 ILCS 527/5 — Illinois Code / Chapter 410 / Act 527 / Section 5
Section 5
Status: in_force

(410 ILCS 527/5) Sec. 5. Definition. For the purpose of this Act, "Department" means the Department of Public Health. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)
15 ILCS 15/2 — Illinois Code / Chapter 15 / Act 15 / Section 2
Section 2
Status: in_force

(15 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 1802) Sec. 2. The General Assembly declares that the public interest requires the orderly implementation of Article V, Section 11, of the Illinois Constitution, authorizing agency reorganization by executive order of the Governor. (Source: P.A. 81-984.)
10 ILCS 5/20-12 — Illinois Code / Chapter 10 / Act 5 / Section 20-12
Section 20-12
Status: in_force

(10 ILCS 5/20-12) (from Ch. 46, par. 20-12) Sec. 20-12. In all counties, cities, towns and precincts in which voting machines are used, all the provisions of this Act, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, relating to the furnishing of ballot boxes, printing and furnishing official ballots and supplies in such number as provided by law, the canvassing of the ballots and making the proper return of the result of the election, shall, to the extent necessary to make this article effective, apply with full force and effect; Provided, however, that the number of ballots to be printed shall be in the discretion of the election authority. (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
765 ILCS 1026/17-85 — Illinois Code / Chapter 765 / Act 1026 / Section 17-85
Section 17-85
Status: in_force

(765 ILCS 1026/17-85) Sec. 17-85. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; text omitted.)
20 ILCS 1705/61 — Illinois Code / Chapter 20 / Act 1705 / Section 61
Section 61
Status: in_force

(20 ILCS 1705/61) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-61) Sec. 61. The Department may establish and maintain a trust fund to be known as the "Interstate Services Trust Fund". This trust fund shall be used for advancing money for travel expenses in connection with the return of patients to other States and for employees designated to accompany the patients. The trust fund shall be reimbursed from any applicable appropriation for travel expenses of the Department. (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
35 ILCS 200/9-210 — Illinois Code / Chapter 35 / Act 200 / Section 9-210
Section 9-210
Status: in_force

(35 ILCS 200/9-210) Sec. 9-210. Equalization by chief county assessment officer; counties of less than 3,000,000. The chief county assessment officer in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall act as an equalizing authority for each county in which he or she serves. The officer shall examine the assessments in the county and shall equalize the assessments by increasing or reducing the entire assessment of property in the county or any area therein or of any class of property, so that the assessments will be at 33 1/3% of fair cash value. The equalization process and analysis described in this Section shall apply to all property except farm and coal properties assessed under Sections 10-110 through 10-140 and 10-170 through 10-200. For each township or assessment district in the county, the supervisor of assessments shall annually determine the percentage relationship between the estimated 33 1/3% of the fair cash value of the property and the assessed valuations at which the property is listed for each township, multi-township or assessment district. To make this analysis, he or she shall use property transfers, property appraisals, and other means as he or she deems proper and reasonable. With the ratio determined for each township or assessment district, the supervisor of assessments shall then determine the percentage to be added to or deducted from the aggregate assessments in each township or assessment district, other than property assessed under Sections 10-110 through 10-140 and 10-170 through 10-200, in order to produce a ratio of assessed value to fair cash value of 33 1/3%. That percentage shall be issued as an equalization factor for each township or assessment district within each county served by the chief county assessment officer. The assessment officer shall then change the assessment of each parcel of property by application of the equalization factor. (Source: P.A. 88-455; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
725 ILCS 185/20 — Illinois Code / Chapter 725 / Act 185 / Section 20
Section 20
Status: in_force

(725 ILCS 185/20) (from Ch. 38, par. 320) Sec. 20. In preparing and presenting its written reports under Sections 17 and 19, pretrial services agencies shall in appropriate cases include specific recommendations for setting the conditions of pretrial release; the release of the interviewee on his own recognizance in sums certain; and the imposition of conditions of pretrial release or recognizance designed to minimize the risks of nonappearance, the commission of new offenses while awaiting trial, and other potential interference with the orderly administration of justice. In establishing objective internal criteria of any such recommendation policies, the agency may utilize so-called "point scales" for evaluating the aforementioned risks, but no interviewee shall be considered as ineligible for particular agency recommendations by sole reference to such procedures. (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)