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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 02:09:13+00:00

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§ 1. This Act may be cited as the Illinois False Claims Act.
P.A. 87-662, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4101.
P.A. 87-662, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 89-260, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; P.A. 91-760, § 75, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; P.A. 95-128, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4102.
P.A. 87-662, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 94-1059, § 5-87, eff. July 31, 2006; P.A. 95-128, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4103.
(4)(A) No court shall have jurisdiction over an action under this Section based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in a legislative, administrative, or Auditor General’s report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General or the person bringing the action is an original source of the information.
(1) In general, any employee, contractor, or agent is entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, contractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the employee, contractor, or agent on behalf of the employee, contractor, or agent or associated others in furtherance of other efforts to stop one or more violations of this Act.
(2) Relief under paragraph (1) shall include reinstatement with the seniority status that the employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the discrimination, 2 times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. An action under this subsection (g) may be brought in the appropriate circuit court for the relief provided in this subsection (g).
P.A. 87-662, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 89-260, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4104.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in favor of the State in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty, shall estop the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action which involves the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and which is brought under subsection (a) or (b) of Section 4.
P.A. 87-662, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4105.
P.A. 87-662, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 92-651, § 86, eff. July 11, 2002; P.A. 93-579, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; P.A. 94-940, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4106.
§ 7. Procedure. The Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to all proceedings under this Act, except when that Code is inconsistent with this Act.
P.A. 87-662, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4107.
P.A. 87-662, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by P.A. 96-1304, § 10, eff. July 27, 2010.
Formerly Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 127, ¶ 4108.

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