Illinois Senate Bill 2605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Provides that no court has jurisdiction over a civil action relating to or involving a false claim regarding certain tax acts administered by the Department of Revenue unless the action is brought by the Attorney General. Provides that the Department of Revenue has the sole authority to bring an administrative action and that the Attorney General has the sole authority to bring a judicial action under the Act for a false claim, statement, or record pertaining to certain taxes administered by the Department of Revenue. Contains provisions concerning reporting, investigative, and enforcement procedures for allegations of false claims pertaining to certain taxes. Contains provisions governing the payment of rewards to persons who provide information that leads to recovery of funds under the new provisions. Provides that the appeal of a determination regarding an award may be appealed exclusively to the Court of Claims and must be filed within 30 days of the determination of the award. Makes other changes, including a corresponding change in the Court of Claims Act.

FALSE CLAIMS ACT-TAX CLAIMS

Sen. Bill Brady [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2018-09-30	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
2018-04-27	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2018-04-13	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
2018-02-14	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
2018-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2018-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2018-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
705	505	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	175	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	175	4.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2605&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB2605.htm