Bill Text: IL HB4302 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall: (1) require all administrative hearing officers and all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in this State; (2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including all applicable legal precedent in court decisions; and (3) establish an administrative system that ensures that administrative hearing officers are impartial when hearing cases that come before the commission. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4302 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4302-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4302 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall: (1) require all administrative hearing officers and all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in this State; (2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including all applicable legal precedent in court decisions; and (3) establish an administrative system that ensures that administrative hearing officers are impartial when hearing cases that come before the commission. Limits home rule powers.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 11-5-11 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new)
Sec. 11-5-11. Commission on Human Relations. The City of
Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall:
(1) require all administrative hearing officers and
all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on
pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in
this State;
(2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local
laws and regulations, including all applicable legal
precedent in court decisions; and
(3) establish an administrative system that ensures
that administrative hearing officers are impartial when
hearing cases that come before the commission.
The City of Chicago may not regulate its Commission on
Human Relations in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised

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by the State.