Bill Text: IL HB5482 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Sheriff's Merit System Law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-31 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5482 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5482-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5482 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-8017 from Ch. 34, par. 3-8017
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Sheriff's Merit System Law.
LRB102 25230 AWJ 34502 b
A BILL FOR
HB5482 LRB102 25230 AWJ 34502 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 3-8017 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-8017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8017)
Sec. 3-8017. Enforcement of orders. If any provision of
this Division or any order of the the Merit Commission is
violated by any person, regardless of whether that person's
employment is under the jurisdiction of the Division, the
Commission may apply to the circuit court for relief by
injunction, mandamus or any other proper relief. The State's
Attorney of the county where the violation occurred shall
prosecute such action. Whenever the State's Attorney for the
county where a violation is alleged to have occurred refuses
to prosecute the action, or fails to begin to prosecute such
action within 30 days after the date the Commission brings the
matter to his attention, the Commission may retain special
counsel of its own choice to prosecute such action.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)