Bill Text: IL SB0017 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0017 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0017-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0017 Introduced 1/9/2019, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 70/1 from Ch. 1, par. 1001
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:
(5 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 1001)
Sec. 1. In the the construction of statutes, this Act shall
be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent
with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant
to the context of the statute.
(Source: P.A. 86-451.)