Bill Text: IL SB1237 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Compliance Division are authorized to, and shall, perform on-site job site inspections to determine compliance with the Act. Provides for the violation to be reported to the appropriate State's Attorney.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1237 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1237-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1237 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 305/26.2 new
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Compliance Division are authorized to, and shall, perform on-site job site inspections to determine compliance with the Act. Provides for the violation to be reported to the appropriate State's Attorney.
LRB100 10002 JLS 20174 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
SB1237 LRB100 10002 JLS 20174 b
AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
adding Section 26.2 as follows:
(820 ILCS 305/26.2 new)
Sec. 26.2. Job site compliance inspections. The Department
of Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Compliance Division
are authorized to, and shall, perform on-site job site
inspections for the purpose of determining compliance with
Section 4 of this Act. If a violation of Section 4 is found to
have occurred, the violation shall be referred to the State's
Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred.