SB0982sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dan McConchie

Filed: 3/20/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 982

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 982 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding Section 10 as follows:

(15 ILCS 205/10 new)

Sec. 10. Complaint data collection.

(a) The Attorney General shall compile data concerning accessibility violations and post that information on the Internet website of the Attorney General as provided under this Section.

(b) The Attorney General shall identify the various types of construction-related physical access violations alleged in complaints, and shall tabulate the number of claims alleged for each type of violation in the complaints and the number of complaints in which the alleged violations were founded.

(c) Periodically, but not less than every 6 months beginning July 31, 2020, the Attorney General shall post on the Internet website of the Attorney General a list, by type, of the 10 most frequent types of accessibility violations alleged in the complaints and the number of alleged violations for each listed type of violation for the prior 2 quarters, as well as the number of complaints in which the alleged violations were founded.

(d) The Attorney General shall, on a quarterly basis, identify and tabulate the number of accessibility violation complaints received by the Office of the Attorney General and the number of those complaints received by the Attorney General in which the alleged violations were founded. The Attorney General shall further ascertain whether a complaint was filed in State or federal court, and tabulate the number of complaints filed in State or federal court, respectively. This data shall be posted on the Attorney General's Internet website periodically, but not less than every 6 months beginning July 31, 2020.

(e) Beginning in 2020, and for each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before January 31 of the tabulated data for the preceding calendar year as provided under subsections (b), (c), and (d).

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".