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Rep. David McSweeney
Filed: 2/6/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4242
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4242 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 2.25 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 140/2.25 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2.25. Sexual harassment and sexual discrimination |
| 8 | | severance agreements. |
| 9 | | (a) A unit of local government, school district, community |
| 10 | | college district, or other local taxing body shall provide |
| 11 | | notice to the public as specified in this Section if the unit |
| 12 | | of local government, school district, community college |
| 13 | | district, or other local taxing body enters into a severance, |
| 14 | | separation, or other agreement with an employee or contractor |
| 15 | | accused of sexual harassment, as defined in Section 2-101 of |
| 16 | | the Illinois Human Rights Act, or sexual discrimination, as |
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| 1 | | defined by federal law, and the change in employment status |
| 2 | | leading to the severance, separation, or other agreement is |
| 3 | | causally related to the accusation of sexual harassment or |
| 4 | | sexual discrimination. |
| 5 | | (b) No more than 72 hours after payment has been made by or |
| 6 | | on behalf of the unit of local government, school district, |
| 7 | | community college district, or other local taxing body under a |
| 8 | | severance, separation, or other agreement described by |
| 9 | | subsection (a), the unit of local government, school district, |
| 10 | | community college district, or other local taxing body shall |
| 11 | | publish on its Internet website and cause to be published once |
| 12 | | per week for 5 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in |
| 13 | | the jurisdiction of the unit of local government, school |
| 14 | | district, community college district, or other local taxing |
| 15 | | body the following information: |
| 16 | | (1) the name of the person receiving the payment; |
| 17 | | (2) the amount of the payment; |
| 18 | | (3) the fact that the person receiving the payment has |
| 19 | | been accused of sexual harassment or sexual |
| 20 | | discrimination, as the case may be; and |
| 21 | | (4) whether the employee or contractor has admitted to |
| 22 | | the alleged sexual harassment or sexual discrimination. |
| 23 | | (c) No unit of local government, school district, community |
| 24 | | college district, or other local taxing body shall incur |
| 25 | | liability as a result of any injury or other damages arising |
| 26 | | from its compliance with this Section. |