HB4302 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4302

Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall: (1) require all administrative hearing officers and all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in this State; (2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including all applicable legal precedent in court decisions; and (3) establish an administrative system that ensures that administrative hearing officers are impartial when hearing cases that come before the commission. Limits home rule powers.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-5-11 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new)

Sec. 11-5-11. Commission on Human Relations. The City of Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall:

(1) require all administrative hearing officers and all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in this State;

(2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including all applicable legal precedent in court decisions; and

(3) establish an administrative system that ensures that administrative hearing officers are impartial when hearing cases that come before the commission.

The City of Chicago may not regulate its Commission on Human Relations in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.