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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 5-10, 20-50, 20-90, 20-95, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 50-5 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (5 ILCS 430/5-10)
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8 | Sec. 5-10. Ethics training. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Each officer, member, and employee
must complete, at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | least
annually beginning in 2004, an ethics training program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | conducted by the
appropriate
State agency. Each ultimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | jurisdictional authority
must implement an ethics training | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | program for its officers, members, and
employees.
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14 | (b) Each ultimate jurisdictional authority subject to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Executive Ethics Commission shall submit to the Executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Ethics Commission, at least annually, or more frequently as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | required by that Commission, an annual report that (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | summarizes ethics training that was completed during the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | previous year, and (2) lays out the plan for the ethics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | training programs in the coming year.
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21 | (c) These ethics training programs shall be overseen by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | appropriate Ethics
Commission and Inspector
General appointed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | pursuant to this Act in consultation with the Office of the
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1 | Attorney
General.
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2 | (d) Each Inspector General , or the Executive Ethics | ||||||
3 | Commission with respect to the ethics training of persons | ||||||
4 | subject to the Executive Ethics Commission,
shall set standards | ||||||
5 | and
determine the hours and frequency of training necessary for | ||||||
6 | each
position or category of positions. A person who fills a | ||||||
7 | vacancy in an
elective or appointed position that requires | ||||||
8 | training and a person
employed in a position that requires | ||||||
9 | training must complete his or her
initial ethics training | ||||||
10 | within 6 months after commencement of his or
her office or | ||||||
11 | employment.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
13 | (5 ILCS 430/20-50)
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14 | Sec. 20-50. Investigation reports; complaint procedure.
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15 | (a) With respect to complaints received by an Executive | ||||||
16 | Inspector General prior to July 1, 2012, within 10 days after | ||||||
17 | an Executive Inspector General begins an investigation, the | ||||||
18 | Executive Inspector General shall provide the Executive Ethics | ||||||
19 | Commission with (1) a summary of allegations and alleged | ||||||
20 | violations, the reason for opening the investigation, and the | ||||||
21 | unique tracking number assigned to the investigation and (2) | ||||||
22 | any additional information requested by the Executive Ethics | ||||||
23 | Commission. At any time, if
If an Executive Inspector General, | ||||||
24 | upon the conclusion of an
investigation, determines that | ||||||
25 | reasonable cause exists to believe that a
violation
has |
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1 | occurred, then
the Executive Inspector General shall issue a | ||||||
2 | summary report of the
investigation. The report shall be | ||||||
3 | delivered to the
appropriate ultimate jurisdictional
authority | ||||||
4 | and to the head of each State
agency
affected by or involved in | ||||||
5 | the investigation, if appropriate.
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6 | (a-5) With respect to complaints received by an Executive | ||||||
7 | Inspector General prior to July 1, 2012, not more than 60 days | ||||||
8 | after delivering a summary report to the appropriate ultimate | ||||||
9 | jurisdictional authority and to the head of each State agency, | ||||||
10 | the Executive Inspector General shall deliver the summary | ||||||
11 | report to the Executive Ethics Commission. The Executive | ||||||
12 | Inspector General shall also provide the Executive Ethics | ||||||
13 | Commission with a report detailing the discipline related to | ||||||
14 | the summary report, if any, that the ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
15 | authority or head of the State agency has imposed or intends to | ||||||
16 | impose. The Executive Inspector General shall provide any | ||||||
17 | additional information requested by the Executive Ethics | ||||||
18 | Commission. In the event the Executive Inspector General seeks | ||||||
19 | to file a petition for leave to file a complaint with the | ||||||
20 | Executive Ethics Commission pursuant to subsection (c), the | ||||||
21 | Executive Inspector General shall not deliver the summary | ||||||
22 | report to the Executive Ethics Commission and instead shall | ||||||
23 | notify the Commission and the Attorney General. If the Attorney | ||||||
24 | General does not file a petition for leave to file a complaint | ||||||
25 | with the Executive Ethics Commission within the time permitted | ||||||
26 | by statute, the Executive Inspector General must deliver a |
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1 | summary report to the Executive Ethics Commission within 30 | ||||||
2 | days.
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3 | Any report delivered to the Executive Ethics Commission | ||||||
4 | under this subsection shall not contain the name, office, or | ||||||
5 | position title of any individual person.
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6 | (b) The summary report of the investigation shall include | ||||||
7 | the following:
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8 | (1) A description of any allegations or other | ||||||
9 | information
received by the Executive Inspector General | ||||||
10 | pertinent to the
investigation.
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11 | (2) A description of any alleged misconduct discovered | ||||||
12 | in the
course of the investigation.
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13 | (2.5) With respect to complaints received by an | ||||||
14 | Executive Inspector General prior to July 1, 2012, a | ||||||
15 | specific recommendation for any corrective or disciplinary | ||||||
16 | action to be taken in response to any alleged misconduct | ||||||
17 | described in the report, including but not limited to | ||||||
18 | suspension or discharge.
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19 | (3) With respect to complaints received by an Executive | ||||||
20 | Inspector General on or after July 1, 2012, recommendations
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21 | Recommendations for any corrective or disciplinary
action | ||||||
22 | to be taken in response to any alleged misconduct described | ||||||
23 | in the
report, including but not limited to discharge.
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24 | (4) Other information the Executive Inspector General
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25 | deems relevant to the investigation or resulting | ||||||
26 | recommendations.
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1 | (c) Not less than 30 days after delivery , under subsection | ||||||
2 | (a), of the summary report of
an
investigation to the | ||||||
3 | appropriate ultimate jurisdictional authority and to the head | ||||||
4 | of each State agency affected by or involved in the | ||||||
5 | investigation under subsection (a) ,
if the Executive Inspector | ||||||
6 | General desires to file a petition for leave to file
a
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7 | complaint, the Executive Inspector General shall notify the | ||||||
8 | Commission and the
Attorney General.
If the Attorney General | ||||||
9 | determines
that reasonable cause exists to believe that a | ||||||
10 | violation has occurred, then the
Executive Inspector
General, | ||||||
11 | represented by the Attorney
General, may file with the | ||||||
12 | Executive Ethics Commission a petition for
leave to file a | ||||||
13 | complaint.
The petition shall set
forth the alleged violation | ||||||
14 | and the
grounds that exist to support the petition. The | ||||||
15 | petition for leave to
file a complaint must be filed with the | ||||||
16 | Commission within 18 months
after the most recent act of the
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17 | alleged violation or of a series of alleged violations
except | ||||||
18 | where there is reasonable cause to believe
that fraudulent | ||||||
19 | concealment has occurred. To constitute fraudulent concealment
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20 | sufficient to toll this limitations period, there must be an | ||||||
21 | affirmative act or
representation calculated to prevent | ||||||
22 | discovery of the fact that a violation has
occurred.
If a | ||||||
23 | petition for leave to file a complaint is not filed with the | ||||||
24 | Commission
within 6 months after notice by the Inspector | ||||||
25 | General to the Commission and the
Attorney General, then the | ||||||
26 | Commission may set a meeting of the Commission at
which the |
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1 | Attorney General shall appear and provide a status
report to | ||||||
2 | the Commission.
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3 | (d) A copy of the petition must be served on all | ||||||
4 | respondents named in the
complaint and on each respondent's | ||||||
5 | ultimate jurisdictional authority in
the same manner as process | ||||||
6 | is served under the Code of Civil
Procedure.
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7 | (e) A respondent may file objections to the petition for | ||||||
8 | leave to
file a complaint within 30 days after notice of the | ||||||
9 | petition has been
served on the respondent.
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10 | (f) The Commission shall meet, either in person or by | ||||||
11 | telephone,
in a closed session to review the sufficiency of the | ||||||
12 | complaint.
If the Commission finds that complaint is | ||||||
13 | sufficient, the Commission shall
grant the petition for leave | ||||||
14 | to file the
complaint.
The Commission shall
issue notice to the | ||||||
15 | Executive Inspector General and all respondents of
the | ||||||
16 | Commission's ruling on the sufficiency of the complaint. If the | ||||||
17 | complaint
is deemed to
sufficiently allege a violation of this | ||||||
18 | Act, then the Commission shall notify
the parties and shall
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19 | include a hearing date scheduled within 4 weeks after the date | ||||||
20 | of the notice,
unless all of the parties consent to a later | ||||||
21 | date.
If the complaint is deemed not to sufficiently allege a
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22 | violation, then
the Commission shall send by certified mail, | ||||||
23 | return receipt requested,
a notice to the parties of the | ||||||
24 | decision to dismiss the complaint.
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25 | (g) On the scheduled date
the Commission shall conduct a | ||||||
26 | closed meeting,
either in person or, if the parties consent, by |
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1 | telephone, on the complaint and
allow all
parties the | ||||||
2 | opportunity to present testimony and evidence.
All such | ||||||
3 | proceedings shall be transcribed.
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4 | (h) Within an appropriate time limit set by rules of the | ||||||
5 | Executive
Ethics Commission, the Commission shall (i) dismiss | ||||||
6 | the
complaint or (ii) issue a recommendation of discipline to | ||||||
7 | the
respondent and the respondent's ultimate jurisdictional | ||||||
8 | authority or
impose an administrative fine upon the respondent, | ||||||
9 | or both.
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10 | (i) The proceedings on any complaint filed with the | ||||||
11 | Commission
shall be conducted pursuant to rules promulgated by | ||||||
12 | the Commission.
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13 | (j) The Commission may designate hearing officers
to | ||||||
14 | conduct proceedings as determined by rule of the Commission.
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15 | (k) In all proceedings before the Commission, the standard | ||||||
16 | of
proof is by a preponderance of the evidence.
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17 | (l) When the Inspector General concludes that there is | ||||||
18 | insufficient
evidence that a violation has occurred, the | ||||||
19 | Inspector General shall close the
investigation. At the request | ||||||
20 | of the subject of the investigation, the
Inspector
General | ||||||
21 | shall provide a written statement to the subject of the | ||||||
22 | investigation
and to the Commission of
the Inspector General's | ||||||
23 | decision to close the investigation. Closure by the
Inspector | ||||||
24 | General does not bar the Inspector General from resuming the
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25 | investigation if circumstances warrant.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) |
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1 | (5 ILCS 430/20-90)
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2 | Sec. 20-90. Confidentiality.
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3 | (a) The identity of any individual providing information or | ||||||
4 | reporting any
possible or alleged
misconduct to an Executive | ||||||
5 | Inspector General or the Executive Ethics
Commission
shall be | ||||||
6 | kept confidential and may not be disclosed
without the consent | ||||||
7 | of that individual, unless the individual consents to
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8 | disclosure of his or her name or disclosure of the individual's | ||||||
9 | identity is
otherwise required by law. The confidentiality | ||||||
10 | granted by this subsection does
not preclude the disclosure of | ||||||
11 | the identity of a person in any capacity other
than as the | ||||||
12 | source of an allegation.
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13 | (a-5) Each summary provided to the Executive Ethics | ||||||
14 | Commission by an Executive Inspector General within 10 days | ||||||
15 | after beginning an investigation, as required by subsection (a) | ||||||
16 | of Section 20-50, and each report provided to the Executive | ||||||
17 | Ethics Commission by an Executive Inspector General under | ||||||
18 | subsection (a-5) of Section 20-50 shall be kept confidential | ||||||
19 | and may not be disclosed.
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20 | (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 20-50(c), | ||||||
21 | commissioners, employees,
and agents of the Executive Ethics | ||||||
22 | Commission,
the Executive Inspectors General, and employees | ||||||
23 | and agents of each Office of
an
Executive Inspector General | ||||||
24 | shall keep confidential and shall not disclose
information | ||||||
25 | exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act |
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1 | or by this Act.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
3 | (5 ILCS 430/20-95)
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4 | Sec. 20-95. Exemptions.
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5 | (a) Documents generated by an ethics
officer under this | ||||||
6 | Act, except Section 5-50, are exempt from the provisions of
the | ||||||
7 | Freedom
of Information Act.
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8 | (b) Any allegations
and related documents
submitted to an | ||||||
9 | Executive Inspector General and any pleadings and
related | ||||||
10 | documents brought before the Executive Ethics
Commission are | ||||||
11 | exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act so | ||||||
12 | long as the Executive Ethics Commission
does not make a finding | ||||||
13 | of a violation of this Act.
If the Executive
Ethics Commission | ||||||
14 | finds that a violation has occurred, the
entire record of | ||||||
15 | proceedings before the Commission, the decision and
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16 | recommendation, and the mandatory report from the agency head | ||||||
17 | or
ultimate jurisdictional authority to the Executive Ethics
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18 | Commission are not exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of
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19 | Information Act but information contained therein that is | ||||||
20 | otherwise exempt from
the
Freedom of Information Act must be | ||||||
21 | redacted before disclosure as provided in
Section 8 of the | ||||||
22 | Freedom of Information Act.
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23 | (c) Meetings of the Commission under
Sections 20-5
and | ||||||
24 | 20-15 of this Act are exempt from the provisions of the Open
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25 | Meetings Act.
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1 | (d) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, all | ||||||
2 | investigatory files and
reports of the Office of an Executive | ||||||
3 | Inspector General , other than quarterly
reports, are | ||||||
4 | confidential, are exempt from disclosure
under the Freedom of | ||||||
5 | Information Act, and shall not be divulged to
any person or | ||||||
6 | agency, except as necessary (i) to the appropriate law
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7 | enforcement
authority if the matter is referred pursuant to | ||||||
8 | this Act, (ii) to the ultimate
jurisdictional authority, (iii) | ||||||
9 | to the
Executive Ethics Commission; or (iv) to another | ||||||
10 | Inspector General appointed
pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
11 | Investigatory reports, including summary reports of | ||||||
12 | investigations, and quarterly reports of the Office of an | ||||||
13 | Executive Inspector General are not exempt from the provisions | ||||||
14 | of the Freedom of Information Act, but information contained | ||||||
15 | therein that is otherwise exempt from the Freedom of | ||||||
16 | Information Act must be redacted before disclosure as provided | ||||||
17 | in Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.) | ||||||
19 | (5 ILCS 430/50-5)
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20 | Sec. 50-5. Penalties.
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21 | (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that | ||||||
22 | person intentionally
violates (i) subsection (a-5) of Section | ||||||
23 | 20-90 or (ii) any provision of Section 5-15, 5-30, 5-40, or | ||||||
24 | 5-45 or Article 15.
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25 | (b) A person who intentionally violates any provision
of |
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1 | Section 5-20, 5-35, 5-50, or 5-55 is guilty of a business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | offense
subject to a fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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3 | (c) A person who intentionally violates any provision of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Article 10 is
guilty of a business
offense and subject to a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | fine of at least $1,001 and up to $5,000.
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6 | (d) Any person who intentionally makes a
false report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | alleging a violation of any provision of this Act to an ethics
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8 | commission,
an inspector general,
the State Police, a State's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Attorney, the Attorney General, or any other law
enforcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | official is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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11 | (e) An ethics commission may levy an administrative fine of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | up to $5,000
against any person
who violates this Act, who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | intentionally obstructs or interferes with an
investigation
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14 | conducted under this Act by an inspector general, or who
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15 | intentionally makes a false, frivolous, or bad faith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | allegation.
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17 | (f) In addition to any other penalty that may apply, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | whether criminal or
civil, a State employee who intentionally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | violates
any provision of Section 5-15, 5-20, 5-30, 5-35, 5-40, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | or 5-50, Article 10,
Article 15, or Section 20-90 or 25-90 is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | subject to discipline or discharge by
the
appropriate ultimate
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22 | jurisdictional authority.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03.)
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