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: | ||||||
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. |
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1 | (d) Nothing this Section shall abridge any contractual | ||||||
2 | status of employer-employee confidentiality.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.".
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