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.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-5-11 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-5-11 new)
7    Sec. 11-5-11. Commission on Human Relations. The City of
8Chicago's Commission on Human Relations shall:
9        (1) require all administrative hearing officers and
10    all Commissioners who make decisions and issue rulings on
11    pending cases to be attorneys licensed to practice law in
12    this State;
13        (2) follow all applicable federal, State, and local
14    laws and regulations, including all applicable legal
15    precedent in court decisions; and
16        (3) establish an administrative system that ensures
17    that administrative hearing officers are impartial when
18    hearing cases that come before the commission.
19    The City of Chicago may not regulate its Commission on
20Human Relations in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
21This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
22of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
23exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised

 

 

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1by the State.