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HB0507 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 507 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 507 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Workplace Transparency Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1-35 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (820 ILCS 96/1-35) | ||||||
| 7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-23 and | ||||||
| 8 | 104-320) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 1-35. Costs and attorney's fees. An employee, | ||||||
| 10 | prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to | ||||||
| 11 | reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a | ||||||
| 12 | contract for violation of this Act upon a final, | ||||||
| 13 | non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective | ||||||
| 14 | employee, or former employee on the question of the validity | ||||||
| 15 | and enforceability of the contract. | ||||||
| 16 | (Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.) | ||||||
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| 1 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-23 and | ||||||
| 2 | 104-320) | ||||||
| 3 | Sec. 1-35. Compensatory Consequential damages, costs, and | ||||||
| 4 | attorney's fees. An employee, prospective employee, or former | ||||||
| 5 | employee shall be entitled to compensatory consequential | ||||||
| 6 | damages, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs | ||||||
| 7 | incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act | ||||||
| 8 | upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, | ||||||
| 9 | prospective employee, or former employee on the question of | ||||||
| 10 | the validity and enforceability of the contract or defending | ||||||
| 11 | an action for breach of a confidentiality agreement pursuant | ||||||
| 12 | to this Act. | ||||||
| 13 | (Source: P.A. 104-23, eff. 1-1-26; 102-320, eff. 1-1-26.) | ||||||
| 14 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
| 15 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
| 16 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
| 17 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
| 18 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
| 19 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
| 20 | Public Act. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 22 | 1, 2026.". | ||||||