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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 30-9, 30-10, 30-11, 30-12, and 30-16.4 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/30-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-9)
 7        Sec. 30-9. General Assembly  scholarship;  conditions  of
 8    admission; award by competitive examination.
 9        (a)  The provisions of this subsection (a) are subject to
10    subsection  (b).  Each  member  of  the  General Assembly may
11    nominate annually 2  persons  of  school  age  and  otherwise
12    eligible,  from his district; one shall receive a certificate
13    of scholarship in the University of Illinois  and  the  other
14    shall receive a certificate of scholarship in any other State
15    supported  university designated by the member. Any member of
16    the General Assembly in making nominations under this Section
17    may  designate  that  his  nominee  be  granted  a   4   year
18    scholarship or may instead designate 2 or 4 nominees for that
19    particular  scholarship,  each  to  receive a 2 year or a one
20    year scholarship, respectively. The nominee, if a graduate of
21    a school accredited by the  University  to  which  nominated,
22    shall be admitted to the university on the same conditions as
23    to  educational  qualifications  as  are  other  graduates of
24    accredited schools. If the nominee is not  a  graduate  of  a
25    school  accredited  by  the university to which nominated, he
26    must,  before  being  entitled  to  the   benefits   of   the
27    scholarship,  pass an examination given by the superintendent
28    of schools of the county where he resides at the time  stated
29    in   Section   30-7  for  the  competitive  examination.  The
30    president  of  each  university  shall  prescribe  the  rules
31    governing the examination for scholarship to his university.
 
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 1        A  member  of  the  General  Assembly   may   award   the
 2    scholarship  by  competitive examination conducted under like
 3    rules as prescribed in Section 30-7 even though one  or  more
 4    of  the applicants are graduates of schools accredited by the
 5    university.
 6        A member of the General  Assembly  may  delegate  to  the
 7    Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission  the  authority  to
 8    nominate persons for General Assembly scholarships which that
 9    member  would  otherwise  be entitled to award, or may direct
10    the Commission to evaluate and make  recommendations  to  the
11    member  concerning  candidates  for such scholarships. In the
12    event a member delegates his nominating authority or  directs
13    the   Commission   to   evaluate   and  make  recommendations
14    concerning candidates for General Assembly scholarships,  the
15    member shall inform the Commission in writing of the criteria
16    which  he  wishes  the  Commission  to apply in nominating or
17    recommending candidates. Those criteria may include  some  or
18    all  of  the  criteria  provided  in Section 25 of the Higher
19    Education Student Assistance Act. A delegation  of  authority
20    under  this  paragraph  may  be  revoked  at  any time by the
21    member.
22        Failure of a member of the General  Assembly  to  make  a
23    nomination  in  any  year shall not cause that scholarship to
24    lapse,  but  the  member  may  make  a  nomination  for  such
25    scholarship at any time  thereafter  through  June  1,  2003;
26    before  the  expiration  of  his  term,  and  the  person  so
27    nominated  shall  be entitled to the same benefits as holders
28    of other scholarships provided herein. Any  such  scholarship
29    for  which  a member has made no nomination on or before June
30    1, 2003 prior to the expiration of the term for which he  was
31    elected shall lapse upon the expiration of that term.
32        (b)  After  June  1,  2003  no person may be nominated to
33    receive any one-year, 2-year, 4-year, or other scholarship or
34    certificate of scholarship under this Section,  nor  may  any
 
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 1    such  scholarship be awarded under this Section after June 1,
 2    2003 unless the person was nominated prior to  that  date  to
 3    receive that scholarship.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-997.)

 5        (105 ILCS 5/30-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-10)
 6        Sec.  30-10.  Filing  nominations;  failure  to accept or
 7    pass; second nomination.
 8        Nominations that are  made,  under  Section  30-9  on  or
 9    before  June  1,  2003  and  that  show, showing the name and
10    address of the nominee, and  the  term  of  the  scholarship,
11    whether  4 years, 2 years or one year, must be filed with the
12    State Superintendent of Education if the scholarship is in  a
13    university other than the University of Illinois, or with the
14    president of the University of Illinois if the scholarship is
15    in  such  university,  not  later than the opening day of the
16    semester or term with which  the  scholarship  is  to  become
17    effective.   The  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall
18    forthwith notify the president of the university  other  than
19    the  University  of  Illinois  of  such nomination.  No valid
20    nomination to any scholarship may be made under Section  30-9
21    after June 1, 2003.
22        If  the  nominee  fails  to accept the nomination or, not
23    being a graduate of a school accredited  by  the  university,
24    fails to pass the examination for admission, the president of
25    the  university shall at once notify the State Superintendent
26    of Education if the university is other than  the  University
27    of  Illinois.  Upon  receiving  such  notification, the State
28    Superintendent  of  Education  shall  notify  the  nominating
29    member, who may, on or before, but not after  June  1,  2003,
30    name  another  person  for  the scholarship. In the case of a
31    scholarship in the University of Illinois, such  notification
32    shall  be  given  by  the president thereof to the nominating
33    member. The second nomination must be received by  the  State
 
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 1    Superintendent of Education or president of the University of
 2    Illinois,  as  the  case may be, not later than the middle of
 3    the semester or term with which the scholarship was  to  have
 4    become  effective  under  the original nomination in order to
 5    become effective as of the opening date of such  semester  or
 6    term  otherwise  it  shall  not  become  effective  until the
 7    beginning of the next semester or term following  the  making
 8    of the second nomination; provided that the second nomination
 9    must  be  made,  if  at all, on or before June 1, 2003 or the
10    scholarship shall be deemed to have lapsed  by  operation  of
11    law.  Upon receiving such notification of a second nomination
12    on or before  June  1,  2003,  the  State  Superintendent  of
13    Education  shall  notify  the  president of the university of
14    such second nomination.  If any person  nominated  after  the
15    effective  date  of  this amendatory Act of 1973 to receive a
16    General Assembly  scholarship  changes  his  residence  to  a
17    location outside of the district from which he was nominated,
18    his  nominating  member may terminate that scholarship at the
19    conclusion of the college year in which he is then  enrolled,
20    but  after June 1, 2003 no person may be nominated to receive
21    or otherwise be awarded all or any part  of  the  scholarship
22    that is unused or unexpired at the time the scholarship is so
23    terminated.  For purposes of this paragraph, a person changes
24    his residence if he registers to vote in a  location  outside
25    of  the  district  from  which he was nominated, but does not
26    change his residence merely by taking off-campus  housing  or
27    living in a nonuniversity residence.
28    (Source: P.A. 80-278.)

29        (105 ILCS 5/30-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-11)
30        Sec.   30-11.  Failure   to   use   scholarship;  further
31    nominations. If any  nominee  under  Section  30-9  or  30-10
32    discontinues  his  course  of instruction or fails to use the
33    scholarship, leaving 1, 2, 3, or 4 years thereof unused,  the
 
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 1    member  of  the  General  Assembly  may,  except as otherwise
 2    provided in this Article, nominate some other person eligible
 3    under this Article from his district who shall be entitled to
 4    the scholarship for the unexpired  period  thereof;  provided
 5    that   the   nomination  for  the  unexpired  period  of  the
 6    scholarship must be made, if at all, on  or  before  June  1,
 7    2003   or   such   nomination   shall  be  invalid,  and  the
 8    scholarship and its unexpired period shall be deemed to  have
 9    lapsed  by operation of law. Such appointment to an unexpired
10    scholarship vacated before July 1, 1961, may be made only  by
11    the  member  of  the  General  Assembly who made the original
12    appointment and during the time he is such  a  member.  If  a
13    scholarship  is  vacated  on  or  after July 1, 1961, and the
14    member  of  the  General  Assembly  who  made  the   original
15    appointment  has  ceased to be a member, some eligible person
16    may be nominated in the following manner to fill the vacancy:
17    If the original appointment  was  made  by  a  Senator,  such
18    nomination  shall  be  made  by  the  Senator  from  the same
19    district;  if  the  original  appointment  was  made   by   a
20    Representative,   such   nomination  shall  be  made  by  the
21    Representative from the same district.  Every  nomination  to
22    fill  a  vacancy  must  be made on or before June 1, 2003 and
23    accompanied either by a release of the original nominee or if
24    he is dead then an affidavit to that effect by some competent
25    person.   The  failure  of  a  nominee  to  register  at  the
26    university within 20 days after the opening of  any  semester
27    or  term  shall be deemed a release by him of the nomination,
28    unless he has been granted a leave of absence  in  accordance
29    with  Section 30-14 or unless his absence is by reason of his
30    entry into the military service of  the  United  States.  The
31    university,  other  than  the  University  of Illinois, shall
32    immediately  upon  the  expiration  of  20  days  after   the
33    beginning  of  the semester or term notify the State Board of
34    Education as to the status of  each  scholarship,  who  shall
 
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 1    forthwith  notify  the  nominating  member  of  any nominee's
 2    failure to register or, if the nominating member  has  ceased
 3    to  be  a  member  of  the General Assembly, shall notify the
 4    member or members entitled to make the nomination to fill the
 5    vacancy. In the case of a scholarship in  the  University  of
 6    Illinois,  such  notification of vacancy shall be made by the
 7    president thereof to the nominating member or  his  successor
 8    as  above  provided.  All  nominations to unused or unexpired
 9    scholarships, if made on or before June  1,  2003,  shall  be
10    effective  as  of  the opening of the semester or term of the
11    university during which they are made if they are filed  with
12    the university during the first half of the semester or term,
13    otherwise  they  shall  not be effective until the opening of
14    the  next  following  semester  or  term;  provided  that  no
15    nomination to an unused or unexpired scholarship is valid  if
16    made   after  June  1,  2003,  and  an  unused  or  unexpired
17    scholarship shall be deemed to have lapsed  by  operation  of
18    law  unless  the  nomination  to  that  unused  or  unexpired
19    scholarship is made on or before June 1, 2003.
20    (Source: P.A. 82-1003.)

21        (105 ILCS 5/30-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 30-12)
22        Sec. 30-12.  Failure to begin or discontinuance of course
23    because of military service.
24        Any  nominee,  under  Sections 30-9, 30-10, or 30-11, who
25    fails to begin or  discontinues  his  course  of  instruction
26    because  of his entry into the military service of the United
27    States, leaving all or a portion of the  scholarship  unused,
28    may,  upon completion of such service, use the scholarship or
29    the unused portion thereof, regardless of whether or not  the
30    member  of  the  General Assembly who nominated him is then a
31    member; provided that during the nominee's period of military
32    service no other person may be nominated by  such  member  to
33    all  or  any portion of such unused or unfinished scholarship
 
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 1    unless the nomination is accompanied either by a  release  of
 2    the  original  nominee  or if he is dead then an affidavit to
 3    that  effect  by  some  competent  person  and   unless   the
 4    nomination is made on or before June 1, 2003.
 5    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

 6        (105 ILCS 5/30-16.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-16.4)
 7        Sec.  30-16.4.   Privileges  Conferred.  The scholarships
 8    issued under Sections 30-16.1 through 30-16.6, inclusive,  of
 9    this   Article,   may   be  used  at  those  State  supported
10    universities  where  there  are  provided  Reserve  Officer's
11    Training Corps programs of the several Armed Services over  a
12    period  during  which  the eligible recipient is eligible for
13    enrollment in the  program.   The  scholarships  shall  cover
14    exempt  the  holder  from  the  payment  of  tuition,  or any
15    matriculation, graduation, activity, term or incidental  fee,
16    except any portion of a multi-purpose fee which is used for a
17    purpose for which payment exemption is not granted under this
18    Section.  Payment  Exemption may not be granted for any other
19    fees including  book  rental,  service,  laboratory,  supply,
20    Union  Building,  hospital and medical insurance fees and any
21    fees  established  for  the  operation  and  maintenance   of
22    buildings,  the  income of which is pledged to the payment of
23    interest and principal, or  bonds  issued  by  the  governing
24    board of the universities.
25        Any  student  who  has  been  or is awarded a scholarship
26    shall be reimbursed by the  appropriate  university  for  any
27    fees  which  he  has  paid and for which exemption is granted
28    under this Section, if application for such reimbursement  is
29    made  within 2 months following the school term for which the
30    fees were paid.
31        The  holder  of  a  scholarship   is   subject   to   all
32    examinations,  rules  and  requirements  of the university in
33    which he is enrolled, except as herein directed.
 
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 1        The provisions of Sections  30-16.1  through  30-16.6  of
 2    this  Act  do  not  prohibit  the  Board  of  Trustees of the
 3    University of Illinois, the Board  of  Trustees  of  Southern
 4    Illinois  University,  the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
 5    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Eastern   Illinois
 6    University,   the   Board  of  Trustees  of  Governors  State
 7    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees   of   Illinois   State
 8    University,  the  Board  of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
 9    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Northern  Illinois
10    University, and the Board of  Trustees  of  Western  Illinois
11    University from granting other scholarships.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

13        Section  10.   The Educational Partnership Act is amended
14    by changing Section 5 as follows:

15        (110 ILCS 40/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 2205)
16        Sec. 5.  Public institutions of higher  education  shall,
17    whenever  possible,  make  arrangements for awarding academic
18    credit to students  furnishing  tutoring  services.,  and  In
19    addition  each  public  community  college  shall provide for
20    appropriate full or partial waiver of its tuition or fees  to
21    students furnishing tutoring services.
22    (Source: P.A. 84-712.)

23        Section 15.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
24    by changing Section 9.24 as follows:

25        (110 ILCS 205/9.24)
26        Sec.  9.24.  Sports  Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics.
27    For the purpose of attaining gender equity in intercollegiate
28    athletics, public community colleges institutions  of  higher
29    education   may  grant,  in  addition  to  any  such  amounts
30    previously authorized by the Board,  tuition  waivers  in  an
 
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 1    amount   not   to   exceed   1%   of   all   tuition  income.
 2    Intercollegiate athletics,  for  purposes  of  this  Section,
 3    shall  include  only  those sports sanctioned by the National
 4    Collegiate Athletic Association and the National  Association
 5    of  Intercollegiate  Athletics,  but  shall  not include club
 6    sports.
 7        Before issuing any such tuition waiver, public  community
 8    colleges institutions of higher education shall place on file
 9    with  the  Board  a  plan  for  achieving  gender  equity  in
10    intercollegiate  athletics.   The plan shall include, but not
11    be limited to:
12             (1)  intercollegiate sports opportunities  available
13        to both men and women;
14             (2)  activities  to be undertaken by the institution
15        to achieve gender equity in intercollegiate athletics;
16             (3)  identification of the barriers to achieving and
17        maintaining    equitable     intercollegiate     athletic
18        opportunities for men and women;
19             (4)  progress   in   achieving   sports   equity  in
20        compliance with Title IX of the Education  Amendments  of
21        1972; and
22             (5)  the use of tuition waivers for attaining gender
23        equity in intercollegiate sports.
24        The  Board  shall  report  every  3  years to the General
25    Assembly and the Governor, on or before the second  Wednesday
26    of  April, beginning in 2002, with a description of the plans
27    submitted by each public  community  college  institution  of
28    higher  education  relative to attainment of gender equity in
29    intercollegiate sports.  The report shall  include  financial
30    data  on  tuition  waivers and other intercollegiate athletic
31    expenditures for men and  women,  the  effectiveness  of  the
32    plans,  and  the  degree  of  compliance with Title IX of the
33    Higher Education Act of 1965.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-792, eff. 6-9-00.)
 
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 1        Section 20.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 2    changing Section 7g as follows:

 3        (110 ILCS 305/7g)
 4        Sec.  7g.  Tuition  waivers  prohibited.  The  Board   of
 5    Trustees  may  not  offer  either  a  full or partial tuition
 6    waiver to any of the University's students.  In  addition  to
 7    any  tuition  waivers  that the Board of Trustees offers that
 8    are exempt by statute  from  any  tuition  waiver  limitation
 9    established  by  the  Illinois Board of Higher Education, the
10    Board of Trustees is authorized  to  waive,  for  individuals
11    with  the  requisite  athletic, academic, or other abilities,
12    that  percentage  of  its  undergraduate  tuition   that   is
13    authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established in
14    regulations  promulgated  by  the  Illinois  Board  of Higher
15    Education.  If in any  fiscal  year  the  Board  of  Trustees
16    issues  undergraduate  tuition  waivers  to individuals in an
17    aggregate  amount  exceeding  the  aggregate  tuition  waiver
18    amount authorized for that  fiscal  year  under  the  tuition
19    waiver limitation established by the Illinois Board of Higher
20    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
21    fiscal  year  may  be reduced by the Illinois Board of Higher
22    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

24        Section 25.  The Southern Illinois University  Management
25    Act is amended by changing Section 8g as follows:

26        (110 ILCS 520/8g)
27        Sec.  8g.  Tuition  waivers prohibited. The Board may not
28    offer either a full or partial tuition waiver to any  of  the
29    University's  students.  In  addition  to any tuition waivers
30    that the Board of Trustees offers that are exempt by  statute
31    from   any  tuition  waiver  limitation  established  by  the
 
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 1    Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Board of Trustees  is
 2    authorized  to  waive,  for  individuals  with  the requisite
 3    athletic, academic, or other abilities,  that  percentage  of
 4    its  undergraduate  tuition  that  is  authorized  under  the
 5    tuition   waiver   limitation   established   in  regulations
 6    promulgated by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  If in
 7    any fiscal year the Board of  Trustees  issues  undergraduate
 8    tuition   waivers  to  individuals  in  an  aggregate  amount
 9    exceeding the aggregate tuition waiver amount authorized  for
10    that   fiscal   year  under  the  tuition  waiver  limitation
11    established by the Illinois Board of  Higher  Education,  the
12    University's  budget  request  for the succeeding fiscal year
13    may be reduced by the Illinois Board of Higher  Education  by
14    an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

16        Section  30.  The Chicago State University Law is amended
17    by changing Section 5-91 as follows:

18        (110 ILCS 660/5-91)
19        Sec. 5-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited. The Board may not
20    offer either a full or partial tuition waiver to any  of  the
21    University's  students.  In  addition  to any tuition waivers
22    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
23    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
24    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
25    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
26    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
27    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
28    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
29    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
30    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
31    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
32    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
 
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 1    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 2    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
 3    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 4    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

 6        Section  35.   The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law is
 7    amended by changing Section 10-91 as follows:

 8        (110 ILCS 665/10-91)
 9        Sec. 10-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited.  The  Board  may
10    not  offer  either a full or partial tuition waiver to any of
11    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
12    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
13    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
14    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
15    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
16    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
17    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
18    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
19    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
20    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
21    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
22    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
23    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
24    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
25    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
26    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

28        Section  40.   The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
29    amended by changing Section 15-91 as follows:

30        (110 ILCS 670/15-91)
 
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 1        Sec.  15-91.  Tuition  waivers  prohibited. The Board may
 2    not offer either a full or partial tuition waiver to  any  of
 3    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
 4    that  the  Board  offers  that are exempt by statute from any
 5    tuition waiver limitation established by the  Illinois  Board
 6    of  Higher  Education,  the Board is authorized to waive, for
 7    individuals with the requisite athletic, academic,  or  other
 8    abilities,  that percentage of its undergraduate tuition that
 9    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
10    in regulations promulgated by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
11    Education.    If   in   any  fiscal  year  the  Board  issues
12    undergraduate tuition waivers to individuals in an  aggregate
13    amount   exceeding   the   aggregate  tuition  waiver  amount
14    authorized for that fiscal  year  under  the  tuition  waiver
15    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
16    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
17    fiscal  year  may  be reduced by the Illinois Board of Higher
18    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

20        Section 45.  The Illinois State University Law is amended
21    by changing Section 20-91 as follows:

22        (110 ILCS 675/20-91)
23        Sec. 20-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited.  The  Board  may
24    not  offer  either a full or partial tuition waiver to any of
25    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
26    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
27    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
28    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
29    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
30    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
31    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
32    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
 
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 1    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
 2    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
 3    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
 4    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
 5    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 6    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
 7    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
 8    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

10        Section  50.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
11    amended by changing Section 25-91 as follows:

12        (110 ILCS 680/25-91)
13        Sec. 25-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited.  The  Board  may
14    not  offer  either a full or partial tuition waiver to any of
15    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
16    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
17    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
18    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
19    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
20    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
21    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
22    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
23    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
24    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
25    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
26    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
27    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
28    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
29    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
30    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
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 1        Section  55.   The  Northern  Illinois  University Law is
 2    amended by changing Section 30-91 as follows:

 3        (110 ILCS 685/30-91)
 4        Sec. 30-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited.  The  Board  may
 5    not  offer  either a full or partial tuition waiver to any of
 6    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
 7    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
 8    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
 9    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
10    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
11    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
12    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
13    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
14    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
15    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
16    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
17    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
18    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
19    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
20    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
21    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

23        Section  60.   The  Western  Illinois  University  Law is
24    amended by changing Section 35-91 as follows:

25        (110 ILCS 690/35-91)
26        Sec. 35-91.  Tuition waivers prohibited.  The  Board  may
27    not  offer  either a full or partial tuition waiver to any of
28    the University's students. In addition to any tuition waivers
29    that the Board offers that are exempt  by  statute  from  any
30    tuition  waiver  limitation established by the Illinois Board
31    of Higher Education, the Board is authorized  to  waive,  for
 
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 1    individuals  with  the requisite athletic, academic, or other
 2    abilities, that percentage of its undergraduate tuition  that
 3    is authorized under the tuition waiver limitation established
 4    in  regulations  promulgated  by the Illinois Board of Higher
 5    Education.   If  in  any  fiscal  year   the   Board   issues
 6    undergraduate  tuition waivers to individuals in an aggregate
 7    amount  exceeding  the  aggregate   tuition   waiver   amount
 8    authorized  for  that  fiscal  year  under the tuition waiver
 9    limitation  established  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Higher
10    Education, the University's budget request for the succeeding
11    fiscal year may be reduced by the Illinois  Board  of  Higher
12    Education by an amount equal to that tuition waiver excess.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-307, eff. 1-1-96.)

14        Section  65.  The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
15    is amended by changing  Sections  45,  65.15,  and  65.40  as
16    follows:

17        (110 ILCS 947/45)
18        Sec. 45. Illinois National Guard grant program.
19        (a)  As used in this Section:
20        "State  controlled university or community college" means
21    those institutions under the administration  of  the  Chicago
22    State  University  Board  of  Trustees,  the Eastern Illinois
23    University Board of Trustees, the Governors State  University
24    Board  of  Trustees,  the  Illinois State University Board of
25    Trustees,  the  Northeastern  Illinois  University  Board  of
26    Trustees, the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees,
27    the Western Illinois University Board of  Trustees,  Southern
28    Illinois University Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
29    Board of Trustees, or the Illinois Community College Board.
30        "Tuition  and  fees"  shall  not include expenses for any
31    sectarian or denominational instruction, the construction  or
32    maintenance of sectarian or denominational facilities, or any
 
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 1    other sectarian or denominational purposes or activity.
 2        "Fees"  means  matriculation, graduation, activity, term,
 3    or incidental fees. Exemption shall not be granted  from  any
 4    other  fees,  including  book  rental,  service,  laboratory,
 5    supply,   and  union  building  fees,  hospital  and  medical
 6    insurance fees, and any fees established  for  the  operation
 7    and  maintenance of buildings, the income of which is pledged
 8    to the payment of interest and principal on bonds  issued  by
 9    the governing board of any university or community college.
10        (b)  Any  enlisted  person  or any company grade officer,
11    including warrant officers, First and Second Lieutenants, and
12    Captains in the Army and Air National Guard, who  has  served
13    at  least  one  year  in  the Illinois National Guard and who
14    possesses all necessary  entrance  requirements  shall,  upon
15    application  and  proper  proof,  be  awarded  a grant to the
16    State-controlled university or community college  of  his  or
17    her choice, consisting of exemption from tuition and fees for
18    not  more  than  the  equivalent  of  4  years  of  full-time
19    enrollment  in relation to his or her course of study at that
20    State controlled university or community college while he  or
21    she  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois National Guard.  If the
22    recipient of any grant awarded under this Section  ceases  to
23    be a  member of the Illinois National Guard while enrolled in
24    a  course  of  study  under  that  grant,  the grant shall be
25    terminated as of the date membership in the Illinois National
26    Guard ended, and the recipient shall be permitted to complete
27    the school term in which he or she is then enrolled only upon
28    payment of tuition and other fees allocable to  the  part  of
29    the  term then remaining. If the recipient of the grant fails
30    to complete  his  or  her  military  service  obligations  or
31    requirements  for  satisfactory participation, the Department
32    of Military Affairs shall require the recipient to repay  the
33    amount  of  the  grant  received,  prorated  according to the
34    fraction of the service obligation  not  completed,  and,  if
 
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 1    applicable,  reasonable  collection  fees.  The Department of
 2    Military Affairs may adopt rules relating to  its  collection
 3    activities  for  repayment  of  the grant under this Section.
 4    Unsatisfactory  participation  shall  be  defined  by   rules
 5    adopted  by  the  Department  of Military Affairs. Repayments
 6    shall be deposited in the National  Guard  Grant  Fund.   The
 7    National Guard Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the
 8    State  treasury.   All money in the National Guard Grant Fund
 9    shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of
10    Military Affairs for the purposes of this Section.
11        A grant awarded under this Section shall be considered an
12    entitlement  which   the   State-controlled   university   or
13    community college in which the holder is enrolled shall honor
14    without  any condition other than the holder's maintenance of
15    minimum  grade  levels  and  a  satisfactory   student   loan
16    repayment  record pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 of
17    this Act.
18        (c)  Subject  to  a  separate  appropriation   for   such
19    purposes,    the   Commission   shall   may   reimburse   the
20    State-controlled university or community college  for  grants
21    authorized by this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 92-589, eff. 7-1-02.)

23        (110 ILCS 947/65.15)
24        Sec. 65.15.  Special education teacher scholarships.
25        (a)  There  shall be awarded annually 250 scholarships to
26    persons qualifying as members  of  either  of  the  following
27    groups:
28             (1)  Students who are otherwise qualified to receive
29        a  scholarship  as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
30        this Section and who make application to  the  Commission
31        for  such scholarship and agree to take courses that will
32        prepare  the  student  for  the  teaching   of   children
33        described in Section 14-1 of the School Code.
 
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 1             (2)  Persons  holding  a  valid  certificate  issued
 2        under  the laws relating to the certification of teachers
 3        and who make  application  to  the  Commission  for  such
 4        scholarship  and  agree to take courses that will prepare
 5        them for the teaching of children  described  in  Section
 6        14-1 of the School Code.
 7        Scholarships  awarded  under this Section shall be issued
 8    pursuant  to  regulations  promulgated  by  the   Commission;
 9    provided  that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
10    Board of Education  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  this
11    amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
12    power,  duty,  responsibility  or  matter of pending business
13    transferred  from  the  State  Board  of  Education  to   the
14    Commission  under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
15    all such rules and regulations shall  become  the  rules  and
16    regulations  of  the  Commission until modified or changed by
17    the Commission in accordance with law.
18        For the purposes of  this  Section  scholarships  awarded
19    each  school  year  shall be deemed to be issued on July 1 of
20    the year prior to the start of the postsecondary school  term
21    and  all  calculations  for  use  of the scholarship shall be
22    based on such  date.   Each  scholarship  shall  entitle  its
23    holder  to  payment  of  exemption  from  fees as provided in
24    subsection (a) of Section 65.40 while enrolled in  a  special
25    education  program  of teacher education, for a period of not
26    more than 4 calendar years and shall be available for use  at
27    any  time  during  such period of study except as provided in
28    subsection (b) of Section 65.40.
29        Scholarships issued to holders  of  a  valid  certificate
30    issued  under  the  laws  relating  to  the  certification of
31    teachers as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection  may
32    also  entitle  the  holder  thereof  to  a program of teacher
33    education that will prepare the student for the  teaching  of
34    children  described in Section 14-1 of the School Code at the
 
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 1    graduate level.
 2        (b)   Each year, the principal, or his or  her  designee,
 3    of  each recognized public, private and parochial high school
 4    maintaining the twelfth grade shall certify to the Commission
 5    the names and addresses of students  who  are  completing  an
 6    application  with  the  intent  to  prepare  to  teach in any
 7    recognized public, private, or parochial school  of  Illinois
 8    and  ranked  scholastically  in  the  upper one-half of their
 9    graduating class or,  for  those  not  yet  graduated,  whose
10    scholastic  rank in the 4-year high school course of study at
11    the end of the sixth semester is in  the  upper  one-half  of
12    their class.
13        (c)  Each  holder  of a scholarship must furnish proof to
14    the Commission, in such form and at  such  intervals  as  the
15    Commission  prescribes,  of the holder's continued enrollment
16    in a teacher education program qualifying the holder for  the
17    scholarship.   Any  holder  of  a  scholarship  who  fails to
18    register in a special education program of teacher  education
19    at  the  university  within 10 days after the commencement of
20    the term,  quarter  or  semester  immediately  following  the
21    receipt   of  the  scholarship  or  who,  having  registered,
22    withdraws from the university or  transfers  out  of  teacher
23    education, shall thereupon forfeit the right to use it and it
24    may  be granted to the person having the next highest rank as
25    shown on the list held by  the  Commission.   If  the  person
26    having   the   next   highest  rank,  within  10  days  after
27    notification thereof by the Commission, fails to register  at
28    any such university in a special education program of teacher
29    education,  or  who,  having  registered,  withdraws from the
30    university  or  transfers  out  of  teacher  education,   the
31    scholarship  may  then  be granted to the person shown on the
32    list as having the rank next below such person.
33        (d)  Any person who has accepted a scholarship under  the
34    preceding  subsections  of this Section must, within one year
 
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 1    after graduation from  or  termination  of  enrollment  in  a
 2    teacher  education  program,  begin  teaching  at a nonprofit
 3    Illinois  public,  private,   or   parochial   preschool   or
 4    elementary  or secondary school for a period of at least 2 of
 5    the  5  years  immediately  following  that   graduation   or
 6    termination, excluding, however, from the computation of that
 7    5  year  period  (i)  any  time  up  to  3 years spent in the
 8    military service, whether such service occurs before or after
 9    the person graduates; (ii) any time that person  is  enrolled
10    full-time  in  an  academic  program  related to the field of
11    teaching leading to a graduate or postgraduate degree;  (iii)
12    the  time  that  person is temporarily totally disabled for a
13    period of time not to exceed 3 years, as established  by  the
14    sworn  affidavit of a qualified physician; (iv) the time that
15    person is seeking and unable to find full time employment  as
16    a  teacher  at  an  Illinois  public,  private,  or parochial
17    school; or (v) the time  that  person  is  taking  additional
18    courses,  on  at  least  a  half-time basis, needed to obtain
19    certification as a teacher in Illinois.
20        A  person  who  has  accepted  a  scholarship  under  the
21    preceding subsections of this Section and who has been unable
22    to fulfill the teaching  requirements  of  this  Section  may
23    receive  a  deferment  from the obligation of repayment under
24    this subsection  (d)  under  guidelines  established  by  the
25    Commission;  provided  that  no guideline established for any
26    such purpose by the State Board of  Education  prior  to  the
27    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1993 shall be
28    affected  by  the  transfer  to   the   Commission   of   the
29    responsibility   for   administering   and  implementing  the
30    provisions of this Section, and all guidelines so established
31    shall become the guidelines of the Commission until  modified
32    or changed by the Commission.
33        Any  such  person  who  fails  to  fulfill  this teaching
34    requirement shall pay to the Commission the amount of tuition
 
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 1    waived by virtue of his or her acceptance of the scholarship,
 2    together with  interest  at  5%  per  year  on  that  amount.
 3    However,   this   obligation  to  repay  the  amount  of  the
 4    scholarship tuition waived plus interest does not apply  when
 5    the  failure to fulfill the teaching requirement results from
 6    the death or adjudication as a person under legal  disability
 7    of  the  person  holding  the  scholarship,  and no claim for
 8    repayment may be filed against the estate of such a  decedent
 9    or  person  under legal disability.  Payments received by the
10    Commission under this subsection (d) shall be remitted to the
11    State Treasurer for deposit  in  the  general  revenue  fund.
12    Each  person receiving a scholarship shall be provided with a
13    description of the provisions of this subsection (d)  at  the
14    time  he  or  she  qualifies  for  the  benefits  of  such  a
15    scholarship.
16        (e)  This Section is basically the same as Sections 30-1,
17    30-2,  30-3, and 30-4a of the School Code, which are repealed
18    by this amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed  as  a
19    continuation  of  the teacher scholarship program established
20    by that prior law, and not as  a  new  or  different  teacher
21    scholarship  program.   The  State  Board  of Education shall
22    transfer to the Commission, as the  successor  to  the  State
23    Board  of  Education  for  all  purposes of administering and
24    implementing the  provisions  of  this  Section,  all  books,
25    accounts,  records, papers, documents, contracts, agreements,
26    and pending business in  any  way  relating  to  the  teacher
27    scholarship  program  continued  under  this Section; and all
28    scholarships at any time awarded under that program  by,  and
29    all  applications  for any such scholarships at any time made
30    to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected  by  the
31    transfer  to  the  Commission  of  all responsibility for the
32    administration and implementation of the teacher  scholarship
33    program  continued  under  this  Section.  The State Board of
34    Education  shall  furnish  to  the  Commission   such   other
 
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 1    information  as  the  Commission  may request to assist it in
 2    administering this Section.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-496, eff. 8-13-99; 92-845, eff. 1-1-03.)

 4        (110 ILCS 947/65.40)
 5        Sec. 65.40.  General provisions; leaves of absence.
 6        (a)  The scholarships issued under Section 65.15  may  be
 7    used   at  the  University  of  Illinois,  Southern  Illinois
 8    University,  Chicago  State  University,   Eastern   Illinois
 9    University,   Governors   State  University,  Illinois  State
10    University,  Northeastern   Illinois   University,   Northern
11    Illinois  University, and Western Illinois University. Unless
12    otherwise indicated, the scholarships shall cover exempt  the
13    holder  from  the payment of tuition and other necessary fees
14    as defined in Section 35 of this Act.
15        Any  student  who  has  been  or  shall  be   awarded   a
16    scholarship shall be reimbursed by the appropriate university
17    or community college for any charges which he or she has paid
18    and  for  which  exemption  is granted under this Section, if
19    application for such reimbursement is made  within  2  months
20    following the school term for which the charges were paid.
21        The  holder  of  a  scholarship  shall  be subject to all
22    examinations, rules and requirements  of  the  university  or
23    community  college  in  which he or she is enrolled except as
24    herein directed.
25        This Section does not prohibit the Board of  Trustees  of
26    the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
27    Illinois  University,  the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
28    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Eastern   Illinois
29    University,   the   Board  of  Trustees  of  Governors  State
30    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees   of   Illinois   State
31    University,  the  Board  of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
32    University,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Northern  Illinois
33    University, and the Board of  Trustees  of  Western  Illinois
 
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 1    University   for  the  institutions  under  their  respective
 2    jurisdictions from granting other scholarships.
 3        (b)  Any student enrolled in a university to which he  or
 4    she  is  holding a scholarship issued under Section 65.15 who
 5    satisfies  the  president  of  the  university   or   someone
 6    designated  by  the president that the student requires leave
 7    of absence for the purpose of earning funds to defray his  or
 8    her  expenses while in attendance or on account of illness or
 9    military service may be granted  such  leave  and  allowed  a
10    period  of  not to exceed 6 years in which to complete his or
11    her course at the university.  Time spent in the armed forces
12    shall not be part of the 6 years.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-496, eff. 8-13-99.)

14        Section 70.  The Senior Citizen Courses Act is amended by
15    changing Section 1 as follows:

16        (110 ILCS 990/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1801)
17        Sec. 1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
18        (a)  "Public institutions of higher education" means  the
19    University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
20    State  University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors
21    State  University,  Illinois  State  University, Northeastern
22    Illinois University, Northern  Illinois  University,  Western
23    Illinois   University,  and  the  public  community  colleges
24    subject to the "Public Community College Act".
25        (b)  "Credit Course" means any program of study for which
26    public institutions of higher education award credit hours.
27        (c)  "Senior citizen" means any person 65 years or  older
28    whose  annual  household  income  is  less than the threshold
29    amount provided in Section 4  of  the  "Senior  Citizens  and
30    Disabled  Persons  Property  Tax  Relief  and  Pharmaceutical
31    Assistance Act", approved July 17, 1972, as amended.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 205/9.29 rep.)
 2        Section 75.  The Board of Higher Education Act is amended
 3    by repealing Section 9.29.

 4        (110 ILCS 305/7f rep.)
 5        (110 ILCS 305/7g rep.)
 6        Section 80.  The University of Illinois Act is amended by
 7    repealing Sections 7f and 7g.

 8        (110 ILCS 520/8f rep.)
 9        (110 ILCS 520/8g rep.)
10        Section  85.  The Southern Illinois University Management
11    Act is amended by repealing Sections 8f and 8g.

12        (110 ILCS 660/5-90 rep.)
13        (110 ILCS 660/5-93 rep.)
14        Section 90.  The Chicago State University Law is  amended
15    by repealing Sections 5-90 and 5-93.

16        (110 ILCS 665/10-90 rep.)
17        (110 ILCS 665/10-93 rep.)
18        Section  95.  The  Eastern  Illinois  University  Law  is
19    amended by repealing Sections 10-90 and 10-93.

20        (110 ILCS 670/15-90 rep.)
21        (110 ILCS 670/15-93 rep.)
22        Section  100.  The  Governors  State  University  Law  is
23    amended by repealing Sections 15-90 and 15-93.

24        (110 ILCS 675/20-90 rep.)
25        (110 ILCS 675/20-93 rep.)
26        Section   105.  The  Illinois  State  University  Law  is
27    amended by repealing Sections 20-90 and 20-93.
 
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 1        (110 ILCS 680/25-90 rep.)
 2        (110 ILCS 680/25-93 rep.)
 3        Section 110.  The Northeastern Illinois University Law is
 4    amended by repealing Sections 25-90 and 25-93.

 5        (110 ILCS 685/30-90 rep.)
 6        (110 ILCS 685/30-93 rep.)
 7        Section 115.  The Northern  Illinois  University  Law  is
 8    amended by repealing Sections 30-90 and 30-93.

 9        (110 ILCS 690/35-90 rep.)
10        (110 ILCS 690/35-93 rep.)
11        Section  120.  The  Western  Illinois  University  Law is
12    amended by repealing Sections 35-90 and 35-93.

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    105 ILCS 5/30-9           from Ch. 122, par. 30-9
 4    105 ILCS 5/30-10          from Ch. 122, par. 30-10
 5    105 ILCS 5/30-11          from Ch. 122, par. 30-11
 6    105 ILCS 5/30-12          from Ch. 122, par. 30-12
 7    105 ILCS 5/30-16.4        from Ch. 122, par. 30-16.4
 8    110 ILCS 40/5             from Ch. 144, par. 2205
 9    110 ILCS 205/9.24
10    110 ILCS 305/7g
11    110 ILCS 520/8g
12    110 ILCS 660/5-91
13    110 ILCS 665/10-91
14    110 ILCS 670/15-91
15    110 ILCS 675/20-91
16    110 ILCS 680/25-91
17    110 ILCS 685/30-91
18    110 ILCS 690/35-91
19    110 ILCS 947/45
20    110 ILCS 947/65.15
21    110 ILCS 947/65.40
22    110 ILCS 990/1            from Ch. 144, par. 1801
23    110 ILCS 205/9.29 rep.
24    110 ILCS 305/7f rep.
25    110 ILCS 305/7g rep.
26    110 ILCS 520/8f rep.
27    110 ILCS 520/8g rep.
28    110 ILCS 660/5-90 rep.
29    110 ILCS 660/5-93 rep.
30    110 ILCS 665/10-90 rep.
31    110 ILCS 665/10-93 rep.
32    110 ILCS 670/15-90 rep.
33    110 ILCS 670/15-93 rep.
34    110 ILCS 675/20-90 rep.
 
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 1    110 ILCS 675/20-93 rep.
 2    110 ILCS 680/25-90 rep.
 3    110 ILCS 680/25-93 rep.
 4    110 ILCS 685/30-90 rep.
 5    110 ILCS 685/30-93 rep.
 6    110 ILCS 690/35-90 rep.
 7    110 ILCS 690/35-93 rep.