Full Text of SB3211 93rd General Assembly
SB3211sam004 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 3/22/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3211
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3211 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 1-102 and 5-101 as follows:
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| (775 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
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| Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy | 8 |
| of this State:
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| (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all | 10 |
| individuals
within Illinois the freedom from discrimination | 11 |
| against any individual because
of his or her race, color, | 12 |
| religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, | 13 |
| physical or mental handicap, military status, or unfavorable
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| discharge from military service in connection with employment, | 15 |
| real estate
transactions, access to financial credit, and the | 16 |
| availability of public
accommodations.
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| (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and Higher | 18 |
| Education.
To prevent sexual harassment in employment and | 19 |
| sexual harassment in
higher education.
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| (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship | 21 |
| Status-Employment.
To prevent discrimination based on | 22 |
| citizenship status in employment.
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| (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial | 24 |
| Status-Real Estate
Transactions. To prevent discrimination |
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| based on familial status in real
estate transactions. | 2 |
| (D-1) Freedom from Discrimination Based on | 3 |
| Breastfeeding-Places of Public Accommodation. To prevent | 4 |
| discrimination based on breastfeeding in places of public | 5 |
| accommodation.
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| (E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the | 7 |
| public health,
welfare and safety by protecting the interest of | 8 |
| all people in Illinois
in maintaining personal dignity, in | 9 |
| realizing their full productive
capacities, and in furthering | 10 |
| their interests, rights and privileges as
citizens of this | 11 |
| State.
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| (F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To secure | 13 |
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guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19 | 14 |
| of Article I
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
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| (G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To establish | 16 |
| Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of | 17 |
| this State in all
of its decisions, programs and activities, | 18 |
| and to assure that all State
departments, boards, commissions | 19 |
| and instrumentalities rigorously take
affirmative action to | 20 |
| provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the
effects of | 21 |
| past discrimination in the internal affairs of State
government | 22 |
| and in their relations with the public.
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| (H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this State | 24 |
| against
unfounded charges of unlawful discrimination, sexual | 25 |
| harassment in
employment and sexual harassment in higher | 26 |
| education, and discrimination
based on citizenship status in | 27 |
| employment.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-579; 88-178.)
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| (775 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-101)
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| Sec. 5-101. Definitions) The following definitions are | 31 |
| applicable
strictly in the context of this Article:
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| (A) Place of Public Accommodation. (1) "Place of public
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| accommodation" means a business, accommodation, refreshment,
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| entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any | 2 |
| kind,
whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, | 3 |
| facilities, privileges,
advantages or accommodations are | 4 |
| extended, offered, sold, or otherwise
made available to the | 5 |
| public.
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| (2) By way of example, but not of limitation, "place of | 7 |
| public
accommodation" includes facilities of the following | 8 |
| types: inns,
restaurants, eating houses, hotels, soda | 9 |
| fountains, soft drink parlors,
taverns, roadhouses, barber | 10 |
| shops, department stores, clothing stores,
hat stores, shoe | 11 |
| stores, bathrooms, restrooms, theatres, skating rinks,
public | 12 |
| golf courses, public golf driving ranges, concerts, cafes,
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| bicycle rinks, elevators, ice cream parlors or rooms, | 14 |
| railroads,
omnibuses, busses, stages, airplanes, street cars, | 15 |
| boats, funeral
hearses, crematories, cemeteries, fitness | 16 |
| clubs, and public conveyances on land, water,
or air, public | 17 |
| swimming pools and other places of public accommodation
and | 18 |
| amusement.
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| (B) Operator. "Operator" means any owner, lessee, | 20 |
| proprietor,
manager, superintendent, agent, or occupant of a | 21 |
| place of public
accommodation or an employee of any such person | 22 |
| or persons.
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| (C) Public Official. "Public official" means any officer or | 24 |
| employee
of the state or any agency thereof, including state | 25 |
| political subdivisions,
municipal corporations, park | 26 |
| districts, forest preserve districts, educational
institutions | 27 |
| and schools.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-1267.)".
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