Full Text of SB0167 094th General Assembly
SB0167 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0167
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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775 ILCS 5/1-102 |
from Ch. 68, par. 1-102 |
775 ILCS 5/1-103 |
from Ch. 68, par. 1-103 |
775 ILCS 5/3-102 |
from Ch. 68, par. 3-102 |
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Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. With respect to real estate
transactions,
prohibits discrimination on the basis of source of income.
In provisions prohibiting an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman, because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, or source of income, from engaging in certain activities, provides that those provisions do not: (i) require a housing authority or housing development project in which 25% or more of the units are owned by a housing authority or subject to a leasing agreement, regulatory and operating agreement, or other similar instrument with a housing authority to lease or rent another unit of that same housing development project to an existing or prospective tenant who is receiving subsidies, payment assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the federal Housing Choice Voucher program for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit; (ii) require or prevent, with specified exceptions, any person whose property is located in a municipality with fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is in a concentrated census tract where 3% of the total housing stock is occupied by tenants relying on subsidies, payment assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the federal Housing Choice Voucher program for payment of part of the rent for the unit to lease or rent a unit to a prospective tenant who is relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or voucher for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit; or (iii) prevent an owner or agent from taking into consideration factors other than lawful source of income, such as credit history, criminal history, or references. Effective immediately. |
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| AN ACT in relation to human rights.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing
Sections 1-102, 1-103, and 3-102 as follows:
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| (775 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-102)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 93-1078 )
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| Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy | 9 |
| of this State:
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| (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all | 11 |
| individuals
within Illinois the freedom from discrimination | 12 |
| against any individual because
of his or her race, color, | 13 |
| religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, | 14 |
| physical or mental handicap, military status, or unfavorable
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| discharge from military service in connection with employment, | 16 |
| real estate
transactions, access to financial credit, and the | 17 |
| availability of public
accommodations.
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| (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and Higher | 19 |
| Education.
To prevent sexual harassment in employment and | 20 |
| sexual harassment in
higher education.
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| (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship | 22 |
| Status-Employment.
To prevent discrimination based on | 23 |
| citizenship status in employment.
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| (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial Status or | 25 |
| Source of
Income -Real Estate
Transactions. To prevent | 26 |
| discrimination based on familial status or source
of income in | 27 |
| real
estate transactions.
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| (E) Public Health, Welfare and Safety. To promote the | 29 |
| public health,
welfare and safety by protecting the interest of | 30 |
| all people in Illinois
in maintaining personal dignity, in | 31 |
| realizing their full productive
capacities, and in furthering | 32 |
| their interests, rights and privileges as
citizens of this |
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| State.
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| (F) Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees. To secure | 3 |
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guarantee the rights established by Sections 17, 18 and 19 | 4 |
| of Article I
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
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| (G) Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action. To establish | 6 |
| Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action as the policies of | 7 |
| this State in all
of its decisions, programs and activities, | 8 |
| and to assure that all State
departments, boards, commissions | 9 |
| and instrumentalities rigorously take
affirmative action to | 10 |
| provide equality of opportunity and eliminate the
effects of | 11 |
| past discrimination in the internal affairs of State
government | 12 |
| and in their relations with the public.
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| (H) Unfounded Charges. To protect citizens of this State | 14 |
| against
unfounded charges of unlawful discrimination, sexual | 15 |
| harassment in
employment and sexual harassment in higher | 16 |
| education, and discrimination
based on citizenship status in | 17 |
| employment.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-579; 88-178.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 93-1078 ) | 20 |
| Sec. 1-102. Declaration of Policy. It is the public policy | 21 |
| of this State:
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| (A) Freedom from Unlawful Discrimination. To secure for all | 23 |
| individuals
within Illinois the freedom from discrimination | 24 |
| against any individual because
of his or her race, color, | 25 |
| religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, | 26 |
| physical or mental handicap, military
status, sexual | 27 |
| orientation, or unfavorable
discharge from military service in | 28 |
| connection with employment, real estate
transactions, access | 29 |
| to financial credit, and the availability of public
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| accommodations.
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| (B) Freedom from Sexual Harassment-Employment and Higher | 32 |
| Education.
To prevent sexual harassment in employment and | 33 |
| sexual harassment in
higher education.
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| (C) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Citizenship | 35 |
| Status-Employment.
To prevent discrimination based on |
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| citizenship status in employment.
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| (D) Freedom from Discrimination Based on Familial Status or | 3 |
| Source of
Income -Real Estate
Transactions. To prevent | 4 |
| discrimination based on familial status or source
of income in | 5 |
| real
estate transactions.
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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 |
| and
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. 93-1078, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (775 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103) | 30 |
| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 93-1078 ) | 31 |
| Sec. 1-103. General Definitions. When used in this Act, | 32 |
| unless the
context requires otherwise, the term:
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| (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who | 34 |
| is at least
40 years old, except with regard to any practice | 35 |
| described in Section
2-102, insofar as that practice concerns |
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| training or apprenticeship
programs. In the case of training or | 2 |
| apprenticeship programs, for the
purposes of Section 2-102, | 3 |
| "age" means the chronological age of a person
who is 18 but not | 4 |
| yet 40 years old.
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| (B) Aggrieved Party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who | 6 |
| is alleged
or proved to have been injured by a civil rights | 7 |
| violation or believes he
or she will be injured by a civil | 8 |
| rights violation under Article 3 that is
about to occur.
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| (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the | 10 |
| Department
by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department | 11 |
| under its
authority.
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| (D) Civil Rights Violation. "Civil rights violation" | 13 |
| includes and
shall be limited to only those specific acts set | 14 |
| forth in Sections
2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-103, 3-104, | 15 |
| 3-104.1, 3-105, 4-102, 4-103,
5-102, 5A-102 and 6-101 of this | 16 |
| Act.
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| (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights | 18 |
| Commission
created by this Act.
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| (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed | 20 |
| by
the Department with the Commission following an | 21 |
| investigation and
finding of substantial evidence of a civil | 22 |
| rights violation.
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| (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including | 24 |
| the
Department who files a charge of civil rights violation | 25 |
| with the Department or
the Commission.
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| (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human | 27 |
| Rights
created by this Act.
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| (I) Handicap. "Handicap" means a determinable physical or | 29 |
| mental
characteristic of a person, including, but not limited | 30 |
| to, a determinable
physical characteristic which necessitates | 31 |
| the person's use of a guide,
hearing or support dog, the | 32 |
| history of such characteristic, or the
perception of such | 33 |
| characteristic by the person complained against, which
may | 34 |
| result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
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| functional disorder and which characteristic:
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| (1) For purposes of Article 2 is unrelated to the |
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| person's ability
to perform the duties of a particular job | 2 |
| or position and, pursuant to
Section 2-104 of this Act, a | 3 |
| person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
handicap;
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| (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the | 5 |
| person's ability
to acquire, rent or maintain a housing | 6 |
| accommodation;
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| (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a | 8 |
| person's ability to
repay;
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| (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a | 10 |
| person's ability to
utilize and benefit from a place of | 11 |
| public accommodation.
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| (I-5) Housing authority. "Housing authority" means either | 13 |
| a housing authority created under the Housing Authorities Act | 14 |
| or other government agency that is authorized by the United | 15 |
| States government under the United States Housing Act of 1937 | 16 |
| to administer a housing choice voucher program, or the | 17 |
| authorized agent of such a housing authority that is authorized | 18 |
| to act upon that authority's behalf.
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| (J) Marital Status. "Marital status" means the legal status | 20 |
| of being
married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.
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| (J-1) Military Status. "Military status" means a person's | 22 |
| status on
active duty in the armed forces of the United States, | 23 |
| status as a current member of any
reserve component of the | 24 |
| armed forces of the United States, including the United
States | 25 |
| Army Reserve, United States Marine Corps Reserve, United States | 26 |
| Navy
Reserve, United States Air Force Reserve, and United | 27 |
| States Coast Guard
Reserve, or status as a current member of | 28 |
| the Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National
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| Guard.
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| (K) National Origin. "National origin" means the place in | 31 |
| which a
person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
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| (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals, | 33 |
| partnerships,
associations or organizations, labor | 34 |
| organizations, labor unions, joint
apprenticeship committees, | 35 |
| or union labor associations, corporations, the
State of | 36 |
| Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, |
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| units
of local government, legal representatives, trustees in | 2 |
| bankruptcy
or receivers.
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| (M) Public Contract. "Public contract" includes every | 4 |
| contract to which the
State, any of its political subdivisions | 5 |
| or any municipal corporation is a
party.
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| (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious | 7 |
| observance
and practice, as well as belief, except that with | 8 |
| respect to employers, for
the purposes of Article 2, "religion" | 9 |
| has the meaning ascribed to it in
paragraph (F) of Section | 10 |
| 2-101.
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| (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
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| (O-5) Source of Income. "Source of income" means any lawful | 13 |
| income, subsidy, or benefit with which an individual supports | 14 |
| himself or herself and his or her dependents, including, but | 15 |
| not limited to, child support, maintenance,
and any federal, | 16 |
| State, or local public assistance, medical assistance, or | 17 |
| rental assistance program.
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| (P) Unfavorable Military Discharge. "Unfavorable military | 19 |
| discharge"
includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the | 20 |
| United States, their
Reserve components or any National Guard | 21 |
| or Naval Militia which are
classified as RE-3 or the equivalent | 22 |
| thereof, but does not include those
characterized as RE-4 or | 23 |
| "Dishonorable".
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| (Q) Unlawful Discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination" | 25 |
| means discrimination
against a person because of his or her | 26 |
| race, color, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, sex, | 27 |
| marital status, handicap, military status, or unfavorable
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| discharge from military service as those terms are defined in | 29 |
| this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-941, eff. 8-16-04.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 93-1078 ) | 32 |
| Sec. 1-103. General Definitions. When used in this Act, | 33 |
| unless the
context requires otherwise, the term:
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| (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who | 35 |
| is at least
40 years old, except with regard to any practice |
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| described in Section
2-102, insofar as that practice concerns | 2 |
| training or apprenticeship
programs. In the case of training or | 3 |
| apprenticeship programs, for the
purposes of Section 2-102, | 4 |
| "age" means the chronological age of a person
who is 18 but not | 5 |
| yet 40 years old.
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| (B) Aggrieved Party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who | 7 |
| is alleged
or proved to have been injured by a civil rights | 8 |
| violation or believes he
or she will be injured by a civil | 9 |
| rights violation under Article 3 that is
about to occur.
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| (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the | 11 |
| Department
by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department | 12 |
| under its
authority.
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| (D) Civil Rights Violation. "Civil rights violation" | 14 |
| includes and
shall be limited to only those specific acts set | 15 |
| forth in Sections
2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-103, 3-104, | 16 |
| 3-104.1, 3-105, 4-102, 4-103,
5-102, 5A-102 and 6-101 of this | 17 |
| Act.
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| (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights | 19 |
| Commission
created by this Act.
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| (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed | 21 |
| by
the Department with the Commission following an | 22 |
| investigation and
finding of substantial evidence of a civil | 23 |
| rights violation.
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| (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including | 25 |
| the
Department who files a charge of civil rights violation | 26 |
| with the Department or
the Commission.
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| (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human | 28 |
| Rights
created by this Act.
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| (I) Handicap. "Handicap" means a determinable physical or | 30 |
| mental
characteristic of a person, including, but not limited | 31 |
| to, a determinable
physical characteristic which necessitates | 32 |
| the person's use of a guide,
hearing or support dog, the | 33 |
| history of such characteristic, or the
perception of such | 34 |
| characteristic by the person complained against, which
may | 35 |
| result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
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| functional disorder and which characteristic:
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| (1) For purposes of Article 2 is unrelated to the | 2 |
| person's ability
to perform the duties of a particular job | 3 |
| or position and, pursuant to
Section 2-104 of this Act, a | 4 |
| person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
handicap;
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| (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the | 6 |
| person's ability
to acquire, rent or maintain a housing | 7 |
| accommodation;
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| (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a | 9 |
| person's ability to
repay;
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| (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a | 11 |
| person's ability to
utilize and benefit from a place of | 12 |
| public accommodation.
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| (I-5) Housing authority. "Housing authority" means either | 14 |
| a housing authority created under the Housing Authorities Act | 15 |
| or other government agency that is authorized by the United | 16 |
| States government under the United States Housing Act of 1937 | 17 |
| to administer a housing choice voucher program, or the | 18 |
| authorized agent of such a housing authority that is authorized | 19 |
| to act upon that authority's behalf.
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| (J) Marital Status. "Marital status" means the legal status | 21 |
| of being
married, single, separated, divorced or widowed.
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| (J-1) Military Status. "Military status" means a person's | 23 |
| status on
active duty in the armed forces of the United States, | 24 |
| status as a current member of any
reserve component of the | 25 |
| armed forces of the United States, including the United
States | 26 |
| Army Reserve, United States Marine Corps Reserve, United States | 27 |
| Navy
Reserve, United States Air Force Reserve, and United | 28 |
| States Coast Guard
Reserve, or status as a current member of | 29 |
| the Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National
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| Guard.
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| (K) National Origin. "National origin" means the place in | 32 |
| which a
person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
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| (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals, | 34 |
| partnerships,
associations or organizations, labor | 35 |
| organizations, labor unions, joint
apprenticeship committees, | 36 |
| or union labor associations, corporations, the
State of |
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| Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions, | 2 |
| units
of local government, legal representatives, trustees in | 3 |
| bankruptcy
or receivers.
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| (M) Public Contract. "Public contract" includes every | 5 |
| contract to which the
State, any of its political subdivisions | 6 |
| or any municipal corporation is a
party.
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| (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious | 8 |
| observance
and practice, as well as belief, except that with | 9 |
| respect to employers, for
the purposes of Article 2, "religion" | 10 |
| has the meaning ascribed to it in
paragraph (F) of Section | 11 |
| 2-101.
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| (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
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| (O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means | 14 |
| actual or
perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, | 15 |
| bisexuality, or gender-related identity,
whether or not | 16 |
| traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
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| birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or | 18 |
| sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
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| (O-5) Source of Income. "Source of income" means any lawful | 20 |
| income, subsidy, or benefit with which an individual supports | 21 |
| himself or herself and his or her dependents, including, but | 22 |
| not limited to, child support, maintenance,
and any federal, | 23 |
| State, or local public assistance, medical assistance, or | 24 |
| rental assistance program.
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| (P) Unfavorable Military Discharge. "Unfavorable military | 26 |
| discharge"
includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the | 27 |
| United States, their
Reserve components or any National Guard | 28 |
| or Naval Militia which are
classified as RE-3 or the equivalent | 29 |
| thereof, but does not include those
characterized as RE-4 or | 30 |
| "Dishonorable".
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| (Q) Unlawful Discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination" | 32 |
| means discrimination
against a person because of his or her | 33 |
| race, color, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, sex, | 34 |
| marital status, handicap, military status, sexual
orientation,
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| or unfavorable
discharge from military service as those terms | 36 |
| are defined in this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-941, eff. 8-16-04; 93-1078, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (775 ILCS 5/3-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 3-102)
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| Sec. 3-102. Civil Rights Violations; Real Estate | 4 |
| Transactions) It
is a civil rights violation for an owner or | 5 |
| any other person engaging in
a real estate transaction, or for | 6 |
| a real estate broker or salesman,
because of unlawful | 7 |
| discrimination or familial status or source of income ,
to
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| (A) Transaction. Refuse to engage in a real estate | 9 |
| transaction with
a person or to discriminate in making | 10 |
| available such a transaction;
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| (B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges of a | 12 |
| real
estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or | 13 |
| services in
connection therewith;
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| (C) Offer. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona | 15 |
| fide
offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a | 16 |
| person;
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| (D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate for a real estate | 18 |
| transaction
with a person;
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| (E) Representations. Represent to a person that real | 20 |
| property is
not available for inspection, sale, rental, or | 21 |
| lease when in fact it is
so available, or to fail to bring a | 22 |
| property listing to his or her
attention, or to refuse to | 23 |
| permit him or her to inspect real property;
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| (F) Publication of Intent. Print, circulate, post, mail,
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| publish or cause
to be so published a written or oral | 26 |
| statement, advertisement or sign,
or to use a form
of | 27 |
| application for a real estate transaction, or to make a record | 28 |
| or
inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate | 29 |
| transaction, which
expresses any limitation founded upon, or
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| indicates, directly or indirectly, an intent to engage in | 31 |
| unlawful
discrimination;
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| (G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a | 33 |
| listing of
real property with knowledge that unlawful | 34 |
| discrimination or
discrimination on the basis of familial | 35 |
| status in a real estate
transaction is intended.
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| Nothing in this Section 3-102 or in any municipal or county | 2 |
| ordinance described in Section 7-108 of this Act shall require | 3 |
| a housing authority, its designated property manager, or any | 4 |
| other housing authority agents or assigns of any housing | 5 |
| development project in which 25% or more of the units are owned | 6 |
| by a housing authority or subject to a leasing agreement, | 7 |
| regulatory and operating agreement, or other similar | 8 |
| instrument with a housing authority to lease or rent another | 9 |
| unit of that same housing development project to an existing or | 10 |
| prospective tenant who is receiving subsidies, payment | 11 |
| assistance, contributions, or vouchers under or in connection | 12 |
| with the federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section | 13 |
| 8) program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part or all of the | 14 |
| rent for the unit.
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| Nothing in this Section 3-102, except with respect to | 16 |
| written statements prohibited by subdivision (F) of this | 17 |
| Section, shall require or prevent any person whose property is | 18 |
| located in a municipality with fewer than 1,000,000 | 19 |
| inhabitants, and is in a concentrated census tract where 3% of | 20 |
| the total housing stock in that census tract is occupied by | 21 |
| tenants relying on subsidies, payment assistance, | 22 |
| contributions, or vouchers under or in connection with the | 23 |
| federal Housing Choice Voucher (also known as Section 8) | 24 |
| program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for payment of part of the rent for | 25 |
| the unit to lease or rent a unit to a prospective tenant who is | 26 |
| relying on such a subsidy, payment assistance, contribution, or | 27 |
| voucher for payment of part or all of the rent for the unit.
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| The housing authority shall determine which census tracts | 29 |
| within its service area meet the concentrated census tract | 30 |
| exemption requirements and annually deliver that information | 31 |
| to the municipalities within its jurisdiction.
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| Nothing in this Section 3-102 prevents an owner or agent | 33 |
| from taking into consideration factors other than lawful source | 34 |
| of income such as credit history, criminal history, or | 35 |
| references.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-910.)
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