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(775 ILCS 5/7-108) (from Ch. 68, par. 7-108)
Sec. 7-108. Local Departments, Commissions.
(A) Authority.
A political subdivision, or two or more political subdivisions
acting jointly, may create a local department or commission as it or they
see fit to promote the purposes of this Act and to secure for all individuals
within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision or subdivisions freedom
from unlawful discrimination, sexual harassment in employment
and sexual harassment in elementary, secondary, and
higher education. The provisions of any ordinance
enacted by any municipality or county which prohibits broader or different
categories of discrimination than are prohibited by this Act are not
invalidated or affected by this Act.
(B) Concurrent Jurisdiction. When the Department and a local department
or commission have concurrent jurisdiction over a complaint, either may
transfer the complaint to the other under regulations established by the
Department.
(C) Exclusive Jurisdiction. When the Department or a local department
or commission has jurisdiction over a complaint and the other does not,
the Department or local department or commission without jurisdiction may
transfer the complaint to the other under regulations established by the
Department.
(D) To secure and guarantee the rights established by
Sections 17, 18 and 19 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution,
any ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation of any county,
municipality or other unit of local government or of any local
department or commission which prohibits, restricts, narrows or limits the
housing choice of any person is unenforceable and void. Nothing in this
amendatory Act of 1981 prohibits a unit of local government from making
special outreach efforts to inform members of minority groups of housing
opportunities available in areas of majority white concentration and make
similar efforts to inform the majority white population of available
housing opportunities located in areas of minority concentration. This
paragraph is applicable to home rule units as well as non-home rule units.
Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6, paragraph (i) of the
Illinois Constitution, this amendatory Act of 1981 is a limitation
of the power of home rule units.
(Source: P.A. 96-1319, eff. 7-27-10.)
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