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90_SB0228sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 228
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 228 on page 1,
3 line 1, by inserting "Benefit" after "Equal"; and
4 on page 1, line 6, by inserting "Benefit" after "Equal"; and
5 on page 1, by inserting immediately below line 6 the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. Benefits for couples. Notwithstanding any
8 law to the contrary, any unit of local government or school
9 district that grants benefits to same-sex couples, by any
10 criteria, must provide equal benefits to heterosexual couples
11 based on the same criteria.
12 Section 95. Home rule. Home rule units may not provide
13 benefits in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This
14 Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
15 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
16 exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
17 by the State.
18 Section 97. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
19 Section 8.21 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
2 Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
3 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
4 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
5 amendatory Act of 1997.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".