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91_HB3759
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1 AN ACT in relation to the Attorney General.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1 as follows:
6 (15 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 14, par. 1)
7 Sec. 1. Oath; bond. Before entering upon the respective
8 duties of his or her office, the attorney general shall be
9 commissioned by the governor, and shall take the following
10 oath or affirmation:
11 I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that
12 I will support the constitution of the United States and the
13 constitution of the state of Illinois, and that I will
14 faithfully discharge the duties of the office of attorney
15 general, according to the best of my ability.
16 And shall also execute a bond, to the People of the State
17 of Illinois, with good and sufficient securities in the penal
18 sum of $10,000, to be approved by the governor, and then
19 filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The bond shall
20 be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of
21 the office, and the paying over all moneys as provided by
22 law, which bond shall run to and be for the benefit of the
23 state, county, corporation or person injured by a breach of
24 any of the conditions thereof.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)