House Sponsors: BLACK-BERNS-RIGHTER-WINKEL-MITCHELL,BILL AND RUTHERFORD. Senate Sponsors: MYERS-WEAVER-O'DANIEL-NOLAND Short description: ATT GENERAL-LAND CLAIMS-FEES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the Attorney General's oath and bond. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 205/1 Adds reference to: 15 ILCS 205/4e Deletes everything. Amends the Attorney General Act concerning legal fees in land claim disputes. Provides that the Governor (instead of the Attorney General) may authorize payment of fees. Requires the Governor to determine that the authorization to pay fees is in the public interest and that the legal representation can be conducted efficiently and reasonably to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and costs. Provides that fees may not be paid for persons, units of local government, or school districts that have legal representation available through a title insurer. Provides that fees may not exceed $100,000 per fiscal year (instead of $100,000). Deletes provisions designating the source of payment. Deletes the repeal scheduled for July 1, 2001. Effective June 30, 2001. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Attorney General Act concerning legal fees in land claim disputes. Requires the Attorney General to determine that the authorization to pay fees is in the public interest and that the legal representation can be conducted efficiently and reasonably to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and costs. Provides that fees may not be paid for persons, units of local government, or school districts that have legal representation available through a title insurer. Provides that fees may not exceed $100,000 in fiscal year 2001 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2002 (instead of $100,000 total). Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the General Assembly by March 15, 2002 concerning the payment of fees. Repeals the provisions concerning legal fees on July 1, 2002 (instead of July 1, 2001). Effective June 30, 2001. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0019 Last action date: JUN-28-2001 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status