093_HB2195

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 1        AN ACT concerning local government.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 5    Local Government Taxpayer's Relief Act.

 6        Section 5.  Legislative findings.  The  General  Assembly
 7    finds  that  taxpayers  who  finance  the operations of local
 8    governments are unfairly burdened  by  unscrupulous  lawsuits
 9    filed  by  plaintiffs where the plaintiffs' revenues are also
10    subsidized  by  local  governments  through   taxpayer-funded
11    contracts.  The  purpose  of  this Act is to terminate public
12    funds  from  being  used  to  finance  lawsuits  against  the
13    taxpayer.    Suits  against  local  government  as  must   be
14    financed without taxpayer funds.

15        Section 10.  Definition. In this Act
16        "Person"   means   an  individual,  corporation,  vendor,
17    business  trust,  partnership,  association,  or  any   other
18    business  entity,  and includes representatives and agents of
19    that person.

20        Section 15.  Prohibited contracts.  No  person  may  bid,
21    transact,  continue  to  perform,  or  have any interest in a
22    contract or agreement let  or  issued  by  a  unit  of  local
23    government  or  school  district  if  that person has filed a
24    civil lawsuit naming that unit of local government or  school
25    district  as a defendant unless approved by the executive and
26    a majority of the legislative branch of  the  unit  of  local
27    government.

28        Section 20.  Applicability.
 
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 1        (a)  This  Act  applies  to  units  of  local government,
 2    including home rule units, and  school  districts.  This  Act
 3    does  not  apply  to  the  State  or  to any office, officer,
 4    department, division, bureau, board, commission,  university,
 5    or other agency of the State.
 6        (b)  This  Act  applies  to  all contracts and agreements
 7    entered into before, on, or after the effective date of  this
 8    Act.
 9        (c)  This Act does not apply to any contract or agreement
10    between  an  employee  and  employer  as defined in Title 29,
11    Chapter 18, Subchapter I, Subtitle A,  Section  1002  of  the
12    United States Code.

13        Section 25.  Home rule. A home rule unit may not act in a
14    manner  inconsistent  with  the  provisions of this Act. This
15    Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6  of
16    Article  VII  of  the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
17    exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
18    by the State.

19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.