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91_HB2550
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Human Rights Act by changing
2 Section 5-102.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
6 changing Section 5-102 as follows:
7 (775 ILCS 5/5-102) (from Ch. 68, par. 5-102)
8 Sec. 5-102. Civil Rights Violations: Public
9 Accommodations.
10 It is a civil rights violation for any person on the
11 basis of unlawful discrimination to:
12 (A) Enjoyment of Facilities. Deny or refuse to
13 another the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities
14 and services of any public place of accommodation;
15 (B) Written Communications. Directly or indirectly,
16 as the operator of a place of public accommodation,
17 publish, circulate, display or mail any written
18 communication, except a private communication sent in
19 response to a specific inquiry, which the operator knows
20 is to the effect that any of the facilities of the place
21 of public accommodation will be denied to any person or
22 that any person is unwelcome, objectionable or
23 unacceptable because of unlawful discrimination;
24 (C) Public Officials. Deny or refuse to another, as
25 a public official, the full and equal enjoyment of the
26 accommodations, advantage, facilities or privileges of
27 the official's office or services or of any property
28 under the official's care because of unlawful
29 discrimination.
30 It is a civil rights violation for any person to restrict
31 an individual's access or admission to, or usage of, a place
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1 of public accommodation solely because the individual
2 operates a motorcycle. This paragraph does not prohibit a
3 person from restricting an individual's access or admission
4 to, or usage of, a place of public accommodation because the
5 individual's conduct poses a risk to the health, safety, or
6 property of another.
7 (Source: P.A. 81-1216.)