Public Act 93-0215

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    AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance.

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

    Section  5.  The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
changing Section 1200 as follows:

    (820 ILCS 405/1200) (from Ch. 48, par. 530)
    Sec. 1200. Compensation of attorneys.
    No fee shall be charged any claimant  in  any  proceeding
under  this Act by the Director or his representatives, or by
the Referees or Board of Review,  or  by  any  court  or  the
clerks thereof except as provided herein.
    Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before
the  Director  or  his  representative, or the Referee or the
Board of Review, or his or its representatives, or  a  court,
may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent;
but  no such counsel or agents shall either charge or receive
for such services more than an amount approved by  the  Board
of  Review  or,  in  cases  arising under Section 604, by the
Director.
    After  reasonable  notice  and  a  hearing   before   the
Department's  representative,  any  attorney  found  to be in
violation of any provision of this Section shall be  required
to  make restitution of any excess fees charged plus interest
at a  reasonable  rate  as  determined  by  the  Department's
representative.
    Any person who shall exact or receive any remuneration or
gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of such claimant
except  as  allowed by this Section and in an amount approved
by the Board of Review or the Director, as the case  may  be,
shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class A misdemeanor. Any person who
shall solicit the business of appearing  on  behalf  of  such
claimant   or  who  shall  make  it  a  business  to  solicit
employment for another  in  connection  with  any  claim  for
benefits  under  this  Act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class A
misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2004