97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3749

 

Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Ron Sandack

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 5/7-114 new

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Human Rights shall file a report each year with the General Assembly concerning charges under the Real Estate Transactions Article of the Act, including charges referred to the Department by the Department of Housing and Urban Development with subject matter pertaining to that Article, containing the number of charges pending on December 31 of the preceding calendar year and the number of charges concluded during the preceding calendar year, and a categorization of the pending and closed charges according to the length of time they have been pending or were pending before their conclusion.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5adding Section 7-114 as follows:
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/7-114 new)
7    Sec. 7-114. Report concerning Article 3 charges. No later
8than February 28 of each year beginning in 2013, the Department
9shall file a report with the General Assembly containing the
10following information regarding charges under Article 3,
11including charges referred to the Department by the Department
12of Housing and Urban Development with subject matter pertaining
13to Article 3:
14    (1) The number of charges pending on December 31 of the
15preceding calendar year. Of these charges, the report shall
16also state the number pending for less than one year, the
17number pending for at least one year but less than 2 years, the
18number pending for at least 2 years but less than 3 years, the
19number pending for at least 3 years but less than 4 years, the
20number pending for at least 4 years but less than 5 years, the
21number pending for at least 5 years but less than 6 years, the
22number pending for at least 6 years but less than 7 years, and
23the number pending for at least 7 years.

 

 

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1    (2) The number of charges concluded during the preceding
2calendar year. Of these charges, the report shall also state
3the number pending for less than one year before their
4conclusion, the number pending for at least one year but less
5than 2 years before their conclusion, the number pending for at
6least 2 years but less than 3 years before their conclusion,
7the number pending for at least 3 years but less than 4 years
8before their conclusion, the number pending for at least 4
9years but less than 5 years before their conclusion, the number
10pending for at least 5 years but less than 6 years before their
11conclusion, the number pending for at least 6 years but less
12than 7 years before their conclusion, and the number pending
13for at least 7 years before their conclusion.