093_HB3633
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1 AN ACT concerning intergovernmental cooperation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 743)
7 Sec. 3. Intergovernmental cooperation. Any power or
8 powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or
9 which may be exercised by a public agency of this State may
10 be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with
11 any other public agency of this State and jointly with any
12 public agency of any other state or of the United States to
13 the extent that laws of such other state or of the United
14 States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment and except
15 where specifically and expressly prohibited by law. This
16 includes, but is not limited to, (i) arrangements between the
17 Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in other
18 states which issue professional licenses and (ii) agreements
19 between the Illinois Department of Public Aid and public
20 agencies for the establishment and enforcement of child
21 support orders and for the exchange of information that may
22 be necessary for the enforcement of those child support
23 orders. It is not intended that any task force, cooperative
24 group, or delivery of services created under this Act become
25 a separate suable entity. This Act does not contemplate that
26 any task force, cooperative group, or service delivery
27 created under this Act become a separate suable entity. It
28 is not the intention of this Act to create additional
29 liability exposure for the individual agencies participating
30 in any task force, cooperative group, or service delivery
31 created pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement authorized
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1 by the provisions of this Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-298, eff. 7-29-99.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.