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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 10-55 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 100/10-55) (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-55)
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7 | Sec. 10-55. Expenses and attorney's fees.
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8 | (a) In any contested case initiated by any agency that | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | does
not proceed to court for judicial review and on any issue | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | where a court
does not have jurisdiction to make an award of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | litigation expenses under
Section 2-611 of the Civil Practice | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Law, any allegation made by the agency
without reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | cause and found to be untrue shall subject the agency
making | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the allegation to the payment of the reasonable expenses, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | including
reasonable attorney's fees, actually incurred in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | defending against that
allegation by the party against whom | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the case was initiated. A claimant may
not recover litigation | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | expenses when the parties have executed a settlement
agreement | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | that, while not stipulating liability or violation, requires | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the
claimant to take correction action or pay a monetary sum.
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21 | (b) The claimant shall make a demand for litigation | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | expenses to the
agency. If the claimant is dissatisfied | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | because of the agency's failure to
make any award or because of |
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1 | the insufficiency of the agency's award, the
claimant may | ||||||
2 | petition the Court of Claims for the amount deemed owed. If
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3 | allowed any recovery by the Court of Claims, the claimant | ||||||
4 | shall also be
entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and the | ||||||
5 | reasonable expenses incurred
in making a claim for the | ||||||
6 | expenses incurred in the administrative action.
The Court of | ||||||
7 | Claims may reduce the amount of the litigation expenses to be
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8 | awarded under this Section, or deny an award, to the extent | ||||||
9 | that the
claimant engaged in conduct during the course of the | ||||||
10 | proceeding that unduly
and unreasonably protracted the final | ||||||
11 | resolution of the matter in controversy.
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12 | (c) In any case in which a party has any administrative | ||||||
13 | rule invalidated
by a court for any reason, including but not | ||||||
14 | limited to the agency's exceeding
its statutory authority or | ||||||
15 | the agency's failure to follow statutory procedures
in the | ||||||
16 | adoption of the rule, the court shall award the party bringing | ||||||
17 | the
action the reasonable expenses of the litigation, | ||||||
18 | including reasonable
attorney's fees. | ||||||
19 | For purposes of this subsection (c), "invalidated" means | ||||||
20 | any action by a court of competent jurisdiction that declares | ||||||
21 | or renders an administrative rule unenforceable or without | ||||||
22 | legal effect for any period of time, whether pursuant to a | ||||||
23 | temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent | ||||||
24 | injunction, or final decision on the merits. The changes made | ||||||
25 | by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly are | ||||||
26 | declarative of existing law.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 87-823.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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