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1 AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
5 changing Section 1200 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 405/1200) (from Ch. 48, par. 530)
7 Sec. 1200. Compensation of attorneys.
8 No fee shall be charged any claimant in any proceeding
9 under this Act by the Director or his representatives, or by
10 the Referees or Board of Review, or by any court or the
11 clerks thereof except as provided herein.
12 Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before
13 the Director or his representative, or the Referee or the
14 Board of Review, or his or its representatives, or a court,
15 may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent;
16 but no such counsel or agents shall either charge or receive
17 for such services more than an amount approved by the Board
18 of Review or, in cases arising under Section 604, by the
19 Director.
20 After reasonable notice and a hearing before the
21 Department's representative, any attorney found to be in
22 violation of any provision of this Section shall be required
23 to make restitution of any excess fees charged plus interest
24 at a reasonable rate as determined by the Department's
25 representative.
26 Any person who shall exact or receive any remuneration or
27 gratuity for any services rendered on behalf of such claimant
28 except as allowed by this Section and in an amount approved
29 by the Board of Review or the Director, as the case may be,
30 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who
31 shall solicit the business of appearing on behalf of such
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1 claimant or who shall make it a business to solicit
2 employment for another in connection with any claim for
3 benefits under this Act shall be guilty of a Class A
4 misdemeanor.
5 (Source: P.A. 77-2830.)