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SB792 Engrossed                      LRB093 02849 RCE 02865 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to the Attorney General.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Attorney  General  Act  is  amended by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 14, par. 1)
 7        Sec. 1.  Oath; bond.  Before entering upon the respective
 8    duties of his or her office, the attorney  general  shall  be
 9    commissioned  by  the  governor, and shall take the following
10    oath or affirmation:
11        I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that
12    I will support the constitution of the United States and  the
13    constitution  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
14    faithfully discharge the duties of  the  office  of  attorney
15    general, according to the best of my ability.
16        And shall also execute a bond, to the People of the State
17    of Illinois, with good and sufficient securities in the penal
18    sum  of  $10,000,  to  be  approved by the governor, and then
19    filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The bond shall
20    be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the  duties  of
21    the  office,  and  the  paying over all moneys as provided by
22    law, which bond shall run to and be for the  benefit  of  the
23    state,  county,  corporation or person injured by a breach of
24    any of the conditions thereof.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)