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1 | AN ACT concerning local 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 Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 2901)
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7 | Sec. 1. (a) The General Assembly declares that it is in the
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8 | the interest of
the people of Illinois that decisions regarding | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | provision of local services
and regulation of local activities | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | should be made at the local level where
possible, to the extent | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | authorized by the General Assembly or the Illinois
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12 | Constitution. It is and has long been the policy of the State | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | that such
decisions be made by local government units as | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | authorized by State statute
and the Illinois Constitution. The | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | General Assembly intends that actions
permitted, either | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | expressly or by necessary implication, by State statute
or the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Illinois Constitution be considered affirmatively authorized | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | for
subsidiary units of government.
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19 | Inasmuch as the grant of home-rule authority in the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Illinois Constitution,
Article VII, Section 6 was | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | intentionally made broad so as to avoid unduly
restricting its | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | exercise, the scope of the home-rule powers cannot be precisely
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23 | described. The General Assembly intends that all actions which |
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1 | are either
(1) granted to home-rule units, whether expressly or | ||||||
2 | by necessary implication
or (2) within traditional areas of | ||||||
3 | local government activity, except as
limited by the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Constitution or a proper limiting statute, be
considered
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5 | affirmatively authorized for home-rule units of government.
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6 | The General Assembly intends that the "State action | ||||||
7 | exemption" to application
of the federal antitrust laws be | ||||||
8 | fully available to local governments to
the extent their | ||||||
9 | activities are either (1) expressly or by necessary
implication
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10 | authorized by Illinois law or (2) within traditional areas of | ||||||
11 | local
governmental
activity.
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12 | The "State action exemption" for which provision is made by | ||||||
13 | this
Section shall be liberally construed in favor of local | ||||||
14 | governments, the
agents, employees and officers thereof and | ||||||
15 | such exemption shall be
available notwithstanding that the | ||||||
16 | action of the
municipality or its agents, officers or employees | ||||||
17 | constitutes an irregular
exercise of constitutional or | ||||||
18 | statutory powers. However, this exemption
shall not apply where | ||||||
19 | the action alleged to be in violation of antitrust
law exceeds | ||||||
20 | either (1) powers granted, either expressly or by necessary
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21 | implication, by Illinois statute or the Illinois Constitution | ||||||
22 | or (2) powers
granted to a home rule municipality to perform | ||||||
23 | any function pertaining to
its government and affairs or to act | ||||||
24 | within traditional areas of municipal
activity, except as | ||||||
25 | limited by the Illinois Constitution or a proper limiting | ||||||
26 | statute.
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1 | (b) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, | ||||||
2 | either
expressly or by necessary implication by any Illinois | ||||||
3 | statute or by the
Illinois Constitution to any Library | ||||||
4 | District, its officers, employees and
agents may be exercised | ||||||
5 | by any such Library District, its officers, agents
and | ||||||
6 | employees notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the | ||||||
7 | intention
of the General Assembly that the "State action | ||||||
8 | exemption" to the
application of federal antitrust statutes be | ||||||
9 | fully available to any such
Library District, its officers, | ||||||
10 | agents and employees to the extent they are
exercising | ||||||
11 | authority pursuant to law.
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12 | (c) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, | ||||||
13 | either
expressly or by necessary implication by any Illinois | ||||||
14 | statute or by the
Illinois Constitution to any Sanitary | ||||||
15 | District, its officers, employees and
agents may be exercised | ||||||
16 | by any Sanitary District, its officers, agents and
employees | ||||||
17 | notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of
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18 | the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the | ||||||
19 | application
of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to | ||||||
20 | any such Sanitary
District, its officers, agents and employees | ||||||
21 | to the extent they are
exercising authority pursuant to law.
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22 | (d) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, | ||||||
23 | either
expressly or by necessary implication by any Illinois | ||||||
24 | statute or by the
Illinois Constitution to any Park District | ||||||
25 | and its officers, employees and
agents may be exercised by any | ||||||
26 | such Park District, its officers, agents and
employees |
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1 | notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of
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2 | the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the | ||||||
3 | application
of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to | ||||||
4 | any such Park District,
its officers, agents and employees to | ||||||
5 | the extent they are exercising
authority pursuant to law.
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6 | (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, where it is alleged that | ||||||
7 | a
violation of the antitrust laws has occurred, the relief | ||||||
8 | available to the
plaintiffs shall be limited to an injunction | ||||||
9 | which enjoins the alleged activity.
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10 | (f) Nothing in this Section is intended to prohibit or | ||||||
11 | limit any cause
of action other than under an antitrust theory.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 84-1050.)
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