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1    AN ACT concerning veterans.

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





 
4    Section 5. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 6 and by adding Section 8 as 
6follows:
 



7    (330 ILCS 60/6)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)



8    Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's 
9remedies.

10    (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a 
11business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 
12and not more than $10,000.

13    (b) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, an 
14employer's knowing violation of this Act constitutes a civil 
15rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In case 
16any employer fails or refuses to comply with
this Act, the 
17circuit court of the county in which such private employer

18maintains a place of business, or of the county where such 
19State employee
performs most of his duties, has power, upon the 
20filing of a complaint
by the person entitled to
the benefits of 
21this Act, to specifically require such employer to comply
with 
22this Act and to compensate such person for any loss of wages or

23benefits suffered by reason of such employer's unlawful action, 
 
 
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1together
with reasonable attorney's fees and costs.  No fees or 
2court costs shall be taxed
against any person applying for the 
3benefits of this Act.

4    The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference 
5to the hearing
and disposition of such cases over other matters 
6then pending before it.

7(Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)

 
8    (330 ILCS 60/8  new)
9    Sec. 8. Attorney General; employer list. The Attorney 
10General shall establish and maintain a statewide list of 
11employers who have been convicted of violating this Act. The 
12Attorney General shall make the information in the list 
13available to the public on its official web site and by any 
14other means the Attorney General deems appropriate.
 

15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.