94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2776

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. John O. Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 5/5-102   from Ch. 68, par. 5-102

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for any person to restrict an individual's access or admission to, or usage of, a place of public accommodation solely because the individual operates a motorcycle. Does not prohibit a person from restricting an individual's access or admission to, or usage of, a place of public accommodation because the individual's conduct poses a risk to the health, safety, or property of another.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5-102 as follows:
 
6     (775 ILCS 5/5-102)  (from Ch. 68, par. 5-102)
7     Sec. 5-102. Civil Rights Violations: Public
8 Accommodations.
9     It is a civil rights violation for any person on the basis
10 of unlawful discrimination to:
11         (A) Enjoyment of Facilities. Deny or refuse to another
12     the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities and services
13     of any public place of accommodation;
14         (B) Written Communications. Directly or indirectly, as
15     the operator of a place of public accommodation, publish,
16     circulate, display or mail any written communication,
17     except a private communication sent in response to a
18     specific inquiry, which the operator knows is to the effect
19     that any of the facilities of the place of public
20     accommodation will be denied to any person or that any
21     person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable because
22     of unlawful discrimination;
23         (C) Public Officials. Deny or refuse to another, as a
24     public official, the full and equal enjoyment of the
25     accommodations, advantage, facilities or privileges of the
26     official's office or services or of any property under the
27     official's care because of unlawful discrimination.
28     It is a civil rights violation for any person to restrict
29 an individual's access or admission to, or usage of, a place of
30 public accommodation solely because the individual operates a
31 motorcycle. This paragraph does not prohibit a person from
32 restricting an individual's access or admission to, or usage

 

 

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1 of, a place of public accommodation because the individual's
2 conduct poses a risk to the health, safety, or property of
3 another.
4 (Source: P.A. 81-1216.)