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92_HB3772

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning State lawsuit immunity.

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

 4        Section  5.  The State Lawsuit Immunity Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 1 and adding Section 1.5 as follows:

 6        (745 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 801)
 7        Sec. 1.  Except as provided in the "Illinois Public Labor
 8    Relations Act", enacted by  the  83rd  General  Assembly,  or
 9    except  as provided in "AN ACT to create the Court of Claims,
10    to prescribe its powers and duties,  and  to  repeal  AN  Act
11    herein  named",  filed  July 17, 1945, as amended, or Section
12    1.5 of this Act, the State of Illinois shall not  be  made  a
13    defendant or party in any court.
14    (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

15        (745 ILCS 5/1.5 new)
16        Sec. 1.5.  Exceptions; State employees.
17        (a)  An   employee,   former   employee,  or  prospective
18    employee of the State who is  aggrieved  by  any  conduct  or
19    action  or  inaction  of  the  State  that would constitute a
20    violation of the Age  Discrimination  in  Employment  Act  of
21    1967,  29  U.S.C. 621 et seq., as amended, if committed by an
22    employer covered by that Act may bring a civil action against
23    the  State  for  such  legal  or  equitable  relief  as  will
24    effectuate  the  purposes  of  the  Age   Discrimination   in
25    Employment Act of 1967.
26        (b)  An  employee  of  the  State who is aggrieved by any
27    conduct or  action  or  inaction  of  the  State  that  would
28    constitute  a  violation  of  the Fair Labor Standards Act of
29    1938, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., as amended, if committed  by  an
30    employer covered by that Act may bring a civil action against
 
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 1    the  State  for  such  legal  or  equitable  relief  as  will
 2    effectuate  the  purposes  of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
 3    1938.
 4        (c)  An  employee,  former   employee,   or   prospective
 5    employee  of  the  State  who  is aggrieved by any conduct or
 6    action or inaction of  the  State  that  would  constitute  a
 7    violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. 2601
 8    et  seq.,  as amended, if committed by an employer covered by
 9    that Act may bring a civil action against the State for  such
10    legal  or equitable relief as will effectuate the purposes of
11    the Family and Medical Leave Act.
12        (d)  An  employee,  former   employee,   or   prospective
13    employee  of  the  State  who  is aggrieved by any conduct or
14    action or inaction of  the  State  that  would  constitute  a
15    violation  of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42
16    U.S.C. 12101 et seq., as amended, if committed by an employer
17    covered by that Act may bring  a  civil  action  against  the
18    State  for  such legal or equitable relief as will effectuate
19    the purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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