95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1171


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. James A. DeLeo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		


















820 ILCS 405/2205
  from Ch. 48, par. 685


820 ILCS 405/2302
  from Ch. 48, par. 702


820 ILCS 405/2306
  from Ch. 48, par. 706







    Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Deletes references to the Commissioner of Unemployment Compensation.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning employment.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 2205, 2302, and 2306 as follows:
 



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    (820 ILCS 405/2205)  (from Ch. 48, par. 685)



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    Sec. 2205. Judicial review of decisions on contributions. 
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The Circuit Court of the county wherein the hearing provided 
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for in
Sections 2200 and 2201 was held shall have power to 
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review the final
administrative decisions of the Director 
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rendered pursuant to those
Sections. The provisions of the 
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Administrative Review Law, and all
amendments and 
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modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant
thereto, 
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shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial

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review of such final administrative decisions of the Director. 
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The term
"administrative decision" is defined as in Section 
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3-101 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. Such review
proceedings 
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shall be given
precedence over all other civil cases except 
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cases arising under the
Workers' Compensation Act of this 
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State.

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    The Director shall not be required to certify the record to 
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the
Circuit Court unless the party commencing such proceedings 
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for review
shall pay to the Director the cost of certification 
 


 






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of the record as
provided in Section 2200. The Director or the 
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Commissioner of
Unemployment Compensation, in the absence of 
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the Director, upon receipt
of such payment, shall prepare and 
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certify to the court a true and
correct typewritten copy of all 
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matters contained in such record.

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    The Clerk of any court rendering a decision affecting a 
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decision of
the Director shall promptly furnish the Director 
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with a copy of such
court's decision, without charge, and the 
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Director shall enter an order
in accordance with such decision.

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(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

 



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    (820 ILCS 405/2302)  (from Ch. 48, par. 702)



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    Sec. 2302. Admissibility of certified copies. A copy of any 
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document or record on file with the Director certified to
be a 
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true copy by the Director, or the Commissioner of Unemployment

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Compensation, under the seal of the Department of Employment 
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Security, shall be
admissible in evidence at any hearing 
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conducted pursuant to the provisions
of this Act and in all 
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judicial proceedings, in the same manner as are
public 
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documents.

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(Source: P.A. 83-1503.)

 



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    (820 ILCS 405/2306)  (from Ch. 48, par. 706)



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    Sec. 2306. Certified
copies of decisions or notices as 
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evidence.
A copy of any finding or decision of a claims 
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adjudicator, Referee or
the Board of Review and of any 
 


 






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decision, order, ruling, determination and
assessment, 
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statement of benefit wages, statement of benefit charges,
or 
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rate determination made by the
Director, and of any notice 
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served by the Director, upon certification by
the Commissioner 
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of Unemployment Compensation or the Director to be a true
and 
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correct copy, and further certification that the records of the

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Director disclose that it was duly served upon the employing 
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unit therein
named, shall be admissible into evidence in all 
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hearings and judicial
proceedings as prima facie proof that it 
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was made, rendered, or issued and
that it was duly served upon 
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such employing unit at the time and in the
manner stated in 
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such certification.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1009.)