Bill Text: IL HB3916 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change: replaces "Circuit Judge" with "judge".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3916 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3916-Introduced.html
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 1-2.1-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 1-2.1-4. Code hearing units; powers of hearing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | officers.
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| 9 | (a) An ordinance establishing a system of administrative | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | adjudication,
pursuant to this Division, shall provide for a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | code hearing unit within an
existing agency or as a separate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | agency in the municipal government. The
ordinance shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | establish the jurisdiction of a code hearing unit that is
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| 14 | consistent with this Division. The "jurisdiction" of a code | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | hearing unit
refers to the particular code violations that it | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | may adjudicate.
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| 17 | (b) Adjudicatory hearings shall be presided over by hearing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | officers. The
powers and duties of a hearing officer shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | include:
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| 20 | (1) hearing testimony and accepting evidence that is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | relevant to the
existence of the code violation;
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| 22 | (2) issuing subpoenas directing witnesses to appear | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | and give relevant
testimony at the hearing, upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | request of the parties or their
representatives;
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| 2 | (3) preserving and authenticating the record of the | ||||||
| 3 | hearing and all
exhibits and evidence introduced at the | ||||||
| 4 | hearing;
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| 5 | (4) issuing a determination, based on the evidence | ||||||
| 6 | presented at the
hearing, of whether a code violation | ||||||
| 7 | exists. The determination shall be in
writing and shall | ||||||
| 8 | include a written finding of fact, decision, and order
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| 9 | including the fine, penalty, or action with which the | ||||||
| 10 | defendant must
comply; and
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| 11 | (5) imposing penalties consistent with applicable code | ||||||
| 12 | provisions and
assessing costs upon finding a party liable | ||||||
| 13 | for the charged violation, except,
however, that in no | ||||||
| 14 | event shall the hearing officer have authority to (i)
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| 15 | impose a
penalty of incarceration, or (ii) impose a fine in | ||||||
| 16 | excess of $50,000, or at
the option of
the municipality, | ||||||
| 17 | such other amount not to exceed the maximum
amount | ||||||
| 18 | established by the Mandatory Arbitration System as | ||||||
| 19 | prescribed by the
Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court from | ||||||
| 20 | time to time for the judicial circuit
in
which the | ||||||
| 21 | municipality is located.
The maximum monetary fine under | ||||||
| 22 | this item (5), shall be exclusive of costs of
enforcement | ||||||
| 23 | or costs imposed to secure compliance with the | ||||||
| 24 | municipality's
ordinances and shall not be applicable to | ||||||
| 25 | cases to enforce the collection of
any tax imposed and | ||||||
| 26 | collected by the municipality.
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| 1 | (c) Prior to conducting administrative adjudication | ||||||
| 2 | proceedings,
administrative hearing officers shall have | ||||||
| 3 | successfully completed a formal
training program which | ||||||
| 4 | includes the following:
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| 5 | (1) instruction on the rules of procedure of the | ||||||
| 6 | administrative hearings
which they will conduct;
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| 7 | (2) orientation to each subject area of the code | ||||||
| 8 | violations that they will
adjudicate;
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| 9 | (3) observation of administrative hearings; and
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| 10 | (4) participation in hypothetical cases, including | ||||||
| 11 | ruling on evidence and
issuing final orders.
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| 12 | In addition, every administrative hearing officer must
be | ||||||
| 13 | an attorney licensed to practice law in
the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | for at least 3 years. A person who has served as a Circuit | ||||||
| 15 | Judge in Illinois is not required to fulfill the requirements | ||||||
| 16 | of paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection.
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| 17 | (d) A proceeding before a code hearing unit shall be | ||||||
| 18 | instituted upon the
filing of a written pleading by an | ||||||
| 19 | authorized official of the municipality.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 90-516, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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