Chapter 5 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

(5 ILCS 312/6-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-103) Sec. 6-103. Certificate of notarial acts. (a) A notarial act must be evidenced by a certificate signed and dated by the notary public. The certificate must include identification of the jurisdiction in which the notarial act is perf…

(5 ILCS 312/6-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-104) Sec. 6-104. Acts prohibited. (a) A notary public shall not use any name or initial in signing certificates other than that by which the notary was commissioned. (b) A notary public shall not acknowledge any instrument in which the n…

(5 ILCS 312/6-105) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-105) Sec. 6-105. Short Forms. The following short form certificates of notarial acts are sufficient for the purposes indicated. (a) For an acknowledgment in an individual capacity: State of _________________ County of ________________ Th…

(5 ILCS 312/6A-101) Sec. 6A-101. Requirements for systems and providers of electronic notarial technology. (a) An electronic notarization system shall comply with this Act and any rules adopted by the Secretary of State. (b) An electronic notarization system requiring enrollment …

(5 ILCS 312/6A-102) Sec. 6A-102. Electronic notary not liable for system failure. An electronic notary public who exercised reasonable care enrolling in and using an electronic notarization system shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the system's failure to comply w…

(5 ILCS 312/6A-103) Sec. 6A-103. Electronic notarial acts. (a) An electronic notary public: (1) is a notary public for purposes of this Act and is subject to all provisions of this Act; (2) may perform notarial acts as provided by this Act in addition to performing electronic not…

(5 ILCS 312/6A-104) Sec. 6A-104. Requirements for audio-video communication. (a) An electronic notary public shall arrange for a recording to be made of each electronic notarial act performed using audio-video communication. The audio-video recording required by this Section shal…

(5 ILCS 312/6A-105) Sec. 6A-105. Electronic certificate of notarial acts. (a) An electronic notarial certificate must be evidenced by an electronic notarial certificate signed and dated by the electronic notary public. The electronic notarial certificate must include identificati…

(5 ILCS 312/6A-106) Sec. 6A-106. Electronic acknowledgments; physical presence. (a) For purposes of this Act, a person may appear before the person taking the acknowledgment by: (1) being in the same physical location as the other person and close enough to see, hear, communicate…

(5 ILCS 312/7-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-101) Sec. 7-101. Liability of notary and surety. A notary public and the surety on the notary's bond are liable to the persons involved for all damages caused by the notary's official misconduct. Upon the filing of any claim against a no…

(5 ILCS 312/7-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-102) Sec. 7-102. Liability of Employer of Notary. The employer of a notary public is also liable to the persons involved for all damages caused by the notary's official misconduct, if: (a) the notary public was acting within the scope of…

(5 ILCS 312/7-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-103) Sec. 7-103. Cause of Damages. It is not essential to a recovery of damages that a notary's official misconduct be the only cause of the damages. (Source: P.A. 84-322.)

(5 ILCS 312/7-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-104) Sec. 7-104. Official Misconduct Defined. The term "official misconduct" generally means the wrongful exercise of a power or the wrongful performance of a duty and is fully defined in Section 33-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. The te…

(5 ILCS 312/7-105) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-105) Sec. 7-105. Official Misconduct. (a) A notary public who knowingly and willfully commits any official misconduct is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A notary public who recklessly or negligently commits any official misconduct i…

(5 ILCS 312/7-106) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-106) Sec. 7-106. Willful impersonation. (a) Any person who acts as, or otherwise willfully impersonates, a notary public while not lawfully appointed and commissioned to perform notarial acts is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any n…

(5 ILCS 312/7-107) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-107) Sec. 7-107. Wrongful possession. (a) No person may unlawfully possess, obtain, conceal, damage, or destroy a notary's official seal. (b) No person may unlawfully possess, conceal, damage, or destroy the certificate, disk, coding, ca…

(5 ILCS 312/7-108) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-108) Sec. 7-108. Reprimand, suspension, and revocation of commission. (a) The Secretary of State may revoke the commission of any notary public who, during the current term of appointment: (1) submits an application for commission and ap…

(5 ILCS 312/7-109) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-109) Sec. 7-109. Action for Injunction, Unauthorized Practice of Law. Upon his own information or upon complaint of any person, the Attorney General or any State's Attorney, or their designee, may maintain an action for injunctive relief…

(5 ILCS 312/7-110) Sec. 7-110. Applicable law; conflict of law. (a) The validity of any notarization, including an electronic notarization, shall be determined by applying the laws of this State, regardless of the physical location of the principal at the time of a remote notariz…

(5 ILCS 312/8-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 208-101) Sec. 8-101. Section 2 of "An Act to increase the fee for issuing commissions to notaries public", approved June 3, 1897, as amended, is repealed. (Source: P.A. 84-322.)

(5 ILCS 312/8-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 208-102) Sec. 8-102. Section 28 of "An Act concerning fees and salaries, and to classify the several counties of this State with reference thereto", approved March 29, 1872, as amended, is repealed. (Source: P.A. 84-322.)

(5 ILCS 312/8-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 208-103) Sec. 8-103. "An Act to provide for the appointment, qualification and duties of notaries public and certifying their official acts and to provide for fines and penalties for the violation thereof", approved April 5, 1872, as amended…

(5 ILCS 312/8-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 208-104) Sec. 8-104. This Act takes effect July 1, 1986. (Source: P.A. 84-322.)

(5 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1601) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Public Labor Relations Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

(5 ILCS 315/10) (from Ch. 48, par. 1610) Sec. 10. Unfair labor practices. (a) It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer or its agents: (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce public employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in this Act or to dominate or int…

(5 ILCS 315/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 1611) Sec. 11. Unfair labor practice procedures. Unfair labor practices may be dealt with by the Board in the following manner: (a) Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any unfair labor practice, the Board or a…

(5 ILCS 315/12) (from Ch. 48, par. 1612) Sec. 12. Mediation. (a) The State and Local Panels in joint session shall establish a Public Employees Mediation Roster, the services of which shall be available to public employers and to labor organizations upon request of the parties fo…

(5 ILCS 315/13) (from Ch. 48, par. 1613) Sec. 13. Fact-finding. (a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the terms of the agreement, or upon expiration of an existing collective bargaining agreement and the parties have not been able to mutually resolve the dispute, …

(5 ILCS 315/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 1614) Sec. 14. Security employee, peace officer and fire fighter disputes. (a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements involving units of security employees of a public employer, Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedi…

(5 ILCS 315/15) (from Ch. 48, par. 1615) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 15. Act takes precedence. (a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and…

(5 ILCS 315/15.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1615.1) Sec. 15.1. Precedents established by other labor boards. Unless contradicted by administrative precedent previously established by the State Panel, all final decisions in representation and unfair labor practice cases decided by the Lo…

(5 ILCS 315/16) (from Ch. 48, par. 1616) Sec. 16. Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies. After the exhaustion of any arbitration mandated by this Act or any procedures mandated by a collective bargaining agreement, suits for violation of agreements including agreements entered into …

(5 ILCS 315/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 1617) Sec. 17. Right to strike. (a) Nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful or make it an unfair labor practice for public employees, other than security employees, as defined in Section 3(p), peace officers, fire fighters, and paramedics emp…

(5 ILCS 315/18) (from Ch. 48, par. 1618) Sec. 18. (a) If a strike, which may constitute a clear and present danger to the health and safety of the public is about to occur or is in progress, the public employer concerned may petition the board to make an investigation and conduct…

(5 ILCS 315/19) (from Ch. 48, par. 1619) Sec. 19. Any collective bargaining agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall remain in full force during its duration. (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

(5 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 1602) Sec. 2. Policy. It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to grant public employees full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours …

(5 ILCS 315/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Findings and declarations; court reporters. The General Assembly finds and declares: (1) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois and the intent of the General Assembly that State employees, including the Illinois official certified court report…

(5 ILCS 315/20) (from Ch. 48, par. 1620) Sec. 20. Prohibitions. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an individual employee to render labor or service without his consent, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to make the quitting of his labor by an individ…

(5 ILCS 315/21) (from Ch. 48, par. 1621) Sec. 21. Subject to the appropriation power of the employer, employers and exclusive representatives may negotiate multi-year collective bargaining agreements pursuant to the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

(5 ILCS 315/21.5) Sec. 21.5. Termination of certain agreements after constitutional officers take office. (a) No collective bargaining agreement entered into, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly between an executive branch constituti…

(5 ILCS 315/22) (from Ch. 48, par. 1622) Sec. 22. Bi-state development agency. (A) In further effectuation of that certain compact between the States of Missouri and Illinois heretofore made and entered into on September 20, 1949, the bistate development agency, created by and un…

(5 ILCS 315/23) (from Ch. 48, par. 1623) Sec. 23. State Mandates Act. The General Assembly finds that pursuant to the exemption provided for in subsection (a) of Section 6 of The State Mandates Act and the exclusions provided for in subparts (2) and (5) of subsection (a) of Secti…

(5 ILCS 315/24) (from Ch. 48, par. 1624) Sec. 24. Meetings. The provisions of the Open Meetings Act shall not apply to collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitration conducted pursuant to this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

(5 ILCS 315/25) (from Ch. 48, par. 1625) Sec. 25. For purposes of this Act, the State of Illinois waives sovereign immunity. (Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

(5 ILCS 315/27) (from Ch. 48, par. 1627) Sec. 27. Except as provided in Section 18 of this Act, the provisions of the Labor Dispute Act apply. (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

(5 ILCS 315/28) Sec. 28. Applicability of changes made by Public Act 97-1158. Nothing in Public Act 97-1158 applies to workers or consumers in the Home-Based Support Services Program in the Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities. (Source: P.A. 100-201…

(5 ILCS 315/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1603) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-118) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Board" means the Illinois Labor Relations Board or, with respect to a matter over which the jurisdictio…

(5 ILCS 315/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1604) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 4. Management Rights. Employers shall not be required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which shall include such areas of…

(5 ILCS 315/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 1605) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 5. Illinois Labor Relations Board; State Panel; Local Panel. (a) There is created the Illinois Labor Relations Board. The Board shall be comprised of 2 panels, to be known as the State…

(5 ILCS 315/5.1) Sec. 5.1. Dissolution of Illinois State Labor Relations Board and Illinois Local Labor Relations Board; transfer and savings provisions. (a) The Illinois State Labor Relations Board is dissolved. The State Panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board, created by t…