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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 168/20

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     If this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly or any portion of the amendment to subdivision (2)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of Section 15 made by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, then such subdivision (2)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of Section 15 shall be deemed to be repealed in its entirety. If subdivision (2)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of Section 15 shall thereafter be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, then this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be deemed repealed and subdivision (2)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of Section 15 shall be restored as if no such amendments had been made. Neither any holding of unconstitutionality nor the repeal of subdivision (2)(B)(ii) of subsection (a) of Section 15 shall affect, impair, or invalidate any other portion of Section 15 or the application of such Section to any other person or circumstance, and such remaining portions of Section 15 shall at all times continue in full force and effect.