There is hereby granted to the Commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said Compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said Compact in every particular. All officers of the State of Illinois are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary to or incidental to the carrying out of said Compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Illinois to perform and carry out the said Compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the state government or administration of the State of Illinois are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the said Commission to furnish the said Commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid said Commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal powers respectively.
     The Circuit Courts of the State of Illinois are hereby granted the jurisdiction specified in Article IX of said Compact, and the office of the Attorney General or any other law enforcing officer of the State of Illinois is hereby granted the power to institute any action for the enforcement of the orders of the Commission as specified in said Article IX of the Compact.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 45 ILCS 60/4

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14