775 ILCS 25/ Discriminatory Club Act.

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775 ILCS 25/0.01

(775 ILCS 25/0.01) (from Ch. 68, par. 100)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Discriminatory Club Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

775 ILCS 25/1

(775 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 68, par. 101)

Sec. 1.

Definitions.

(1) "Discrimination" means "unlawful discrimination"
as defined by the Illinois Human Rights Act;

(2) "Discriminatory club"
means a membership club, organization, association, or society, or the premises
thereof, which practices discrimination in its membership policy or in access
to its services and facilities, except any facility, as to discrimination
based on sex, which is distinctly private in nature such as restrooms, shower
rooms, bath houses, health clubs and other similar facilities for which
the Illinois Department of Human Rights, in its rules and regulations, may
grant exemptions based on bona fide considerations of public policy;

(3)
"Meeting" means "meeting" as defined by the Open Meetings Act;

(4) "Official
or employee of the State of Illinois" means any elected public official,
any person appointed by an elected public official, or any other employee or
agent (whether salaried or contractual), in service to the State of Illinois;

(5) "Public body" means "public body" as defined by the Open Meetings Act
in addition to the General Assembly and committees and commissions thereof;

(6) "Private organization" means any person, partnership, corporation,
association or agency which is not a public body.

(Source: P.A. 85-909.)

775 ILCS 25/2

(775 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 68, par. 102)

Sec. 2.

No private organization which sells goods or services to the
State pursuant to the Illinois Procurement Code, nor any private organization
which receives any award or grant from the State, nor any public body may
pay any dues or fees on behalf of its employees or agents or may subsidize
or otherwise reimburse them for payments of their dues or fees to any
discriminating club.  The Illinois Department of Human Rights shall
enforce this Section.

(Source: P.A. 98-1076, eff. 1-1-15.)

775 ILCS 25/3

(775 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 68, par. 103)

Sec. 3.

No meeting may be held at any discriminatory club; however,
a meeting may be held at any private club that is a fraternal or religious
organization normally restrictive in its membership to persons of a specific
group, provided that such organization does not discriminate unlawfully,
within the meaning of the Illinois Human Rights Act, in its making available
its facilities to non-member groups or agencies for the purposes of holding
meetings.

(Source: P.A. 85-909.)

775 ILCS 25/4

(775 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 68, par. 104)

Sec. 4.

No official or employee of the State of Illinois may obligate
the State to any discriminatory club.  The Comptroller shall enforce this
Section upon notification from the Department of Human Rights.

(Source: P.A. 85-909.)