Local Government Law Bulletin
Illinois Attorney General Issues Open Meetings Act Opinion
January 3, 2017 Last week, the Illinois Attorney General issued an opinion regarding whether requiring advance notice from parties who intend to record open meetings is a violation of the OMA. In the case at issue, the written policy of a school board required advance...
Illinois Supreme Court Decides Case Concerning PSEBA
January 3, 2017 Last week, the Illinois Supreme Court decided a case concerning the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act (PSEBA). At issue was whether the phrase “catastrophic injury” in PSEBA is synonymous with an injury that resulted in an occupational disease...
Prevailing Wage Act Reminder
December 12, 2016 Let it Snow: ZRFM reminds our readers that while the Prevailing Wage Act applies to the installation of landscaping as part of an otherwise covered work such as a new building, earthmoving and grading for a covered project or “hardscaping” such as...
Illinois Village’s Right-to-Work Ordinance Challenged in Federal Court
December 12, 2016 Last year, the Village of Lincolnshire passed ordinance 15-3389-116, An Ordinance on Economic Development and Worker Empowerment by Regulation of Involuntary Payroll Deductions for Private Sector Workers in the Village of Lincolnshire. The ordinance...
New Illinois Laws for 2017
November 29, 2016 Since the start of 2016, the Illinois Legislature has successfully passed 408 Public Acts. Many of these acts became effective immediately, while others will not become effective until the beginning of 2017 or even later. With 2017 quickly...
New FLSA Regulations Prevented from Taking Effect
November 29, 2016 Recently, a federal circuit court judge in Texas issued an order staying the nationwide implementation of certain Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations. If the preliminary injunctive relief had not been granted, employers would have had to pay...
Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Video Gaming
Author: Jacob Caudill
Illinois Attorney General Issues FOIA Opinion
Recently, the Illinois Attorney General issued its eighth Public Access Counselor opinion of 2016. At issue was whether a municipality violated the Freedom of Information Act by improperly denying a request as unduly burdensome. In July, an FOIA request was submitted...
Proposed Bill Would Change Animal Control Act
October 28, 2016 Last month, a bill was proposed in the Illinois House of Representatives that would amend the Illinois Animal Control Act. If this bill passes, certain rights of private citizens would be removed from the Act, and additional requirements would be...