The Laws of the State of Illinois are the official publication of the
session laws
Session laws are the collection of statutes enacted by a legislature during a single session of that legislature, often published following the end of the session as a bound volume. The United States Statutes at Large are an example of session l ...
of the
Illinois General Assembly
The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. It has two chambers, the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 181 ...
.
History
Originally, the Illinois General Assembly met every two years, although special sessions were sometimes held, and the laws passed during a session were printed within a year of each session.
Early volumes of Illinois laws contained public and private laws, as well as the auditors and treasurer's report for that biennium.
[ Later, especially during and after the ]Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, public and private laws were printed in separate volumes.[
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See also
* ''Illinois Compiled Statutes The ''Illinois Compiled Statutes'' (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature of Illinois. The compilation organizes the general Acts of Illinois into 67 chapters arranged within 9 major topic areas. The ILCS took effect i ...
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* Law of Illinois
The law of Illinois consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, and regulatory law, as well as case law and local law. The '' Illinois Compiled Statutes'' (ILCS) form the general statutory law.
Sources
The Constitution of ...
* United States Statutes at Large
The ''United States Statutes at Large'', commonly referred to as the ''Statutes at Large'' and abbreviated Stat., are an official record of Acts of Congress and concurrent resolutions passed by the United States Congress. Each act and resolutio ...
References
External links
Public Acts
of the Illinois General Assembly
Laws of Illinois
from Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College.
History
Western Illin ...
Illinois law
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