Illinois Compiled Statutes

115 ILCS 5/17 (2026)

Effect on other laws

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(115 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 1717)
    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 17. Effect on other laws. Except as provided in Section 10.5, in case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law, executive order or administrative regulation, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and control. Except as provided in Section 10.5, nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace or diminish the rights of employees established by Section 36d of "An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System", approved May 11, 1905, as amended or modified.
(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 17. Effect on other laws. In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law, executive order or administrative regulation, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and control. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace or diminish the rights of employees established by Section 36d of "An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System", approved May 11, 1905, as amended or modified.
(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1994–2014 · leading case: Quist v. Bd. of Trs. of Cmty. Coll. Dist. No. 525, 629 N.E.2d 807 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994).
Quist v. Bd. of Trs. of Cmty. Coll. Dist. No. 525, 629 N.E.2d 807 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “(115 ILCS 5/17 (West 1992).) In this case the aforequoted italicized language of the collective bargaining agreement (before the March 19, 1992, amendment) is in conflict with the Act to the extent that the agreement appears to confer jurisdiction on the circuit court to resolve…”
Bd. of Educ. v. Sered, 850 N.E.2d 821 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “First, in addition to the District’s interpretation of the School Code being tenuous at best, the issues in this case involve whether the District engaged in an unfair labor practice and arose under the Act, not the School Code.”
Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 5 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2014 IL App (4th) 130294 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “On the contrary, section 17 of the Act provides, in part, as follows: “In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law ***, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and control.”
Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 5 v. The Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2014 IL App (4th) 130294 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “On the contrary, section 17 of the Act provides, in part, as follows: "In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Act and any other law ***, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and control.”
Sherrard Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 200 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 696 N.E.2d 833 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “” 115 ILCS 5/17 (West 1994). Section 17 sets forth as the only exception to the Act’s supremacy certain civil service rights not pertinent here.”
Bd. of Educ. v. Sered (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “First, in addition to the District's interpretation of the School Code being tenuous at best, the issues in this case involve whether the District engaged in an unfair labor practice and arose under the Act, not the School Code.”
Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2013 IL App (1st) 122447 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “” 115 ILCS 5/17 (West 2010). Respondents contend that this section operates to allow release of the records notwithstanding the Student Record Act’s provisions limiting their release.”
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