Illinois Compiled Statutes

5 ILCS 100/5-20 (2026)

Implementing discretionary powers

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(5 ILCS 100/5-20) (from Ch. 127, par. 1005-20)
    Sec. 5-20. Implementing discretionary powers. Each rule that implements a discretionary power to be exercised by an agency shall include the standards by which the agency shall exercise the power. The standards shall be stated as precisely and clearly as practicable under the conditions to inform fully those persons affected.
(Source: P.A. 87-823.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2017 · leading case: Vill. of North Riverside v. Boron, 2016 IL App (1st) 152687 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017).
Vill. of North Riverside v. Boron, 2016 IL App (1st) 152687 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 5 ILCS 100/5-20 (West 2012). ¶ 17 Contrary to the Village’s position, the regulation provides sufficiently-tailored standards from which the agency can render a decision as to whether the government has met its burden of showing good and sufficient cause for failing to meet…”
Lee v. Godinez, 2014 IL App (3d) 130677 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “at 1062 ; 5 ILCS 100/5-20 (West 2000). It, therefore, found that the Director's policy of denying good-time credit based solely on an inmate's domestic battery arrest was both unwritten and unrelated to prison discipline, thus the use of the policy was an abuse of discretion,…”
Vill. of North Riverside v. Boron, 2016 IL App (1st) 152687 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 5 ILCS 100/5-20 (West 2012). ¶ 17 Contrary to the Village’s position, the regulation provides sufficiently-tailored standards from which the agency can render a decision as to whether the government has met its burden of showing good and sufficient cause for failing to meet…”
Guzzo v. Snyder (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “Section 3-6-3(a)(1) of the Corrections Code (730 ILCS 5/3-6-3(a)(1) (West 2000)) states that the IDOC shall prescribe rules and regulations for the early release for good conduct of persons committed to the Department.”
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