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5 ILCS 315/21 (2026)

Subject to the appropriation power of the employer, employers and exclusive representatives may negotiate multi-year collective bargaining agreements pursuant to the provisions of this Act

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(5 ILCS 315/21) (from Ch. 48, par. 1621)
    Sec. 21. Subject to the appropriation power of the employer, employers and exclusive representatives may negotiate multi-year collective bargaining agreements pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: State of Illinois v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31, 2016 IL 118422 (Ill. 2016).
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State of Illinois v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31, 2016 IL 118422 (Ill. 2016). · cites it 3× “VIII, § 2(b)), and section 21 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act) (5 ILCS 315/21 (West 2014)). Accordingly, we reverse the judgments of the appellate court ( 2014 IL App (1st) 130262 ) and the circuit court of Cook County, and vacate the arbitration award.”
State of Illinois v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31, 2016 IL 118422 (Ill. 2016). · cites it 2× “) 5 ILCS 315/21 (West 2012). ¶ 45 The term “employer,” as used in section 21, has always been expressly defined to include “the State of Illinois.”
State v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees, Council 31, 2014 IL App (1st) 130262 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “” 5 ILCS 315/21 (West 2008). According to the State, this sentence means that the State’s duties under its collective bargaining agreements always remain subject to the General Assembly’s appropriation power.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees v. The Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 2017 IL App (5th) 160229 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 3× “¶ 65 In reaching the conclusion it did, the supreme court considered the effects of the appropriations clause of our state constitution (Ill.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees v. The Illinois Labor Relations Bd., 2017 IL App (5th) 160229 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “*1019 ¶ 65 In reaching the conclusion it did, the supreme court considered the effects of the appropriations clause of our state constitution ( Ill.”
State v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees, 2014 IL App (1st) 130262 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “" 5 ILCS 315/21 (West 2008). According to the State, this sentence means that the State's duties under its collective bargaining agreements always remain subject to the General Assembly's appropriation power.”
State of Illinois v. Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 31, 2016 IL 118422 (Ill. 2016). · cites it 3× “VIII, § 2(b)), and section 21 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act (Act) (5 ILCS 315/21 (West 2014)). Accordingly, we reverse the judgments of the appellate court ( 2014 IL App (1st) 130262 ) and the circuit court of Cook County, and vacate the arbitration award.”
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