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735 ILCS 5/20-101 (2026)

As used in this Article:     (1) "Compensation, benefits or remuneration" includes regular compensation, overtime compensation, vacation compensation, deferred compensation, sick pay, disability pay, sick leave, disability leave, medical, dental, optical or other health benefits, pension or retirement benefits or any other pay, compensation, benefits, or any other remuneration

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(735 ILCS 5/20-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 20-101)
    Sec. 20-101. As used in this Article:
    (1) "Compensation, benefits or remuneration" includes regular compensation, overtime compensation, vacation compensation, deferred compensation, sick pay, disability pay, sick leave, disability leave, medical, dental, optical or other health benefits, pension or retirement benefits or any other pay, compensation, benefits, or any other remuneration.
    (2) "Person" includes any firm, corporation, association, agency, institution or other legal entity, as well as any natural person.
    (3) "Local governmental unit" means any unit of local government or school district.
(Source: P.A. 84-1462.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: Marshall v. The Cnty. of Cook, 2016 IL App (1st) 142864 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Marshall v. The Cnty. of Cook, 2016 IL App (1st) 142864 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “A private citizen residing within the boundaries of the affected governmental unit is authorized to sue on behalf of the governmental unit; provided however, he or she sends a certified letter to the appropriate government official stating the intention to sue, and the official…”
Robert F. Rifkin, Raymond G. Scachitti, & Patrick J. Houlihan, Derivatively on Behalf of Cnty. of Cook, Nominal on Behalf of Itself & All Other Mun. & Governmental Entities Similarly Situated v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Pub. Sector Grp., Inc., Seaway Nat'l Bank of Chicago, & Ernst & Young, L.L.P., 248 F.3d 628 (7th Cir. 2001). “In Ryan, the plaintiffs sought to bring RICO claims on behalf of the State of Illinois, alleging, as do the plaintiffs here, that Article XX, which (as the formal name suggests) allows citizen suits to recover sums fraudulently obtained from government entities in some…”
Rifkin, Robert F. v. Bear Stearns & Co, 248 F.3d 628 (7th Cir. 2001). “In Ryan, the plaintiffs sought to bring RICO claims on behalf of the State of Illinois, alleging, as do the plaintiffs here, that Article XX, which (as the formal name suggests) allows citizen suits to recover sums fraudulently obtained from government entities in some…”
City of Chicago ex rel. Scachitti v. Prudential Sec., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “The Scachitti plaintiffs' complaint also seeks recovery of allegedly fraudulently obtained public funds from Prudential and Everen, pursuant to Article XX of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/20-101 et seq . (West 1998)) (Code).”
People ex Rel. Ulrich v. Stukel (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “According to the plaintiff, the conduct of the professors and University officials was violative of the Recovery of Fraudulently Obtained Public Funds Act (735 ILCS 5/20-101 et seq . (West 1992)). While the Bosmann suit remained pending, the plaintiff submitted the FOIA request…”
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