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735 ILCS 5/20-102 (2026)

Any person who has received from the State or from any local governmental unit compensation, benefits or remuneration by means of a false or fraudulent record, statement, or claim or other willful misrepresentation, or by his failure to notify the State or local governmental unit of a change in his status as may be required by the State or local governmental unit, or by other fraudulent device, shall be answerable to the State or local governmental unit, as the case may be, for refunding the entire amount of such compensation, benefits or remuneration received

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(735 ILCS 5/20-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 20-102)
    Sec. 20-102. Any person who has received from the State or from any local governmental unit compensation, benefits or remuneration by means of a false or fraudulent record, statement, or claim or other willful misrepresentation, or by his failure to notify the State or local governmental unit of a change in his status as may be required by the State or local governmental unit, or by other fraudulent device, shall be answerable to the State or local governmental unit, as the case may be, for refunding the entire amount of such compensation, benefits or remuneration received. If the refund is not made, it shall be recoverable in a civil action from the person who received the compensation, benefits or remuneration, or from anyone who knowingly aided such person in obtaining the compensation, benefits or remuneration.
(Source: P.A. 84-1462.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2000–2001 · leading case: State of Illinois Ex Rel. Walter E. Ryan & Bernard McKay v. Terry Brown, 227 F.3d 1042 (7th Cir. 2000).
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State of Illinois Ex Rel. Walter E. Ryan & Bernard McKay v. Terry Brown, 227 F.3d 1042 (7th Cir. 2000). “See 735 ILCS 5/20-102 (“refunds”); 5/20-103 (“repayment — civil penalties — -lien”).”
Lyons v. Ryan (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “Count IV of the complaint alleged that the defendants had violated sections 20-102 through 20-104 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/20-102, 20-103, 20-104 (West 1998)) (Code).”
Ryan, Walter E. v. State of Illinois (7th Cir. 2000). “" Central to its application, of course, is the receipt of "compensation, benefits, or remuneration" from the State or from any local government unit. See 735 ILCS 5/20-102 ("refunds"); 5/20-103 ("repayment--civil penalties--lien").”
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