Bill Title: Amends the State Treasurer Act. Creates within the Office of the State Treasurer a Division of Financial Crimes for the purpose of helping victims of financial crimes in Illinois identify that such crime has occurred and navigate the justice system. Provides for the appointment of personnel to the Division. Provides that the Division shall have the power and duty to investigate violations of financial crimes law and all related matters, and to bring, through the Attorney General or applicable State's Attorney, action against any person violating any financial crimes law of this State. Provides remedies for an action brought for violation of financial crimes law. Provides for the adoption of rules.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5520 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Tom Demmer [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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