Topic:
Local governments and administrative review
(Link, D-Lake Bluff) amends the Code of Civil Procedure to provide that in any any successful appeal under the Administrative Review Law of an adverse decision by a unit of local government, the court shall award the plaintiff all reasonable costs, including court costs and attorney's fees, associated with the appeal. If the court finds the decision by the unit of local government to be clearly erroneous or that the plaintiff's rights to due process were abridged, the court may award the plaintiff all reasonable costs associated with the entire case dating back to the inception of the administrative proceeding. Scheduled for a hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.