Sec. 2-1b. Unlawful interference with the General Assembly; injunctive relief.
Sec. 2-1b. Unlawful interference with the General Assembly; injunctive relief.
(a) If the presiding officer of either house of the General Assembly has reasonable
grounds to believe that any person or persons are then committing an unlawful act or
are about to do so, which act is interfering, or will interfere, with any proceedings or
other business of the General Assembly, either house thereof or any committee of the
General Assembly or either house thereof, he may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an order directing any person or persons to cease and desist from the commission of such unlawful act or restraining such person or persons from committing such
an act in the future.
(b) Such petition shall be verified and shall set forth the facts upon which it is
based. Either house may empower the presiding officer thereof to designate one or more
members or officers of such house to make such a petition on his behalf. Any such
designation shall be filed with the clerk of such house and, if a petition is made by any
person named in such designation, a certified copy of such designation shall be submitted
to the court, together with the petition.
(c) If a court to which such a petition is presented is satisfied that the petition sets
forth a prima facie case for the granting of the relief requested and that interference with
the proceedings or other business of the General Assembly may occur unless such relief
is granted, the court may forthwith grant a temporary injunction granting the relief
requested, in whole or in part, pending the ultimate determination of the matter after
due notice and hearing. A copy of such temporary order and of the petition upon which
it is based, together with notice of the date and place of a hearing to be held thereon,
shall be given to such persons within such time and in such manner as the court shall
direct.
(d) Such temporary injunction and any preliminary or permanent injunction which
thereafter may be granted on the petition following a hearing thereon shall be enforceable
by contempt proceedings, or other enforcement proceedings, in the same manner as
other orders of such court.
(e) Except as otherwise specified herein, all of the provisions of law applicable to
the granting of injunctive relief by the court to which a petition hereunder is presented
shall apply to proceedings instituted under this section.
(P.A. 73-516, S. 6.)