Illinois State Chamber of Commerce v. Filan

This case concerns the constitutionality of a portion of Public Act 93 — 32, known as the FY2004 Budget Implementation (State Finance-Revenues) Act (Budget Act) (Pub. Act 93 — 32, eff. in relevant part on June 20, 2003). The circuit court of Cook County granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff, the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce (Chamber), finding the Budget Act unconstitutional as applied to the Chamber, based on violations of the uniformity clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 2) and the due process clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970,…