State Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, said he's confident his bill to speed up the state's power to strip corrupt officials of their state-funded pensions will pass into law after the Illinois General Assembly reconvenes in late January.
Kay so far not heard anyone speak in opposition to the bill, which allows the state to terminate the state-funded pensions of public officials on the day those officials plead guilty to a crime connected to their public duties.
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