Illinois Supreme Court May 23, 2002, 90263 Rel (Flynn v. Ryan)

Docket No. 90263–Agenda 17–September 2001. PATRICK L. FLYNN et al. , Appellees, v. GEORGE H. RYAN et al. , Appellants. JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of Public Act 90–737 (the Act) (Pub. Act 90–737, eff. January 1, 1999)), an enactment that, inter alia , created the State Gift Ban Act (5 ILCS 425/1 et seq. (West 2000)).