OFF THE WIRE
Today, A.B.A.T.E. Legal Services filed A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois’s “Petition for Leave to Appeal” with the Illinois Supreme Court. Last month, the 4th District of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Cycle Rider Safety Training (“CRST”) Fund was not protected from raids by the Governor and the General Assembly because trust created for that Fund was revocable. That is, the General Assembly could undo the terms of that trust at any time – even by implication. Among the many issues we ask the Supreme Court to rule upon is whether CRST money is protected by an irrevocable trust or whether the language in the CRST Act regarding that money is essentially meaningless.
George Tinkham A.B.A.T.E. State Legislative Coordinator "Helping Democracy Work"
