Illinois § 5

§ 5.

Policy. The General Assembly hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The people of Illinois do not support the import of any goods made by forced, convict, or indentured labor, not only because it is a cruel suppression of the human right of free labor and employment practices, but also because it creates an unfair trade advantage for the forced, convict, or indentured labor country. (b) The federal Tariff Act of 1930, while prohibiting the importation of any goods produced in whole or in part by forced, convict, or indentured labor, does not require importers to provide certificates of origin at the time of importation to affirm and guarantee no forced, convict, or indentured labor content. (c) The federal Tariff Act of 1930 also does not require the United States Customs Service to have an active, self-initiated foreign surveillance program of detecting forced, convict, or indentured labor-made goods and preventing their entry into the United States, but relies primarily upon complaints made by the public or other interested groups. (d) The State of Illinois wholeheartedly supports the prohibition on imports produced in whole or in part by forced, convict, or indentured labor and shall not knowingly acquire any of those goods. (Source: P.A. 93-307, eff. 1-1-04.)