Section 740 ILCS 92/35 - Expenses and sanctions(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the State's Attorney or Attorney General is not liable for expenses that a person incurs in bringing an action under this Act. (b) In civil actions brought under this Act in which the Attorney General or a State's Attorney is a party, the court shall retain discretion to impose sanctions otherwise allowed by law, including the ability to order a party to pay expenses as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure. P.A. 92-233, eff. 1-1-02.