Bill Text: IL SB2221 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that certain reimbursements received by State correctional institutions for administrative assistance to perform services shall be appropriated each year by the General Assembly to the Department of Corrections, which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum payments to the Clerks of the Circuit Court in the counties in which the additional staff is employed. Deletes language providing that the payments shall be payable monthly from the State Treasury to the county treasurer. Provides that the reimbursement shall be paid for all types of administrative assistance provided by the Clerk of the Circuit Court in connection with the State correctional institution and that nothing in the provisions may be construed as limiting the reimbursement to only certain types of cases. Provides that the same reimbursement provided in connection with the operation of State correctional institutions shall also be paid in connection with treatment and detention facilities established under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1131 [SB2221 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2221-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-1131 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | ||||
changing Section 13-214
as follows:
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(735 ILCS 5/13-214) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-214)
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Sec. 13-214. Construction - Design management and | ||||
supervision. As used
in this Section "person" means any | ||||
individual, any business or legal entity,
or any body politic.
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(a) Actions based upon tort, contract or otherwise against | ||||
any person
for an act or omission of such person in the design, | ||||
planning, supervision,
observation or management of | ||||
construction, or construction of an
improvement to real | ||||
property shall be commenced within 4 years from the
time the | ||||
person bringing an action, or his or her privity, knew or | ||||
should
reasonably have known of such act or omission. | ||||
Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, contract actions | ||||
against a surety on a payment or
performance bond shall be | ||||
commenced, if at all, within the same time
limitation | ||||
applicable to the bond principal.
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(b) No action based upon tort, contract or otherwise may be | ||||
brought against
any person for an act or omission of such | ||||
person in the design, planning,
supervision, observation or | ||||
management of construction, or construction
of an improvement | ||
to real property after 10 years have elapsed from the
time of | ||
such act or omission. However, any person who discovers such | ||
act or
omission prior to expiration of 10 years from the time | ||
of such act or
omission shall in no event have less than 4 | ||
years to bring an action as
provided in subsection (a) of this | ||
Section. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, contract | ||
actions against a surety on a payment or
performance bond shall | ||
be commenced, if at all, within the same time
limitation | ||
applicable to the bond principal.
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(c) If a person otherwise entitled to bring an action could | ||
not have
brought such action within the limitation periods | ||
herein solely because
such person was under the age of 18 | ||
years, or a person with a developmental
disability or a person | ||
with mental illness, then the limitation periods herein
shall | ||
not begin to run until the person attains the age of 18 years, | ||
or the
disability is removed.
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(d) Subsection (b) shall not prohibit any action against a | ||
defendant who
has expressly warranted or promised the | ||
improvement to real property for
a longer period from being | ||
brought within that period.
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(e) The limitations of this Section shall not apply to | ||
causes of action
arising out of fraudulent misrepresentations | ||
or to fraudulent concealment
of causes of action.
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(f) Subsection (b) does not apply to an action that is | ||
based on personal
injury, disability, disease, or death | ||
resulting from the discharge into the
environment of asbestos.
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(Source: P.A. 88-380.)
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