Bill Text: IL HB1152 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the limitation period for actions for damages for personal injury.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1152 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1152-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 13-202 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202)
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| 7 | Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | for an injury
to the
the person, or for
false imprisonment, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | malicious prosecution, or for a statutory
penalty, or for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal
conversation, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | except damages resulting from first degree murder or the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | commission of
a Class X felony and the perpetrator thereof is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | convicted of such crime,
shall be commenced within 2 years next | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | after the cause
of action accrued but such an action against a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | defendant arising from a
crime committed by the defendant in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | whose name an escrow account was established
under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | "Criminal Victims' Escrow Account Act" shall be commenced | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | within
2 years after the establishment of such account. If the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | compelling of a confession or information by imminent bodily | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | harm or threat of imminent bodily harm results in whole or in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | part in a criminal prosecution of the plaintiff, the
2-year | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | period set out in this Section shall be tolled during the time | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | in which the plaintiff is incarcerated, or until criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | prosecution has been finally adjudicated in favor of the above | ||||||
| 2 | referred plaintiff, whichever is later. However, this | ||||||
| 3 | provision relating to the compelling of a confession or | ||||||
| 4 | information shall not apply to units of local government | ||||||
| 5 | subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees | ||||||
| 6 | Tort Immunity Act.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 94-1113, eff. 1-1-08.)
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