Bill Text: IL HB1220 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Torts Claims Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a stay of proceedings brought under the Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1220 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1220-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1220 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
740 ILCS 20/7 from Ch. 70, par. 907
Amends the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Torts Claims Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a stay of proceedings brought under the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort
Claims Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
(740 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 70, par. 907)
Sec. 7. The The prosecuting attorney of any government or
governmental subdivision or agency may move for a stay of any
proceeding brought under this Act, to include all discovery,
pending the completion of an investigation or prosecution of a
case related to the subject matter of a suit brought under this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-544.)