Bill Text: IL HB3356 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the legal representative of a person under the age of 18 years or under a disability may bring specific actions within 2 years after the person attains the age of 18 years or the disability is removed. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3356 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3356-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 13-211 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/13-211) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-211)
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7 | Sec. 13-211. Minors and persons under legal disability. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) If the person
entitled to bring an action, specified in | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Sections 13-201 through 13-210
of this Code, at the time the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | cause of action accrued, is under the age of
18 years or is | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | under a legal disability, then he or she , or his or her legal | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | representative, may bring the
action within 2 years after the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | person attains the age of 18 years, or the
disability is | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | removed. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (b) If the person
entitled to bring an action specified | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | under Sections 13-201 through 13-210
of this Code is not under | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | a legal disability at the time the cause of action accrues, but | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | becomes under a legal disability before the period of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | limitations otherwise runs, the period of limitations is stayed | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | until the disability is removed. This subsection (b) does not | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | invalidate any statute of repose provisions contained in | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Sections 13-201, 13-202, 13-202.1, 13-202.2, 13-202.3,
13-203, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 13-203.1, 13-204, 13-207, 13-208, 13-209, and 13-210 of
this |
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1 | Code. In no event shall the period of limitations for a
cause | ||||||
2 | of action under Section 13-205 or 13-206 of this Code be
stayed | ||||||
3 | in excess of 10 years from the date of the adjudication
of | ||||||
4 | legal disability. This subsection (b) applies to actions | ||||||
5 | commenced or pending on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
6 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 98-1077, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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