Bill Text: IL SB1770 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the determination of questions by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1770 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1770-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1770 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 305/18 from Ch. 48, par. 138.18
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the determination of questions by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
LRB098 09633 JLS 39779 b
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by
changing Section 18 as follows:
(820 ILCS 305/18) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.18)
Sec. 18. All questions arising under this Act, if not
settled by agreement of the the parties interested therein,
shall, except as otherwise provided, be determined by the
Commission. Claims from current and former employees of the
Commission shall be determined in accordance with Section 18.1
of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)