Public Act 095-0914
 		





SB1865 Enrolled
LRB095 13745 DRJ 39472 b






    AN ACT concerning civil law.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Parental Responsibility Law is amended  by 
changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:
 



    (740 ILCS 115/3)  (from Ch. 70, par. 53)



    Sec. 3. Liability. The parent or legal guardian of an 
unemancipated minor who resides with
such parent or legal 
guardian is liable for actual damages for the wilful
or 
malicious acts of such minor which cause injury to a person or 
property,
including damages caused by a minor who has been 
adjudicated a delinquent for
violating
Section 21-1.3 of the 
Criminal Code of 1961.
Reasonable attorney's fees may be 
awarded to any a plaintiff that is not a
governmental unit in 
any action under this Act. If the plaintiff is a governmental 
unit, reasonable attorney's fees may be awarded up to $15,000. 

    The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 
the 95th General Assembly apply to causes of action accruing on 
or after its effective date. 
(Source: P.A. 90-311, eff. 1-1-98.)

 



    (740 ILCS 115/5)  (from Ch. 70, par. 55)



    Sec. 5. Limitation on damages; damages allowable. 
No 
recovery under
this Act may exceed $20,000 actual damages for 
each
person, or legal entity as provided in Section 4 of this 
Act, for the first act or each
occurrence of such wilful or 
malicious acts by the minor causing injury,
and $30,000 if a 
pattern or practice of wilful or malicious acts by a minor 
exists for a separate act or occurrence, in addition to taxable 
court costs and attorney's fees. In determining the
damages to 
be
allowed in an action under this Act for personal injury, 
only medical,
dental and hospital expenses and expenses for 
treatment by Christian Science
practitioners and nursing care 
appropriate thereto may be considered.

    The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 
the 95th General Assembly apply to causes of action accruing on 
or after its effective date. 
(Source: P.A. 94-130, eff. 7-7-05.)