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| Public Act 098-0732 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Employee Indemnification Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 350/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)
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Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
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(a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the | ||||
General
Assembly, the court, or any State office, department, | ||||
division, bureau,
board, commission, or committee, the | ||||
governing boards of the public
institutions of higher education | ||||
created by the State, the Illinois
National Guard, the | ||||
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, any poison control
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center designated under the Poison Control System Act that | ||||
receives State
funding, or any other agency or instrumentality | ||||
of the State. It
does not mean any local public entity as that | ||||
term is defined in Section
1-206 of the Local Governmental and | ||||
Governmental Employees Tort Immunity
Act or a pension fund.
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(b) The term "employee" means: any present or former | ||||
elected or
appointed officer, trustee or employee of the State, | ||||
or of a pension
fund; ,
any present or former commissioner or | ||||
employee of the Executive Ethics
Commission or of the | ||||
Legislative Ethics Commission; , any present or former
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Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector | ||
General; , any present or
former employee of an Office of an | ||
Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's
Inspector | ||
General; , any present or former member of the Illinois National
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Guard
while on active duty; , individuals or organizations who | ||
contract with the
Department of Corrections, the Department of | ||
Juvenile Justice, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, or | ||
the
Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide services; , | ||
individuals or
organizations who contract with the Department | ||
of Human Services (as
successor to the Department of Mental | ||
Health and Developmental
Disabilities) to provide services | ||
including but not limited to treatment and
other services for | ||
sexually violent persons; , individuals or organizations who
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contract with the Department of
Military
Affairs for youth | ||
programs; , individuals or
organizations who contract to | ||
perform carnival and amusement ride safety
inspections for the | ||
Department of Labor; individuals who contract with the Office | ||
of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to provide legal | ||
services, but only when performing duties within the scope of | ||
the Office's prosecutorial activities; , individual | ||
representatives of or
designated organizations authorized to | ||
represent the Office of State Long-Term
Ombudsman for the | ||
Department on Aging; , individual representatives of or
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organizations designated by the Department on Aging in the | ||
performance of their
duties as adult protective services | ||
agencies or regional administrative agencies
under the Adult | ||
Protective Services Act; , individuals or organizations | ||
appointed as members of a review team or the Advisory Council | ||
under the Adult Protective Services Act; , individuals or | ||
organizations who perform
volunteer services for the State | ||
where such volunteer relationship is reduced
to writing; , | ||
individuals who serve on any public entity (whether created by | ||
law
or administrative action) described in paragraph (a) of | ||
this Section; , individuals or not for profit organizations who, | ||
either as volunteers, where
such volunteer relationship is | ||
reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract,
furnish | ||
professional advice or consultation to any agency or | ||
instrumentality of
the State; , individuals who serve as foster | ||
parents for the Department of
Children and Family Services when | ||
caring for a Department ward; , individuals who serve as members | ||
of an independent team of experts under Brian's Law; , and | ||
individuals
who serve as arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A of
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Article II of the Code of Civil Procedure and the rules of the | ||
Supreme Court
implementing Part 10A, each as now or hereafter | ||
amended; the term "employee" , but does not mean an
independent | ||
contractor except as provided in this Section. The term | ||
includes an
individual appointed as an inspector by the | ||
Director of State Police when
performing duties within the | ||
scope of the activities of a Metropolitan
Enforcement Group or | ||
a law enforcement organization established under the
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Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. An individual who renders | ||
professional
advice and consultation to the State through an | ||
organization which qualifies as
an "employee" under the Act is | ||
also an employee. The term includes the estate
or personal | ||
representative of an employee.
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(c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or | ||
pension
fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.
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(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-83, eff. 7-15-13; revised | ||
8-9-13.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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