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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1853 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 735 ILCS 5/13-214.1 | from Ch. 110, par. 13-214.1 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a 10-year limitation period for actions arising out of specified criminal acts is applicable to causes of action accruing on or after July 1, 2009.
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| | HB1853 | | LRB102 04405 LNS 14423 b |
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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 13-214.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/13-214.1) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-214.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 13-214.1. Action for damages involving criminal
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| 8 | | (a) Actions for damages for an injury described in Section |
| 9 | | 13-202
or Section 13-203 arising out of first degree murder or |
| 10 | | the commission of
a Class X felony
by the person against whom |
| 11 | | the action is brought may be commenced no later
than 10 years |
| 12 | | after the person who inflicted such injury has completed his
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| 13 | | or her sentence therefor.
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| 14 | | (b) For an action for damages arising out of: theft of |
| 15 | | property exceeding $100,000 in value under Section 16-1 of the |
| 16 | | Criminal Code of 2012; identity theft under subsection (a) of |
| 17 | | Section 16-30 of the Criminal Code of 2012; aggravated |
| 18 | | identity theft under subsection (b) of Section 16-30 of the |
| 19 | | Criminal Code of 2012; financial exploitation of an elderly |
| 20 | | person or a person with a disability under Section 17-56 of the |
| 21 | | Criminal Code of 2012; or any offense set forth in Article 16H |
| 22 | | or Section 17-10.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the action may |
| 23 | | be commenced within 10 years of the last act committed in |