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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1152
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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735 ILCS 5/13-202 |
from Ch. 110, par. 13-202 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the limitation period for actions for damages
for personal injury.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1152 |
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LRB096 07843 AJO 17946 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
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| changing Section 13-202 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202)
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| Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages |
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| for an injury
to the
the person, or for
false imprisonment, or |
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| malicious prosecution, or for a statutory
penalty, or for |
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| abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal
conversation, |
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| except damages resulting from first degree murder or the |
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| commission of
a Class X felony and the perpetrator thereof is |
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| convicted of such crime,
shall be commenced within 2 years next |
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| after the cause
of action accrued but such an action against a |
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| defendant arising from a
crime committed by the defendant in |
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| whose name an escrow account was established
under the |
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| "Criminal Victims' Escrow Account Act" shall be commenced |
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| within
2 years after the establishment of such account. If the |
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| compelling of a confession or information by imminent bodily |
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| harm or threat of imminent bodily harm results in whole or in |
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| part in a criminal prosecution of the plaintiff, the
2-year |
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| period set out in this Section shall be tolled during the time |
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| in which the plaintiff is incarcerated, or until criminal |