Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 3/19/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 87

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 87 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Court of Claims Act is amended by changing
5Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 505/8)   (from Ch. 37, par. 439.8)
7    Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction; deliberation
8periods. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear
9and determine the following matters:
10        (a) All claims against the State founded upon any law
11    of the State of Illinois or upon any regulation adopted
12    thereunder by an executive or administrative officer or
13    agency; provided, however, the court shall not have
14    jurisdiction (i) to hear or determine claims arising under
15    the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational
16    Diseases Act, or claims for expenses in civil litigation,

 

 

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1    or (ii) to review administrative decisions for which a
2    statute provides that review shall be in the circuit or
3    appellate court.
4        (b) All claims against the State founded upon any
5    contract entered into with the State of Illinois.
6        (c) Except as provided in subsection (c-5), all All
7    claims against the State for time unjustly served in
8    prisons of this State when the person imprisoned received
9    a pardon from the Governor stating that such pardon is
10    issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he
11    or she was imprisoned or he or she received a certificate
12    of innocence from the Circuit Court as provided in Section
13    2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The ; provided, the
14    amount of the award is at the discretion of the court;
15    however and provided, the court shall make no award in
16    excess of the following amounts: for imprisonment of 5
17    years or less, not more than $85,350; for imprisonment of
18    14 years or less but over 5 years, not more than $170,000;
19    for imprisonment of over 14 years, not more than $199,150.
20    The ; and provided further, the court shall fix attorney's
21    fees not to exceed 25% of the award granted. On or after
22    September 22, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act
23    95-970) this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly,
24    the court shall annually adjust the maximum awards
25    authorized by this subsection (c) to reflect the increase,
26    if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban

 

 

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1    Consumers for the previous calendar year, as determined by
2    the United States Department of Labor, except that no
3    annual increment may exceed 5%. For the annual
4    adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index decreases during
5    a calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for that
6    calendar year. The transmission by the Prisoner Review
7    Board or the clerk of the circuit court of the information
8    described in Section 11(b) to the clerk of the Court of
9    Claims is conclusive evidence of the validity of the
10    claim. The changes made by Public Act 95-970 this
11    amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all
12    claims pending on or filed on or after September 22, 2008
13    (the effective date of Public Act 95-970).
14    (c-5) If a person who has received a pardon from the
15Governor or a certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court
16as provided in Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure
17establishes that he or she plead guilty to the crime for which
18he or she was convicted due to a coerced confession, the court
19shall make an award of $50,000 per year the person was
20wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate that amount for a
21fraction of a year that the person was wrongfully imprisoned.
22The court shall fix attorney's fees not to exceed 25% of the
23award granted. The court shall include the number of years the
24person was imprisoned awaiting trial in its determination of
25the award. The court shall include an additional $25,000 for
26each year served on parole, probation, or registered as a sex

 

 

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1offender after imprisonment. The court shall annually adjust
2the awards authorized by this subsection (c-5) to reflect the
3increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban
4Consumers for the previous calendar year, as determined by the
5United States Department of Labor, except that no annual
6increment may exceed 5%. For the annual adjustments, if the
7Consumer Price Index decreases during a calendar year, there
8shall be no adjustment for that calendar year. The changes
9made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
10apply to all claims pending on or filed on or after the
11effective date.
12        (d) All claims against the State for damages in cases
13    sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie
14    against a private person or corporation in a civil suit,
15    and all like claims sounding in tort against the Medical
16    Center Commission, the Board of Trustees of the University
17    of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois
18    University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
19    University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
20    University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
21    University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
22    University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
23    University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
24    University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
25    University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
26    Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award

 

 

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1    for damages in a case sounding in tort, other than certain
2    cases involving the operation of a State vehicle described
3    in this paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of $2,000,000
4    to or for the benefit of any claimant. The $2,000,000
5    limit prescribed by this Section does not apply to an
6    award of damages in any case sounding in tort arising out
7    of the operation by a State employee of a vehicle owned,
8    leased or controlled by the State. The defense that the
9    State or the Medical Center Commission or the Board of
10    Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
11    Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
12    Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of
13    Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of
14    Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of
15    Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
16    Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of
17    Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
18    Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of
19    Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
20    is not liable for the negligence of its officers, agents,
21    and employees in the course of their employment is not
22    applicable to the hearing and determination of such
23    claims. The changes to this Section made by this
24    amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly apply only to
25    claims filed on or after July 1, 2015.
26        The court shall annually adjust the maximum awards

 

 

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1    authorized by this subsection to reflect the increase, if
2    any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers
3    for the previous calendar year, as determined by the
4    United States Department of Labor. The Comptroller shall
5    make the new amount resulting from each annual adjustment
6    available to the public via the Comptroller's official
7    website by January 31 of every year.
8        (e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of
9    Illinois against any claimant.
10        (f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty
11    Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must be heard and
12    determined within one year after the application for that
13    claim is filed with the Court as provided in that Act.
14        (g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims
15    Compensation Act.
16        (h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National
17    Guardsman's Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must
18    be heard and determined within one year after the
19    application for that claim is filed with the Court as
20    provided in that Act.
21        (i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section
22    10-55 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for the
23    expenses incurred by a party in a contested case on the
24    administrative level.
25(Source: P.A. 100-1124, eff. 11-27-18.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".