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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 13-214.1 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/13-214.1)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-214.1)
7    Sec. 13-214.1. Action for damages involving criminal acts.
8    (a) Actions for damages for an injury described in Section
913-202 or Section 13-203 arising out of first degree murder or
10the commission of a Class X felony by the person against whom
11the action is brought may be commenced no later than 10 years
12after the person who inflicted such injury has completed his
13or her sentence therefor.
14    (b) For an action for damages arising out of: theft of
15property exceeding $100,000 in value under Section 16-1 of the
16Criminal Code of 2012; identity theft under subsection (a) of
17Section 16-30 of the Criminal Code of 2012; aggravated
18identity theft under subsection (b) of Section 16-30 of the
19Criminal Code of 2012; financial exploitation of an elderly
20person or a person with a disability under Section 17-56 of the
21Criminal Code of 2012; or any offense set forth in Article 16H
22or Section 17-10.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the action may
23be commenced within 10 years of the last act committed in

 

 

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1furtherance of the crime. However, if any other provision of
2law provides for a longer limitation period, then the longer
3limitation period applies. This subsection applies to causes
4of action accruing on or after July 1, 2009.
5(Source: P.A. 101-136, eff. 7-26-19.)