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Rep. Lakesia Collins
Filed: 3/15/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1268
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1268 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 6-13 as follows:
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| 6 | | (755 ILCS 5/6-13) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-13)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6-13. Who may act as executor.) |
| 8 | | (a) A person who has attained
the age of 18 years, and is a |
| 9 | | resident of the United States, is not of
unsound mind, is not |
| 10 | | an adjudged person with a disability as defined in this Act, is |
| 11 | | not currently incarcerated in State or federal prison,
and, |
| 12 | | except as provided in subsection (c), has not been convicted |
| 13 | | of a felony, is qualified to act as executor.
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| 14 | | (b) If a person named as executor in a will is not |
| 15 | | qualified to act
at the time of admission of the will to |
| 16 | | probate but thereafter becomes
qualified and files a petition |
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| 1 | | for the issuance of letters, takes oath
and gives bond as |
| 2 | | executor, the court may issue letters testamentary to
him as |
| 3 | | co-executor with the executor who has qualified or if no |
| 4 | | executor
has qualified the court may issue letters |
| 5 | | testamentary to him and revoke
the letters of administration |
| 6 | | with the will annexed.
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| 7 | | (c) A person who has been convicted of a felony is |
| 8 | | qualified to act as an executor if: (i) the testator names that |
| 9 | | person as an executor and expressly acknowledges in the will |
| 10 | | that the testator is aware that the person has been convicted |
| 11 | | of a felony prior to the execution of the will or codicil; (ii) |
| 12 | | the person is not prohibited by law, including Sections 2-6, |
| 13 | | 2-6.2, and 2-6.6, from receiving a share of the testator's |
| 14 | | estate; and (iii) the person is otherwise qualified to act as |
| 15 | | an executor under subsection (a). |
| 16 | | (d) The court may in its discretion require a nonresident |
| 17 | | executor to furnish
a bond in such amount and with such surety |
| 18 | | as the court determines
notwithstanding any contrary provision |
| 19 | | of the will.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)".
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