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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 Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act
5is amended by changing Section 11-10 as follows:
 
6    (755 ILCS 6/11-10)
7    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
8delayed effective date)
9    Sec. 11-10. Scope.
10    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Article
11applies to an electronic nontestamentary estate planning
12document and an electronic signature on a nontestamentary
13estate planning document.
14    (b) This Article does not apply to a nontestamentary
15estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust if the
16terms governing the document expressly preclude use of an
17electronic record or electronic signature.
18    (c) This Article does not affect the validity of an
19electronic record or electronic signature that is valid under:
20        (1) the Illinois Uniform Electronic Transactions Act;
21        (2) any other Section of this Act; or
22        (3) any other State law relating to nontestamentary
23    estate planning documents.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 103-301, eff. 1-1-24.)