HB1462 Enrolled LRB095 08484 AJO 28664 b

1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding
5 Section 13-202.3 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/13-202.3 new)
7     Sec. 13-202.3. For an action arising out of an injury
8 caused by "sexual conduct" or "sexual penetration" as defined
9 in Section 12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the limitation
10 period in Section 13-202 does not run during a time period when
11 the person injured is subject to threats, intimidation,
12 manipulation, or fraud perpetrated by the perpetrator or by a
13 person the perpetrator knew or should have known was acting in
14 the interest of the perpetrator. This Section applies to causes
15 of action arising on or after the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly or to causes of
17 action for which the limitation period has not yet expired.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
19 1, 2008.