Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3616
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3616 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (745 ILCS 49/2)
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7 | Sec. 2. Legislative purpose. The
The General Assembly has | ||||||
8 | established
numerous protections for the generous and | ||||||
9 | compassionate acts of its citizens
who volunteer their time and | ||||||
10 | talents to help others. These protections or good
samaritan | ||||||
11 | provisions have been codified in many Acts of the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Compiled
Statutes. This Act recodifies existing good samaritan | ||||||
13 | provisions. Further,
without limitation the provisions of this | ||||||
14 | Act shall be liberally construed to
encourage persons to | ||||||
15 | volunteer their time and talents. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)".
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