Full Text of SB0543 100th General Assembly
SB0543sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 5/3/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 543
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 543 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Court of Claims Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 8, 16, 18, 21, and 24 as follows:
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 505/8)
(from Ch. 37, par. 439.8)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction; deliberation | 8 | | periods. The court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to hear | 9 | | and determine the following matters:
| 10 | | (a) All claims against the State founded upon any law of | 11 | | the State of
Illinois or upon any regulation adopted thereunder | 12 | | by an executive or
administrative officer or agency; provided, | 13 | | however, the court shall not have
jurisdiction (i) to hear or | 14 | | determine claims arising under
the Workers' Compensation Act or | 15 | | the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or
claims for expenses | 16 | | in civil litigation, or (ii) to review administrative
decisions |
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| 1 | | for which a statute provides that review shall be in the | 2 | | circuit or
appellate court.
| 3 | | (b) All claims against the State founded upon any contract | 4 | | entered
into with the State of Illinois.
| 5 | | (c) All claims against the State for time unjustly served | 6 | | in prisons
of this State when
the person
imprisoned received
a | 7 | | pardon from
the governor stating that such pardon is issued on | 8 | | the ground of
innocence of the crime for which he or she was
| 9 | | imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence | 10 | | from the Circuit Court as provided in Section 2-702 of the Code | 11 | | of Civil Procedure; provided, the amount of the award is at the | 12 | | discretion of the court; and provided, the
court shall make no | 13 | | award in excess of the following amounts: for
imprisonment of 5 | 14 | | years or less, not more than $85,350; for imprisonment
of 14 | 15 | | years or less but over 5 years, not more than $170,000; for
| 16 | | imprisonment of over 14 years, not more than $199,150; and | 17 | | provided
further, the court shall fix attorney's fees not to | 18 | | exceed 25% of the award
granted. On or after the effective date | 19 | | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly,
the court | 20 | | shall
annually adjust the maximum awards authorized by this | 21 | | subsection (c) to reflect
the increase, if any, in the Consumer | 22 | | Price Index For All Urban Consumers for
the previous calendar | 23 | | year, as determined by the United States Department of
Labor, | 24 | | except that no annual increment may exceed 5%. For the annual | 25 | | adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index
decreases during a | 26 | | calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for that
calendar |
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| 1 | | year. The transmission by the Prisoner Review Board or the | 2 | | clerk of the circuit court of the information described in | 3 | | Section 11(b) to the clerk of the Court of Claims is conclusive | 4 | | evidence of the validity of the claim. The changes made by this | 5 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to all
claims | 6 | | pending on or filed on or after the effective date.
| 7 | | (d) All claims against the State for damages in cases | 8 | | sounding in tort, if
a like cause of action would lie against a | 9 | | private person or corporation in a
civil suit, and all like | 10 | | claims sounding in tort against the Medical Center
Commission, | 11 | | the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board | 12 | | of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of | 13 | | Trustees of Chicago
State University, the Board of Trustees of | 14 | | Eastern Illinois University, the
Board of Trustees of Governors | 15 | | State University, the Board of Trustees of
Illinois State | 16 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
| 17 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois | 18 | | University, the Board
of Trustees of Western Illinois | 19 | | University, or the Board of Trustees of the
Illinois | 20 | | Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award for | 21 | | damages
in a case sounding in tort, other than certain cases | 22 | | involving the operation
of a State vehicle described in this | 23 | | paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of $500,000
$100,000 to or | 24 | | for the benefit of
any claimant. The $500,000 $100,000 limit | 25 | | prescribed by this Section does not
apply to an award of | 26 | | damages in any case sounding in tort arising out of
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| 1 | | operation by a State employee of a vehicle owned, leased , or
| 2 | | controlled by the State. An award for damages in any case | 3 | | sounding in tort arising out of the operation by a State | 4 | | employee of a vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the State | 5 | | shall not exceed the sum of $2,000,000. The defense that the | 6 | | State or the Medical
Center Commission or the Board of Trustees | 7 | | of the University of Illinois, the
Board of Trustees of | 8 | | Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of
Chicago | 9 | | State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois | 10 | | University,
the Board of Trustees of Governors State | 11 | | University, the Board of Trustees of
Illinois State University, | 12 | | the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
University, the | 13 | | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
| 14 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of | 15 | | Trustees of the
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is not | 16 | | liable for the negligence of
its officers, agents, and | 17 | | employees in the course of their employment is not
applicable | 18 | | to the hearing and determination of such claims.
| 19 | | (e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of Illinois | 20 | | against
any claimant.
| 21 | | (f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation
| 22 | | Act. A claim under that Act must be heard and determined within | 23 | | one year after the application for that claim is filed with the | 24 | | Court as provided in that Act.
| 25 | | (g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims | 26 | | Compensation Act.
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| 1 | | (h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National | 2 | | Guardsman's Compensation
Act. A claim under that Act must be | 3 | | heard and determined within one year after the application for | 4 | | that claim is filed with the Court as provided in that Act.
| 5 | | (i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section | 6 | | 10-55 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act for the | 7 | | expenses incurred by a party in a
contested case on the | 8 | | administrative level.
| 9 | | (j) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | 10 | | of the 100th General Assembly apply only to claims filed on or | 11 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th | 12 | | General Assembly. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-970, eff. 9-22-08; 96-80, eff. 7-27-09.)
| 14 | | (705 ILCS 505/16) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.16)
| 15 | | Sec. 16. Concurrence of judges. Concurrence of 4 judges is | 16 | | necessary to
the decision of any
case , except that the | 17 | | signature of one judge is binding if a decision is entered in a | 18 | | lapsed appropriation claim in which a motion or stipulation has | 19 | | been filed or a decision is entered on a Crime Victims | 20 | | Compensation Act claim. The ; provided, however, the court in | 21 | | its discretion may assign any case
to a commissioner for | 22 | | hearing and final decision, subject to whatever right
of review | 23 | | the court by rule may choose to exercise. In matters involving | 24 | | the
award of emergency funds under the Crime Victims | 25 | | Compensation Act, the decision
of one judge is necessary to |
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| 1 | | award emergency funds.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 92-286, eff. 1-1-02.)
| 3 | | (705 ILCS 505/18) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.18)
| 4 | | Sec. 18.
The court shall provide, by rule, for the | 5 | | maintenance of separate
records of claims which arise solely | 6 | | due to lapsed appropriations and for
claims for which amount of | 7 | | recovery sought is less than $50,000 $5,000 .
In all
other | 8 | | cases, the court or Commissioner as the case may be, shall file
| 9 | | with its clerk a written opinion in each
case upon final | 10 | | disposition thereof. All opinions shall be compiled and
| 11 | | published annually by the clerk of the court.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 90-492, eff. 8-17-97.)
| 13 | | (705 ILCS 505/21)
(from Ch. 37, par. 439.21)
| 14 | | Sec. 21. The court is authorized to impose, by uniform | 15 | | rules, a fee of $15
for the filing of a petition in any case in | 16 | | which the award sought is more
than $50 and less than $1,000 | 17 | | and $35 in any case in which the award sought
is $1,000 or | 18 | | more; and to charge and collect for copies of opinions or
other | 19 | | documents filed in the Court of Claims such fees as may be | 20 | | prescribed
by the rules of the Court. All fees and charges so | 21 | | collected shall be
forthwith paid into the State Treasury.
| 22 | | A petitioner who is a prisoner in an Illinois Department of | 23 | | Corrections
facility who files a pleading, motion, or other | 24 | | filing that purports to be a
legal document against the State, |
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| 1 | | the
Illinois Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review | 2 | | Board, or any of their
officers or employees in which the
court | 3 | | makes a specific finding that it is frivolous shall pay all | 4 | | filing fees
and court costs
in the manner provided in Article | 5 | | XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
| 6 | | In claims based upon lapsed appropriations or lost warrant | 7 | | or in claims
filed
under the Line of Duty
Compensation Act,
the | 8 | | Illinois
National Guardsman's Compensation Act, or the Crime
| 9 | | Victims Compensation Act or in claims filed by medical vendors | 10 | | for medical
services rendered by the claimant to persons | 11 | | eligible for Medical Assistance
under programs administered by | 12 | | the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, no filing
fee | 13 | | shall be required.
| 14 | | The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of | 15 | | the 100th General Assembly apply only to claims filed on or | 16 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th | 17 | | General Assembly. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 19 | | (705 ILCS 505/24) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.24)
| 20 | | Sec. 24. Payment of awards.
| 21 | | (1) From funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the | 22 | | purposes
of this Section the Court may direct
immediate payment | 23 | | of:
| 24 | | (a) All claims arising solely as a result of the | 25 | | lapsing of an
appropriation out of which the obligation |
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| 1 | | could have been paid.
| 2 | | (b) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty
| 3 | | Compensation Act.
| 4 | | (c) All claims pursuant to the "Illinois National | 5 | | Guardsman's and
Naval Militiaman's Compensation Act", | 6 | | approved August 12, 1971, as
amended.
| 7 | | (d) All claims pursuant to the "Crime Victims | 8 | | Compensation Act",
approved August 23, 1973, as amended. | 9 | | (d-5) All claims against the State for unjust | 10 | | imprisonment as provided in subsection (c) of Section 8 of | 11 | | this Act.
| 12 | | (e) All other claims wherein the amount of the award of | 13 | | the Court
is less than $50,000 $5,000 .
| 14 | | (2) The court may, from funds specifically appropriated | 15 | | from the General
Revenue Fund for this purpose, direct the | 16 | | payment of awards less than $50,000
solely as a result
of the | 17 | | lapsing of an appropriation originally made from any fund held | 18 | | by the
State Treasurer. For any such award paid from the | 19 | | General Revenue Fund, the
court
shall thereafter seek an | 20 | | appropriation from the fund from which the liability
originally | 21 | | accrued in reimbursement of the General Revenue Fund.
| 22 | | (3) In directing payment of a claim pursuant to the Line of | 23 | | Duty
Compensation Act, the Court must direct the Comptroller to | 24 | | add an interest penalty if payment of a claim is not made | 25 | | within 6 months after a claim is filed in accordance with | 26 | | Section 3 of the Line of Duty
Compensation Act and all |
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| 1 | | information has been submitted as required under Section 4 of | 2 | | the Line of Duty
Compensation Act. If payment is not issued | 3 | | within the 6-month period, an interest penalty of 1% of the | 4 | | amount of the award shall be added for each month or fraction | 5 | | thereof after the end of the 6-month period, until final | 6 | | payment is made. This interest penalty shall be added | 7 | | regardless of whether the payment is not issued within the | 8 | | 6-month period because of the appropriation process, the | 9 | | consideration of the matter by the Court, or any other reason. | 10 | | (3.5) The interest penalty payment provided for in | 11 | | subsection (3) shall be added to all claims for which benefits | 12 | | were not paid as of the effective date of P.A. 95-928. The | 13 | | interest penalty shall be calculated starting from the | 14 | | effective date of P.A. 95-928, provided that the effective date | 15 | | of P.A. 95-928 is at least 6 months after the date on which the | 16 | | claim was filed in accordance with Section 3 of the Line of | 17 | | Duty Compensation Act. In the event that the date 6 months | 18 | | after the date on which the claim was filed is later than the | 19 | | effective date of P.A. 95-928, the Court shall calculate the | 20 | | interest payment penalty starting from the date 6 months after | 21 | | the date on which the claim was filed in accordance with | 22 | | Section 3 of the Line of Duty Compensation Act. This subsection | 23 | | (3.5) of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is | 24 | | declarative of existing law. | 25 | | (3.6) In addition to the interest payments provided for in | 26 | | subsections (3) and (3.5), the Court shall direct the |
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| 1 | | Comptroller to add a "catch-up" payment to the claims of | 2 | | eligible claimants. For the purposes of this subsection (3.6), | 3 | | an "eligible claimant" is a claimant whose claim is not paid in | 4 | | the year in which it was filed. For purposes of this subsection | 5 | | (3.6), "'catch-up' payment" is defined as the difference | 6 | | between the amount paid to claimants whose claims were filed in | 7 | | the year in which the eligible claimant's claim is paid and the | 8 | | amount paid to claimants whose claims were filed in the year in | 9 | | which the eligible claimant filed his or her claim. The | 10 | | "catch-up" payment is payable simultaneously with the claim | 11 | | award. | 12 | | (4)
From funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the | 13 | | purposes of
paying claims under paragraph (c) of Section 8, the | 14 | | court must direct payment
of each claim and the payment must be | 15 | | received by the claimant within 60 days after the date that the | 16 | | funds are appropriated for that purpose.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 95-928, eff. 8-26-08; 95-970, eff. 9-22-08; | 18 | | 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-539, eff. 1-1-10.)".
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