Full Text of SB1668 93rd General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning veterans' affairs.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois National Guardsman's Compensation | 5 |
| Act is amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 1825/3)
(from Ch. 129, par. 403)
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| Sec. 3. If a claim therefor is made within one year of the | 8 |
| date of the death
of the guardsman, compensation shall be paid | 9 |
| to
the
person designated by such guardsman killed while on | 10 |
| duty. The amount of
compensation shall be equal to the greater | 11 |
| of (i) $100,000 or (ii) the amount
of compensation payable | 12 |
| under Section
3 of the Line of Duty
Law
Enforcement Officers, | 13 |
| Civil Defense Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members,
Paramedics, | 14 |
| Firemen, Chaplains, and State Employees
Compensation Act when | 15 |
| an
individual to whom that Act applies is killed in the line of | 16 |
| duty. If no
beneficiary is
designated or surviving at the death | 17 |
| of the guardsman killed while on duty, the
compensation shall | 18 |
| be paid as follows:
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| (a) When there is a surviving spouse, the entire sum | 20 |
| shall be paid to
the spouse.
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| (b) When there is no surviving spouse, but a surviving | 22 |
| descendant of the
decedent, the entire sum shall be paid to | 23 |
| the decedent's descendants per
stirpes.
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| (c) When there is neither a surviving spouse nor a | 25 |
| surviving descendant,
the entire sum shall be paid to the | 26 |
| parents of the decedent in equal parts,
allowing to the | 27 |
| surviving parent, if one is dead, the entire sum.
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| (d) When there is no surviving spouse, descendant or | 29 |
| parent of the
decedent, but there are surviving brothers or | 30 |
| sisters, or descendants of a
brother or sister, who were | 31 |
| receiving their principal support from the
decedent at his | 32 |
| death, the entire sum shall be paid, in equal parts, to the
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| dependent brothers or sisters or dependent descendant of a | 2 |
| brother or
sister. Dependency shall be determined by the | 3 |
| Court of Claims based upon
the investigation and report of | 4 |
| the Attorney General.
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| When there is no beneficiary designated or surviving at the | 6 |
| death of the
guardsman killed while on duty and no surviving | 7 |
| spouse,
descendant, parent, dependent brother or sister, or | 8 |
| dependent
descendant
of a brother or sister, no compensation | 9 |
| shall be payable under this Act.
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| No part of such compensation may be paid to any other | 11 |
| person for any
efforts in securing such compensation.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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| Section 10. The Court of Claims Act is amended by changing | 14 |
| Sections 8 and 21
as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 505/8)
(from Ch. 37, par. 439.8)
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| Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction. The court shall have | 17 |
| exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and determine the following | 18 |
| matters:
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| (a) All claims against the State founded upon any law of | 20 |
| the State of
Illinois or upon any regulation adopted thereunder | 21 |
| by an executive or
administrative officer or agency; provided, | 22 |
| however, the court shall not have
jurisdiction (i) to hear or | 23 |
| determine claims arising under
the Workers' Compensation Act or | 24 |
| the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or
claims for expenses | 25 |
| in civil litigation, or (ii) to review administrative
decisions | 26 |
| for which a statute provides that review shall be in the | 27 |
| circuit or
appellate court.
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| (b) All claims against the State founded upon any contract | 29 |
| entered
into with the State of Illinois.
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| (c) All claims against the State for time unjustly served | 31 |
| in prisons
of this State where the persons imprisoned shall | 32 |
| receive a pardon from
the governor stating that such pardon is | 33 |
| issued on the ground of
innocence of the crime for which they | 34 |
| were imprisoned; provided, the
court shall make no award in |
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| excess of the following amounts: for
imprisonment of 5 years or | 2 |
| less, not more than $15,000; for imprisonment
of 14 years or | 3 |
| less but over 5 years, not more than $30,000; for
imprisonment | 4 |
| of over 14 years, not more than $35,000; and provided
further, | 5 |
| the court shall fix attorney's fees not to exceed 25% of the | 6 |
| award
granted. On December 31, 1996, the court shall make a | 7 |
| one-time adjustment in the maximum awards
authorized by this | 8 |
| subsection (c), to reflect the increase in the cost of
living | 9 |
| from the year in which these maximum awards were last adjusted | 10 |
| until
1996, but with no annual increment exceeding 5%. | 11 |
| Thereafter, the court shall
annually adjust the maximum awards | 12 |
| authorized by this subsection (c) to reflect
the increase, if | 13 |
| any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers for
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| the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States | 15 |
| Department of
Labor, except that no annual increment may exceed | 16 |
| 5%. For both the one-time
adjustment and the subsequent annual | 17 |
| adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index
decreases during a | 18 |
| calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for that
calendar | 19 |
| year. The changes made by Public Act 89-689 apply to all claims | 20 |
| filed on or after January 1, 1995 that
are pending on December | 21 |
| 31, 1996 and all claims filed on or after December 31, 1996.
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| (d) All claims against the State for damages in cases | 23 |
| sounding in tort, if
a like cause of action would lie against a | 24 |
| private person or corporation in a
civil suit, and all like | 25 |
| claims sounding in tort against the Medical Center
Commission, | 26 |
| the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board | 27 |
| of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of | 28 |
| Trustees of Chicago
State University, the Board of Trustees of | 29 |
| Eastern Illinois University, the
Board of Trustees of Governors | 30 |
| State University, the Board of Trustees of
Illinois State | 31 |
| University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
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| University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois | 33 |
| University, the Board
of Trustees of Western Illinois | 34 |
| University, or the Board of Trustees of the
Illinois | 35 |
| Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award for | 36 |
| damages
in a case sounding in tort, other than certain cases |
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| involving the operation
of a State vehicle described in this | 2 |
| paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of
$100,000 to or for the | 3 |
| benefit of
any claimant. The $100,000 limit prescribed by this | 4 |
| Section does not
apply to an award of damages in any case | 5 |
| sounding in tort arising out of
the operation by a State | 6 |
| employee of a vehicle owned, leased or
controlled by the State. | 7 |
| The defense that the State or the Medical
Center Commission or | 8 |
| the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the
Board | 9 |
| of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of | 10 |
| Trustees of
Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of | 11 |
| Eastern Illinois University,
the Board of Trustees of Governors | 12 |
| State University, the Board of Trustees of
Illinois State | 13 |
| University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
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| University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois | 15 |
| University, the Board of
Trustees of Western Illinois | 16 |
| University, or the Board of Trustees of the
Illinois | 17 |
| Mathematics and Science Academy is not liable for the | 18 |
| negligence of
its officers, agents, and employees in the course | 19 |
| of their employment is not
applicable to the hearing and | 20 |
| determination of such claims.
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| (e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of Illinois | 22 |
| against
any claimant.
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| (f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty
Law Enforcement | 24 |
| Officers,
Civil Defense
Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members, | 25 |
| Paramedics, Firemen, Chaplains, and
State Employees | 26 |
| Compensation
Act.
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| (g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims | 28 |
| Compensation Act.
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| (h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National | 30 |
| Guardsman's Compensation
Act.
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| (i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section | 32 |
| 10-55 of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act for the | 33 |
| expenses incurred by a party in a
contested case on the | 34 |
| administrative level.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-689, eff. 12-31-96; 90-492, | 36 |
| eff.
8-17-97.)
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| (705 ILCS 505/21)
(from Ch. 37, par. 439.21)
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| Sec. 21. The court is authorized to impose, by uniform | 3 |
| rules, a fee of $15
for the filing of a petition in any case in | 4 |
| which the award sought is more
than $50 and less than $1,000 | 5 |
| and $35 in any case in which the award sought
is $1,000 or | 6 |
| more; and to charge and collect for copies of opinions or
other | 7 |
| documents filed in the Court of Claims such fees as may be | 8 |
| prescribed
by the rules of the Court. All fees and charges so | 9 |
| collected shall be
forthwith paid into the State Treasury.
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| A petitioner who is a prisoner in an Illinois Department of | 11 |
| Corrections
facility who files a pleading, motion, or other | 12 |
| filing that purports to be a
legal document against the State, | 13 |
| the
Illinois Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review | 14 |
| Board, or any of their
officers or employees in which the
court | 15 |
| makes a specific finding that it is frivolous shall pay all | 16 |
| filing fees
and court costs
in the manner provided in Article | 17 |
| XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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| In claims based upon lapsed appropriations or lost warrant | 19 |
| or in claims
filed
under the Line of Duty
Law Enforcement | 20 |
| Officers, Civil Defense Workers,
Civil Air Patrol
Members, | 21 |
| Paramedics, Firemen, Chaplains, and State Employees
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| Compensation Act,
the Illinois
National Guardsman's | 23 |
| Compensation Act, or the Crime
Victims Compensation Act or in | 24 |
| claims filed by medical vendors for medical
services rendered | 25 |
| by the claimant to persons eligible for Medical Assistance
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| under programs administered by the Illinois Department of | 27 |
| Public Aid, no filing
fee shall be required.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-492, eff. 8-17-97; 90-505, eff. 8-19-97; | 29 |
| 90-655, eff.
7-30-98.)
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| Section 15. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
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| Section 70 as follows:
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| (745 ILCS 49/70)
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| Sec. 70. Law enforcement officers or firemen; exemption |
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| from
civil liability for emergency care.
Any law enforcement | 2 |
| officer or fireman as defined in Section 2 of the
Line of Duty
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| Law Enforcement Officers, Civil Defense Workers, Civil Air
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| Patrol Members,
Paramedics, Firemen, Chaplains, and State | 5 |
| Employees Compensation Act,
who in good faith
provides | 6 |
| emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result | 7 |
| of
his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton | 8 |
| misconduct on the
part of
the person, in providing the care, be | 9 |
| liable to a person to whom such
care is provided for civil | 10 |
| damages.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97; 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)
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| Section 20. The Law Enforcement Officers, Civil Defense | 13 |
| Workers, Civil Air
Patrol Members, Paramedics, Firemen, | 14 |
| Chaplains, and State Employees
Compensation Act is amended by | 15 |
| changing Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
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| (820 ILCS 315/1)
(from Ch. 48, par. 281)
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| Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the | 18 |
| Line of Duty
"Law Enforcement
Officers, Civil Defense Workers, | 19 |
| Civil Air Patrol Members, Paramedics,
Firemen, Chaplains, and | 20 |
| State Employees
Compensation Act " .
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| (Source: P.A. 89-323, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (820 ILCS 315/2)
(from Ch. 48, par. 282)
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| Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | 24 |
| requires:
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| (a) "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person | 26 |
| employed
by the State or a local governmental entity as a | 27 |
| policeman, peace
officer, auxiliary policeman or in some like | 28 |
| position involving the
enforcement of the law and protection of | 29 |
| the public interest at the risk of
that person's life. This | 30 |
| includes supervisors, wardens, superintendents and
their | 31 |
| assistants, guards and keepers, correctional officers, youth
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| supervisors, parole agents, school teachers and correctional | 33 |
| counsellors
in all facilities of both the Juvenile and Adult |
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| Divisions of the
Department of Corrections, while within the | 2 |
| facilities under the control
of the Department of Corrections | 3 |
| or in the act of transporting inmates
or wards from one | 4 |
| location to another or while performing their official
duties, | 5 |
| and all other Department of Correction employees who have daily
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| contact with inmates.
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| The death of the foregoing employees of the Department of | 8 |
| Corrections
in order to be included herein must be by the | 9 |
| direct or indirect willful
act of an inmate, ward, | 10 |
| work-releasee, parolee, parole violator, person
under | 11 |
| conditional release, or any person sentenced or committed, or
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| otherwise subject to confinement in or to the Department of | 13 |
| Corrections.
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| (b) "Fireman" means any person employed by the State or a | 15 |
| local
governmental entity as, or otherwise serving as, a member | 16 |
| or officer of
a fire department either for the purpose of the | 17 |
| prevention or control of fire
or the underwater recovery of | 18 |
| drowning victims, including volunteer firemen.
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| (c) "Local governmental entity" includes counties, | 20 |
| municipalities
and municipal corporations.
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| (d) "State" means the State of Illinois and its | 22 |
| departments,
divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions, | 23 |
| authorities and colleges and
universities.
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| (e) "Killed in the line of duty" means losing one's life as | 25 |
| a result
of injury received in the active performance of duties | 26 |
| as a law
enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air | 27 |
| patrol member,
paramedic, fireman, or chaplain if the death | 28 |
| occurs within
one year from the date
the injury was received | 29 |
| and if that injury arose from violence or other
accidental | 30 |
| cause. In the case of a State employee, "killed in the line
of | 31 |
| duty" means losing one's life as a result of injury received in | 32 |
| the
active performance of one's duties as a State employee, if | 33 |
| the death occurs
within one year from the date the injury was | 34 |
| received and if that injury
arose from a willful act of | 35 |
| violence by another State employee committed
during such other | 36 |
| employee's course of employment and after January 1,
1988. The |
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| term excludes death resulting from the willful
misconduct or | 2 |
| intoxication of the officer, civil defense worker, civil
air | 3 |
| patrol member, paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State | 4 |
| employee.
However,
the burden of proof of
such willful | 5 |
| misconduct or intoxication of the officer, civil defense
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| worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic,
fireman, chaplain, | 7 |
| or State employee is on the Attorney
General. Subject to the | 8 |
| conditions set forth in subsection (a) with
respect to | 9 |
| inclusion under this Act of Department of Corrections employees
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| described in that subsection, for the purposes of this Act, | 11 |
| instances in
which a law enforcement officer receives an injury | 12 |
| in the active
performance of duties as a law enforcement | 13 |
| officer include but are not
limited to instances when:
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| (1) the injury is received as a result of a wilful act | 15 |
| of violence
committed other than by the officer and a | 16 |
| relationship exists between the
commission of such act and | 17 |
| the officer's
performance of his duties as a law | 18 |
| enforcement officer, whether or not the
injury is received | 19 |
| while the officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer;
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| (2) the injury is received by the officer while the | 21 |
| officer is
attempting to prevent the commission of a | 22 |
| criminal act by another or
attempting to apprehend an | 23 |
| individual the officer suspects has committed a
crime, | 24 |
| whether or not the injury is received while the officer is | 25 |
| on duty
as a law enforcement officer;
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| (3) the injury is received by the officer while the | 27 |
| officer is
travelling to or from his employment as a law | 28 |
| enforcement officer or during
any meal break, or other | 29 |
| break, which takes place during the period in
which the | 30 |
| officer is on duty as a law enforcement officer.
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| In the case of an Armed Forces member, "killed in the line | 32 |
| of duty" means
losing one's life while on active duty in | 33 |
| connection with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi | 34 |
| Freedom.
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| (f) "Volunteer fireman" means a person having principal | 36 |
| employment
other than as a fireman, but who is carried on the |
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| rolls of a regularly
constituted fire department either for the | 2 |
| purpose of the prevention or
control of fire or the underwater | 3 |
| recovery of drowning victims, the members
of which are under | 4 |
| the
jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of a city, | 5 |
| village,
incorporated town, or fire protection district, and | 6 |
| includes a volunteer
member of a fire department organized | 7 |
| under the "General Not for Profit
Corporation Act", approved | 8 |
| July 17, 1943, as now or hereafter amended,
which is under | 9 |
| contract with any city, village, incorporated town, fire
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| protection district, or persons residing therein, for fire | 11 |
| fighting
services. "Volunteer fireman" does not mean an | 12 |
| individual who
volunteers assistance without being regularly | 13 |
| enrolled as a fireman.
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| (g) "Civil defense worker" means any person employed by the | 15 |
| State or
a local governmental entity as, or otherwise serving | 16 |
| as, a member of a
civil defense work force, including volunteer | 17 |
| civil defense work forces
engaged in serving the public | 18 |
| interest during periods of disaster,
whether natural or | 19 |
| man-made.
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| (h) "Civil air patrol member" means any person employed by | 21 |
| the State
or a local governmental entity as, or otherwise | 22 |
| serving as, a member of
the organization commonly known as the | 23 |
| "Civil Air Patrol", including
volunteer members of the | 24 |
| organization commonly known as the "Civil Air Patrol".
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| (i) "Paramedic" means an Emergency Medical | 26 |
| Technician-Paramedic certified by
the Illinois Department of | 27 |
| Public Health under the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) | 28 |
| Systems Act, and all other emergency medical personnel
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| certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health who are | 30 |
| members of an
organized body or not-for-profit corporation | 31 |
| under the jurisdiction of
a city, village, incorporated town, | 32 |
| fire protection district or county, that
provides emergency | 33 |
| medical treatment to persons of a defined geographical area.
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| (j) "State employee" means any employee as defined in | 35 |
| Section
14-103.05 of the Illinois Pension Code, as now or | 36 |
| hereafter amended.
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| (k) "Chaplain" means an individual who:
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| (1) is a chaplain of (i) a fire
department or (ii) a | 3 |
| police department
or other agency
consisting of law | 4 |
| enforcement officers; and
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| (2) has been designated a chaplain by (i) the
fire | 6 |
| department, police department, or other agency or an | 7 |
| officer
or body having jurisdiction over the department or | 8 |
| agency or (ii) a labor
organization representing the | 9 |
| firemen or law enforcement officers.
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| (l) "Armed Forces member" means an Illinois resident who | 11 |
| is: a member of
the
Armed Forces of the United States; a member | 12 |
| of the Illinois National Guard
while on active military service | 13 |
| pursuant to an order of the President of the
United States; or | 14 |
| a member of any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the
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| United States while on active military service pursuant to an | 16 |
| order of the
President of the United States.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-323, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| (820 ILCS 315/3)
(from Ch. 48, par. 283)
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| Sec. 3. Duty death benefit. If a claim therefor is made | 20 |
| within one
year of the date of death of a law enforcement | 21 |
| officer, civil
defense worker, civil air patrol member, | 22 |
| paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or
State employee , or Armed | 23 |
| Forces member killed in the line of duty,
compensation shall be | 24 |
| paid to the person designated by the law
enforcement officer, | 25 |
| civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, paramedic,
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| fireman, chaplain, or State employee , or Armed Forces member . | 27 |
| However, if the Armed Forces member was killed in the line of | 28 |
| duty before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 29 |
| 93rd General Assembly, the
claim must be made within one year | 30 |
| of the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 93rd | 31 |
| General Assembly.
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| The amount of compensation shall be $10,000 if the death in | 33 |
| the
line of duty occurred prior to January 1, 1974; $20,000 if
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| such death occurred after December 31, 1973 and before July 1, | 35 |
| 1983;
$50,000 if such death occurred on or after July 1, 1983 |
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| and before January 1,
1996; $100,000 if the death occurred on | 2 |
| or after January 1, 1996 and
before May 18, 2001; $118,000 if | 3 |
| the death occurred on or after May
18, 2001 and before the | 4 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
General | 5 |
| Assembly; and $259,038 if the death occurs on or after the | 6 |
| effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General | 7 |
| Assembly and before January
1, 2003.
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| For deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2003, the death
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| compensation rate for death in the line of duty occurring in a | 10 |
| particular
calendar year shall be the death compensation rate | 11 |
| for death occurring in the
previous calendar year (or in the | 12 |
| case of deaths occurring in 2003, the rate
in effect on | 13 |
| December 31, 2002) increased by a percentage thereof equal to
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| the percentage increase, if any, in the index known as the | 15 |
| Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city | 16 |
| average, unadjusted, for all items,
as published by the United | 17 |
| States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for the | 18 |
| 12 months ending with the month of June of that previous
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| calendar year.
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| If no beneficiary is designated or surviving at the death | 21 |
| of the law
enforcement officer, civil defense worker, civil air | 22 |
| patrol member,
paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State | 23 |
| employee , or Armed Forces member
killed in the line of
duty, | 24 |
| the compensation shall be paid as follows:
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| (a) when there is a surviving spouse, the entire sum | 26 |
| shall be paid to
the spouse;
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| (b) when there is no surviving spouse, but a surviving | 28 |
| descendant of the
decedent, the entire sum shall be paid to | 29 |
| the decedent's descendants per
stirpes;
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| (c) when there is neither a surviving spouse nor a | 31 |
| surviving descendant,
the entire sum shall be paid to the | 32 |
| parents of the decedent in equal parts,
allowing to the | 33 |
| surviving parent, if one is dead, the entire sum; and
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| (d) when there is no surviving spouse, descendant or | 35 |
| parent of the
decedent, but there are surviving brothers or | 36 |
| sisters, or descendants of a
brother or sister, who were |
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| receiving their principal support from the
decedent at his | 2 |
| death, the entire sum shall be paid, in equal parts, to the
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| dependent brothers or sisters or dependent descendant of a | 4 |
| brother or
sister. Dependency shall be determined by the | 5 |
| Court of Claims based upon
the investigation and report of | 6 |
| the Attorney General.
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| When there is no beneficiary designated or surviving at the | 8 |
| death of the
law enforcement officer, civil defense worker, | 9 |
| civil air patrol member,
paramedic, fireman, chaplain, or State | 10 |
| employee , or Armed Forces member
killed in the line of duty
and | 11 |
| no surviving spouse, descendant, parent, dependent brother or | 12 |
| sister, or
dependent descendant of a brother or sister, no | 13 |
| compensation shall be payable
under this Act.
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| No part of such compensation may be paid to any other | 15 |
| person for any
efforts in securing such compensation.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-3, eff. 5-18-01; 92-609, eff. 7-1-02.)
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| (820 ILCS 315/4)
(from Ch. 48, par. 284)
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| Sec. 4. Notwithstanding
Section 3, no compensation is | 19 |
| payable under this Act
unless a claim therefor is filed, within | 20 |
| the time specified by that
Section with the Court of Claims on | 21 |
| an application prescribed and
furnished by the Attorney General | 22 |
| and setting forth:
| 23 |
| (a) the name, address and title or designation of the | 24 |
| position in which
the officer, civil defense worker, civil air | 25 |
| patrol member, paramedic,
fireman, chaplain, or State | 26 |
| employee , or Armed Forces member was
serving at
the time of his | 27 |
| death;
| 28 |
| (b) the names and addresses of person or persons designated | 29 |
| by the
officer, civil defense worker, civil air patrol member, | 30 |
| paramedic, fireman,
chaplain,
or State employee , or Armed | 31 |
| Forces member
to receive the compensation and,
if more than | 32 |
| one, the percentage or share to be paid to each such person,
or | 33 |
| if there has been no
such designation, the name and address of | 34 |
| the personal representative of
the estate of the officer, civil | 35 |
| defense worker, civil air patrol member,
paramedic, fireman, |
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| chaplain, or State employee , or Armed Forces
member ;
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| (c) a full, factual account of the circumstances resulting | 3 |
| in or the
course of events causing the death of the officer, | 4 |
| civil defense worker,
civil air patrol member, paramedic, | 5 |
| fireman, chaplain, or State employee ,
or Armed Forces member ;
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| and
| 7 |
| (d) such other information as the Court of Claims | 8 |
| reasonably requires.
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| When a claim is filed, the Attorney General shall make an | 10 |
| investigation
for substantiation of matters set forth in such | 11 |
| an application.
| 12 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-323, eff. 1-1-96.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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