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90_HB2148
730 ILCS 5/5-5-7 from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-7
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Extends the
immunity of a governmental entity or its employees for injury
or loss received by a person performing public or community
service to such service ordered by a juvenile police officer
or his or her agent (now the service must be ordered by the
court for the immunity to apply).
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
2 changing Section 5-5-7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 changing Section 5-5-7 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/5-5-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-7)
8 Sec. 5-5-7. Neither the State, any local government,
9 probation department, public or community service program or
10 site, nor any official or employee of the State, any local
11 government, probation department, public or community service
12 program or site acting in the course of their official duties
13 shall be liable for any injury or loss a person might receive
14 while performing public or community service as ordered by
15 the court, a juvenile police officer, or his or her agent,
16 for a violation of a penal statute of this State, local
17 government ordinance (whether penal, civil, or
18 quasi-criminal), or traffic offense, nor shall they be liable
19 for any tortious acts of any person performing public or
20 community service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or
21 gross negligence on the part of such governmental unit,
22 official or employee.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-7, eff. 3-9-95.)