Senate Sponsors: CULLERTON. House Sponsors: BRADFORD Short description: TORT IMMUNITY-PUBLIC PROPERTY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Amends language providing that neither a local public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by a failure to supervise an activity on or the use of any public property. Creates an exception in the case of willful and wanton conduct of a local public entity or public employee that proximately causes the injury. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes the provisions of existing law regarding swimming pools. Deletes language providing that the exemption from liability for injuries caused by a failure to supervise an activity on public property is subject to any exception elsewhere in the Act. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Dept. of Labor) No fiscal impact will be incurred by the Dept. JUDICIAL NOTE It is not possible to determine the bill's impact on the need to increase the number of judges in the State. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, HOUSE INTRODUCTION (DCCA) This legislation fails to create a State mandate. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Recommends: (i) deleting all amendatory provisions in the enrol- led bill and (ii) adding amendatory language providing that, where a local public entity or public employee designates a part of public property to be used for purposes of swimming and establishes and de- signates by notice posted upon the premises the hours of such use, "neither the entity nor public employee is liable for an injury unless the entity or public employee has actual notice that an individual is in need of assistance and is guilty of willful and wanton conduct proximately causing injury" (current law provides that "the entity or public employee is liable only for an injury proximately caused by its failure to provide supervision during the said hours posted"). Last action on Bill: BILL DEAD-AMENDATORY VETO Last action date: 97-10-30 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status