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92_HB0889eng HB0889 Engrossed LRB9203174DJgc 1 AN ACT in relation to civil procedure. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 5 changing Section 13-222 as follows: 6 (735 ILCS 5/13-222) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-222) 7 Sec. 13-222. Action against land surveyor. 8 (a) Registered land surveyor. No action may be brought 9 against a Registered Land Surveyor to recover damages for 10 negligence, errors or omissions in the making of any survey 11 nor for contribution or indemnity related to such negligence, 12 errors or omissions more than 4 years after the person 13 claiming such damages actually knows or should have known of 14 such negligence, errors or omissions. This Section applies to 15 surveys completed after July 26, 1967. This subsection (a) 16 applies only to causes of action accruing before the 17 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 18 Assembly. 19 (b) Professional land surveyor. No action may be 20 brought against a professional land surveyor to recover 21 damages for negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of 22 contract, or otherwise in the making of any survey, nor 23 contribution or indemnity, more than 4 years after the person 24 claiming the damages actually knows or should have known of 25 the negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of 26 contract, or other action. 27 In no event may such an action be brought if 10 years 28 have elapsed from the time of the act or omission. Any 29 person who discovers the act or omission before expiration of 30 the 10-year period, however, may in no event have less than 4 31 years to bring an action. Contract actions against a surety HB0889 Engrossed -2- LRB9203174DJgc 1 on a payment or performance bond must be commenced within the 2 same time limitation applicable to the bond principal. 3 If the person entitled to bring the action is under the 4 age of 18 or under a legal disability, the period of 5 limitation does not begin to run until the person reaches 18 6 years of age or the disability is removed. 7 This subsection (b) applies to causes of action accruing 8 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 9 92nd General Assembly. 10 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)