92nd General Assembly
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PANKAU-PERSICO.

(SULLIVAN-DILLARD)

   740 ILCS 180/2.1          from Ch. 70, par. 2.1                             
   755 ILCS 5/19-14 new                                                        

        Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that, if  there  is  more      
   than one special administrator appointed and one of the administrators      
   is a corporation qualified to act as a representative of the estate of      
   a  decedent  and  if the compensation of the attorney representing the      
   special administrators is solely determined  under  a  contingent  fee      
   arrangement,  the  special  administrator which is a corporation shall      
   not participate in or have any duty to review the prosecution  of  the      
   action,  to  participate  in  or  review  the  appropriateness  of any      
   settlement  of  the  action,  or  to  participate  in  or  review  any      
   determination of the  appropriateness  of  any  fees  awarded  to  the      
   attorney.  Amends  the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that, if there is      
   more than one administrator or executor of a decedent's estate and one      
   of the administrators or executors is a corporation qualified  to  act      
   as   a  representative  of  the  estate  of  a  decedent  and  if  the      
   administrators or executors of the decedent's estate  appear  for  and      
   represent  the  estate in a legal proceeding in which the compensation      
   of the attorney representing the administrators or executors is solely      
   determined under a contingent fee arrangement,  the  administrator  or      
   executor  which  is a corporation shall not participate in or have any      
   duty to review the prosecution of the action,  to  participate  in  or      
   review  the  appropriateness  of  any  settlement of the action, or to      
   participate in or review any determination of the  appropriateness  of      
   any fees awarded to the attorney.                                           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides  that  the  nonparticipation  by  the  administrator  or      
   executor that is a corporation shall be "upon petition and approval by      
   the court" (instead of "without impairing the power of the court").         
   FEB-22-2001  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   FEB-22-2001  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-22-2001  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   FEB-23-2001  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CIVIL LAW         
   MAR-08-2001  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     013-000-000   HJUA    
   MAR-08-2001  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   MAR-29-2001  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-PERSICO            
   MAR-29-2001  H                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   MAR-29-2001  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   APR-04-2001  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   APR-04-2001  H  HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE                       
   APR-06-2001  H  PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO               PANKAU                
   APR-06-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 PERSICO               
   APR-06-2001  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-PERSICO            
   APR-06-2001  H  RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED                    HRUL/004-000-000      
   APR-06-2001  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-PERSICO            
   APR-06-2001  H                                   ADOPTED                       
   APR-06-2001  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   APR-06-2001  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        107-000-000           
   APR-10-2001  S  ARRIVE IN SENATE                                               
   APR-10-2001  S  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING   01-04-17              
   APR-18-2001  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            SULLIVAN              
   APR-18-2001  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   APR-18-2001  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   APR-25-2001  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUDICIARY             
   MAY-01-2001  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              DILLARD               
   MAY-02-2001  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   MAY-09-2001  S       DO PASS                             011-000-000   SJUD    
   MAY-09-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  01-05-10              
   MAY-10-2001  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   MAY-10-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  01-05-11              
   MAY-17-2001  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   056-000-000           
   MAY-17-2001  H  PASSED BOTH HOUSES                                             
   JUN-14-2001  H  SENT TO THE GOVERNOR                                           
   AUG-09-2001  H  GOVERNOR APPROVED                                              
   AUG-09-2001  H                            EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-09              
   AUG-09-2001  H  PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0288               

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