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Public Act 096-1169 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 71 as follows: | ||||
(745 ILCS 49/71 new) | ||||
Sec. 71. Exemption from civil liability in emergencies
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requiring building evacuations. Any person who in good faith | ||||
provides emergency care, without fee or compensation, to any | ||||
person at the scene of an emergency that necessitates the | ||||
evacuation of a building shall not, as a result of his or her | ||||
acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the | ||||
part of the person in providing the emergency care, be liable | ||||
to a person to whom such emergency care is provided for civil | ||||
damages. This Section shall apply to causes of action accruing | ||||
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||
96th General Assembly.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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