94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2704

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
745 ILCS 49/72

    Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Adds interior design professionals to the list of professionals who have limited liability for professional services provided without fee in response to disasters or catastrophic events. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB2704 LRB094 16240 LCT 51484 b

1     AN ACT concerning civil immunity.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by changing
5 Section 72 as follows:
 
6     (745 ILCS 49/72)
7     Sec. 72. Professional engineers, architects, land
8 surveyors, interior design professionals, and structural
9 engineers; exemption from civil liability for professional
10 services in response to disasters or catastrophic events. Any
11 professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, interior
12 design professional, or structural engineer who in good faith,
13 without fee, provides professional services in response to a
14 disaster or other catastrophic event shall not be liable for
15 civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in
16 providing the professional services, except for willful and
17 wanton misconduct. This immunity applies to services that are
18 provided without fee during or within 60 days following the end
19 of a disaster or catastrophic event.
20 (Source: P.A. 94-290, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.