Public Act 098-0732
 
HB4731 EnrolledLRB098 16384 OMW 51449 b

    AN ACT concerning government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Employee Indemnification Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 350/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)
    Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
    (a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the
General Assembly, the court, or any State office, department,
division, bureau, board, commission, or committee, the
governing boards of the public institutions of higher education
created by the State, the Illinois National Guard, the
Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, any poison control
center designated under the Poison Control System Act that
receives State funding, or any other agency or instrumentality
of the State. It does not mean any local public entity as that
term is defined in Section 1-206 of the Local Governmental and
Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act or a pension fund.
    (b) The term "employee" means: any present or former
elected or appointed officer, trustee or employee of the State,
or of a pension fund; , any present or former commissioner or
employee of the Executive Ethics Commission or of the
Legislative Ethics Commission; , any present or former
Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
General; , any present or former employee of an Office of an
Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
General; , any present or former member of the Illinois National
Guard while on active duty; , individuals or organizations who
contract with the Department of Corrections, the Department of
Juvenile Justice, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, or
the Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide services; ,
individuals or organizations who contract with the Department
of Human Services (as successor to the Department of Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities) to provide services
including but not limited to treatment and other services for
sexually violent persons; , individuals or organizations who
contract with the Department of Military Affairs for youth
programs; , individuals or organizations who contract to
perform carnival and amusement ride safety inspections for the
Department of Labor; individuals who contract with the Office
of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to provide legal
services, but only when performing duties within the scope of
the Office's prosecutorial activities; , individual
representatives of or designated organizations authorized to
represent the Office of State Long-Term Ombudsman for the
Department on Aging; , individual representatives of or
organizations designated by the Department on Aging in the
performance of their duties as adult protective services
agencies or regional administrative agencies under the Adult
Protective Services Act; , individuals or organizations
appointed as members of a review team or the Advisory Council
under the Adult Protective Services Act; , individuals or
organizations who perform volunteer services for the State
where such volunteer relationship is reduced to writing; ,
individuals who serve on any public entity (whether created by
law or administrative action) described in paragraph (a) of
this Section; , individuals or not for profit organizations who,
either as volunteers, where such volunteer relationship is
reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract, furnish
professional advice or consultation to any agency or
instrumentality of the State; , individuals who serve as foster
parents for the Department of Children and Family Services when
caring for a Department ward; , individuals who serve as members
of an independent team of experts under Brian's Law; , and
individuals who serve as arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A of
Article II of the Code of Civil Procedure and the rules of the
Supreme Court implementing Part 10A, each as now or hereafter
amended; the term "employee" , but does not mean an independent
contractor except as provided in this Section. The term
includes an individual appointed as an inspector by the
Director of State Police when performing duties within the
scope of the activities of a Metropolitan Enforcement Group or
a law enforcement organization established under the
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. An individual who renders
professional advice and consultation to the State through an
organization which qualifies as an "employee" under the Act is
also an employee. The term includes the estate or personal
representative of an employee.
    (c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or
pension fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-83, eff. 7-15-13; revised
8-9-13.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/16/2014