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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3356 Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 735 ILCS 5/13-211 | from Ch. 110, par. 13-211 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the legal representative of a person under the age of 18 years or under a disability may bring specific actions within 2 years after the person attains the age of 18 years or the disability is removed. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3356 | | LRB101 07560 LNS 52605 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 13-211 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/13-211) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-211)
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| 7 | | Sec. 13-211. Minors and persons under legal disability. |
| 8 | | (a) If the person
entitled to bring an action, specified in |
| 9 | | Sections 13-201 through 13-210
of this Code, at the time the |
| 10 | | cause of action accrued, is under the age of
18 years or is |
| 11 | | under a legal disability, then he or she, or his or her legal |
| 12 | | representative, may bring the
action within 2 years after the |
| 13 | | person attains the age of 18 years, or the
disability is |
| 14 | | removed. |
| 15 | | (b) If the person
entitled to bring an action specified |
| 16 | | under Sections 13-201 through 13-210
of this Code is not under |
| 17 | | a legal disability at the time the cause of action accrues, but |
| 18 | | becomes under a legal disability before the period of |
| 19 | | limitations otherwise runs, the period of limitations is stayed |
| 20 | | until the disability is removed. This subsection (b) does not |
| 21 | | invalidate any statute of repose provisions contained in |
| 22 | | Sections 13-201, 13-202, 13-202.1, 13-202.2, 13-202.3,
13-203, |
| 23 | | 13-203.1, 13-204, 13-207, 13-208, 13-209, and 13-210 of
this |