93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5477


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













820 ILCS 305/19.1
  from Ch. 48, par. 138.19a







    Amends the Workers' Compensation Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning the computation of time under the Act.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB5477

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    AN ACT in relation to workers' compensation. 

 
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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 Workers' Compensation Act is amended by 
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changing Section 19.1
as follows:


 
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    (820 ILCS 305/19.1)  (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19a)

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    Sec. 19.1. The time within which any act is required to be 
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performed under
any of the provisions of this Act shall be 
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computed by excluding the first
day and including the last, 
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unless the last day is Saturday, Sunday or is a
holiday as 
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defined or fixed in any statute now or hereafter in force in

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this State, and then such days shall also be excluded. If the 
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day
succeeding such holiday is also a holiday then such 
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succeeding day shall
also be excluded.


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(Source: Laws 1959, p. 1733.)