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HB1462 Enrolled |
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LRB095 08484 AJO 28664 b |
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding |
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| Section 13-202.3 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/13-202.3 new) |
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| Sec. 13-202.3. For an action arising out of an injury |
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| caused by "sexual conduct" or "sexual penetration" as defined |
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| in Section 12-12 of the Criminal Code of 1961, the limitation |
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| period in Section 13-202 does not run during a time period when |
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| the person injured is subject to threats, intimidation, |
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| manipulation, or fraud perpetrated by the perpetrator or by a |
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| person the perpetrator knew or should have known was acting in |
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| the interest of the perpetrator. This Section applies to causes |
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| of action arising on or after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly or to causes of |
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| action for which the limitation period has not yet expired.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2008.
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