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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 State Employee Indemnification Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 350/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)
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7 | Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
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8 | (a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the | ||||||
9 | General
Assembly, the court, or any State office, department, | ||||||
10 | division, bureau,
board, commission, or committee, the | ||||||
11 | governing boards of the public
institutions of higher education | ||||||
12 | created by the State, the Illinois
National Guard, the | ||||||
13 | Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, any poison control
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14 | center designated under the Poison Control System Act that | ||||||
15 | receives State
funding, or any other agency or instrumentality | ||||||
16 | of the State. It
does not mean any local public entity as that | ||||||
17 | term is defined in Section
1-206 of the Local Governmental and | ||||||
18 | Governmental Employees Tort Immunity
Act or a pension fund.
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19 | (b) The term "employee" means any present or former elected | ||||||
20 | or
appointed officer, trustee or employee of the State, or of a | ||||||
21 | pension
fund,
any present or former commissioner or employee of | ||||||
22 | the Executive Ethics
Commission or of the Legislative Ethics | ||||||
23 | Commission, any present or former
Executive, Legislative, or |
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1 | Auditor General's Inspector General, any present or
former | ||||||
2 | employee of an Office of an Executive, Legislative, or Auditor | ||||||
3 | General's
Inspector General, any present or former member of | ||||||
4 | the Illinois National
Guard
while on active duty, individuals | ||||||
5 | or organizations who contract with the
Department of | ||||||
6 | Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the | ||||||
7 | Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, or the
Department of | ||||||
8 | Veterans' Affairs to provide services, individuals or
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9 | organizations who contract with the Department of Human | ||||||
10 | Services (as
successor to the Department of Mental Health and | ||||||
11 | Developmental
Disabilities) to provide services including but | ||||||
12 | not limited to treatment and
other services for sexually | ||||||
13 | violent persons, individuals or organizations who
contract | ||||||
14 | with the Department of
Military
Affairs for youth programs, | ||||||
15 | individuals or
organizations who contract to perform carnival | ||||||
16 | and amusement ride safety
inspections for the Department of | ||||||
17 | Labor, individuals or organizations who contract with the | ||||||
18 | Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor to provide | ||||||
19 | professional services, individuals or organizations who | ||||||
20 | contract with the Office of the State Appellate Defender, | ||||||
21 | individual representatives of or
designated organizations | ||||||
22 | authorized to represent the Office of State Long-Term
Ombudsman | ||||||
23 | for the Department on Aging, individual representatives of or
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24 | organizations designated by the Department on Aging in the | ||||||
25 | performance of their
duties as adult protective services | ||||||
26 | agencies or regional administrative agencies
under the Adult |
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1 | Protective Services Act, individuals or organizations | ||||||
2 | appointed as members of a review team or the Advisory Council | ||||||
3 | under the Adult Protective Services Act, individuals or | ||||||
4 | organizations who perform
volunteer services for the State | ||||||
5 | where such volunteer relationship is reduced
to writing, | ||||||
6 | individuals who serve on any public entity (whether created by | ||||||
7 | law
or administrative action) described in paragraph (a) of | ||||||
8 | this Section,
individuals or not for profit organizations who, | ||||||
9 | either as volunteers, where
such volunteer relationship is | ||||||
10 | reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract,
furnish | ||||||
11 | professional advice or consultation to any agency or | ||||||
12 | instrumentality of
the State, individuals who serve as foster | ||||||
13 | parents for the Department of
Children and Family Services when | ||||||
14 | caring for a Department ward, individuals who serve as members | ||||||
15 | of an independent team of experts under Brian's Law, and | ||||||
16 | individuals
who serve as arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A of
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17 | Article II of the Code of Civil Procedure and the rules of the | ||||||
18 | Supreme Court
implementing Part 10A, each as now or hereafter | ||||||
19 | amended, but does not mean an
independent contractor except as | ||||||
20 | provided in this Section. The term includes an
individual | ||||||
21 | appointed as an inspector by the Director of State Police when
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22 | performing duties within the scope of the activities of a | ||||||
23 | Metropolitan
Enforcement Group or a law enforcement | ||||||
24 | organization established under the
Intergovernmental | ||||||
25 | Cooperation Act. An individual who renders professional
advice | ||||||
26 | and consultation to the State through an organization which |
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1 | qualifies as
an "employee" under the Act is also an employee. | ||||||
2 | The term includes the estate
or personal representative of an | ||||||
3 | employee.
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4 | (c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or | ||||||
5 | pension
fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-83, eff. 7-15-13; revised | ||||||
7 | 8-9-13.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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