Rep. Frank J. Mautino

Filed: 3/21/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4731

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4731 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Employee Indemnification Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 350/1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1301)
7    Sec. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
8    (a) The term "State" means the State of Illinois, the
9General Assembly, the court, or any State office, department,
10division, bureau, board, commission, or committee, the
11governing boards of the public institutions of higher education
12created by the State, the Illinois National Guard, the
13Comprehensive Health Insurance Board, any poison control
14center designated under the Poison Control System Act that
15receives State funding, or any other agency or instrumentality
16of the State. It does not mean any local public entity as that

 

 

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1term is defined in Section 1-206 of the Local Governmental and
2Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act or a pension fund.
3    (b) The term "employee" means: any present or former
4elected or appointed officer, trustee or employee of the State,
5or of a pension fund; , any present or former commissioner or
6employee of the Executive Ethics Commission or of the
7Legislative Ethics Commission; , any present or former
8Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
9General; , any present or former employee of an Office of an
10Executive, Legislative, or Auditor General's Inspector
11General; , any present or former member of the Illinois
12National Guard while on active duty; , individuals or
13organizations who contract with the Department of Corrections,
14the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Comprehensive Health
15Insurance Board, or the Department of Veterans' Affairs to
16provide services; , individuals or organizations who contract
17with the Department of Human Services (as successor to the
18Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities) to
19provide services including but not limited to treatment and
20other services for sexually violent persons; , individuals or
21organizations who contract with the Department of Military
22Affairs for youth programs; , individuals or organizations who
23contract to perform carnival and amusement ride safety
24inspections for the Department of Labor; individuals who
25contract with the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
26Prosecutor to provide legal services, but only when performing

 

 

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1duties within the scope of the Office's prosecutorial
2activities; , individual representatives of or designated
3organizations authorized to represent the Office of State
4Long-Term Ombudsman for the Department on Aging; , individual
5representatives of or organizations designated by the
6Department on Aging in the performance of their duties as adult
7protective services agencies or regional administrative
8agencies under the Adult Protective Services Act; , individuals
9or organizations appointed as members of a review team or the
10Advisory Council under the Adult Protective Services Act; ,
11individuals or organizations who perform volunteer services
12for the State where such volunteer relationship is reduced to
13writing; , individuals who serve on any public entity (whether
14created by law or administrative action) described in paragraph
15(a) of this Section; , individuals or not for profit
16organizations who, either as volunteers, where such volunteer
17relationship is reduced to writing, or pursuant to contract,
18furnish professional advice or consultation to any agency or
19instrumentality of the State; , individuals who serve as foster
20parents for the Department of Children and Family Services when
21caring for a Department ward; , individuals who serve as
22members of an independent team of experts under Brian's Law; ,
23and individuals who serve as arbitrators pursuant to Part 10A
24of Article II of the Code of Civil Procedure and the rules of
25the Supreme Court implementing Part 10A, each as now or
26hereafter amended; the term "employee" , but does not mean an

 

 

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1independent contractor except as provided in this Section. The
2term includes an individual appointed as an inspector by the
3Director of State Police when performing duties within the
4scope of the activities of a Metropolitan Enforcement Group or
5a law enforcement organization established under the
6Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. An individual who renders
7professional advice and consultation to the State through an
8organization which qualifies as an "employee" under the Act is
9also an employee. The term includes the estate or personal
10representative of an employee.
11    (c) The term "pension fund" means a retirement system or
12pension fund created under the Illinois Pension Code.
13(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-83, eff. 7-15-13; revised
148-9-13.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.".