Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 4/14/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 184

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 184 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Court of Claims Act is amended by changing
5Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 505/8)   (from Ch. 37, par. 439.8)
7    Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction; deliberation
8periods. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear
9and determine the following matters:
10    (a) All claims against the State founded upon any law of
11the State of Illinois or upon any regulation adopted thereunder
12by an executive or administrative officer or agency; provided,
13however, the court shall not have jurisdiction (i) to hear or
14determine claims arising under the Workers' Compensation Act or
15the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or claims for expenses
16in civil litigation, or (ii) to review administrative decisions

 

 

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1for which a statute provides that review shall be in the
2circuit or appellate court.
3    (b) All claims against the State founded upon any contract
4entered into with the State of Illinois.
5    (c) All claims against the State for time unjustly served
6in prisons of this State when the person imprisoned received a
7pardon from the governor stating that such pardon is issued on
8the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was
9imprisoned or he or she received a certificate of innocence
10from the Circuit Court as provided in Section 2-702 of the Code
11of Civil Procedure. The court shall make an award of $50,000
12per year the person was wrongfully imprisoned and shall prorate
13that amount for a fraction of a year that the person was
14wrongfully imprisoned. ; provided, the amount of the award is
15at the discretion of the court; and provided, the court shall
16make no award in excess of the following amounts: for
17imprisonment of 5 years or less, not more than $85,350; for
18imprisonment of 14 years or less but over 5 years, not more
19than $170,000; for imprisonment of over 14 years, not more than
20$199,150; and provided further, the The court shall fix
21attorney's fees not to exceed 25% of the award granted. The
22court shall include the number of years the person was
23imprisoned awaiting trial in its determination of the award.
24The court shall include an additional $25,000 for each year
25served on parole, probation, or registered as a sex offender
26after imprisonment. On or after the effective date of this

 

 

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1amendatory Act of the 99th 95th General Assembly, the court
2shall annually adjust the maximum awards authorized by this
3subsection (c) to reflect the increase, if any, in the Consumer
4Price Index For All Urban Consumers for the previous calendar
5year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor,
6except that no annual increment may exceed 5%. For the annual
7adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index decreases during a
8calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for that calendar
9year. The transmission by the Prisoner Review Board or the
10clerk of the circuit court of the information described in
11Section 11(b) to the clerk of the Court of Claims is conclusive
12evidence of the validity of the claim. The changes made by this
13amendatory Act of the 99th 95th General Assembly apply to all
14claims pending on or filed on or after the effective date.
15    (d) All claims against the State for damages in cases
16sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie against a
17private person or corporation in a civil suit, and all like
18claims sounding in tort against the Medical Center Commission,
19the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board
20of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
21Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
22Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors
23State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
24University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
25University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
26University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois

 

 

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1University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
2Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award for
3damages in a case sounding in tort, other than certain cases
4involving the operation of a State vehicle described in this
5paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of $100,000 to or for the
6benefit of any claimant. The $100,000 limit prescribed by this
7Section does not apply to an award of damages in any case
8sounding in tort arising out of the operation by a State
9employee of a vehicle owned, leased or controlled by the State.
10The defense that the State or the Medical Center Commission or
11the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board
12of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
13Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of
14Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors
15State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
16University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
17University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
18University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
19University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
20Mathematics and Science Academy is not liable for the
21negligence of its officers, agents, and employees in the course
22of their employment is not applicable to the hearing and
23determination of such claims.
24    (e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of Illinois
25against any claimant.
26    (f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation

 

 

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1Act. A claim under that Act must be heard and determined within
2one year after the application for that claim is filed with the
3Court as provided in that Act.
4    (g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims
5Compensation Act.
6    (h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National
7Guardsman's Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must be
8heard and determined within one year after the application for
9that claim is filed with the Court as provided in that Act.
10    (i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section
1110-55 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for the
12expenses incurred by a party in a contested case on the
13administrative level.
14(Source: P.A. 95-970, eff. 9-22-08; 96-80, eff. 7-27-09.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.".