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Full Text of SB1556 96th General Assembly

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SB1556enr 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1556 Enrolled LRB096 08960 AJO 19098 b

1     AN ACT concerning civil law.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Interscholastic Association Defamation Act.

6     Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "association"
7 means the Illinois High School Association.

8     Section 10. Defamation. Any association which has as its
9 purpose promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner
10 providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic
11 competition among schools and students within this State is not
12 liable for defamation, except for actual malice.

13     Section 98. Applicability. This Act applies only to causes
14 of actions accruing on or after its effective date.

15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October
16 1, 2009.

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