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Full Text of SB1556 96th General Assembly

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SB1556ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Executive Committee
Filed: 5/26/2009

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1556
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1556, by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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.

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October
2 1, 2009.".

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