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Full Text of SB0055  103rd General Assembly

SB0055sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Laura Fine

Filed: 2/1/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 55

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 55 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Power of Attorney Act is amended
5by changing Section 2-10 as follows:
 
6    (755 ILCS 45/2-10)  (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 802-10)
7    Sec. 2-10. Agency-court relationship.
8    (a) Upon petition by any interested person, notice to the
9agent, principal, and (including the agent), with such notice
10to interested persons as the court directs and a finding by the
11court that the principal lacks either the capacity to control
12or the capacity to revoke the agency, the court may construe a
13power of attorney, review the agent's conduct, and grant
14appropriate relief including compensatory damages.
15    (b) If the court finds that the agent is not acting for the
16benefit of the principal in accordance with the terms of the

 

 

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1agency or that the agent's action or inaction, including
2restricting or not allowing an interested person to have
3reasonable visitation with the principal, has caused or
4threatens substantial harm to the principal's person or
5property in a manner not authorized or intended by the
6principal, the court may order a guardian of the principal's
7person or estate to exercise any powers of the principal under
8the agency, including the power to revoke the agency, or may
9enter such other orders without appointment of a guardian as
10the court deems necessary to provide for the best interests of
11the principal.
12    (c) If the court finds that the agency requires
13interpretation, the court may construe the agency and instruct
14the agent, but the court may not amend the agency.
15    (d) If the court finds that the agent has not acted for the
16benefit of the principal in accordance with the terms of the
17agency and the Illinois Power of Attorney Act, or that the
18agent's action caused or threatened substantial harm to the
19principal's person or property in a manner not authorized or
20intended by the principal, then the agent shall not be
21authorized to pay or be reimbursed from the estate of the
22principal the attorneys' fees and costs of the agent in
23defending a proceeding brought pursuant to this Section.
24    (e) Upon a finding that the agent's action has caused
25substantial harm to the principal's person or property, the
26court may assess against the agent reasonable costs and

 

 

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1attorney's fees to a prevailing party who is a provider agency
2as defined in Section 2 of the Adult Protective Services Act, a
3representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care
4Ombudsman, the State Guardian, a public guardian, or a
5governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the
6welfare of the principal.
7    (f) As used in this Section, the term "interested person"
8includes (1) the principal or the agent; (2) a guardian of the
9person, guardian of the estate, or other fiduciary charged
10with management of the principal's property; (3) the
11principal's spouse, parent, or descendant; (4) a person who
12would be a presumptive heir-at-law of the principal; (5) a
13person named as a beneficiary to receive any property,
14benefit, or contractual right upon the principal's death, or
15as a beneficiary of a trust created by or for the principal;
16(6) a provider agency as defined in Section 2 of the Adult
17Protective Services Act, a representative of the Office of the
18State Long Term Care Ombudsman, the State Guardian, a public
19guardian, or a governmental agency having regulatory authority
20to protect the welfare of the principal; and (7) the
21principal's caregiver or another person who demonstrates
22sufficient interest in the principal's welfare.
23    (g) Absent court order directing a guardian to exercise
24powers of the principal under the agency, a guardian will have
25no power, duty or liability with respect to any property
26subject to the agency or any personal or health care matters

 

 

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1covered by the agency. If an agent seeks guardianship of the
2principal pursuant to the Probate Act of 1975, the petition
3for guardianship must delineate the specific powers to be
4granted to the guardian that are not already included in the
5power of attorney. The petition for temporary, limited, or
6plenary guardianship of the principal under the Probate Act of
71975 may include a prayer for relief to suspend a power of
8attorney or to revoke a power of attorney in accordance with
9subsection (b).
10    (h) Proceedings under this Section shall be commenced in
11the county where the guardian was appointed or, if no Illinois
12guardian is acting, then in the county where the agent or
13principal resides or where the principal owns real property.
14    (i) This Section shall not be construed to limit any other
15remedies available.
16(Source: P.A. 102-72, eff. 1-1-22.)".