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92_HB4134
LRB9211870WHcs
1 AN ACT concerning civil immunity.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding
5 Section 12 as follows:
6 (745 ILCS 49/77 new)
7 Sec. 77. Architects, professional engineers, and
8 structural engineers; exemption from civil liability for
9 emergency services.
10 (a) Definitions. As used in this Section:
11 "Architect" has the meaning ascribed to that term in
12 Section 5 of the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989.
13 "Professional engineer" has the meaning ascribed to that
14 term in Section 4 of the Professional Engineering Practice
15 Act of 1989.
16 "Structural engineer" has the meaning ascribed to that
17 term in Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act
18 of 1989.
19 (b) An architect, professional engineer, or structural
20 engineer who voluntarily, without compensation (other than
21 expense reimbursement), provides architectural, structural,
22 electrical, mechanical, or other design professional services
23 related to homeland security or a declared national, State,
24 or local emergency or disaster caused by an earthquake,
25 hurricane, tornado, fire, explosion, collapse, or other
26 similar disaster or catastrophic event is not liable for any
27 personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, or other
28 loss of any nature related to the acts, errors, or omissions
29 of the architect, professional engineer, or structural
30 engineer in the performance of any architectural or
31 engineering services relating to any structure, building,
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1 facility, project utility, equipment, machine, process,
2 piping, or other system, either publicly or privately owned,
3 except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the
4 person providing the services.