Public Act 102-0377
 
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    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Section 13-214.3 as follows:
 
    (735 ILCS 5/13-214.3)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-214.3)
    Sec. 13-214.3. Attorneys.
    (a) In this Section: "attorney" includes (i) an individual
attorney, together with his or her employees who are
attorneys, (ii) a professional partnership of attorneys,
together with its employees, partners, and members who are
attorneys, and (iii) a professional service corporation of
attorneys, together with its employees, officers, and
shareholders who are attorneys; and "non-attorney employee"
means a person who is not an attorney but is employed by an
attorney.
    (b) An action for damages based on tort, contract, or
otherwise (i) against an attorney arising out of an act or
omission in the performance of professional services or (ii)
against a non-attorney employee arising out of an act or
omission in the course of his or her employment by an attorney
to assist the attorney in performing professional services
must be commenced within 2 years from the time the person
bringing the action knew or reasonably should have known of
the injury for which damages are sought.
    (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an action
described in subsection (b) may not be commenced in any event
more than 6 years after the date on which the act or omission
occurred.
    (d) When the injury caused by the act or omission does not
occur until the death of the person for whom the professional
services were rendered, the action may be commenced within 2
years after the date of the person's death unless letters of
office are issued or the person's will is admitted to probate
within that 2 year period, in which case the action must be
commenced within the time for filing claims against the estate
or a petition contesting the validity of the will of the
deceased person, whichever is later, as provided in the
Probate Act of 1975. An action may not be commenced in any
event more than 6 years after the date the professional
services were performed.
    (e) If the person entitled to bring the action is under the
age of majority or under other legal disability at the time the
cause of action accrues, the period of limitations shall not
begin to run until majority is attained or the disability is
removed.
    (f) If the person entitled to bring an action described in
this Section is not under a legal disability at the time the
cause of action accrues, but becomes under a legal disability
before the period of limitations otherwise runs, the period of
limitations is stayed until the disability is removed. This
subsection (f) does not invalidate any statute of repose
provisions contained in this Section. This subsection (f)
applies to actions commenced or pending on or after January 1,
2015 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1077) this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
    (g) This Section applies to any cause of action,
regardless of the date the cause of action arises. This
Section, however, does not bar the filing of an action based on
the performance of professional services before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly if
the action is timely filed under the version of this Section in
effect on January 1, 2021, and is filed within a reasonable
period, not to exceed 6 years, after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. This Section
applies to all causes of action accruing on or after its
effective date.
(Source: P.A. 98-1077, eff. 1-1-15.)