Public Act 101-0136
 
HB2287 EnrolledLRB101 07122 LNS 52160 b


  
    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 13-214.1 as follows:
 



    (735 ILCS 5/13-214.1)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-214.1)



    Sec. 13-214.1. Action for damages involving criminal
acts. 
    (a) Actions for damages for an injury described in Section 
13-202
or Section 13-203 arising out of first degree murder or 
the commission of
a Class X felony
by the person against whom 
the action is brought may be commenced no later
than 10 years 
after the person who inflicted such injury has completed his
or 
her sentence therefor.

    (b) For an action for damages arising out of: theft of 
property exceeding $100,000 in value under Section 16-1 of the 
Criminal Code of 2012; identity theft under subsection (a) of 
Section 16-30 of the Criminal Code of 2012; aggravated identity 
theft under subsection (b) of Section 16-30 of the Criminal 
Code of 2012; financial exploitation of an elderly person or a 
person with a disability under Section 17-56 of the Criminal 
Code of 2012; or any offense set forth in Article 16H or 
Section 17-10.6 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the action may be 
commenced within 10 years of the last act committed in 
furtherance of the crime. However, if any other provision of 
law provides for a longer limitation period, then the longer 
limitation period applies.
(Source: P.A. 85-293.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2019. 
  


Effective Date:  7/26/2019