Bill Text: IL HB0634 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Adds to the definition of a "local public entity": an association of school districts, association of school boards, and any not-for-profit association, partnership, or other organization or entity organized for the purpose of conducting public business. Provides that these changes apply to pending actions as well as actions commenced on or after the effective date. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0634 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0634-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0634 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Dan Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
745 ILCS 10/1-206 from Ch. 85, par. 1-206
Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Adds to the definition of a "local public entity": an association of school districts, association of school boards, and any not-for-profit association, partnership, or other organization or entity organized for the purpose of conducting public business. Provides that these changes apply to pending actions as well as actions commenced on or after the effective date. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Local Governmental and Governmental
Employees Tort Immunity Act is amended by changing Section
1-206 as follows:
(745 ILCS 10/1-206) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-206)
Sec. 1-206. "Local public entity" includes a county,
township, municipality, municipal corporation, school
district, association of school districts, school board,
association of school boards, educational service region,
regional board of school trustees, trustees of schools of
townships, treasurers of schools of townships, community
college district, community college board, forest preserve
district, park district, fire protection district, sanitary
district, museum district, emergency telephone system board,
and all other local governmental bodies. "Local public entity"
also includes library systems and any intergovernmental agency
or similar entity formed pursuant to the Constitution of the
State of Illinois or the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act as
well as any not-for-profit corporation, association,
partnership, or other organization or entity organized for the
purpose of conducting public business. It does not include the

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State or any office, officer, department, division, bureau,
board, commission, university or similar agency of the State.
The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly do not apply to an action or proceeding accruing on or
before its effective date.
The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly apply to pending actions as well as actions commenced
on or after the effective date.
(Source: P.A. 94-424, eff. 8-2-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.