HB4794 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4794

Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 305/18

from Ch. 48, par. 138.18

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the determination of questions by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Workers' Compensation Act is amended by changing Section 18 as follows:

(820 ILCS 305/18) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.18)

Sec. 18. All questions arising under this Act, if not settled by agreement of the the parties interested therein, shall, except as otherwise provided, be determined by the Commission. Claims from current and former employees of the Commission shall be determined in accordance with Section 18.1 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 97-18, eff. 6-28-11.)