101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2202

 

Introduced , by Rep. Norine K. Hammond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 505/24  from Ch. 37, par. 439.24

    Amends the Court of Claims Act. Provides that all claims against the State for damages in cases sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie against a private person or corporation in a civil suit, and all like claims sounding in tort against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy shall be payable through the General Revenue Fund and not the University or Academy itself.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Court of Claims Act is amended by changing
5Section 24 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 505/24)  (from Ch. 37, par. 439.24)
7    Sec. 24. Payment of awards.
8    (1) From funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the
9purposes of this Section the Court may direct immediate payment
10of:
11        (a) All claims arising solely as a result of the
12    lapsing of an appropriation out of which the obligation
13    could have been paid.
14        (b) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty
15    Compensation Act.
16        (c) All claims pursuant to the "Illinois National
17    Guardsman's and Naval Militiaman's Compensation Act",
18    approved August 12, 1971, as amended.
19        (d) All claims pursuant to the "Crime Victims
20    Compensation Act", approved August 23, 1973, as amended.
21        (d-5) All claims against the State for unjust
22    imprisonment as provided in subsection (c) of Section 8 of
23    this Act.

 

 

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1        (e) All other claims wherein the amount of the award of
2    the Court is less than $50,000.
3    (2) The court may, from funds specifically appropriated
4from the General Revenue Fund for this purpose, direct the
5payment of awards less than $50,000 solely as a result of the
6lapsing of an appropriation originally made from any fund held
7by the State Treasurer. For any such award paid from the
8General Revenue Fund, the court shall thereafter seek an
9appropriation from the fund from which the liability originally
10accrued in reimbursement of the General Revenue Fund.
11    (3) In directing payment of a claim pursuant to the Line of
12Duty Compensation Act, the Court must direct the Comptroller to
13add an interest penalty if payment of a claim is not made
14within 6 months after a claim is filed in accordance with
15Section 3 of the Line of Duty Compensation Act and all
16information has been submitted as required under Section 4 of
17the Line of Duty Compensation Act. If payment is not issued
18within the 6-month period, an interest penalty of 1% of the
19amount of the award shall be added for each month or fraction
20thereof after the end of the 6-month period, until final
21payment is made. This interest penalty shall be added
22regardless of whether the payment is not issued within the
236-month period because of the appropriation process, the
24consideration of the matter by the Court, or any other reason.
25    (3.5) The interest penalty payment provided for in
26subsection (3) shall be added to all claims for which benefits

 

 

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1were not paid as of the effective date of P.A. 95-928. The
2interest penalty shall be calculated starting from the
3effective date of P.A. 95-928, provided that the effective date
4of P.A. 95-928 is at least 6 months after the date on which the
5claim was filed in accordance with Section 3 of the Line of
6Duty Compensation Act. In the event that the date 6 months
7after the date on which the claim was filed is later than the
8effective date of P.A. 95-928, the Court shall calculate the
9interest payment penalty starting from the date 6 months after
10the date on which the claim was filed in accordance with
11Section 3 of the Line of Duty Compensation Act. This subsection
12(3.5) of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is
13declarative of existing law.
14    (3.6) In addition to the interest payments provided for in
15subsections (3) and (3.5), the Court shall direct the
16Comptroller to add a "catch-up" payment to the claims of
17eligible claimants. For the purposes of this subsection (3.6),
18an "eligible claimant" is a claimant whose claim is not paid in
19the year in which it was filed. For purposes of this subsection
20(3.6), "'catch-up' payment" is defined as the difference
21between the amount paid to claimants whose claims were filed in
22the year in which the eligible claimant's claim is paid and the
23amount paid to claimants whose claims were filed in the year in
24which the eligible claimant filed his or her claim. The
25"catch-up" payment is payable simultaneously with the claim
26award.

 

 

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1    (4) From funds appropriated by the General Assembly for the
2purposes of paying claims under paragraph (c) of Section 8, the
3court must direct payment of each claim and the payment must be
4received by the claimant within 60 days after the date that the
5funds are appropriated for that purpose.
6    (5) All claims against the State for damages in cases
7sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie against a
8private person or corporation in a civil suit, and all like
9claims sounding in tort against the Board of Trustees of the
10University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
11Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
12University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
13University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
14University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University,
15the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the
16Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
17Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of
18Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy shall
19be payable through the General Revenue Fund and not the
20University or Academy itself.
21(Source: P.A. 100-1124, eff. 11-27-18.)