HB1037 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1037

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

740 ILCS 20/7

from Ch. 70, par. 907

Amends the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Torts Claims Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a stay of proceedings brought under the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort Claims Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(740 ILCS 20/7) (from Ch. 70, par. 907)

Sec. 7. The The prosecuting attorney of any government or governmental subdivision or agency may move for a stay of any proceeding brought under this Act, to include all discovery, pending the completion of an investigation or prosecution of a case related to the subject matter of a suit brought under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-544.)