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1 AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 13-222 as follows:
6 (735 ILCS 5/13-222) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-222)
7 Sec. 13-222. Action against land surveyor.
8 (a) Registered land surveyor. No action may be brought
9 against a Registered Land Surveyor to recover damages for
10 negligence, errors or omissions in the making of any survey
11 nor for contribution or indemnity related to such negligence,
12 errors or omissions more than 4 years after the person
13 claiming such damages actually knows or should have known of
14 such negligence, errors or omissions. This Section applies to
15 surveys completed after July 26, 1967. This subsection (a)
16 applies only to causes of action accruing before the
17 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
18 Assembly.
19 (b) Professional land surveyor. No action may be
20 brought against a professional land surveyor to recover
21 damages for negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of
22 contract, or otherwise in the making of any survey, nor
23 contribution or indemnity, more than 4 years after the person
24 claiming the damages actually knows or should have known of
25 the negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of
26 contract, or other action.
27 In no event may such an action be brought if 10 years
28 have elapsed from the time of the act or omission. Any
29 person who discovers the act or omission before expiration of
30 the 10-year period, however, may in no event have less than 4
31 years to bring an action. Contract actions against a surety
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1 on a payment or performance bond must be commenced within the
2 same time limitation applicable to the bond principal.
3 If the person entitled to bring the action is under the
4 age of 18 or under a legal disability, the period of
5 limitation does not begin to run until the person reaches 18
6 years of age or the disability is removed.
7 This subsection (b) applies to causes of action accruing
8 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
9 92nd General Assembly.
10 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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