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92_HB2807enr
HB2807 Enrolled LRB9202208OBtm
1 AN ACT in relation to courts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Court of Claims Act is amended by
5 changing Section 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
9 the purposes of this Section the Court may direct immediate
10 payment of:
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 "Law Enforcement
15 Officers and Firemen Compensation Act", approved
16 September 30, 1969, as amended.
17 (c) All claims pursuant to the "Illinois National
18 Guardsman's and Naval Militiaman's Compensation Act",
19 approved August 12, 1971, as amended.
20 (d) All claims pursuant to the "Crime Victims
21 Compensation Act", approved August 23, 1973, as amended.
22 (e) All other claims wherein the amount of the
23 award of the Court is less than $5,000.
24 (2) The court may, from funds specifically appropriated
25 from the General Revenue Fund for this purpose, direct the
26 payment of awards less than $50,000 solely as a result of the
27 lapsing of an appropriation originally made from any fund
28 held by the State Treasurer. For any such award paid from
29 the General Revenue Fund, the court shall thereafter seek an
30 appropriation from the fund from which the liability
31 originally accrued in reimbursement of the General Revenue
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1 Fund.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-492, eff. 8-17-97.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.
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