Chapter 740 — CIVIL LIABILITIES

(740 ILCS 82/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Employee" has the meaning provided in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. "Employer" has the meaning provided in Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. "Gender-related violence", which is a form of sex discri…

(740 ILCS 82/98) Sec. 98. Applicability. This Act applies only to causes of action accruing on or after its effective date. (Source: P.A. 93-416, eff. 1-1-04.)

(740 ILCS 85/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 364.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Highway Contractor Liability Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 85/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 365) Sec. 1. Any contractor responsible for the construction or improvement of a public highway which has been opened to the public at the written direction of, but has not been officially accepted by, the Department of Transportation or other …

(740 ILCS 90/0.01) (from Ch. 71, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Innkeeper Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 90/1) (from Ch. 71, par. 1) Sec. 1. Whenever the proprietor or manager of any hotel provides a safe or vault in a convenient place, for the safe keeping of any money, jewels, ornaments, bank notes, bonds, negotiable security, or other valuable papers, precious stones, r…

(740 ILCS 90/10) Sec. 10. Refusal of admission. A proprietor or manager of a hotel may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a person who: (1) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property or causes or threatens to cause a pu…

(740 ILCS 90/11) Sec. 11. Right to eject. (a) A proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: (1) refuses to pay for accommodations or services; (2) while on the premises of the hotel, destroys or threatens to destroy…

(740 ILCS 90/2) (from Ch. 71, par. 2) Sec. 2. Every hotel proprietor shall have a lien upon all the baggage and effects brought into said hotel by his guests for any and all proper charges due him from such guests for hotel accommodations, and said hotel proprietor shall have the…

(740 ILCS 90/3) (from Ch. 71, par. 3) Sec. 3. As to any and all property and effects not provided for in Section 1 of this Act, other than merchandise samples or merchandise for sale, brought into a hotel by any guest thereof, the liability of such hotel or the proprietor or mana…

(740 ILCS 90/3.1) (from Ch. 71, par. 3.1) Sec. 3.1. No hotel or the proprietor or manager thereof is liable for the loss of or damage to any merchandise samples or merchandise for sale brought into a hotel by a guest or other owner thereof, regardless of whether such loss or dama…

(740 ILCS 90/3.2) (from Ch. 71, par. 3.2) Sec. 3.2. Where the proprietor or manager of a hotel transports to or from the hotel in conveyance owned or operated by the hotel any property or effects of any kind whatsoever on behalf of a guest thereof, such hotel or the manager or pr…

(740 ILCS 90/4) (from Ch. 71, par. 4) Sec. 4. In case of loss of or damage to any property or effects left by a guest after he has departed from any hotel and ceased to be a guest thereof, and in the case of loss of or damage to any property or effects forwarded to such hotel by …

(740 ILCS 90/5) (from Ch. 71, par. 4a) Sec. 5. Any person who, with intent to defraud, shall obtain lodging, food, money, property or other accommodation at a hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house without paying therefor shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. In case of …

(740 ILCS 90/6) (from Ch. 71, par. 4b) Sec. 6. Proof that lodging, food, money, property, or other accommodations were obtained either by false pretense or false representations, or by false or fictitious show or pretense of baggage, or by failing or refusing to pay for such lodg…

(740 ILCS 90/7) (from Ch. 71, par. 4c) Sec. 7. The word "hotel" within the meaning of this act includes every building or structure kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public to be a place where lodging, or lodging and food, or apartments, or suites, or other …

(740 ILCS 90/8) (from Ch. 71, par. 4d) Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing are hereby repealed. If any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby. (Source: Laws 1939, p. 678.)

(740 ILCS 90/9) (from Ch. 71, par. 4e) Sec. 9. Any person who shall remove or attempt to remove from any hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house any article of property belonging to such hotel, inn, boarding house or lodging house shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (So…

(740 ILCS 92/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 92-233, eff. 1-1-02.)

(740 ILCS 92/10) Sec. 10. Action by State's Attorney or Attorney General. The State's Attorney of the county in which the conduct occurred or Attorney General may bring a civil action under this Act. Before the Attorney General may bring the action, the Attorney General shall pre…

(740 ILCS 92/15) Sec. 15. Action by interested person. (a) An interested person, including an insurer, may bring a civil action for a violation of this Act for the person and for the State of Illinois. The action shall be brought in the name of the State. The action may be dismis…

(740 ILCS 92/20) Sec. 20. Role of State's Attorney or Attorney General. (a) If the State's Attorney or Attorney General proceeds with the action, he or she shall have the primary responsibility for prosecuting the action, and shall not be bound by an act of the person bringing th…

(740 ILCS 92/25) Sec. 25. Costs and proceeds of action. (a) If the State's Attorney or Attorney General proceeds with an action brought by a person under Section 15, that person is entitled to receive an amount that the court determines is reasonable based upon the extent to whic…

(740 ILCS 92/30) Sec. 30. Limitation on bringing actions. (a) In no event may a person bring an action under Section 15 that is based upon allegations or transactions that are the subject of a civil suit or an administrative civil money penalty proceeding in which the State's Att…

(740 ILCS 92/35) Sec. 35. Expenses and sanctions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the State's Attorney or Attorney General is not liable for expenses that a person incurs in bringing an action under this Act. (b) In civil actions brought under this Act in which the Atto…

(740 ILCS 92/40) Sec. 40. Retaliatory discharge; remedy. An employee who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her employer because of lawful acts done by the emplo…

(740 ILCS 92/45) Sec. 45. Time limitations. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an action pursuant to this Act may not be filed more than 3 years after the discovery of the facts constituting the grounds for commencing the action. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an acti…

(740 ILCS 92/5) Sec. 5. Patient and client procurement. (a) Except as otherwise permitted or authorized by law, it is unlawful to knowingly offer or pay any remuneration directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce any person to procure clients or patients to obtain serv…

(740 ILCS 92/90) Sec. 90. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 92-233, eff. 1-1-02; text omitted.)

(740 ILCS 95/0.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1500) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interference With Utility Services Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1501) Sec. 1. Any person who unlawfully interferes with public utility services shall be liable to the utility company in a civil action for damages treble the amount of the actual damages based on loss of revenue because of that person's c…

(740 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1502) Sec. 2. For purposes of this Act the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Public utility services" means any gas or electric service furnished by a public utility which is subject to regulation by the Illinois Commerce Co…

(740 ILCS 95/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1503) Sec. 3. Any amounts collected from a person found liable pursuant to this Act in excess of actual damages as provided in Section 1, shall be retained by the utility and used to offset any shortfall incurred by the utility under the En…

(740 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1504) Sec. 4. The rebuttable presumption provided in subsection (c) of Section 16-14 of the Criminal Code of 1961 prior to its repeal by Public Act 97-597 (effective January 1, 2012), shall be fully applicable to all causes of actions broug…

(740 ILCS 100/0.01) (from Ch. 70, par. 300) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 100/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 301) Sec. 1. This Act applies to causes of action arising on or after March 1, 1978. (Source: P.A. 81-601.)

(740 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 302) Sec. 2. Right of Contribution. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, where 2 or more persons are subject to liability in tort arising out of the same injury to person or property, or the same wrongful death, there is a right of con…

(740 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 70, par. 303) Sec. 3. Amount of Contribution. The pro rata share of each tortfeasor shall be determined in accordance with his relative culpability. However, no person shall be required to contribute to one seeking contribution an amount greater than hi…

(740 ILCS 100/3.5) (This Section was added by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 3.5. Contribution against the plaintiff's employer. (a) If a tortfeasor brings an action for contribution against the plaintiff's employer, the employer's liability for contributio…

(740 ILCS 100/4) (from Ch. 70, par. 304) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 4. Rights of Plaintiff Unaffected. Except as provided in Section 3.5 of this Act, a plaintiff's right to recover the full amount of his judgmen…

(740 ILCS 100/5) (from Ch. 70, par. 305) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 5. Enforcement. Other than in actions for healing art malpractice, a cause of action for contribution among joint tortfeasors is not required t…

(740 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lewdness Public Nuisance Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(740 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 1) Sec. 1. All buildings and apartments, and all places, and the fixtures and movable contents thereof, used for purposes of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and may be abated as hereinaft…

(740 ILCS 105/10) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 10) Sec. 10. If any lessee or occupant shall use leased premises for the purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution, or shall permit them to be used for any of such purposes, the lease or contract for letting such premises shall, at…

(740 ILCS 105/11) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 11) Sec. 11. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act is adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined …

(740 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 2) Sec. 2. The State's Attorney or any citizen of the county in which such a nuisance exists, may file a complaint, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, perpetually to enjoin all persons from maintaining or permitting such n…

(740 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 3) Sec. 3. The defendant shall be held to answer the allegations of the complaint as in other civil proceedings. At all hearings upon the merits, evidence of the general reputation of such building or apartment or of such place, of the inm…

(740 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 4) Sec. 4. The plaintiff at any time before, but not later than 10 days after, the filing of the answer, unless further time be granted by the court, may file interrogatories in writing concerning matters material to the allegations of the…

(740 ILCS 105/5) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 5) Sec. 5. If the existence of the nuisance is established, the court shall enter a judgment perpetually restraining all persons from maintaining or permitting such nuisance, and from using the building or apartment, or the place in which …

(740 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 6) Sec. 6. The proceeds of the sale of the movable property shall be applied in payment of the costs of the proceeding and of the abatement, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defendant or other person having an interest in said…