745 ILCS 15

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745 ILCS 15/0.01

(745 ILCS 15/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 380) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the County Engineer and Highway Superintendent Liability Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 87-217.)

(745 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 381) Sec. 1. It is the public policy of this State that county engineers and superintendents of highways should not suffer pecuniary loss because of any injury to persons or property resulting from their failure to perform or negligence in performing any official duty and which injury arises out of the use of highways, culverts, bridges, or shoulders for which they have some degree of supervisory, maintenance, repair or construction responsibility and that persons who suffer such injury should not be entirely precluded from recovery of loss occasioned by any such injury. (Source: P.A. 87-217.)

745 ILCS 15/2

(745 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 382) Sec. 2. No civil action shall be commenced against any county engineer or superintendent of highways by any person for any injury to his person or property resulting from the county engineer's or superintendent of highways' failure to perform or negligence in performing any official duty and which injury arises out of the use of highways, culverts, bridges, or shoulders unless it is commenced within one year after the cause of action accrued. (Source: P.A. 87-217.)

745 ILCS 15/3

(745 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 383) Sec. 3. Within 6 months after the date that any such injury was received, any person who is about to commence any civil action against any county engineer or superintendent of highways on account of that injury shall file in the office of that county engineer or superintendent of highways and in the office of the State's Attorney of the county in which the cause of action arose, either by himself, his agent or attorney, a statement in writing signed by him, his agent or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the place or location where the injury occurred, the nature of the injury and the name and address of the attending physician, if any. (Source: P.A. 87-217.)

745 ILCS 15/4

(745 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 384) Sec. 4. If the notice provided for by Section 3 is not filed as required therein, any such civil action commenced against any county engineer or superintendent of highways shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued shall be forever barred from further suing. (Source: P.A. 87-217.)

745 ILCS 15/5

(745 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 385) Sec. 5. In any such civil action where it is found that there was no contributory negligence attributable to the plaintiff and that there was actionable negligence attributable to the defendant, the court or jury, as the case may be, may grant fair and reasonable compensation for the injury sustained but not in excess of $10,000. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3188.)

745 ILCS 15/6

(745 ILCS 15/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 386) Sec. 6. The county shall indemnify the county engineer or superintendent of highways for any judgment recovered against him in any such action and also any cost incurred in defense of such action. (Source: P.A. 87-217.)

745 ILCS 15/7

(745 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 121, par. 387) Sec. 7. This Act shall apply only to such causes of action as may accrue after the effective date of this Act as the result of use of the highways. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3188.)

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