Legalization of recreational cannabis, workplace transparency, and the Illinois Trust Code are but a few among dozens of notable new laws passed by the General Assembly this spring.
The Office of the Treasurer wholesale repealed previous rules on abandoned property in response to the General Assembly's passage of the Uniform Law Commission's legislation titled "Revised Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act," effective in 2018. The state treasurer adopted new rules (74 Ill. Adm. 17121 (effective March 25, 2019)) drawing heavily on the new legislation.
Following the previous administration's signing of legislation expanding the availability of abortion services in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has implemented changes to its rules reflecting the law's development (89 Ill. Adm. Code 140 (effective March 25, 2019)).
On Aug. 1, 2019, the First District Appellate Court affirmed the circuit court order denying RAM Aircraft’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.
The Department of Public Health adopted a new part titled “Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Services Code” (77 IAC 973; 42 Ill. Reg. 19510 (effective May 23, 2019)) to implement the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Services Act (410 ILCS 406).
The School Code has been amended to create an Emotional Intelligence and Social and Emotional Learning Task Force. The task force is created to develop curriculum, create assessment guidelines, and establish best practices on emotional intelligence and social and emotional learning.
The Department of Public Health adopted amendments to the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Code replacing emergency rules that were effective Jan. 1, 2019 (77 Ill. Adm. Code 545 (effective April 17, 2019)).
A court is authorized to impose sanctions in the form of attorney fees under Rule 137(a) against a plaintiff to compensate an attorney defending himself against a frivolous cause of action.
On June 4, 2019, the First District Appellate Court held that determining whether a third-party client knows of, or controls assets of, a judgment debtor requires learning the client’s identity.
The inherent disadvantages of a traditional installment contract for deed are overcome by restructuring the transaction as an outright sale with seller-provided, purchase-money financing.
On Aug. 14, 2019, the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois held a community college was not an arm of the “State,” but rather a “person” subject to potential liability to the State of Illinois under the False Claims Act.
The Illinois General Assembly amended the State Property Control Act to allow for the boards of trustees of Illinois institutions of higher education to dispose of surplus institutional real estate subject to certain conditions.
