2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 745 - CIVIL IMMUNITIES › 745 ILCS 10/ - Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. › Article I - General Provisions

(745 ILCS 10/Art. I heading)
ARTICLE I  
		- GENERAL PROVISIONS
(745 ILCS 10/Art. I Pt. 1 heading)
PART 1.  
		SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION
AND APPLICATION OF THE ACT
(745 ILCS 10/1-101) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-101)
Sec. 1-101. 
		
		This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local
Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act".
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-101.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-101.1)
Sec. 1-101.1. 
		
		(a) The purpose of this Act is to protect local public
entities and public employees from liability arising from the operation of
government. It grants only immunities and defenses.
(b) Any defense or immunity, common law or statutory, available to any
private person shall likewise be available to local public entities and
public employees.
(Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-102) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-102)
Sec. 1-102. 
		
		If any provision or clause of this Act or the application
thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can
be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to
this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/Art. I Pt. 2 heading)
PART 2.  
		GENERAL DEFINITIONS
(745 ILCS 10/1-201) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-201)
Sec. 1-201. 
		
		Unless the context otherwise requires, words and terms used in
this Act have the meanings ascribed to them in the following sections of
this Part 2.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-202) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-202)
Sec. 1-202. 
		
		"Employee" includes a present or former officer,
member of a board, commission
or committee, agent, volunteer, servant or employee, whether or not
compensated, but does not
include an independent contractor.
(Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-203) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-203)
Sec. 1-203. 
		
		"Enactment" means a constitutional provision, statute,
ordinance or regulation.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-204) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-204)
Sec. 1-204. 
		
		"Injury" means death, injury to a person, or damage to or loss
of property. It includes any other injury that a person may suffer to his
person, reputation, character or estate which does not result from
circumstances in which a privilege is otherwise conferred by law and which
is of such a nature that it would be actionable if inflicted by a private
person.  "Injury" includes any injury alleged in a civil action, whether based upon the
Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, and the statutes or common law of Illinois or of the United States.
(Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-205) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-205)
Sec. 1-205. 
		
		"Law" includes not only enactments but also the case law
applicable within this State as determined and declared from time to time
by the courts of review of this State and of the United States.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-206) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-206)
Sec. 1-206. "Local public entity" includes a county, township,
municipality, municipal corporation, school district, school board,
educational service region, regional board of school trustees,
trustees of schools of townships, treasurers of schools of townships, community college district, community college board, forest
preserve district, park district, fire protection district, sanitary
district, museum district, emergency telephone system board, and all other
local governmental bodies.
"Local public entity" also includes library systems and any
intergovernmental agency or similar entity formed pursuant to the
Constitution of the State of Illinois or the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act as well as any not-for-profit corporation organized for the purpose of
conducting public business. It does not include the State or any office,
officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, university or
similar agency of the State.
The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly do not apply to an action or proceeding accruing on or before its effective date.
(Source: P.A. 94-424, eff. 8-2-05.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-207) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-207)
Sec. 1-207. 
		"Public Employee" means an employee of a local public entity.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-208) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-208)
Sec. 1-208. 
		
		"Regulation" means a rule, regulation, order or standard,
having the force of law, adopted by an employee or agency of the United
States, of the State of Illinois, or of a local public entity pursuant to
authority vested by constitution, statute or ordinance in such employee or
agency to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or
administered by the employee or agency.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-209) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-209)
Sec. 1-209. 
		
		"Statute" means an act adopted by the General Assembly of this
State or by the Congress of the United States.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
(745 ILCS 10/1-210) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-210)
Sec. 1-210. 
		
		"Willful and wanton conduct" as used in this Act means a
course of action which shows an actual or deliberate intention to cause harm or
which, if not intentional, shows an utter indifference to or conscious
disregard for the safety of others or their property.
 This definition shall apply in any case where a "willful and wanton"
exception is incorporated into any immunity under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-805, eff. 12-2-98.)