Illinois Compiled Statutes 745 Civil Immunities: Article I - General Provisions

Part 1. Short Title, Construction and Application of the Act

• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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.)
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...

Part 2. General Definitions

• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 1-203
  "Enactment" means a constitutional provision, statute, ordinance or regulation. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 1-207
  "Public Employee" means an employee of a local public entity. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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.
• Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. - 745 ILCS 10, Section 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...

Last modified: February 18, 2015