Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2591 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2591 Introduced , by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-3013 from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, when a corner knows or is informed that a death is suspected to be a maternal or fetal death due to an abortion, the coroner shall go to the place where the dead body is located, take charge of the body, and make a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of the death. Effective immediate. LRB103 28049 AWJ 54428 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2591 Introduced , by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/3-3013 from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013 55 ILCS 5/3-3013 from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, when a corner knows or is informed that a death is suspected to be a maternal or fetal death due to an abortion, the coroner shall go to the place where the dead body is located, take charge of the body, and make a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of the death. Effective immediate. LRB103 28049 AWJ 54428 b LRB103 28049 AWJ 54428 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2591 Introduced , by Rep. Adam M. Niemerg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, when a corner knows or is informed that a death is suspected to be a maternal or fetal death due to an abortion, the coroner shall go to the place where the dead body is located, take charge of the body, and make a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of the death. Effective immediate.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 3-3013 as follows:
16	16	6 (55 ILCS 5/3-3013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-3013)
17	17	7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-982)
18	18	8 Sec. 3-3013. Preliminary investigations; blood and urine
19	19	9 analysis; summoning jury; reports. Every coroner, whenever,
20	20	10 as soon as he knows or is informed that the dead body of any
21	21	11 person is found, or lying within his county, whose death is
22	22	12 suspected of being:
23	23	13 (a) A sudden or violent death, whether apparently
24	24	14 suicidal, homicidal, or accidental, including, but not
25	25	15 limited to, deaths apparently caused or contributed to by
26	26	16 thermal, traumatic, chemical, electrical, or radiational
27	27	17 injury, or a complication of any of them, or by drowning or
28	28	18 suffocation, or as a result of domestic violence as
29	29	19 defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
30	30	20 (b) A maternal or fetal death due to abortion, or any
31	31	21 death due to a sex crime;
32	32	22 (c) A death where the circumstances are suspicious,
33	33	23 obscure, mysterious, or otherwise unexplained or where, in
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68	68	1 the written opinion of the attending physician, the cause
69	69	2 of death is not determined;
70	70	3 (d) A death where addiction to alcohol or to any drug
71	71	4 may have been a contributory cause; or
72	72	5 (e) A death where the decedent was not attended by a
73	73	6 licensed physician;
74	74	7 shall go to the place where the dead body is, and take charge
75	75	8 of the same and shall make a preliminary investigation into
76	76	9 the circumstances of the death. In the case of death without
77	77	10 attendance by a licensed physician, the body may be moved with
78	78	11 the coroner's consent from the place of death to a mortuary in
79	79	12 the same county. Coroners in their discretion shall notify
80	80	13 such physician as is designated in accordance with Section
81	81	14 3-3014 to attempt to ascertain the cause of death, either by
82	82	15 autopsy or otherwise.
83	83	16 In cases of accidental death involving a motor vehicle in
84	84	17 which the decedent was (1) the operator or a suspected
85	85	18 operator of a motor vehicle, or (2) a pedestrian 16 years of
86	86	19 age or older, the coroner shall require that a blood specimen
87	87	20 of at least 30 cc., and if medically possible a urine specimen
88	88	21 of at least 30 cc. or as much as possible up to 30 cc., be
89	89	22 withdrawn from the body of the decedent in a timely fashion
90	90	23 after the accident causing his death, by such physician as has
91	91	24 been designated in accordance with Section 3-3014, or by the
92	92	25 coroner or deputy coroner or a qualified person designated by
93	93	26 such physician, coroner, or deputy coroner. If the county does
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104	104	1 not maintain laboratory facilities for making such analysis,
105	105	2 the blood and urine so drawn shall be sent to the Illinois
106	106	3 State Police or any other accredited or State-certified
107	107	4 laboratory for analysis of the alcohol, carbon monoxide, and
108	108	5 dangerous or narcotic drug content of such blood and urine
109	109	6 specimens. Each specimen submitted shall be accompanied by
110	110	7 pertinent information concerning the decedent upon a form
111	111	8 prescribed by such laboratory. Any person drawing blood and
112	112	9 urine and any person making any examination of the blood and
113	113	10 urine under the terms of this Division shall be immune from all
114	114	11 liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred
115	115	12 or imposed.
116	116	13 In all other cases coming within the jurisdiction of the
117	117	14 coroner and referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (e)
118	118	15 above, blood, and, whenever possible, urine samples shall be
119	119	16 analyzed for the presence of alcohol and other drugs. When the
120	120	17 coroner suspects that drugs may have been involved in the
121	121	18 death, either directly or indirectly, a toxicological
122	122	19 examination shall be performed which may include analyses of
123	123	20 blood, urine, bile, gastric contents, and other tissues. When
124	124	21 the coroner suspects a death is due to toxic substances, other
125	125	22 than drugs, the coroner shall consult with the toxicologist
126	126	23 prior to collection of samples. Information submitted to the
127	127	24 toxicologist shall include information as to height, weight,
128	128	25 age, sex, and race of the decedent as well as medical history,
129	129	26 medications used by, and the manner of death of the decedent.
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140	140	1 When the coroner or medical examiner finds that the cause
141	141	2 of death is due to homicidal means, the coroner or medical
142	142	3 examiner shall cause blood and buccal specimens (tissue may be
143	143	4 submitted if no uncontaminated blood or buccal specimen can be
144	144	5 obtained), whenever possible, to be withdrawn from the body of
145	145	6 the decedent in a timely fashion. For proper preservation of
146	146	7 the specimens, collected blood and buccal specimens shall be
147	147	8 dried and tissue specimens shall be frozen if available
148	148	9 equipment exists. As soon as possible, but no later than 30
149	149	10 days after the collection of the specimens, the coroner or
150	150	11 medical examiner shall release those specimens to the police
151	151	12 agency responsible for investigating the death. As soon as
152	152	13 possible, but no later than 30 days after the receipt from the
153	153	14 coroner or medical examiner, the police agency shall submit
154	154	15 the specimens using the agency case number to a National DNA
155	155	16 Index System (NDIS) participating laboratory within this
156	156	17 State, such as the Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic
157	157	18 Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
158	158	19 groupings. The results of the analysis and categorizing into
159	159	20 genetic marker groupings shall be provided to the Illinois
160	160	21 State Police and shall be maintained by the Illinois State
161	161	22 Police in the State central repository in the same manner, and
162	162	23 subject to the same conditions, as provided in Section 5-4-3
163	163	24 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The requirements of this
164	164	25 paragraph are in addition to any other findings, specimens, or
165	165	26 information that the coroner or medical examiner is required
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176	176	1 to provide during the conduct of a criminal investigation.
177	177	2 In all counties, in cases of apparent suicide, homicide,
178	178	3 or accidental death or in other cases, within the discretion
179	179	4 of the coroner, the coroner may summon 8 persons of lawful age
180	180	5 from those persons drawn for petit jurors in the county. The
181	181	6 summons shall command these persons to present themselves
182	182	7 personally at such a place and time as the coroner shall
183	183	8 determine, and may be in any form which the coroner shall
184	184	9 determine and may incorporate any reasonable form of request
185	185	10 for acknowledgment which the coroner deems practical and
186	186	11 provides a reliable proof of service. The summons may be
187	187	12 served by first class mail. From the 8 persons so summoned, the
188	188	13 coroner shall select 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest.
189	189	14 Inquests may be continued from time to time, as the coroner may
190	190	15 deem necessary. The 6 jurors selected in a given case may view
191	191	16 the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an inquest
192	192	17 one or more of the original jurors shall be unable to continue
193	193	18 to serve, the coroner shall fill the vacancy or vacancies. A
194	194	19 juror serving pursuant to this paragraph shall receive
195	195	20 compensation from the county at the same rate as the rate of
196	196	21 compensation that is paid to petit or grand jurors in the
197	197	22 county. The coroner shall furnish to each juror without fee at
198	198	23 the time of his discharge a certificate of the number of days
199	199	24 in attendance at an inquest, and, upon being presented with
200	200	25 such certificate, the county treasurer shall pay to the juror
201	201	26 the sum provided for his services.
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212	212	1 In counties which have a jury commission, in cases of
213	213	2 apparent suicide or homicide or of accidental death, the
214	214	3 coroner may conduct an inquest. The jury commission shall
215	215	4 provide at least 8 jurors to the coroner, from whom the coroner
216	216	5 shall select any 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest.
217	217	6 Inquests may be continued from time to time as the coroner may
218	218	7 deem necessary. The 6 jurors originally chosen in a given case
219	219	8 may view the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an
220	220	9 inquest one or more of the 6 jurors originally chosen shall be
221	221	10 unable to continue to serve, the coroner shall fill the
222	222	11 vacancy or vacancies. At the coroner's discretion, additional
223	223	12 jurors to fill such vacancies shall be supplied by the jury
224	224	13 commission. A juror serving pursuant to this paragraph in such
225	225	14 county shall receive compensation from the county at the same
226	226	15 rate as the rate of compensation that is paid to petit or grand
227	227	16 jurors in the county.
228	228	17 In every case in which a fire is determined to be a
229	229	18 contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the
230	230	19 death to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The coroner
231	231	20 shall provide a copy of the death certificate (i) within 30
232	232	21 days after filing the permanent death certificate and (ii) in
233	233	22 a manner that is agreed upon by the coroner and the State Fire
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235	235	24 In every case in which a drug overdose is determined to be
236	236	25 the cause or a contributing factor in the death, the coroner or
237	237	26 medical examiner shall report the death to the Department of
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248	248	1 Public Health. The Department of Public Health shall adopt
249	249	2 rules regarding specific information that must be reported in
250	250	3 the event of such a death. If possible, the coroner shall
251	251	4 report the cause of the overdose. As used in this Section,
252	252	5 "overdose" has the same meaning as it does in Section 414 of
253	253	6 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. The Department of
254	254	7 Public Health shall issue a semiannual report to the General
255	255	8 Assembly summarizing the reports received. The Department
256	256	9 shall also provide on its website a monthly report of overdose
257	257	10 death figures organized by location, age, and any other
258	258	11 factors, the Department deems appropriate.
259	259	12 In addition, in every case in which domestic violence is
260	260	13 determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner
261	261	14 shall report the death to the Illinois State Police.
262	262	15 All deaths in State institutions and all deaths of wards
263	263	16 of the State or youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the
264	264	17 Children and Family Services Act in private care facilities or
265	265	18 in programs funded by the Department of Human Services under
266	266	19 its powers relating to mental health and developmental
267	267	20 disabilities or alcoholism and substance abuse or funded by
268	268	21 the Department of Children and Family Services shall be
269	269	22 reported to the coroner of the county in which the facility is
270	270	23 located. If the coroner has reason to believe that an
271	271	24 investigation is needed to determine whether the death was
272	272	25 caused by maltreatment or negligent care of the ward of the
273	273	26 State or youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the Children
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284	284	1 and Family Services Act, the coroner may conduct a preliminary
285	285	2 investigation of the circumstances of such death as in cases
286	286	3 of death under circumstances set forth in subparagraphs
287	287	4 paragraphs (a) through (e) of this Section.
288	288	5 (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
289	289	6 revised 8-23-22.)
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291	291	8 Sec. 3-3013. Preliminary investigations; blood and urine
292	292	9 analysis; summoning jury; reports. Every coroner, whenever,
293	293	10 as soon as he knows or is informed that the dead body of any
294	294	11 person is found, or lying within his county, whose death is
295	295	12 suspected of being:
296	296	13 (a) A sudden or violent death, whether apparently
297	297	14 suicidal, homicidal, or accidental, including, but not
298	298	15 limited to, deaths apparently caused or contributed to by
299	299	16 thermal, traumatic, chemical, electrical, or radiational
300	300	17 injury, or a complication of any of them, or by drowning or
301	301	18 suffocation, or as a result of domestic violence as
302	302	19 defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
303	303	20 (b) A maternal or fetal death due to abortion, or any
304	304	21 death due to a sex crime;
305	305	22 (c) A death where the circumstances are suspicious,
306	306	23 obscure, mysterious, or otherwise unexplained or where, in
307	307	24 the written opinion of the attending physician, the cause
308	308	25 of death is not determined;
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319	319	1 (d) A death where addiction to alcohol or to any drug
320	320	2 may have been a contributory cause; or
321	321	3 (e) A death where the decedent was not attended by a
322	322	4 licensed physician;
323	323	5 shall go to the place where the dead body is, and take charge
324	324	6 of the same and shall make a preliminary investigation into
325	325	7 the circumstances of the death. In the case of death without
326	326	8 attendance by a licensed physician, the body may be moved with
327	327	9 the coroner's consent from the place of death to a mortuary in
328	328	10 the same county. Coroners in their discretion shall notify
329	329	11 such physician as is designated in accordance with Section
330	330	12 3-3014 to attempt to ascertain the cause of death, either by
331	331	13 autopsy or otherwise.
332	332	14 In cases of accidental death involving a motor vehicle in
333	333	15 which the decedent was (1) the operator or a suspected
334	334	16 operator of a motor vehicle, or (2) a pedestrian 16 years of
335	335	17 age or older, the coroner shall require that a blood specimen
336	336	18 of at least 30 cc., and if medically possible a urine specimen
337	337	19 of at least 30 cc. or as much as possible up to 30 cc., be
338	338	20 withdrawn from the body of the decedent in a timely fashion
339	339	21 after the crash causing his death, by such physician as has
340	340	22 been designated in accordance with Section 3-3014, or by the
341	341	23 coroner or deputy coroner or a qualified person designated by
342	342	24 such physician, coroner, or deputy coroner. If the county does
343	343	25 not maintain laboratory facilities for making such analysis,
344	344	26 the blood and urine so drawn shall be sent to the Illinois
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355	355	1 State Police or any other accredited or State-certified
356	356	2 laboratory for analysis of the alcohol, carbon monoxide, and
357	357	3 dangerous or narcotic drug content of such blood and urine
358	358	4 specimens. Each specimen submitted shall be accompanied by
359	359	5 pertinent information concerning the decedent upon a form
360	360	6 prescribed by such laboratory. Any person drawing blood and
361	361	7 urine and any person making any examination of the blood and
362	362	8 urine under the terms of this Division shall be immune from all
363	363	9 liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred
364	364	10 or imposed.
365	365	11 In all other cases coming within the jurisdiction of the
366	366	12 coroner and referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (e)
367	367	13 above, blood, and, whenever possible, urine samples shall be
368	368	14 analyzed for the presence of alcohol and other drugs. When the
369	369	15 coroner suspects that drugs may have been involved in the
370	370	16 death, either directly or indirectly, a toxicological
371	371	17 examination shall be performed which may include analyses of
372	372	18 blood, urine, bile, gastric contents, and other tissues. When
373	373	19 the coroner suspects a death is due to toxic substances, other
374	374	20 than drugs, the coroner shall consult with the toxicologist
375	375	21 prior to collection of samples. Information submitted to the
376	376	22 toxicologist shall include information as to height, weight,
377	377	23 age, sex, and race of the decedent as well as medical history,
378	378	24 medications used by, and the manner of death of the decedent.
379	379	25 When the coroner or medical examiner finds that the cause
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391	391	1 examiner shall cause blood and buccal specimens (tissue may be
392	392	2 submitted if no uncontaminated blood or buccal specimen can be
393	393	3 obtained), whenever possible, to be withdrawn from the body of
394	394	4 the decedent in a timely fashion. For proper preservation of
395	395	5 the specimens, collected blood and buccal specimens shall be
396	396	6 dried and tissue specimens shall be frozen if available
397	397	7 equipment exists. As soon as possible, but no later than 30
398	398	8 days after the collection of the specimens, the coroner or
399	399	9 medical examiner shall release those specimens to the police
400	400	10 agency responsible for investigating the death. As soon as
401	401	11 possible, but no later than 30 days after the receipt from the
402	402	12 coroner or medical examiner, the police agency shall submit
403	403	13 the specimens using the agency case number to a National DNA
404	404	14 Index System (NDIS) participating laboratory within this
405	405	15 State, such as the Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic
406	406	16 Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
407	407	17 groupings. The results of the analysis and categorizing into
408	408	18 genetic marker groupings shall be provided to the Illinois
409	409	19 State Police and shall be maintained by the Illinois State
410	410	20 Police in the State central repository in the same manner, and
411	411	21 subject to the same conditions, as provided in Section 5-4-3
412	412	22 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The requirements of this
413	413	23 paragraph are in addition to any other findings, specimens, or
414	414	24 information that the coroner or medical examiner is required
415	415	25 to provide during the conduct of a criminal investigation.
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427	427	1 or accidental death or in other cases, within the discretion
428	428	2 of the coroner, the coroner may summon 8 persons of lawful age
429	429	3 from those persons drawn for petit jurors in the county. The
430	430	4 summons shall command these persons to present themselves
431	431	5 personally at such a place and time as the coroner shall
432	432	6 determine, and may be in any form which the coroner shall
433	433	7 determine and may incorporate any reasonable form of request
434	434	8 for acknowledgment which the coroner deems practical and
435	435	9 provides a reliable proof of service. The summons may be
436	436	10 served by first class mail. From the 8 persons so summoned, the
437	437	11 coroner shall select 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest.
438	438	12 Inquests may be continued from time to time, as the coroner may
439	439	13 deem necessary. The 6 jurors selected in a given case may view
440	440	14 the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an inquest
441	441	15 one or more of the original jurors shall be unable to continue
442	442	16 to serve, the coroner shall fill the vacancy or vacancies. A
443	443	17 juror serving pursuant to this paragraph shall receive
444	444	18 compensation from the county at the same rate as the rate of
445	445	19 compensation that is paid to petit or grand jurors in the
446	446	20 county. The coroner shall furnish to each juror without fee at
447	447	21 the time of his discharge a certificate of the number of days
448	448	22 in attendance at an inquest, and, upon being presented with
449	449	23 such certificate, the county treasurer shall pay to the juror
450	450	24 the sum provided for his services.
451	451	25 In counties which have a jury commission, in cases of
452	452	26 apparent suicide or homicide or of accidental death, the
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463	463	1 coroner may conduct an inquest. The jury commission shall
464	464	2 provide at least 8 jurors to the coroner, from whom the coroner
465	465	3 shall select any 6 to serve as the jury for the inquest.
466	466	4 Inquests may be continued from time to time as the coroner may
467	467	5 deem necessary. The 6 jurors originally chosen in a given case
468	468	6 may view the body of the deceased. If at any continuation of an
469	469	7 inquest one or more of the 6 jurors originally chosen shall be
470	470	8 unable to continue to serve, the coroner shall fill the
471	471	9 vacancy or vacancies. At the coroner's discretion, additional
472	472	10 jurors to fill such vacancies shall be supplied by the jury
473	473	11 commission. A juror serving pursuant to this paragraph in such
474	474	12 county shall receive compensation from the county at the same
475	475	13 rate as the rate of compensation that is paid to petit or grand
476	476	14 jurors in the county.
477	477	15 In every case in which a fire is determined to be a
478	478	16 contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the
479	479	17 death to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The coroner
480	480	18 shall provide a copy of the death certificate (i) within 30
481	481	19 days after filing the permanent death certificate and (ii) in
482	482	20 a manner that is agreed upon by the coroner and the State Fire
483	483	21 Marshal.
484	484	22 In every case in which a drug overdose is determined to be
485	485	23 the cause or a contributing factor in the death, the coroner or
486	486	24 medical examiner shall report the death to the Department of
487	487	25 Public Health. The Department of Public Health shall adopt
488	488	26 rules regarding specific information that must be reported in
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499	499	1 the event of such a death. If possible, the coroner shall
500	500	2 report the cause of the overdose. As used in this Section,
501	501	3 "overdose" has the same meaning as it does in Section 414 of
502	502	4 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. The Department of
503	503	5 Public Health shall issue a semiannual report to the General
504	504	6 Assembly summarizing the reports received. The Department
505	505	7 shall also provide on its website a monthly report of overdose
506	506	8 death figures organized by location, age, and any other
507	507	9 factors, the Department deems appropriate.
508	508	10 In addition, in every case in which domestic violence is
509	509	11 determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner
510	510	12 shall report the death to the Illinois State Police.
511	511	13 All deaths in State institutions and all deaths of wards
512	512	14 of the State or youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the
513	513	15 Children and Family Services Act in private care facilities or
514	514	16 in programs funded by the Department of Human Services under
515	515	17 its powers relating to mental health and developmental
516	516	18 disabilities or alcoholism and substance abuse or funded by
517	517	19 the Department of Children and Family Services shall be
518	518	20 reported to the coroner of the county in which the facility is
519	519	21 located. If the coroner has reason to believe that an
520	520	22 investigation is needed to determine whether the death was
521	521	23 caused by maltreatment or negligent care of the ward of the
522	522	24 State or youth in care as defined in Section 4d of the Children
523	523	25 and Family Services Act, the coroner may conduct a preliminary
524	524	26 investigation of the circumstances of such death as in cases
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535	535	1 of death under circumstances set forth in subparagraphs
536	536	2 paragraphs (a) through (e) of this Section.
537	537	3 (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
538	538	4 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; revised 8-23-22.)
539	539	5 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
540	540	6 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
541	541	7 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
542	542	8 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
543	543	9 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
544	544	10 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
545	545	11 Public Act.
546	546	12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
547	547	13 becoming law.
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