Public Act 0666 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
Public Act 103-0666
 
HB4251 EnrolledLRB103 35018 LNS 64945 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act
is amended by changing Section 11-10 as follows:
 
    (755 ILCS 6/11-10)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 11-10. Scope.
    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Article
applies to an electronic nontestamentary estate planning
document and an electronic signature on a nontestamentary
estate planning document.
    (b) This Article does not apply to a nontestamentary
estate planning document, will, or terms of a trust if the
terms governing the document expressly preclude use of an
electronic record or electronic signature.
    (c) This Article does not affect the validity of an
electronic record or electronic signature that is valid under:
        (1) the Illinois Uniform Electronic Transactions Act;
        (2) any other Section of this Act; or
        (3) any other State law relating to nontestamentary
    estate planning documents.
(Source: P.A. 103-301, eff. 1-1-24.)