State of Illinois
Public Acts
92^nd General Assembly

Public Act 92-0265

HB0889 Enrolled                                LRB9203174DJgc

    AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Code  of  Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Section 13-222 as follows:

    (735 ILCS 5/13-222) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-222)
    Sec. 13-222.  Action against land surveyor.
    (a)  Registered land surveyor. No action may  be  brought
against  a  Registered  Land  Surveyor to recover damages for
negligence, errors or omissions in the making of  any  survey
nor for contribution or indemnity related to such negligence,
errors  or  omissions  more  than  4  years  after the person
claiming such damages actually knows or should have known  of
such negligence, errors or omissions. This Section applies to
surveys  completed  after July 26, 1967.  This subsection (a)
applies  only  to  causes  of  action  accruing  before   the
effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly.
    (b)  Professional  land  surveyor.   No  action  may   be
brought  against  a  professional  land  surveyor  to recover
damages for negligence, errors, omissions, torts, breaches of
contract, or otherwise in  the  making  of  any  survey,  nor
contribution or indemnity, more than 4 years after the person
claiming  the  damages actually knows or should have known of
the  negligence,  errors,  omissions,  torts,   breaches   of
contract, or other action.
    In  no  event  may  such an action be brought if 10 years
have elapsed from the time  of  the  act  or  omission.   Any
person who discovers the act or omission before expiration of
the 10-year period, however, may in no event have less than 4
years  to bring an action.  Contract actions against a surety
on a payment or performance bond must be commenced within the
same time limitation applicable to the bond principal.
    If the person entitled to bring the action is  under  the
age  of  18  or  under  a  legal  disability,  the  period of
limitation does not begin to run until the person reaches  18
years of age or the disability is removed.
    This  subsection (b) applies to causes of action accruing
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the
92nd General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
    Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2001.
    Approved August 07, 2001.