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30 ILCS 540/3-1 (2026)

The Illinois Court of Claims shall, in its investigation of payments due claimants, provide for interest penalties as prescribed in this Act; however, interest penalties in claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act shall be paid in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 24 of the Court of Claims Act

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(30 ILCS 540/3-1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.403-1)
    Sec. 3-1. The Illinois Court of Claims shall, in its investigation of payments due claimants, provide for interest penalties as prescribed in this Act; however, interest penalties in claims pursuant to the Line of Duty Compensation Act shall be paid in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 24 of the Court of Claims Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-928, eff. 8-26-08.)

    
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Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2014 · leading case: Rudolph L. Lucien v. Watts C. Johnson, 61 F.3d 573 (7th Cir. 1995).
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Rudolph L. Lucien v. Watts C. Johnson, 61 F.3d 573 (7th Cir. 1995). “Illinois’ “State Prompt Payment Act” directs the court of claims to award interest, 30 ILCS 540/3-1 — despite which that court rarely if ever does award interest, having interpreted the Act (whether rightly or wrongly) to be limited to avoidable delay in the payment of bills by…”
R.L. Vollintine Constr., Inc. v. The Illinois Capital Dev. Bd., 2014 IL App (4th) 130824 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “See 30 ILCS 540/3-1 (West 2012) (“The Illinois Court of Claims shall, in its investigation of payments due claimants, provide for interest penalties as prescribed in this Act ***.”
R.L. Vollintine Constr., Inc. v. The Illinois Capital Dev. Bd., 2014 IL App (4th) 130824 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “See 30 ILCS 540/3-1 (West 2012) ("The Illinois Court of Claims shall, in its investigation of payments due claimants, provide for interest penalties as prescribed in this Act ***.”
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