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730 ILCS 115/1 (2026)

(a) "Public or community service" means uncompensated labor for a not-for-profit organization or public body whose purpose is to enhance physical, or mental stability of the offender, environmental quality or the social welfare and which agrees to accept public or community service from offenders and to report on the progress of the offender and the public or community service to the court or to the authorized diversion program that has referred the offender for public or community service

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(730 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 204a-1)
    Sec. 1. (a) "Public or community service" means uncompensated labor for a not-for-profit organization or public body whose purpose is to enhance physical, or mental stability of the offender, environmental quality or the social welfare and which agrees to accept public or community service from offenders and to report on the progress of the offender and the public or community service to the court or to the authorized diversion program that has referred the offender for public or community service. "Public or Community Service" does not include blood donation or assignment to labor at a blood bank. For the purposes of this Act, "blood bank" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 2-124 of the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act.
    (b) "Site" means a not-for-profit organization, public body, church, charitable organization, or individual agreeing to accept community service from offenders and to report on the progress of ordered or required public or community service to the court or to the authorized diversion program that has referred the offender for public or community service.
    (c) The county boards of the several counties in this State are authorized to establish and operate agencies to develop and supervise programs of public or community service for those persons placed by the court on probation, conditional discharge, or supervision.
    (d) The programs shall be developed in cooperation with the circuit courts for the respective counties developing such programs and shall conform with any law restricting the use of public or community service.
    (e) Neither the State, any local government, probation department, public or community service program or site, nor any official, volunteer, or employee thereof acting in the course of their official duties shall be liable for any injury or loss a person might receive while performing public or community service as ordered either (1) by the court or (2) by any duly authorized station or probation adjustment, teen court, community mediation, or other administrative diversion program authorized by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for a violation of a penal statute of this State or a local government ordinance (whether penal, civil, or quasi-criminal) or for a traffic offense, nor shall they be liable for any tortious acts of any person performing public or community service, except for wilful, wanton misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such governmental unit, probation department, or public or community service program or site or on the part of the official, volunteer, or employee.
    (f) No person assigned to a public or community service program shall be considered an employee for any purpose, nor shall the county board be obligated to provide any compensation to such person.
(Source: P.A. 98-824, eff. 1-1-15.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2007–2010 · leading case: Lebron v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp., 930 N.E.2d 895 (Ill. 2010).
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Lebron v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp., 930 N.E.2d 895 (Ill. 2010). · cites it 2× “150 (West 2008) (Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; eliminating negligence liability for emergency providers of medical services); 730 ILCS 115/1(e) (West 2008) (Probation Community Service Act; eliminating negligence liability for organizations and individuals who…”
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, LLC, 878 N.E.2d 821 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2007). “730 ILCS 115/1 (a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, No. 1-06-3550 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2007). · cites it 5× “730 ILCS 115/1(a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
Lebron v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp., No. 105741 & 105745 Cons., Rel (Ill. Feb. 4, 2010). “150 (West 2008) (Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; eliminating negligence liability for emergency providers of medical services); 730 ILCS 115/1(e) (West 2008) (Probation Community Service Act; eliminating negligence liability for organizations and individuals who…”
730 ILCS 115/1(a): 1 case
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, No. 1-06-3550 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2007). “730 ILCS 115/1(a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
730 ILCS 115/1(c): 1 case
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, No. 1-06-3550 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2007). “730 ILCS 115/1(a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
730 ILCS 115/1(e): 3 cases
Lebron v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp., 930 N.E.2d 895 (Ill. 2010). “150 (West 2008) (Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; eliminating negligence liability for emergency providers of medical services); 730 ILCS 115/1(e) (West 2008) (Probation Community Service Act; eliminating negligence liability for organizations and individuals who…”
Lebron v. Gottlieb Mem'l Hosp., No. 105741 & 105745 Cons., Rel (Ill. Feb. 4, 2010). “150 (West 2008) (Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; eliminating negligence liability for emergency providers of medical services); 730 ILCS 115/1(e) (West 2008) (Probation Community Service Act; eliminating negligence liability for organizations and individuals who…”
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, No. 1-06-3550 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2007). “730 ILCS 115/1(a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
730 ILCS 115/1(f): 1 case
Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago, No. 1-06-3550 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Nov. 13, 2007). “730 ILCS 115/1(a) (West 2006). It must agree to do so.”
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