For the purposes of this Act:
(a)The term "Illinois financial institution" means:
(1)a State bank, a national bank, or an out-of-state bank, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Banking Act, or any subsidiary of a State bank, a national bank, or an out-of-state bank;
(2)a foreign banking corporation, as that term is defined in the Foreign Banking Office Act, or any subsidiary of a foreign banking corporation;
(3)a corporate fiduciary, as that term is defined in the Corporate Fiduciary Act, or any subsidiary of a corporate fiduciary;
(4)a savings bank organized under the Savings Bank Act, an out-of-state savings bank chartered under the laws of a state other than Illinois, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or a federal savings bank organized under fed
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For the purposes of this Act: (a) The term "Illinois financial institution" means: (1) a State bank, a national bank, or an out-of-state bank, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Banking Act, or any subsidiary of a State bank, a national bank, or an out-of-state bank; (2) a foreign banking corporation, as that term is defined in the Foreign Banking Office Act, or any subsidiary of a foreign banking corporation; (3) a corporate fiduciary, as that term is defined in the Corporate Fiduciary Act, or any subsidiary of a corporate fiduciary; (4) a savings bank organized under the Savings Bank Act, an out-of-state savings bank chartered under the laws of a state other than Illinois, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or a federal savings bank organized under federal law, or any subsidiary of a savings bank, an out-of-state savings bank, or a federal savings bank; (5) an association or federal association, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, or any subsidiary of an association or federal association; (6) an out-of-state savings and loan association chartered under the laws of a state other than Illinois, a territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or a federal savings and loan association organized under federal law whose principal business office is located outside of Illinois, or any subsidiary of an out-of-state savings and loan association or federal savings and loan association whose principal business office is located outside of Illinois; (7) a credit union, as defined in the Illinois Credit Union Act, or any subsidiary of a credit union; or (8) a network owned by one or more financial institutions, as those terms are defined in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. The terms in this subsection (a) also shall be deemed to include a direct or indirect holding company of an Illinois financial institution in connection with a Year 2000 claim involving the Illinois financial institution directly or indirectly owned by such holding company. (b) The term "Year 2000 failure" means any failure by any device or system (including, without limitation, any computer system and any microchip or integrated circuit embedded in another device or product), or any software, firmware, or other set or collection of processing instructions, however constructed, in processing, calculating, comparing, sequencing, displaying, storing, transmitting, or receiving date-related data during the years 1999 and 2000 or from, into, or between the twentieth century and the twenty-first century, or the failure to recognize or accurately process any specific date, or the failure to accurately account for the status of the year 2000 as a leap year. (c) The term "Year 2000 action" means a civil action of any kind brought under Illinois law, except for a civil action brought by a federal or state agency that regulates the Illinois financial institution, in which: (1) a Year 2000 claim is asserted; or (2) any claim or defense is related, directly or indirectly, to a Year 2000 claim. (d) The term "Year 2000 claim" means any claim or cause of action of any kind, whether asserted by way of claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, third-party claim, or otherwise, in which a party or other person's loss or harm is alleged to have resulted, directly or indirectly, from any act or omission in connection with an actual or potential Year 2000 failure, except for claims involving physical injury to the extent of the claim of physical injury. (e) The term "physical injury" means any physical injury to a natural person, including the death of the person, but does not include mental suffering, emotional distress, or other similar elements of injury that do not constitute physical harm to a natural person.