Public Act 095-0503
 
SB1375 Enrolled LRB095 04893 AJO 24958 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 Controlled Substance and Cannabis Nuisance
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (740 ILCS 40/3)  (from Ch. 100 1/2, par. 16)
    Sec. 3. (a) The Department or the State's Attorney or any
citizen of the county in which a nuisance exists may file a
complaint in the name of the People of the State of Illinois,
to enjoin all persons from maintaining or permitting such
nuisance, to abate the same and to enjoin the use of any such
place for the period of one year.
    (b) Upon the filing of a complaint by the State's Attorney
or the Department in which the complaint states that
irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to the People of
the State of Illinois, the court shall enter a temporary
restraining order without notice enjoining the maintenance of
such nuisance, upon testimony under oath, affidavit, or
verified complaint containing facts sufficient, if sustained,
to justify the court in entering a preliminary injunction upon
a hearing after notice. Every such temporary restraining order
entered without notice shall be endorsed with the date and hour
of entry of the order, shall be filed of record, and shall
expire by its terms within such time after entry, not to exceed
10 days as fixed by the court, unless the temporary restraining
order, for good cause is extended for a like period or unless
the party against whom the order is directed consents that it
may be extended for a longer period. The reason for extension
shall be shown in the order. In case a temporary restraining
order is entered without notice, the motion for a permanent
injunction shall be set down for hearing at the earliest
possible time and takes precedence over all matters except
older matters of the same character, and when the motion comes
on for hearing, the Department or State's Attorney, as the case
may be, shall proceed with the application for a permanent
injunction, and, if he does not do so, the court shall dissolve
the temporary restraining order. On 2 days notice to the
Department or State's Attorney, as the case may be, the
defendant may appear and move the dissolution or modification
of such temporary restraining order and in that event the court
shall proceed to hear and determine such motion as
expeditiously as the ends of justice require.
    (c) Upon the filing of the complaint by a citizen or the
Department or the State's Attorney (in cases in which the
Department or State's Attorney do not request injunctive relief
without notice) in the circuit court, the court, if satisfied
that the nuisance complained of exists, shall allow a temporary
restraining order, with bond unless the application is filed by
the Department or State's Attorney, in such amount as the court
may determine, enjoining the defendant from maintaining any
such nuisance within the jurisdiction of the court granting the
injunctive relief. However, no such injunctive relief shall be
granted, except on behalf of an owner or agent, unless it be
made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that the owner
or agent of such place, knew or had been personally served with
a notice signed by the plaintiff and, that such notice has been
served upon such owner or such agent of such place at least 5
days prior thereto, that such place, specifically describing
the same, was being so used, naming the date or dates of its
being so used, and that such owner or agent had failed to abate
such nuisance, or that upon diligent inquiry such owner or
agent could not be found within Illinois for the service of
such preliminary notice. The lessee, if any, of such place
shall be made a party defendant to such petition. If the
property owner is a corporation and the Department or the
State's Attorney sends the preliminary notice to the corporate
address registered with the Secretary of State, such action
shall create a rebuttable presumption that the parties have
acted with due diligence and the court may grant injunctive
relief.
    (d) In all cases in which the complaint is filed by a
citizen, such complaint shall be verified.
(Source: P.A. 87-765.)