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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB0277 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 735 ILCS 5/2-1001A | from Ch. 110, par. 2-1001A |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows the Supreme Court to provide for mandatory arbitration of civil actions as the Court deems appropriate in order to expedite in a less costly manner any litigation wherein a party asserts a claim not exceeding $75,000 (rather than $50,000) or any lesser amount as authorized by the Supreme Court. Effective immediately.
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| | SB0277 | | LRB102 10943 LNS 16275 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 2-1001A as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/2-1001A) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1001A)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-1001A. Authorization. The Supreme Court of |
| 8 | | Illinois, by rule,
may provide for mandatory arbitration of |
| 9 | | such civil actions as the Court
deems appropriate in order to |
| 10 | | expedite in a less costly manner any
litigation wherein a |
| 11 | | party asserts a claim not exceeding $75,000 $50,000 or any
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| 12 | | lesser amount as authorized by the Supreme Court for a |
| 13 | | particular Circuit,
or a judge of the
circuit court, at a |
| 14 | | pretrial conference, determines that no greater amount than
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| 15 | | that authorized for the Circuit appears to be genuinely in |
| 16 | | controversy.
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| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 88-108.)
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| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 19 | | becoming law. |