95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2674

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/1-6001   from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001

    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning venue of actions by or against counties.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 1-6001 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/1-6001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001)
7     Sec. 1-6001. Venue of suits by or against county. All
8 actions, local or transitory, against any county, may be
9 commenced and and prosecuted to final judgment in the circuit
10 court in the county against which the action is brought. Any
11 action, local or transitory, in which any county shall be
12 plaintiff, may be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment in
13 the county in which the defendant in such action resides.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)