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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1602
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/1-6001 |
from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001 |
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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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HB1602 |
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LRB096 05161 RLJ 15227 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 1-6001 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/1-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001)
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| Sec. 1-6001. Venue of suits by or against county. All |
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| actions, local or transitory, against any county, may be
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| commenced and
and prosecuted to final judgment in the circuit |
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| court in the
county against which the action is brought. Any |
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| action, local or
transitory, in which any county shall be |
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| plaintiff, may be commenced and
prosecuted to final judgment in |
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| the county in which the defendant in such
action resides. |
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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