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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2009
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - John A. Fritchey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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735 ILCS 5/2-201 |
from Ch. 110, par. 2-201 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2009 |
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LRB096 05447 AJO 15513 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
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| changing Section 2-201 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
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| Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process. |
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| (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by |
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| statute,
shall be commenced by the
the filing of a complaint. |
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| The clerk shall issue
summons upon request of the plaintiff. |
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| The form and substance of the
summons, and of all other |
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| process, and the issuance of alias process,
and the service of |
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| copies of pleadings shall be according to
rules. |
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| (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued, |
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| marked
"First Duplicate," "Second Duplicate," etc., as the case |
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| may be,
whenever it will facilitate the service of summons in |
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| any one or more
counties, including the county of venue.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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