Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 3/1/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3782 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3782 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by 
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adding Section 9-121 as follows:
 
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    (735 ILCS 5/9-121 new)
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    Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file.
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    (a)    Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"

 means 
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the court file created when a forcible entry and detainer


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action is filed with the court.
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    (b)     Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may


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order that a court file in a forcible entry and detainer action


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be placed under seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's


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action is sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which


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may include a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file


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under seal is clearly in the interests of justice, and that


 


 






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those interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in


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knowing about the record.
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    (c)       Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file 
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relating to a forcible entry and detainer action brought 
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against a tenant who would have lawful possession of the 
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premises but for the foreclosure on the property shall be 
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sealed pursuant to Section 15-1701. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".