101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3866

 

Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/13-227 new

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action to collect a debt arising from a violation of a municipal ordinance may not be filed more than 7 years after the date of the alleged violation.


LRB101 13096 LNS 61932 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3866LRB101 13096 LNS 61932 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding
5Section 13-227 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/13-227 new)
7    Sec. 13-227. Collection of debt arising from a municipal
8violation. An action to collect a debt arising from a violation
9of a municipal ordinance may not be filed more than 7 years
10after the date of the alleged violation.