102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5462

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/13-227

    Amends the Limitations Article of 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 the cause of the action accrued (rather than after the date of adjudication).


LRB102 24887 LNS 34137 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5462LRB102 24887 LNS 34137 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
5changing Section 13-227 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/13-227)
7    Sec. 13-227. Collection of debt arising from a municipal
8violation. An action to collect a debt arising from a
9violation of a municipal ordinance may not be filed more than 7
10years after the date the cause of the action accrued of
11adjudication.
12(Source: P.A. 102-192, eff. 7-30-21.)