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HB5044 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5044

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-108  from Ch. 110, par. 2-108

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that all actions shall be tried in the county in which they are commenced, unless a statute specifically requires transfer to a different county (rather than except as otherwise provided by law). Abolishes the doctrine of intrastate forum non conveniens.


LRB101 16268 LNS 65641 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5044LRB101 16268 LNS 65641 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 2-108 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-108)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-108)
7    Sec. 2-108. Place of trial. All actions shall be tried in
8the county in which they are commenced, unless a statute
9specifically requires transfer to a different county except as
10otherwise provided by law.
11    The doctrine of intrastate forum non conveniens is
12abolished.
13(Source: P.A. 82-280.)