093_HB1049eng

 
HB1049 Engrossed                     LRB093 05530 DRJ 05622 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.   The  Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
 5    changing Section 2-201 as follows:

 6        (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
 7        Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions;  forms of process.
 8        (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided  by
 9    statute, shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. The
10    clerk  shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff. The
11    form and substance of the summons, and of all other  process,
12    and  the issuance of alias process, and the service of copies
13    of pleadings shall be according to rules.
14        (b)  One or more  duplicate  original  summonses  may  be
15    issued,  marked  "First Duplicate,", "Second Duplicate,", and
16    so  forth  etc.,  as  the  case  may  be,  whenever  it  will
17    facilitate  the  service  of  summons  in  any  one  or  more
18    counties, including the county of venue.
19    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)