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90_HB2030eng

      735 ILCS 5/9-109.5 new
      735 ILCS 5/9-109.7 new
      735 ILCS 5/9-118          from Ch. 110, par. 9-118
          Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Limits to 7 days  the
      time a court can stay an order for possession of the premises
      entered  pursuant  to  a  termination  of  a  lease under the
      Controlled Substance and Cannabis Nuisance Act, and  provides
      that  the  sheriff  or  one  of his deputies shall execute an
      order  entered  based  on  a  suit  brought  pursuant  to   a
      termination  of  a  lease  under the Controlled Substance and
      Cannabis Nuisance Act within 7 days of entry of the order, or
      within 7 days of the expiration of a stay, if one is entered.
      Provides that the standard of proof in a forcible  entry  and
      detainer  action  is  a  preponderance  of the evidence. Adds
      unlawful   possessing,   serving,   storing,   manufacturing,
      cultivating,  delivering,  using,  selling  and  giving  away
      cannabis, narcotics, or controlled substances  as  activities
      that  subject  a  tenant to emergency public housing eviction
      proceedings.   Creates a rebuttable  presumption  that  drugs
      found  or  used in the premises were used or possessed by the
      tenant or occupant or permitted to be used  or  possessed  on
      the premises by the tenant or occupant.
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
 2    Sections 2-202 and 9-118 and by adding Sections  9-109.5  and
 3    9-109.7.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section 5. The Code of  Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 7    changing  Sections  2-202  and  9-118  and by adding Sections
 8    9-109.5 and 9-109.7 as follows:
 9        (735 ILCS 5/2-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-202)
10        Sec. 2-202. Persons authorized to serve process; Place of
11    service; Failure to make return.
12        (a)  Process shall be served by  a  sheriff,  or  if  the
13    sheriff  is  disqualified, by a coroner of some county of the
14    State.  A sheriff of a county with a population of less  than
15    1,000,000 may employ civilian personnel to serve process.  In
16    counties  with  a  population of less than 1,000,000, process
17    may be served, without special appointment, by a  person  who
18    is  licensed  or  registered as a private detective under the
19    Private Detective, Private Alarm  and Private Security Act of
20    1983 or by a  registered  employee  of  a  private  detective
21    agency  certified  under  that  Act.   A private detective or
22    licensed employee must supply the sheriff of  any  county  in
23    which  he  serves  process  with  a  copy  of  his license or
24    certificate; however, the failure of a person to  supply  the
25    copy  shall  not  in  any  way impair the validity of process
26    served by the person. The court may, in its  discretion  upon
27    motion,  order service to be made by a private person over 18
28    years of age and not  a  party  to  the  action.  It  is  not
29    necessary that service be made by a sheriff or coroner of the
30    county  in  which  service is made. If served or sought to be
31    served by a sheriff or coroner, he or she shall  endorse  his
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 1    or  her return thereon, and if by a private person the return
 2    shall be by affidavit.
 3        (b)  Summons may be served upon the  defendants  wherever
 4    they  may  be found in the State, by any person authorized to
 5    serve process. An officer may serve summons  in  his  or  her
 6    official  capacity  outside  his  or her county, but fees for
 7    mileage outside the county of the officer cannot be taxed  as
 8    costs. The person serving the process in a foreign county may
 9    make return by mail.
10        (c)  If any sheriff, coroner, or other person to whom any
11    process  is  delivered, neglects or refuses to make return of
12    the same, the plaintiff may petition the  court  to  enter  a
13    rule requiring the sheriff, coroner, or other person, to make
14    return  of  the process on a day to be fixed by the court, or
15    to show cause on that day  why  that  person  should  not  be
16    attached  for contempt of the court. The plaintiff shall then
17    cause a written notice of  the  rule  to  be  served  on  the
18    sheriff,  coroner,  or  other  person. If good and sufficient
19    cause be not shown to excuse the officer or other person, the
20    court shall adjudge him or her  guilty  of  a  contempt,  and
21    shall impose punishment as in other cases of contempt.
22        (d)  If  process  is  served by a sheriff or coroner, the
23    court may tax the fee of the sheriff or coroner as  costs  in
24    the  proceeding.  If process is served by a private person or
25    entity, the court may establish a fee therefor and  tax  such
26    fee as costs in the proceedings.
27        (e)  In  addition to the powers stated in Section 8.1a of
28    the Housing Authorities Act, in counties with a population of
29    3,000,000 or more inhabitants, members of a housing authority
30    police  force  may  serve  process  for  forcible  entry  and
31    detainer actions commenced by that housing authority and  may
32    execute orders of possession for that housing authority.
33        (f)  In  counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more,
34    process may be served,  without  special  appointment,  by  a
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 1    private process server or a law enforcement agency other than
 2    the  county  sheriff  in  proceedings  instituted  under  the
 3    Forcible  Entry and Detainer Article of this Code as a result
 4    of a lessor or  lessor's  assignee  declaring  a  lease  void
 5    pursuant  to  Section  11  of  the  Controlled  Substance and
 6    Cannabis Nuisance Act.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-594, eff. 8-1-96.)
 8        (735 ILCS 5/9-109.5 new)
 9        Sec. 9-109.5. Standard of Proof. After a  trial,  if  the
10    court  finds,  by  a  preponderance of the evidence, that the
11    allegations in the complaint  have  been  proven,  the  court
12    shall  enter judgment for possession of the premises in favor
13    of the plaintiff and the court shall order that the plaintiff
14    shall be entitled to re-enter the premises immediately.
15        (735 ILCS 5/9-109.7 new)
16        Sec. 9-109.7. Stay of enforcement; drug related action. A
17    judgment for possession of the premises entered in an  action
18    brought  by  a lessor or lessor's assignee, if the action was
19    brought  as  a  result  of  a  lessor  or  lessor's  assignee
20    declaring  a  lease  void  pursuant  to  Section  11  of  the
21    Controlled Substance and Cannabis Nuisance Act,  may  not  be
22    stayed  for  any  period  in  excess  of 7 days by the court.
23    Thereafter the plaintiff shall be entitled  to  re-enter  the
24    premises immediately. The sheriff or other lawfully deputized
25    officers  shall  execute  an  order  entered pursuant to this
26    Section within 7 days of its entry, or within 7 days  of  the
27    expiration of a stay of judgment, if one is entered.
28        (735 ILCS 5/9-118) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-118)
29        Sec.    9-118.  Emergency    public    housing   eviction
30    proceedings.
31        (a)  As used in this Section:
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 1        "Cannabis" has the meaning ascribed to that term  in  the
 2    Cannabis Control Act.
 3        "Narcotics"  and "controlled substance" have the meanings
 4    ascribed to those terms in the Illinois Controlled Substances
 5    Act.
 6        (b)  This Section applies only if all  of  the  following
 7    conditions are met:
 8             (1)  The complaint seeks possession of premises that
 9        are  owned  or managed by a housing authority established
10        under the Housing Authorities Act or privately owned  and
11        managed.
12             (2)  The  verified  complaint  alleges that there is
13        direct evidence of either of the following:
14                  (A)  unlawful  possessing,  serving,   storing,
15             manufacturing,   cultivating,   delivering,   using,
16             selling,  giving  away,  or trafficking in cannabis,
17             narcotics, or controlled substances within  or  upon
18             the  premises  by  or with the knowledge and consent
19             of, or in concert with the person or  persons  named
20             in the complaint; or
21                  (B)  the  possession, use, sale, or delivery of
22             a firearm which is otherwise prohibited by State law
23             within or upon the premises by or with the knowledge
24             and consent of, or in concert with,  the  person  or
25             persons named in the complaint.
26             (3)  Notice  by verified complaint setting forth the
27        relevant facts, and a demand for possession of  the  type
28        specified  in  Section  9-104  is served on the tenant or
29        occupant of the  premises  at  least  14  days  before  a
30        hearing on the complaint is held, and proof of service of
31        the complaint is submitted by the plaintiff to the court.
32        (c)  When  a complaint has been filed under this Section,
33    a hearing on the complaint shall  be  scheduled  on  any  day
34    after  the  expiration of 14 days following the filing of the
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 1    complaint. The summons shall  advise  the  defendant  that  a
 2    hearing  on the complaint shall be held at the specified date
 3    and time, and  that  the  defendant  should  be  prepared  to
 4    present any evidence on his or her behalf at that time.
 5        (d)  If  the  defendant  does  not appear at the hearing,
 6    judgment for possession of  the  premises  in  favor  of  the
 7    plaintiff  shall  be  entered  by  default.  If the defendant
 8    appears, a trial shall be held immediately as  is  prescribed
 9    in other proceedings for possession.  The matter shall not be
10    continued  beyond  7  days  from  the  date set for the first
11    hearing on the complaint except  by  agreement  of  both  the
12    plaintiff  and  the  defendant.   After a trial, if the court
13    finds,  by  a  preponderance  of  the  evidence,   that   the
14    allegations  in  the  complaint  have  been proven, the court
15    shall enter judgment for possession of the premises in  favor
16    of the plaintiff and the court shall order that the plaintiff
17    shall be entitled to re-enter the premises immediately.
18        (d-5)  If  cannabis,  narcotics, or controlled substances
19    are found or used  anywhere  in  the  premises,  there  is  a
20    rebuttable  presumption  that  the  cannabis,  narcotics,  or
21    controlled  substances  were  either  used  or possessed by a
22    tenant or occupant or that a tenant or occupant permitted the
23    premises to be used for that use or possession.
24        (e)  A judgment for possession entered under this Section
25    may not be stayed for any period in excess of 7 days  by  the
26    court.    Thereafter  the  plaintiff  shall  be  entitled  to
27    re-enter the premises  immediately.   The  sheriff  or  other
28    lawfully  deputized  officers  shall give priority to service
29    and execution of orders entered under this Section over other
30    possession orders.
31        (f)  This Section shall not be construed to prohibit  the
32    use  or  possession  of  cannabis, narcotics, or a controlled
33    substance that has been legally obtained in accordance with a
34    valid prescription for the personal use of a lawful  occupant
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 1    of a dwelling unit.
 2    (Source: P.A. 87-933; 88-587, eff. 1-1-95.)

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