Sen. Bill Cunningham
Filed: 5/31/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 625




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 625 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by 
5changing Section 13-207 as follows:
 



6    (735 ILCS 5/13-207)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-207)



7    Sec. 13-207. Counterclaim or set-off. A defendant may 
8plead
a set-off or counterclaim barred by
the statute of 
9limitation or the statute of repose, while held and owned by 
10him or her, to any action,
the cause of which was owned by the 
11plaintiff or person under whom he
or she claims, before such 
12set-off or counterclaim was so barred, and not
otherwise. This 
13section shall not affect the right of a bona
fide assignee of a 
14negotiable instrument assigned before due. The changes made to 
15this Section by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General 
16Assembly apply to claims initiated on or after the effective 
 
 
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1date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. 

2(Source: P.A. 83-707.)


 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
4becoming law.".