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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5462 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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).
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| | HB5462 | | LRB102 24887 LNS 34137 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 13-227 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/13-227) |
| 7 | | Sec. 13-227. Collection of debt arising from a municipal |
| 8 | | violation. An action to collect a debt arising from a |
| 9 | | violation of a municipal ordinance may not be filed more than 7 |
| 10 | | years after the date the cause of the action accrued of |
| 11 | | adjudication.
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| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-192, eff. 7-30-21.)
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