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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5316
Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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735 ILCS 5/2-201 |
from Ch. 110, par. 2-201 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes technical changes in a Section
concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5316 |
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LRB093 17110 LCB 42776 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
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| changing
Section 2-201 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
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| Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions; forms of process.
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| (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by |
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| statute,
shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. The |
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| clerk shall issue
summons upon request of the plaintiff. The |
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| form and substance of the
summons, and of all other process, |
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| and the issuance of alias process,
and the service of copies of |
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| pleadings shall be according to
rules.
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| (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued, |
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| marked
"First Duplicate,", "Second Duplicate,", and so forth
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| etc.,
as the
case may be,
whenever it will facilitate the |
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| service of summons in any one or more
counties, including the |
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| county of venue.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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