093_SB0291

 
                                     LRB093 03765 MKM 03800 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to sheriffs.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 3-6020 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/3-6020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6020)
 7        Sec.    3-6020.  Contempt    of   court;   damages.   The
 8    disobedience of any sheriff to perform  the  command  of  any
 9    warrant,  process, order or judgment legally issued to him or
10    her, shall be deemed a contempt of the court that issued  the
11    same, and may be punished accordingly; and he or she shall be
12    liable  to  the  party  aggrieved for  all damages occasioned
13    thereby.  No sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving  any
14    warrant,  order,  process,  or judgment that, on its face, is
15    apparently legally issued to him or her by  a  court  of  the
16    State of Illinois.
17    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.