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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2-101 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-101)
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7 | Sec. 2-101. Generally. Except as otherwise provided in this | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Act, every action must be
commenced (1) in the
the county of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | residence of any defendant who is joined
in good faith and with | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | probable cause for the purpose of obtaining a
judgment against | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | him or her and not solely for the purpose of fixing venue in
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12 | that county, or (2) in the county in which the transaction or | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | some part
thereof occurred out of which the cause of action | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | arose. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | If a check, draft, money order, or other instrument for the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | payment of
child support payable to or delivered to the State | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Disbursement Unit
established under Section 10-26 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Illinois Public Aid Code is returned by
the bank or depository | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | for any reason, venue for the enforcement of any
criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | proceedings or civil cause of action for recovery and attorney | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | fees
shall be in the county where the principal office of the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | State Disbursement
Unit is located.
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23 | If all defendants are nonresidents of the State, an action | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | may be
commenced in any county.
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25 | If the corporate limits of a city, village or town extend | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | into more
than one county, then the venue of an action or | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | proceeding
instituted by that
municipality to enforce any fine, | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | imprisonment, penalty or forfeiture
for violation of any | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | ordinance of that municipality,
regardless of the county in | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | which the violation was committed or occurred, may
be in the | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | appropriate court (i) in the county
wherein the office of the | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | clerk of the municipality is located
or (ii) in any county
in |
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1 | which at least 35% of the territory within the municipality's | ||||||
2 | corporate
limits is located.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99.)
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