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HB4119 Engrossed |
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LRB095 12613 AJO 37888 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 2-1101 as follows:
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| (735 ILCS 5/2-1101) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1101)
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| Sec. 2-1101. Subpoenas. The clerk of any court in which an |
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| action is pending shall, from time
to time, issue subpoenas for |
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| those witnesses and to those counties in
the State as may be |
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| required by either party. Every clerk who shall
refuse so to do |
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| shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined any sum not
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| exceed $100. An attorney admitted to practice in the State of |
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| Illinois, as an officer of the court, may also issue subpoenas |
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| on behalf of the court for witnesses and to counties in a |
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| pending action. An order of court is not required to obtain the |
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| issuance
by the clerk or by an attorney of a subpoena duces |
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| tecum. For good cause shown, the court
on motion may quash or |
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| modify any subpoena or, in the case of a subpoena
duces tecum, |
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| condition the denial of the motion upon payment in advance
by |
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| the person in whose behalf the subpoena is issued of the |
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| reasonable
expense of producing any item therein specified.
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| In the event that a party has subpoenaed an expert witness |
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| including,
but not limited to physicians or medical providers, |