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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0948 Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 735 ILCS 5/2-201 | from Ch. 110, par. 2-201 |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0948 | | LRB097 03776 AJO 43813 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 2-201 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process. (a) |
| 8 | | Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute,
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| 9 | | shall be commenced by the
the filing of a complaint. The clerk |
| 10 | | shall issue
summons upon request of the plaintiff. The form and |
| 11 | | substance of the
summons, and of all other process, and the |
| 12 | | issuance of alias process,
and the service of copies of |
| 13 | | pleadings shall be according to
rules. |
| 14 | | (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued, |
| 15 | | marked
"First Duplicate," "Second Duplicate," etc., as the case |
| 16 | | may be,
whenever it will facilitate the service of summons in |
| 17 | | any one or more
counties, including the county of venue.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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