98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1313

 

Introduced , by Rep. André M. Thapedi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-1307 new

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, when entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any civil case under a statute permitting the prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Baltimore area. Excludes cases in which the hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.


LRB098 08492 HEP 38600 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1313LRB098 08492 HEP 38600 b

1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding
5Section 2-1307 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-1307 new)
7    Sec. 2-1307. Attorney's fees; Laffey Matrix.
8    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), when
9entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any civil
10case under a statute permitting the prevailing party to recover
11reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey
12Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States
13Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted
14using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
15for the Washington-Baltimore area.
16    (b) This Section does not apply in cases in which the
17hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.