HB4268 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4268

Introduced 12/16/2005, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/12-501

from Ch. 110, par. 12-501

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a certified copy of a federal judgment order entered in this State may be filed in any circuit court and shall be afforded recognition as if it were a judgment entered in any other circuit court of this State.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil procedure.

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

Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changing Section 12-501 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/12-501) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-501)

Sec. 12-501. Registration of Federal judgments. Judgments of courts of the United States held, within this State, and all process, returns, certificates of the levy of a process, and records of such courts may be registered, recorded, docketed, indexed or otherwise dealt with in, the public offices of this State, so as to make them conform to the rules and requirements relating to judgments of courts of this State. A certified copy of a federal judgment order entered in this State may be filed in any circuit court and shall be afforded recognition as if it were a judgment entered in any other circuit court of this State.

(Source: P.A. 83-707.)