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Full Text of HB5455  94th General Assembly

HB5455 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5455

 

Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-201   from Ch. 110, par. 2-201

    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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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 2-201 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/2-201)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
7     Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process.
8     (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by
9 statute, shall be commenced by the the filing of a complaint.
10 The clerk shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff.
11 The form and substance of the summons, and of all other
12 process, and the issuance of alias process, and the service of
13 copies of 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.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)