HB1602 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1602

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/1-6001

from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning venue of actions by or against counties.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 1-6001 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/1-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 1-6001)

Sec. 1-6001. Venue of suits by or against county. All actions, local or transitory, against any county, may be commenced and and prosecuted to final judgment in the circuit court in the county against which the action is brought. Any action, local or transitory, in which any county shall be plaintiff, may be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment in the county in which the defendant in such action resides.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)