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91_SB0231
LRB9102483DJcd
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
2 Section 2-101.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
6 changing Section 2-101 as follows:
7 (735 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-101)
8 Sec. 2-101. Generally. Except as otherwise provided in
9 this Code Act, every action must be commenced (1) in the
10 county of residence of any defendant who is joined in good
11 faith and with probable cause for the purpose of obtaining a
12 judgment against him or her and not solely for the purpose of
13 fixing venue in that county, or (2) in the county in which
14 the transaction or some part of the transaction thereof
15 occurred out of which the cause of action arose.
16 If all defendants are nonresidents of the State, an
17 action may be commenced in any county.
18 If the corporate limits of a city, village or town extend
19 into more than one county, then the venue of an action or
20 proceeding instituted by that municipality to enforce any
21 fine, imprisonment, penalty, or forfeiture for violation of
22 any ordinance of that municipality, regardless of the county
23 in which the violation was committed or occurred, may be in
24 the appropriate court (i) in the county in which wherein the
25 office of the clerk of the municipality is located or (ii) in
26 any county in which at least 35% of the territory within the
27 municipality's corporate limits is located.
28 (Source: P.A. 89-28, eff. 1-1-96.)