Bill Text: IL HB0948 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0948 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0948-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0948 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan 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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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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 2-201 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process. (a)
Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute,
shall be commenced by the the filing of a complaint. The clerk
shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff. The form and
substance of the summons, and of all other process, and the
issuance of alias process, and the service of copies of
pleadings shall be according to rules.
(b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued,
marked "First Duplicate," "Second Duplicate," etc., as the case
may be, whenever it will facilitate the service of summons in
any one or more counties, including the county of venue.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)