Bill Text: IL HB2216 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2216 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2216-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2216 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/1-106 from Ch. 110, par. 1-106
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
LRB102 12455 LNS 17792 b
A BILL FOR
HB2216 LRB102 12455 LNS 17792 b
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 1-106 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall
be liberally construed, to the the end that controversies may
be speedily and finally determined according to the
substantive rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in
derogation of the common law must be strictly construed does
not apply to this Act or to the rules made in relation thereto.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)