Bill Text: IL SB2236 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that within 90 days after filing an appearance (instead of prior to filing any other pleading other than a motion for an extension of time within which to plead), a party may object to the court exercising personal jurisdiction over the party. Provides that participating in the litigation does not waive the jurisdictional argument (and deletes a provision that if a party files a responsive pleading other than a motion for an extension of time prior to filing a motion to dismiss or to quash service of process, the party waives all objections to the court's jurisdiction over the party's person). Deletes a provision that states that error in ruling against an objecting party is waived by that party taking part in further proceedings in the case unless the objection is on the basis of the party not being amenable to service by an Illinois court. The changes made apply to actions filed after the effective date. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2236 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2236-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 2-301 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/2-301) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-301)
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7 | Sec. 2-301. Objections to jurisdiction over the person.
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8 | (a) Within 90 days after filing an appearance Prior to the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | filing of any other pleading or motion
other than a motion for | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | an extension of time to answer or otherwise appear , a
party may
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11 | object to the court's jurisdiction over the party's person, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | either on the
ground
that
the party is not
amenable to process | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | of a court of this State or on the ground of insufficiency
of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | process
or insufficiency of service of process, by filing a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | motion to dismiss the
entire
proceeding
or any cause of action | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | involved in the proceeding or by filing a motion to
quash | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | service of
process. Such a motion may be made singly or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | included with others in a
combined
motion, but the parts of a | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | combined motion must be identified in the manner
described in
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20 | Section 2-619.1. Unless the facts that constitute the basis for | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the objection
are apparent
from papers already on file in the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | case, the motion must be supported by an
affidavit
setting | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | forth those facts.
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1 | (a-5) (Blank). If the objecting party files a responsive | ||||||
2 | pleading or a motion (other
than a
motion for an extension of | ||||||
3 | time to answer or otherwise appear) prior to the
filing of a
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4 | motion in compliance with subsection (a), that party waives all | ||||||
5 | objections to
the court's
jurisdiction over the party's person.
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6 | (a-7) Participating in the litigation shall not be deemed a | ||||||
7 | waiver of the jurisdictional argument. | ||||||
8 | (b) In disposing of a motion objecting to the
court's | ||||||
9 | jurisdiction over the person
of the objecting
party, the court | ||||||
10 | shall
consider all matters apparent from the papers on file in | ||||||
11 | the case,
affidavits submitted by any party, and any evidence | ||||||
12 | adduced upon
contested issues of fact.
The court shall enter an | ||||||
13 | appropriate order sustaining or overruling the
objection.
No | ||||||
14 | determination of any issue of fact in
connection with the | ||||||
15 | objection is a determination of the merits of the
case or any | ||||||
16 | aspect thereof. A decision adverse to the objector does not
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17 | preclude the objector from making any motion or defense which | ||||||
18 | he or she might
otherwise
have made.
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19 | (c) (Blank). Error in ruling against the objecting party on
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20 | the objection is
waived by the party's taking part in further | ||||||
21 | proceedings unless the objection
is on the ground that the | ||||||
22 | party
is not
amenable to process issued by a court of this | ||||||
23 | State.
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24 | (d) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
25 | General Assembly apply to all actions filed on or after the | ||||||
26 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General |
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1 | Assembly. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 91-145, eff. 1-1-00.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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