Bill Text: IL HB0452 | 2019-2020 | 101st 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 (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0452 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0452-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0452 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan 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.
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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 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.)