Bill Text: IL HB1024 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1024 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1024-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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 1-106 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/1-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 1-106)
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7 | Sec. 1-106. Act to be liberally construed. This Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | be liberally construed, to the
the end that controversies
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9 | be speedily and finally determined according to the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | substantive
rights of the parties. The rule that statutes in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | derogation of the
common law must be strictly construed does | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | not apply to this Act or to
the rules made in relation thereto. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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