Bill Text: IL HB1026 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1026-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 2-201 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
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7 | Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | statute,
shall be commenced by the
the filing of a complaint. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | The clerk shall issue
summons upon request of the plaintiff. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | The form and substance of the
summons, and of all other | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | process, and the issuance of alias process,
and the service of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | copies of pleadings shall be according to
rules. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | issued, marked
"First Duplicate," "Second Duplicate," etc., as | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | the case may be,
whenever it will facilitate the service of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | summons in any one or more
counties, including the county of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | venue. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c) A court's jurisdiction is not affected by a technical | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | error in format of a summons if the summons has been issued by | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | a clerk of the court, the person or entity to be served is | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | identified as a defendant on the summons, and the summons is | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | properly served. This subsection is declarative of existing |
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1 | law.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 100-1048, eff. 8-23-18.)
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