Bill Text: IL HB1313 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, when entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any civil case under a statute permitting the prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Baltimore area. Excludes cases in which the hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1313 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1313-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1313 Introduced , by Rep. Andr� M. Thapedi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/2-1307 new
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, when entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any civil case under a statute permitting the prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Baltimore area. Excludes cases in which the hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.
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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 adding
Section 2-1307 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/2-1307 new)
Sec. 2-1307. Attorney's fees; Laffey Matrix.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), when
entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any civil
case under a statute permitting the prevailing party to recover
reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey
Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted
using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
for the Washington-Baltimore area.
(b) This Section does not apply in cases in which the
hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.