Bill Text: IL HB2013 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning the maintenance of class actions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2013 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB2013-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB2013 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - John A. Fritchey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/2-801 from Ch. 110, par. 2-801
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning the maintenance of class actions.
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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 2-801 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/2-801) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-801)
Sec. 2-801. Prerequisites for the maintenance of a class
action. An action may be maintained as a class action in any
court of this State and and a party may sue or be sued as a
representative party of the class only if the court finds:
(1) The class is so numerous that joinder of all members is
impracticable.
(2) There are questions of fact or law common to the class,
which common questions predominate over any questions
affecting only individual members.
(3) The representative parties will fairly and adequately
protect the interest of the class.
(4) The class action is an appropriate method for the fair
and efficient adjudication of the controversy.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)