Bill Text: IL SB0277 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows the Supreme Court to provide for mandatory arbitration of civil actions as the Court deems appropriate in order to expedite in a less costly manner any litigation wherein a party asserts a claim not exceeding $75,000 (rather than $50,000) or any lesser amount as authorized by the Supreme Court. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0089 [SB0277 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0277-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0089
SB0277 Enrolled LRB102 10943 LNS 16275 b
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 2-1001A as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/2-1001A) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1001A)
Sec. 2-1001A. Authorization. The Supreme Court of
Illinois, by rule, may provide for mandatory arbitration of
such civil actions as the Court deems appropriate in order to
expedite in a less costly manner any litigation wherein a
party asserts a claim not exceeding $75,000 $50,000 or any
lesser amount as authorized by the Supreme Court for a
particular Circuit, or a judge of the circuit court, at a
pretrial conference, determines that no greater amount than
that authorized for the Circuit appears to be genuinely in
controversy.
(Source: P.A. 88-108.)