Bill Text: IL SB1724 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a person, corporation, or agent or officer of a corporation uses a post office box as a principal mailing address, service of process may be effectuated by having the person serving the process mail a copy of the process via both regular and certified mail. Provides that service of the process shall meet the requirements of the Code set forth in Sections concerning forms of process and persons authorized to serve process; place of service; and failure to make return. Provides that the person serving the process shall execute and submit an affidavit confirming that the person, corporation, or agent or officer of a corporation uses a post office box as a principal mailing address and that the person serving the process has served the process in accordance with the new provisions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-08 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0865 [SB1724 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1724-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 098-0865
SB1724 Enrolled LRB098 06630 HEP 36673 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 Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-611 as
follows:
(405 ILCS 5/3-611) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-611)
Sec. 3-611. Within 24 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays, after the respondent's admission under this
Article, the facility director of the facility shall file 2
copies of the petition, the first certificate, and proof of
service of the petition and statement of rights upon the
respondent with the court in the county in which the facility
is located. Upon completion of the second certificate, the
facility director shall promptly file it with the court and
provide a copy to the respondent. The facility director shall
make copies of the certificates available to the attorneys for
the parties upon request. Upon the filing of the petition and
first certificate, the court shall set a hearing to be held
within 5 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after
receipt of the petition. The court shall direct that notice of
the time and place of the hearing be served upon the
respondent, his responsible relatives, and the persons

entitled to receive a copy of the petition pursuant to Section
3-609.
(Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.