Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 3/24/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 731

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 731 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 3-107 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/3-107)  (from Ch. 110, par. 3-107)
7    Sec. 3-107. Defendants.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), in any
9action to review any final decision of an administrative
10agency, the administrative agency and all persons, other than
11the plaintiff, who were parties of record to the proceedings
12before the administrative agency shall be made defendants. The
13method of service of the decision shall be as provided in the
14Act governing the procedure before the administrative agency,
15but if no method is provided, a decision shall be deemed to
16have been served either when a copy of the decision is

 

 

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1personally delivered or when a copy of the decision is
2deposited in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope or
3package, with postage prepaid, addressed to the party affected
4by the decision at his or her last known residence or place of
5business. The form of the summons and the issuance of alias
6summons shall be according to rules of the Supreme Court.
7    No action for administrative review shall be dismissed for
8lack of jurisdiction based upon the failure to name an
9employee, agent, or member, who acted in his or her official
10capacity, of an administrative agency, board, committee, or
11government entity, where the administrative agency, board,
12committee, or government entity, has been named as a defendant
13as provided in this Section. Naming the director or agency
14head, in his or her official capacity, shall be deemed to
15include as defendant the administrative agency, board,
16committee, or government entity that the named defendants
17direct or head. No action for administrative review shall be
18dismissed for lack of jurisdiction based upon the failure to
19name an administrative agency, board, committee, or government
20entity, where the director or agency head, in his or her
21official capacity, has been named as a defendant as provided in
22this Section.
23    If, during the course of a review action, the court
24determines that an agency or a party of record to the
25administrative proceedings was not made a defendant as required
26by the preceding paragraph, then the court shall grant the

 

 

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1plaintiff 35 days from the date of the determination in which
2to name and serve the unnamed agency or party as a defendant.
3The court shall permit the newly served defendant to
4participate in the proceedings to the extent the interests of
5justice may require.
6    (b) With respect to actions to review decisions of a zoning
7board of appeals in a municipality with a population of 500,000
8or more inhabitants under Division 13 of Article 11 of the
9Illinois Municipal Code, "parties of record" means only the
10zoning board of appeals and applicants before the zoning board
11of appeals. The plaintiff shall send a notice of filing of the
12action by certified mail to each other person who appeared
13before and submitted oral testimony or written statements to
14the zoning board of appeals with respect to the decision
15appealed from. The notice shall be mailed within 2 days of the
16filing of the action. The notice shall state the caption of the
17action, the court in which the action is filed, and the names
18of the plaintiff in the action and the applicant to the zoning
19board of appeals. The notice shall inform the person of his or
20her right to intervene. Each person who appeared before and
21submitted oral testimony or written statements to the zoning
22board of appeals with respect to the decision appealed from
23shall have a right to intervene as a defendant in the action
24upon application made to the court within 30 days of the
25mailing of the notice.
26    (c) With respect to actions to review decisions of a

 

 

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1hearing officer or a county zoning board of appeals under
2Division 5-12 of Article 5 of the Counties Code, "parties of
3record" means only the hearing officer or the zoning board of
4appeals and applicants before the hearing officer or the zoning
5board of appeals. The plaintiff shall send a notice of filing
6of the action by certified mail to each other person who
7appeared before and submitted oral testimony or written
8statements to the hearing officer or the zoning board of
9appeals with respect to the decision appealed from. The notice
10shall be mailed within 2 days of the filing of the action. The
11notice shall state the caption of the action, the court in
12which the action is filed, and the name of the plaintiff in the
13action and the applicant to the hearing officer or the zoning
14board of appeals. The notice shall inform the person of his or
15her right to intervene. Each person who appeared before and
16submitted oral testimony or written statements to the hearing
17officer or the zoning board of appeals with respect to the
18decision appealed from shall have a right to intervene as a
19defendant in the action upon application made to the court
20within 30 days of the mailing of the notice. This subsection
21(c) applies to zoning proceedings commenced on or after the
22effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
23Assembly.
24    (d) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
25of the 95th General Assembly apply to all actions filed on or
26after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th

 

 

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1General Assembly.
2(Source: P.A. 95-321, eff. 8-21-07; 95-831, eff. 8-14-08.)".