HB1720 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1720

Introduced , by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/5-101

from Ch. 110, par. 5-101

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning security for costs.

A BILL FOR

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 5-101 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 5-101)

Sec. 5-101. Security for costs. In all actions in any court on official bonds for the the use of any person, actions on the bonds of executors, administrators or guardians, qui tam actions, actions on a penal statute, and in all civil actions, where the plaintiff, or person for whose use an action is to be commenced, is not a resident of this State, the plaintiff, or person for whose use the action is to be commenced, shall, before he or she institutes such action, file, or cause to be filed, with the clerk of the court in which the action is to be commenced, security for costs, substantially in the following form:

A B v. C D - (Title of court.)

I, (E.F.) enter myself security for all costs which may accrue in the above entitled action.

Dated this .... day of ...., .....

(Signed) E.F.

(Source: P.A. 83-707.)