093_SB0291sam002
LRB093 03765 MKM 13317 a
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 291
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 291, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6 Section 3-6020 as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/3-6020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6020)
8 Sec. 3-6020. Contempt of court; damages. The
9 disobedience of any sheriff to perform the command of any
10 warrant, process, order or judgment legally issued to him or
11 her, shall be deemed a contempt of the court that issued the
12 same, and may be punished accordingly; and he or she shall be
13 liable to the party aggrieved for all damages occasioned
14 thereby. No sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving, as
15 directed by the court, any warrant, order, process, or
16 judgment that has been issued or affirmed by a court of the
17 State of Illinois and that is valid on its face, unless the
18 service involved willful or wanton misconduct by the sheriff.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".