TOBACCO COMPANY-APPEAL BOND Senate SponsorsSen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. 1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die 30 ILCS 105/6z-43Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, provides that in any civil litigation under any legal theory in which a judgment is entered against a signatory or a successor to a signatory of the Master Settlement Agreement, the appeal bond that the signatory or successor or another defendant may be required to post to stay execution on the judgment during the time that an appeal or discretionary review of the judgment is pending shall be set in accordance with the law and the rules of the court, except that in no case may the total amount of the appeal bond exceed $25,000,000, regardless of the total amount of the judgment. Authorizes a court order to prevent an appellant's dissipation or diversion of assets. Provides that these changes apply to any action pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Deletes the substantive changes from the bill. Makes a technical change in the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund Section of the State Finance Act. 1/29/2003SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. 1/29/2003SenateFirst Reading 1/29/2003SenateReferred to Rules 2/6/2003SenateAssigned to Executive 2/18/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. 2/18/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 2/18/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive 2/19/2003SenateHeld in Executive 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive 2/26/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Executive 2/27/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive 2/27/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Held in Executive 2/27/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 3 Adopted 2/28/2003SenateDo Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 2/28/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2003 3/14/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 3/14/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 3/27/2003SenateSecond Reading 3/27/2003SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2003 4/4/2003SenateThird Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. 7/1/2003SenatePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules 7/1/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) 7/1/2003SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) 1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die