Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 3/12/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1447

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1447 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 (a-5), (b), or (c), in
9any action 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    (a-5) A party of record shall not be named as a defendant
7under subsection (a) of this Section if the party of record is
8a private citizen who was not acting in an official capacity or
9whose participation in the agency proceeding was limited to
10attendance or testimony at a public hearing or submission of
11written comments to the agency.
12    (b) With respect to actions to review decisions of a zoning
13board of appeals in a municipality with a population of 500,000
14or more inhabitants under Division 13 of Article 11 of the
15Illinois Municipal Code, "parties of record" means only the
16zoning board of appeals and applicants before the zoning board
17of appeals. The plaintiff shall send a notice of filing of the
18action by certified mail to each other person who appeared
19before and submitted oral testimony or written statements to
20the zoning board of appeals with respect to the decision
21appealed from. The notice shall be mailed within 2 days of the
22filing of the action. The notice shall state the caption of the
23action, the court in which the action is filed, and the names
24of the plaintiff in the action and the applicant to the zoning
25board of appeals. The notice shall inform the person of his or
26her right to intervene. Each person who appeared before and

 

 

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

 

 

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1(c) applies to zoning proceedings commenced on or after the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
3Assembly.
4    (d) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
5of the 95th General Assembly apply to all actions filed on or
6after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
7General Assembly.
8(Source: P.A. 95-321, eff. 8-21-07; 95-831, eff. 8-14-08.)".