HB5316 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 17110 LCB 42776 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5316

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/2-201

from Ch. 110, par. 2-201

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.

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 2-201 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)

Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions; forms of process.

(a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute, shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. The clerk shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff. The form and substance of the summons, and of all other process, and the issuance of alias process, and the service of copies of pleadings shall be according to rules.

(b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued, marked "First Duplicate,", "Second Duplicate,", and so forth etc., as the case may be, whenever it will facilitate the service of summons in any one or more counties, including the county of venue.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)