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90_HB2974

      735 ILCS 5/2-209          from Ch. 110, par. 2-209
      740 ILCS 100/2            from Ch. 70, par. 302
          Amends  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  and  the   Joint
      Tortfeasor  Contribution  Act.  Makes  stylistic  changes  in
      provisions concerning torts.
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 1        AN ACT to amend certain Acts in relation to torts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Code of Civil  Procedure  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 2-209 as follows:
 6        (735 ILCS 5/2-209) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-209)
 7        Sec. 2-209.  Act submitting to jurisdiction - Process.
 8        (a)  Any  person, whether or not a citizen or resident of
 9    this State, who in person or through an agent does any of the
10    acts hereinafter enumerated,  thereby  submits  such  person,
11    and, if an individual, his or her personal representative, to
12    the  jurisdiction of the courts of this State as to any cause
13    of action arising from the doing of any of such acts:
14             (1)  The transaction of  any  business  within  this
15        State;
16             (2)  The  commission  of  a  tortious act within the
17        this State of Illinois;
18             (3)  The ownership, use, or possession of  any  real
19        estate situated in this State;
20             (4)  Contracting  to  insure any person, property or
21        risk  located  within  this  State   at   the   time   of
22        contracting;
23             (5)  With  respect  to  actions  of  dissolution  of
24        marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage and legal
25        separation,   the   maintenance   in   this  State  of  a
26        matrimonial domicile at the time  this  cause  of  action
27        arose  or  the commission in this State of any act giving
28        rise to the cause of action;
29             (6)  With  respect  to  actions  brought  under  the
30        Illinois Parentage Act  of  1984,  as  now  or  hereafter
31        amended,  the performance of an act of sexual intercourse
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 1        within  this  State  during  the   possible   period   of
 2        conception;
 3             (7)  The  making  or  performance of any contract or
 4        promise substantially connected with this State;
 5             (8)  The performance of  sexual  intercourse  within
 6        this  State  which  is  claimed  to  have resulted in the
 7        conception of a child who resides in this State;
 8             (9)  The failure  to  support  a  child,  spouse  or
 9        former  spouse  who has continued to reside in this State
10        since the person either formerly  resided  with  them  in
11        this State or directed them to reside in this State;
12             (10)  The  acquisition  of  ownership, possession or
13        control of any asset or thing  of  value  present  within
14        this  State  when  ownership,  possession  or control was
15        acquired;
16             (11)  The breach of any fiduciary duty  within  this
17        State;
18             (12)  The  performance  of  duties  as a director or
19        officer of a corporation organized under the laws of this
20        State or having its principal place  of  business  within
21        this State;
22             (13)  The  ownership  of  an  interest  in any trust
23        administered within this State; or
24             (14)  The  exercise  of  powers  granted  under  the
25        authority of this State as a fiduciary.
26        (b)  A court may  exercise  jurisdiction  in  any  action
27    arising within or without this State against any person who:
28             (1)  Is  a  natural person present within this State
29        when served;
30             (2)  Is  a  natural  person  domiciled  or  resident
31        within this State when the cause  of  action  arose,  the
32        action was commenced, or process was served;
33             (3)  Is  a  corporation  organized under the laws of
34        this State; or
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 1             (4)  Is  a  natural  person  or  corporation   doing
 2        business within this State.
 3        (c)  A  court may also exercise jurisdiction on any other
 4    basis now or hereafter permitted by the Illinois Constitution
 5    and the Constitution of the United States.
 6        (d)  Service of process upon any person who is subject to
 7    the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as provided  in
 8    this  Section,  may be made by personally serving the summons
 9    upon the defendant outside this State, as  provided  in  this
10    Act,  with  the  same  force and effect as though summons had
11    been personally served within this State.
12        (e)  Service of process upon any person  who  resides  or
13    whose  business  address is outside the United States and who
14    is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of  this  State,
15    as provided in this Section, in any action based upon product
16    liability may be made by serving a copy of the summons with a
17    copy  of  the complaint attached upon the Secretary of State.
18    The summons shall be accompanied by a $5 fee payable  to  the
19    Secretary  of  State.   The  plaintiff shall forthwith mail a
20    copy of the summons, upon which the date of service upon  the
21    Secretary  is  clearly  shown,  together  with  a copy of the
22    complaint to the defendant at his or her last known place  of
23    residence or business address.  Plaintiff shall file with the
24    circuit  clerk  an  affidavit  of the plaintiff or his or her
25    attorney stating the last known place  of  residence  or  the
26    last   known   business   address  of  the  defendant  and  a
27    certificate of mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to
28    the defendant at such address as required by this  subsection
29    (e).   The  certificate  of  mailing  shall  be  prima  facie
30    evidence  that  the plaintiff or his or her attorney mailed a
31    copy of  the  summons  and  complaint  to  the  defendant  as
32    required. Service of the summons shall be deemed to have been
33    made  upon  the  defendant  on the date it is served upon the
34    Secretary and shall have the same force and effect as  though
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 1    summons  had been personally served upon the defendant within
 2    this State.
 3        (f)  Only causes of action arising from  acts  enumerated
 4    herein  may  be  asserted against a defendant in an action in
 5    which jurisdiction over him or her is based  upon  subsection
 6    (a).
 7        (g)  Nothing herein contained limits or affects the right
 8    to  serve  any  process  in any other manner now or hereafter
 9    provided by law.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-840.)
11        Section 10.  The Joint  Tortfeasor  Contribution  Act  is
12    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
13        (740 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 302)
14        Sec.  2.   Right of Contribution. (a) Except as otherwise
15    provided in this Act, if where 2 or more persons are  subject
16    to liability in tort arising out of the same injury to person
17    or  property, or the same wrongful death, there is a right of
18    contribution among them, even though judgment  has  not  been
19    entered against any or all of them.
20        (b)  The  right of contribution exists only in favor of a
21    tortfeasor who has paid more than his pro rata share  of  the
22    common  liability,  and  his total recovery is limited to the
23    amount paid by him in  excess  of  his  pro  rata  share.  No
24    tortfeasor  is liable to make contribution beyond his own pro
25    rata share of the common liability.
26        (c)  When a release or covenant not  to  sue  or  not  to
27    enforce  judgment  is  given  in  good  faith  to one or more
28    persons liable in tort arising out of the same injury or  the
29    same  wrongful  death, it does not discharge any of the other
30    tortfeasors from liability for the injury or  wrongful  death
31    unless  its  terms  so provide but it reduces the recovery on
32    any claim against the others to  the  extent  of  any  amount
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 1    stated  in  the  release or the covenant, or in the amount of
 2    the consideration actually paid for it, whichever is greater.
 3        (d)  The tortfeasor who settles with a claimant  pursuant
 4    to  paragraph  (c)  is  discharged from all liability for any
 5    contribution to any other tortfeasor.
 6        (e)  A tortfeasor who settles with a claimant pursuant to
 7    paragraph (c) is not entitled to  recover  contribution  from
 8    another tortfeasor whose liability is not extinguished by the
 9    settlement.
10        (f)  Anyone who, by payment, has discharged in full or in
11    part the liability of a tortfeasor and has thereby discharged
12    in  full  his  obligation to the tortfeasor, is subrogated to
13    the tortfeasor's right of contribution.  This provision  does
14    not  affect  any  right  of  contribution  nor  any  right of
15    subrogation arising from any other relationship.
16    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

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