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90_SB1336

      735 ILCS 5/2-209          from Ch. 110, par. 2-209
          Amends the Code of Civil Procedure.   Makes  a  stylistic
      change concerning torts.
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
 2    Section 2-209.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Code  of Civil Procedure is amended by
 6    changing Section 2-209 as follows:
 7        (735 ILCS 5/2-209) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-209)
 8        Sec. 2-209.  Act submitting to jurisdiction - Process.
 9        (a)  Any person, whether or not a citizen or resident  of
10    this State, who in person or through an agent does any of the
11    acts  hereinafter  enumerated,  thereby  submits such person,
12    and, if an individual, his or her personal representative, to
13    the jurisdiction of the courts of this State as to any  cause
14    of action arising from the doing of any of such acts:
15             (1)  The  transaction  of  any  business within this
16        State;
17             (2)  The commission of a  tortious  act  within  the
18        this State of Illinois;
19             (3)  The  ownership,  use, or possession of any real
20        estate situated in this State;
21             (4)  Contracting to insure any person,  property  or
22        risk   located   within   this   State  at  the  time  of
23        contracting;
24             (5)  With  respect  to  actions  of  dissolution  of
25        marriage, declaration of invalidity of marriage and legal
26        separation,  the  maintenance  in   this   State   of   a
27        matrimonial  domicile  at  the  time this cause of action
28        arose or the commission in this State of any  act  giving
29        rise to the cause of action;
30             (6)  With  respect  to  actions  brought  under  the
31        Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984,  as  now or hereafter
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 1        amended, the performance of an act of sexual  intercourse
 2        within   this   State   during  the  possible  period  of
 3        conception;
 4             (7)  The making or performance of  any  contract  or
 5        promise substantially connected with this State;
 6             (8)  The  performance  of  sexual intercourse within
 7        this State which is  claimed  to  have  resulted  in  the
 8        conception of a child who resides in this State;
 9             (9)  The  failure  to  support  a  child,  spouse or
10        former spouse who has continued to reside in  this  State
11        since  the  person  either  formerly resided with them in
12        this State or directed them to reside in this State;
13             (10)  The acquisition of  ownership,  possession  or
14        control  of  any  asset  or thing of value present within
15        this State when  ownership,  possession  or  control  was
16        acquired;
17             (11)  The  breach  of any fiduciary duty within this
18        State;
19             (12)  The performance of duties  as  a  director  or
20        officer of a corporation organized under the laws of this
21        State  or  having  its principal place of business within
22        this State;
23             (13)  The ownership of  an  interest  in  any  trust
24        administered within this State; or
25             (14)  The  exercise  of  powers  granted  under  the
26        authority of this State as a fiduciary.
27        (b)  A  court  may  exercise  jurisdiction  in any action
28    arising within or without this State against any person who:
29             (1)  Is a natural person present within  this  State
30        when served;
31             (2)  Is  a  natural  person  domiciled  or  resident
32        within  this  State  when  the cause of action arose, the
33        action was commenced, or process was served;
34             (3)  Is a corporation organized under  the  laws  of
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 1        this State; or
 2             (4)  Is   a  natural  person  or  corporation  doing
 3        business within this State.
 4        (c)  A court may also exercise jurisdiction on any  other
 5    basis now or hereafter permitted by the Illinois Constitution
 6    and the Constitution of the United States.
 7        (d)  Service of process upon any person who is subject to
 8    the  jurisdiction of the courts of this State, as provided in
 9    this Section, may be made by personally serving  the  summons
10    upon  the  defendant  outside this State, as provided in this
11    Act, with the same force and effect  as  though  summons  had
12    been personally served within this State.
13        (e)  Service  of  process  upon any person who resides or
14    whose business address is outside the United States  and  who
15    is  subject  to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State,
16    as provided in this Section, in any action based upon product
17    liability may be made by serving a copy of the summons with a
18    copy of the complaint attached upon the Secretary  of  State.
19    The  summons  shall be accompanied by a $5 fee payable to the
20    Secretary of State.  The plaintiff  shall  forthwith  mail  a
21    copy  of the summons, upon which the date of service upon the
22    Secretary is clearly shown,  together  with  a  copy  of  the
23    complaint  to the defendant at his or her last known place of
24    residence or business address.  Plaintiff shall file with the
25    circuit clerk an affidavit of the plaintiff  or  his  or  her
26    attorney  stating  the  last  known place of residence or the
27    last  known  business  address  of  the   defendant   and   a
28    certificate of mailing a copy of the summons and complaint to
29    the  defendant at such address as required by this subsection
30    (e).   The  certificate  of  mailing  shall  be  prima  facie
31    evidence that the plaintiff or his or her attorney  mailed  a
32    copy  of  the  summons  and  complaint  to  the  defendant as
33    required. Service of the summons shall be deemed to have been
34    made upon the defendant on the date it  is  served  upon  the
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 1    Secretary  and shall have the same force and effect as though
 2    summons had been personally served upon the defendant  within
 3    this State.
 4        (f)  Only  causes  of action arising from acts enumerated
 5    herein may be asserted against a defendant in  an  action  in
 6    which  jurisdiction  over him or her is based upon subsection
 7    (a).
 8        (g)  Nothing herein contained limits or affects the right
 9    to serve any process in any other  manner  now  or  hereafter
10    provided by law.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-840.)

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