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91_HB3812

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Code of Civil Procedure  by  changing
 2    Section 2-201.

 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 2-201 as follows:

 7        (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
 8        Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions;  forms of process.
 9        (a)  Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by
10    statute, shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. The
11    clerk shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff.  The
12    form  and substance of the summons, and of all other process,
13    and the issuance of alias process, and the service of  copies
14    of pleadings shall be according to rules.
15        (b)  One  or  more  duplicate  original  summonses may be
16    issued, marked "First Duplicate,", "Second  Duplicate,",  and
17    so  forth  etc.,  as  the  case  may  be,  whenever  it  will
18    facilitate  the  service  of  summons  in  any  one  or  more
19    counties, including the county of venue.
20    (Source: P.A. 82-280.)

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