Bill Text: IL HB5209 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a unit of local government may not seek damages in connection with a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction based upon a constitutional challenge to a tax. Provides that if a petition is filed in violation of the new provisions, the court shall award the respondent reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with the petition. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5209 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5209-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-110 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/11-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 11-110)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-110. Assessing damages. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in In all cases | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | where a temporary restraining
order or a preliminary
injunction | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | is dissolved by the circuit court or by the reviewing court,
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| 11 | the circuit court, after the dissolution of the temporary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | restraining order
or preliminary injunction, and before
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| 13 | finally disposing of the action shall, upon the party claiming | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | damages by reason
of such temporary restraining order or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | preliminary injunction, filing a
petition under oath setting | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | forth the nature and amount of damages suffered,
determine and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | enter judgment in favor of the party who was injured by such
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| 18 | temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | damages which
the party suffered as a result thereof, which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | judgment may be enforced as
other judgments for the payment of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | money. However, a
failure so to assess damages as hereinabove | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | set out shall not operate as
a bar to an action upon the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | injunction bond. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (b) A unit of local government may not seek damages under | ||||||
| 2 | this Section in connection with a temporary restraining order | ||||||
| 3 | or preliminary injunction based upon a constitutional | ||||||
| 4 | challenge to a tax. If a petition is filed in violation of this | ||||||
| 5 | subsection (b), the court shall award the respondent reasonable | ||||||
| 6 | attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with the | ||||||
| 7 | petition filed in violation of this subsection (b).
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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