Public Act 098-0324
 
SB1768 EnrolledLRB098 08161 HEP 40842 b

    AN ACT concerning fees.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.826 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)
    Sec. 5.826. The Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund.
 
    Section 10. The Appellate Court Act is amended by changing
Section 3 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 25/3)  (from Ch. 37, par. 27)
    Sec. 3. Clerk's salary - destruction of records.
    (a) The ordinary and contingent expenses of operating the
offices of the clerks of the branches of the Appellate Court,
including salaries, shall be determined by the Supreme Court
and paid from the State Treasury on the warrant of the
Comptroller out of appropriations made for that purpose by the
General Assembly. The clerk of each branch of the appellate
court shall perform the duties usually devolving upon clerks of
courts in this State, and shall provide books, stationery and
seals for the appellate courts, and shall be entitled to
receive the same fees for services in each branch of the
appellate court as are allowed for like services in the Supreme
Court. All fees paid to or received by any such clerk shall be
paid into the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund State
treasury as required by Section 2 of "An Act in relation to the
payment and disposition of moneys received by officers and
employees of the State of Illinois by virtue of their office or
employment", approved June 9, 1911, as amended, except that any
filing fees designated by Supreme Court Rule for alternative
dispute resolution programs in the reviewing courts as provided
in the Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Act
shall, within one month after receipt, be remitted to the State
Treasurer for deposit in the Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
    (b) The clerks shall, on the order and under the direction
of the court, destroy any or all the records certified by the
clerk (or a judge) of a trial court in cases finally decided
more than 21 years prior to the entry of the order.
(Source: P.A. 96-302, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    Section 15. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing
Sections 28 and 29 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 105/28)
    Sec. 28. Supreme Court Clerk; fees. At the time of filing a
petition or record, the petitioner or appellant shall pay to
the Clerk of the Supreme Court the sum of $25. That sum shall
be in full payment of all services of the clerk on behalf of
the petitioner or appellant, except the making of a complete
record, or copies of records, papers, or orders. The respondent
or appellee, before entering an appearance or filing any paper,
shall pay to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the sum of $15,
which sum shall be in full payment of all services of the clerk
on behalf of the respondent or appellee, except the making of a
complete record, or copies of records, papers, or orders.
    The fee for each official certificate and seal is $1.
    The fee for making a complete record, copy of a record, or
other papers in this office is a reasonable fee per page as
established by the Supreme Court, except that the clerk shall
furnish without cost, to parties in interest or their attorneys
of record, copies of opinions or orders. In furtherance of the
public interest, the clerk may furnish copies of opinions or
orders without cost to other individuals or entities.
    The fee for preparing a law license, certifying it with the
seal, administering the oath, and transcribing the name on the
roll of attorneys is $5.
    In no event shall the clerk charge or receive any other or
different fees than those specified in this Section, except as
otherwise authorized by statute.
    After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly, the amount of any fee collected under this
Section may be set by Supreme Court rule, except that the
amount of the fees collected under this Section shall remain as
set by statute until the Supreme Court adopts rules specifying
a higher or lower fee amount.
    There is created the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund, a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys collected under this
Section shall be deposited into the Supreme Court Special
Purposes Fund, to be used by the Supreme Court for:
        (1) costs associated with electronic filing and case
    management systems in the reviewing courts; and
        (2) the operation of committees and commissions
    established by the Supreme Court.
(Source: P.A. 88-691; 89-233, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
89-686, eff. 12-31-96.)
 
    (705 ILCS 105/29)
    Sec. 29. Salary; disposition of fees; expenditures. The
ordinary and contingent expenses of operating the Office of the
Clerk of the Supreme Court, including salaries, shall be
determined by the Supreme Court and paid from the State
treasury on the warrant of the Comptroller out of
appropriations made for that purpose by the General Assembly.
    Except as specified under Section 28 of this Act, Section
12 of the Professional Service Corporation Act, Section 50-45
of the Limited Liability Company Act, and Section 10 of the
Professional Association Act, all All fees and costs paid to or
received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be paid into
the State Treasury.
(Source: P.A. 89-233, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    Section 20. The Professional Service Corporation Act is
amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
    (805 ILCS 10/12)  (from Ch. 32, par. 415-12)
    Sec. 12. (a) No corporation shall open, operate or maintain
an establishment for any of the purposes for which a
corporation may be organized under this Act without a
certificate of registration from the regulating authority
authorized by law to license individuals to engage in the
profession or related professions concerned. Application for
such registration shall be made in writing, and shall contain
the name and address of the corporation, and such other
information as may be required by the regulating authority.
Upon receipt of such application, the regulating authority, or
some administrative agency of government designated by it,
shall make an investigation of the corporation. If the
regulating authority is the Supreme Court it may designate the
bar or legal association which investigates and prefers charges
against lawyers to it for disciplining. If such authority finds
that the incorporators, officers, directors and shareholders
are each licensed pursuant to the laws of Illinois to engage in
the particular profession or related professions involved
(except that the secretary of the corporation need not be so
licensed), and if no disciplinary action is pending before it
against any of them, and if it appears that the corporation
will be conducted in compliance with the law and the
regulations and rules of the regulating authority, such
authority, shall issue, upon payment of a registration fee of
$50, a certificate of registration.
    Upon written application of the holder, the regulating
authority which originally issued the certificate of
registration shall renew the certificate if it finds that the
corporation has complied with its regulations and the
provisions of this Act.
    The fee for the renewal of a certificate of registration
shall be calculated at the rate of $40 per year.
    The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously
posted upon the premises to which it is applicable, and the
professional corporation shall have only those offices which
are designated by street address in the articles of
incorporation, or as changed by amendment of such articles. No
certificate of registration shall be assignable.
    (b) Moneys collected under this Section from a professional
corporation organized to practice law shall be deposited into
the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund.
    (c) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, the amount of any fee collected under
this Section from a professional corporation organized to
practice law may be set by Supreme Court rule, except that the
amount of the fees shall remain as set by statute until the
Supreme Court adopts rules specifying a higher or lower fee
amount.
(Source: P.A. 83-863.)
 
    Section 25. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended by
changing Section 50-45 as follows:
 
    (805 ILCS 180/50-45)
    Sec. 50-45. Certificate of registration; attorneys at law.
    (a) A limited liability company that is organized to
practice law may not engage in the practice of law without a
certificate of registration from the Supreme Court of Illinois.
Application for registration shall be made in writing and shall
contain the name and address of the limited liability company
and such other information as may be required by the Supreme
Court. Upon receipt of the application, if the Supreme Court
finds that the organizers, members, and managers are each
licensed to practice law, no disciplinary action is pending
against any of them, and it appears that the limited liability
company will be conducted in compliance with the law and the
rules of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may issue, upon
payment of a registration fee of $50, a certificate of
registration.
    Upon written application of the certificate holder and upon
completion of a form prescribed by the Supreme Court, the
Supreme Court may renew the certificate if it finds that the
limited liability company has complied with the Supreme Court's
rules and the provisions of this Act. The fee for the renewal
of a certificate of registration is $40 per year.
    The applications submitted and fees payable to the Supreme
Court shall be in addition to the documents, amendments, and
reports filed with and the fees and penalties charged by the
Secretary of State.
    The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously
posted upon the premises to which it is applicable, and the
limited liability company may have only those offices that are
designated by street address in the articles of organization or
as changed by amendment of those articles. A certificate of
registration is not assignable.
    (b) Moneys collected under this Section shall be deposited
into the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund.
    (c) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, the amount of any fee collected under
this Section may be set by Supreme Court rule, except that the
amount of the fees shall remain as set by statute until the
Supreme Court adopts rules specifying a higher or lower fee
amount.
(Source: P.A. 89-686, eff. 12-31-96.)
 
    Section 30. The Professional Association Act is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (805 ILCS 305/10)  (from Ch. 106 1/2, par. 110)
    Sec. 10. Regulation of practice of law.
    (a) The manner in which lawyers practice law under this Act
is subject to the powers of the Supreme Court to regulate the
practice of law.
    (b) A professional association that is organized to
practice law may not engage in the practice of law without a
certificate of registration from the Supreme Court of Illinois.
Application for registration shall be made in writing and shall
contain the name and address of the professional association
and such other information as may be required by the Supreme
Court. Upon receipt of the application, if the Supreme Court
finds that the members and shareholders are each licensed to
practice law, no disciplinary action is pending against any of
them, and it appears that the professional association will be
conducted in compliance with the law and the rules of the
Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may issue, upon payment of a
registration fee of $50, a certificate of registration.
    Upon written application of the certificate holder and upon
completion of a form prescribed by the Supreme Court, the
Supreme Court may renew the certificate if it finds that the
professional association has complied with the Supreme Court's
rules and the provisions of this Act. The fee for the renewal
of a certificate of registration is $40 per year.
    The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously
posted upon the premises to which it is applicable, and the
professional association may have only those offices that are
designated by street address in the articles of association or
as changed by amendment of those articles. A certificate of
registration is not assignable.
    (c) Moneys collected under this Section shall be deposited
into the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund.
    (d) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
98th General Assembly, the amount of any fee collected under
this Section may be set by Supreme Court rule, except that the
amount of the fees shall remain as set by statute until the
Supreme Court adopts rules specifying a higher or lower fee
amount.
(Source: P.A. 89-686, eff. 12-31-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect October
1, 2013.

Effective Date: 10/1/2013