Public Act 098-0826
 
SB2783 EnrolledLRB098 19507 HEP 54682 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing
Section 4.3 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 35/4.3)
    Sec. 4.3. Witness fees.
    (a) Every witness attending in any county upon trials in
the courts, except for actions arising under Article II of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987, shall be entitled to receive the
sum of $20 for each day's attendance and $0.20 per mile each
way for necessary travel. For attending in a foreign county,
each day's travel shall constitute a day of attendance. Every
person attending for the purpose of having his deposition taken
shall receive the same per diem and mileage as provided in this
Section for witnesses in circuit courts. No allowance or charge
shall be made, however, for the attendance of a witness unless
the witness makes an affidavit stating the number of days he or
she actually attended, and that attendance was at the instance
of one or both of the parties or his or her attorney.
    (b) In a criminal case or action arising under Article II
of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 in which a witness is
required to attend from a foreign county or state, either
before the grand jury or at the trial of the cause in the
court, the witness shall receive the same per diem and mileage
as provided in this Section for witnesses in circuit courts to
be paid out of the county treasury of the county where the
crime was committed or the case under Article II of the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is filed on the certificate of the
clerk of the court where the trial is being had if the witness
makes an affidavit stating (i) the distance traveled, (ii) that
it was the usually traveled and most direct route, (iii) the
number of days' actual travel and attendance, and (iv) that
attendance was at the instance of the State's Attorney or the
accused, or his or her attorney or, in the case of an action
filed under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, at
the instance of the State's Attorney or attorney of any other
party to the action. To the affidavit shall be added the
certificate of the judge that the amount is reasonable and that
the witness was a material witness in the court or before the
grand jury.
(Source: P.A. 89-233, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/1/2014