Public Act 93-0385

SB149 Enrolled                       LRB093 07530 LCB 07703 b

    AN ACT concerning family law.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is amended by
changing Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a as follows:

    (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
    Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
all counties having a population of  180,000  inhabitants  or
less  shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise provided,
and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         (1)  All  civil  cases  except  as   otherwise
    provided...........................................   $40
         (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
(b)  Family.
         (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, filing
    transcript  of  commitment  proceedings   held   in
    another  county, and cases under the Juvenile Court
    Act of 1987........................................   $25
         (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
         (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
         (4)  Paternity................................   $40
(c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal.
         (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
         (2)  Each person convicted of  a  misdemeanor,
    leaving   scene   of  an  accident,  driving  while
    intoxicated,  reckless  driving  or  drag   racing,
    driving   when   license   revoked   or  suspended,
    overweight, or no interstate commerce  certificate,
    or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
         (3)  Each   person  convicted  of  a  business
    offense............................................   $25
         (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
         (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
    ordinance violation, including  without  limitation
    when the  disposition  is  court  supervision:
              (i)  For each offense....................   $10
              (ii)  For   each   notice   sent  to  the
    defendant's  last   known   address   pursuant   to
    subsection  (c)  of Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois
    Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
              (iii)  For  each  notice  sent   to   the
    Secretary  of  State  pursuant to subsection (c) of
    Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
         (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
         (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
         (8)  In ordinance violation  cases  punishable
    by  fine only, the clerk of the circuit court shall
    be entitled to receive, unless the fee  is  excused
    upon  a  finding by the court that the defendant is
    indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
    allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $62.50  as  a
    fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall
    be  paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
    or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so  paid  by
    the  defendant,  no  jury  shall be called, and the
    case shall be tried by the court without a jury.
(d)  Other Civil Cases.
         (1)  Money or personal property  claimed  does
    not exceed $500....................................   $10
         (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
         (3)  Exceeds  $10,000, when relief in addition
    to or supplemental to recovery of  money  alone  is
    sought  in  an  action to recover personal property
    taxes or retailers occupational tax  regardless  of
    amount claimed.....................................   $45
         (4)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall be
    entitled to receive,  in  addition  to  other  fees
    allowed by law, the sum of $62.50, as a fee for the
    services  of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action not
    quasi-criminal in its nature and not  a  proceeding
    for  the  exercise  of the right of eminent domain,
    and in every equitable action wherein the right  of
    trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The jury
    fee shall be paid by the party demanding a jury  at
    the  time of filing his jury demand.  If such a fee
    is not paid by  either  party,  no  jury  shall  be
    called  in the action, suit, or proceeding, and the
    same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
(e)  Confession of judgment and answer.
         (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
         (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
(f)  Auxiliary Proceedings.
         Any  auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to   the
    collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
    garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
(g)  Forcible entry and detainer.
         (1)  For  possession  only  or  possession and
    rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
         (2)  For possession  and  rent  in  excess  of
    $10,000............................................   $40
(h)  Eminent Domain.
         (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
         (2)  For  each  and every lot or tract of land
    or  right  or  interest  therein  subject   to   be
    condemned,  the  damages  in respect to which shall
    require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
(i)  Reinstatement.

         Each case including petition for  modification
    of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
    30  days  after  the  entry of a judgment or order,
    except in forcible entry  and  detainer  cases  and
    small  claims  and  except  a  petition  to modify,
    terminate, or enforce  a  judgement  or  order  for
    child  or spousal support or to modify, suspend, or
    terminate an order  for  withholding,  petition  to
    vacate   judgment   of   dismissal   for   want  of
    prosecution whenever filed, petition to  reopen  an
    estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
(j)  Probate.
         (1)  Administration   of  decedent's  estates,
    whether testate or intestate, guardianships of  the
    person  or  estate  or both of a person under legal
    disability, guardianships of the person  or  estate
    or  both of a minor or minors, or petitions to sell
    real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
         (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
    personal property of  an  estate  does  not  exceed
    $5,000.............................................   $25
         (3)  At  any time during the administration of
    the estate, however, at the request of  the  Clerk,
    the  Court  shall  examine the record of the estate
    and the personal representative  to  determine  the
    total  value  of  the real and personal property of
    the estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000  shall
    order  the  payment  of  an  additional  fee in the
    amount of..........................................   $40
         (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
         (5)  Issuing  letters  only  for   a   certain
    specific reason other than the administration of an
    estate, including but not limited to the release of
    mortgage;  the  issue of letters of guardianship in
    order that consent to marriage may  be  granted  or
    for  some  other specific reason other than for the
    care of  property  or  person;  proof  of  heirship
    without  administration;  or  when  a will is to be
    admitted to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to  be
    settled without administration.....................   $10
         (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
    matter  other  than  a routine claim is filed in an
    estate,  the  required  additional  fee  shall   be
    charged for such filing............................   $45
(k)  Change of Venue.
         From a court, the charge is the same amount as
    the  original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee for
    preparation and certification of record  on  change
    of  venue,  when  original  documents or copies are
    forwarded..........................................   $10
(l)  Answer, adverse pleading, or appearance.
         In civil cases................................   $15
         With the following exceptions:
         (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
         (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
         (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
         (4)  Court   appeals   when   documents    are
    forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
    over 200...........................................   10¢
(m)  Tax objection complaints.
         For each tax  objection  complaint  containing
    one  or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of the
    number  of  parcels  involved  or  the  number   of
    taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
(n)  Tax deed.
         (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
    is involved........................................   $45
         (2)  For  each  additional parcel involved, an
    additional fee of..................................   $10
(o)  Mailing Notices and Processes.
         (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
    mail as first class mail...........................    $2
         (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
    required to mail by certified or  registered  mail,
    the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
(p)  Certification or Authentication.
         (1)  Each  certification or authentication for
    taking the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or  other
    instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
         (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
         (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
         (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
    over 200...........................................   10¢
(q)  Reproductions.
         Each  record  of  proceedings  and   judgment,
    whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
    copies  of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all other
    instruments, documents, records, or papers:
              (1)  First page..........................    $1
              (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
              (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
(r)  Counterclaim.
         When any defendant  files  a  counterclaim  as
    part  of  his or her answer or otherwise,  or joins
    another party as a third party defendant, or  both,
    he   or   she   shall  pay  a  fee  for  each  such
    counterclaim or third party  action  in  an  amount
    equal  to  the  fee he or she would have had to pay
    had he or she brought a  separate  action  for  the
    relief  sought  in  the counterclaim or against the
    third party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of  the
    appearance fee, if that has been paid.
(s)  Transcript of Judgment.
         From   a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if  case
    originally filed.
(t)  Publications.
         The cost of publication shall be paid directly
    to  the  publisher  by  the  person   seeking   the
    publication,  whether  the clerk is required by law
    to publish, or the parties to the action.
(u)  Collections.
         (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
    except  the  State  and  County   and   except   in
    maintenance  or child support cases, a sum equal to
    2% of the amount collected and turned over.
         (2)  In any  cases  remanded  to  the  Circuit
    Court  from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the Appellate
    Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
    reinstate the case with either its original  number
    or  a  new  number.  The Clerk shall not charge any
    new or additional fee for the reinstatement.   Upon
    reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
    the  reinstatement.   A  party  shall have the same
    right to a jury trial on remand  and  reinstatement
    as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
    additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
    jury trial after remand.
         (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
    the  Clerk  may  deduct from each payment an amount
    equal to the United States postage to  be  used  in
    mailing  the  maintenance or child support check to
    the recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk  shall
    collect  an annual fee of up to $36 from the person
    making such payment for maintaining  child  support
    records and the processing of support orders to the
    State  of Illinois KIDS system and the recording of
    payments issued by the State Disbursement Unit  for
    the official record of the Court. Such sum shall be
    in addition to and separate from amounts ordered to
    be  paid  as maintenance or child support and shall
    be deposited in a separate  Maintenance  and  Child
    Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
    the  custodian, ex officio, to be used by the Clerk
    to maintain child support  orders  and  record  all
    payments  issued by the State Disbursement Unit for
    the official record of the Court.  Unless  paid  in
    cash  or  pursuant to an order for withholding, the
    payment  of  the  fee  shall  be  by   a   separate
    instrument  from  the  support payment and shall be
    made to the order  of  the  Clerk.  The  Clerk  may
    recover  from  the person making the maintenance or
    child support payment any additional cost  incurred
    in the collection of this annual fee.
         (4)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the
    clerk shall be turned over to  the  county  general
    fund as an earning of the office.
         The  Clerk  shall also be entitled to a fee of
    $5 for certifications  made  to  the  Secretary  of
    State  as  provided  in Section 7-703 of the Family
    Financial Responsibility Law and these  fees  shall
    also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
    Child Support Collection Fund.
(v)  Correction of Cases.
         For  correcting  the case number or case title
    on any document filed in his office, to be  charged
    against the party that filed the document..........   $10
(w)  Record Search.
         For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
(x)  Printed Output.
         For  each page of hard copy print output, when
    case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
(y)  Alias Summons.
         For each alias summons issued.................    $2
(z)  Expungement of Records.
         For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
(aa)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
    rule or administrative order of the Circuit  Court,  with
    the approval of the Supreme Court.
(bb)  Exemptions.
         No  fee  provided for herein shall be charged to any
    unit of State or  local  government  or  school  district
    unless  the Court orders another party to pay such fee on
    its behalf. The fee requirements of  this  Section  shall
    not  apply to police departments or other law enforcement
    agencies. In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means
    an agency of the State or a unit of local government that
    is vested by law or ordinance with the duty  to  maintain
    public order and to enforce criminal laws and ordinances.
    The  fee  requirements of this Section shall not apply to
    any action instituted under  subsection  (b)  of  Section
    11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code by a private owner
    or  tenant  of  real  property  within  1200  feet  of  a
    dangerous  or unsafe building seeking an order compelling
    the owner or owners of the building to take  any  of  the
    actions authorized under that subsection.
(cc)  Adoptions.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
    adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
    term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning

    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(dd)  Adoption exemptions.
         No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (cc)
    shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
    adoption proceeding  nor  may  any  fee  be  charged  for
    proceedings   for   the  appointment  of  a  confidential
    intermediary under the Adoption Act.
(ee)  Additional Services.
         Beginning July 1, 1993, the  clerk  of  the  circuit
    court  may  provide  such  additional  services for which
    there is no fee specified by statute in  connection  with
    the  operation  of the clerk's office as may be requested
    by the public and agreed to by  the  public  and  by  the
    clerk  and  approved   by  the chief judge of the circuit
    court.  Any charges for additional services shall  be  as
    agreed  to  between  the  clerk  and the party making the
    request and approved by the chief judge  of  the  circuit
    court.   Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
    require  any  clerk  to provide any service not otherwise
    required by law.
(ff)  Returned checks.
         For each check delivered to the clerk  that  is  not
    honored  on 2 occasions by the financial institution upon
    which it is drawn because of insufficient  funds  in  the
    account,  because the account is closed, because there is
    no account, or because a stop payment has been placed  on
    the check, in addition to the amount already owed....$25.
(Source:  P.A.  91-165,  eff.  7-16-99;  91-321, eff. 1-1-00;
91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  91-612,  eff.  10-1-99;  92-16,  eff.
6-28-01; 92-114, eff. 1-1-02.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
    Sec.  27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
in all counties having a population in excess of 180,000  but
not  more than 500,000 inhabitants in the instances described
in this Section shall be as provided in  this  Section.   The
fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
    pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
    exceptions, shall be $150.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
         $250, $10.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed $500, $20.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
         exceed $2500, $30.
              (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
         not exceed $15,000, $75.
              (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
         damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
(a-1)  Family.
         For filing a petition under the Juvenile  Court  Act
    of 1987, $25.
         For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
         For performing a marriage in court, $10.
         For  filing  a petition under the Illinois Parentage
    Act of 1984, $40.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
    damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
    When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
    with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
    $15,000, $150.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
    his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
    amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
    had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
    sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
    does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
    $15,000, $200.
(e)  Appearance.
         The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
    shall be $50, except as follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
              (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
         exceed $1500, $20.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
         not exceed $15,000, $40.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
    and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
    $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
    exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
    $30.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
    cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
    estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
    before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
    $40.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
    terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
    spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
    order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
    the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
         (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
    $20.
(h)  Mailing.
         When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
    $6, plus the cost of postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
    except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
    cases, $10.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
    $80.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
    writing with the seal of office, $4.
         (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
         (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
         (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
    per page.
         (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
    case with either its original number or a new number. The
    Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
    reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
    the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
    same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
    he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
    fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
    remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
    municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
    search fee of $4 for each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
    records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
    shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
    plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
    inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
    Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
    dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
    a transcript of commitment proceedings  held  in  another
    county, $25.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
    clerk, $4.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
    additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
    by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
    clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
    shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
    to  other  fees  allowed by law, the sum of $192.50, as a
    fee for the services of a jury in every civil action  not
    quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
    exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
    other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
    be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
    demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
    If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
    called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
    for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
    Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
    debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
    benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
    the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
    the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
    considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
    claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
    those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
    same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
    actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
    for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
    of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
    arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
         The  clerk is entitled to receive the fees specified
    in this subsection (v), which shall be paid  in  advance,
    except that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend,
    reduce,   or   release   the  costs  payable  under  this
    subsection:
         (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
    (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
    $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
         $25.
              (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
         (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
         probate  without  administration (including proof of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a particular purpose without administration  of  the
         estate, the fee shall be $25.
         (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
    $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
         $25.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
         estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
         estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
         to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
         (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
    subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         $15.
              (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
         amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
         $10;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
         less than $10,000, $25; when the amount  claimed  is
         $10,000  or  more,  $40;  provided that the court in



         allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
         filing fee paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
         seeking equitable relief including the  construction
         or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
         make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
         trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
         $40.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
         (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
         or persons, $10.
              (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50.
              (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
         judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
         wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
         action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
         administration  of  the estate, $30, less any amount
         paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
         that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
         the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
         (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
              (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
         office, of court order or other  certification,  $1,
         plus  50¢  per  page  in  excess  of 3 pages for the
         document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
         for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
    attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
    miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
    attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
    incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
    notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
    the Probate Act of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
    criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
              (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
              (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $20.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
              (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
         $20.
              (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
         $20.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, $20.
         (2)  In counties having a population  in  excess  of
    180,000  but  not more than 500,000 inhabitants, when the
    violation complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal  police
    department,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to costs from
    each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $10.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
    court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    $62.50 as a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
    shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
    or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
    defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of a new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
    of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, $25.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
    more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
    involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on  the

    complaint, $25.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
    involved, $150.
         (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
    State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
    support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
    collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
    shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
    returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
    making payment for maintaining child support records  and
    the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
    KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
    State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
    Court.   This  fee  shall  be in addition to and separate
    from amounts ordered to be paid as maintenance  or  child
    support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
    the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
    by the clerk to maintain child support orders and  record
    all  payments  issued  by the State Disbursement Unit for
    the official record of the Court. The clerk  may  recover
    from  the  person making the maintenance or child support
    payment  any additional cost incurred in  the  collection
    of this annual fee.
         The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
    Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
    attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
    rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
    office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
    document, $15.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
    apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
    agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
    means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
    government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
    duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
    laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
    the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
         (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
    unit of local government or school district.
         (3)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
    apply to any action instituted under  subsection  (b)  of
    Section  11-31-1  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code by a
    private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
    of a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an  order
    compelling  the  owner  or owners of the building to take
    any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoptions.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
    adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
    term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
    shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
    adoption  proceeding  nor  may  any  fee  be  charged for
    proceedings  for  the  appointment  of   a   confidential
    intermediary under the Adoption Act.
(Source: P.A.  91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff. 10-1-99;
92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-521, eff. 6-1-02.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
    Sec. 27.2.  The fees of the clerks of the  circuit  court
in  all  counties  having  a  population in excess of 500,000
inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
instances described in this Section shall be as  provided  in
this  Section. In those instances where a minimum and maximum
fee is stated, counties with more  than  500,000  inhabitants
but  less  than 3,000,000 inhabitants must charge the minimum
fee listed in this Section and may charge up to  the  maximum
fee  if the county board has by resolution increased the fee.
In addition, the minimum  fees  authorized  in  this  Section
shall  apply  to  all  units  of  local government and school
districts in counties with more than  3,000,000  inhabitants.
The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
    pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
    exceptions,  shall  be a minimum of $150 and a maximum of
    $190.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
         $250, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed  $1,000,  a  minimum  of $20 and a maximum of
         $40.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds $1,000  but  does
         not  exceed $2500, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of
         $50.
              (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
         not exceed $5,000, a minimum of $75 and a maximum of
         $100.
              (D-5)  When  the amount exceeds $5,000 but does
         not exceed $15,000, a minimum of $75 and  a  maximum
         of $150.
              (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
         damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
    damages or both in the  amount  of  $15,000  or  less,  a
    minimum  of  $40 and a maximum of $75. When the plaintiff
    unites his or her claim for possession with a  claim  for
    rent  or  damages or both exceeding $15,000, a minimum of
    $150 and a maximum of $225.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
    his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
    amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
    had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
    sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed $1500, a minimum of $50  and  a  maximum  of  $60.
    When  the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but  does  not exceed
    $5,000, $75. When the amount exceeds $5,000, but does not
    exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount exceeds $15,000,  a
    minimum of $200 and a maximum of $250.
(e)  Appearance.
         The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
    shall be a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75, except as
    follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only,  a  minimum  of
         $20 and a maximum of $40.
              (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
         exceed $1500, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
              (C)  When the amount in the case exceeds  $1500
         but  does not exceed $15,000, a minimum of $40 and a
         maximum of $60.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
    and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
    $1,000, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15;  when  the
    amount  exceeds  $1,000  but  does  not  exceed $5,000, a
    minimum of $20 and a maximum of $30; and when the  amount
    exceeds $5,000, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $50.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
    cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
    estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed

    before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
    a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $50.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
    terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
    spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
    order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
    the entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $60  and
    a maximum of $75.
         (3)  Petition  to vacate order of bond forfeiture, a
    minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
(h)  Mailing.
         When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
    a  minimum  of  $6 and a maximum of $10, plus the cost of
    postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
    except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
    cases, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
    minimum of $80 and a maximum of $125.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
    writing  with  the  seal of office, a minimum of $4 and a
    maximum of $6.
         (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  under  100  pages, plus delivery and costs, a
    minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75.
         (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  over  100  pages,  plus delivery and costs, a
    minimum of $120 and a maximum of $150.
         (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
    of 20 and a maximum of 25 cents per page.
         (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
    case with either its original number or a new number. The
    Clerk  shall not charge any new or additional fee for the
    reinstatement. Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall  advise
    the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
    same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
    he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
    fee  or  charge  shall  be  made  for  a jury trial after
    remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
    municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
    search fee of a minimum of $4 and a  maximum  of  $6  for
    each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
    records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
    shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of a minimum of $4 and a
    maximum of $6.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
    plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
    inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
    Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
    dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, a minimum of
    $25 and a maximum of $50.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
    clerk, a minimum of $4 and a maximum of $5.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
    additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
    by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
    clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
    shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
    to other fees allowed by law, the sum  of  a  minimum  of
    $192.50  and  a  maximum  of  $212.50,  as  a fee for the
    services  of  a  jury   in   every   civil   action   not
    quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
    exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
    other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
    be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
    demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
    If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
    called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For filing each  deed  of  voluntary  assignment,  a
    minimum  of  $10  and a maximum of $20; for recording the
    same, a minimum of 25¢ and a maximum of 50¢ for each  100
    words.    Exceptions  filed  to  claims  presented  to an
    assignee of a debtor who has made a voluntary  assignment
    for  the  benefit  of  creditors  shall be considered and
    treated, for the purpose  of  taxing  costs  therein,  as
    actions   in  which  the  party  or  parties  filing  the
    exceptions  shall  be  considered  as  party  or  parties
    plaintiff, and the claimant  or  claimants  as  party  or
    parties  defendant,  and those parties respectively shall
    pay to the clerk  the  same  fees  as  provided  by  this
    Section to be paid in other actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The  clerk  shall  be entitled to receive a fee of a
    minimum of $30 and a maximum of $60 for each  expungement
    petition  filed  and an additional fee of a minimum of $2
    and a maximum of $4 for  each certified copy of an  order
    to expunge arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
         The  clerk is entitled to receive the fees specified
    in this subsection (v), which shall be paid  in  advance,
    except that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend,
    reduce,   or   release   the  costs  payable  under  this
    subsection:
         (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
    (whether  testate or intestate) or of a missing person, a
    minimum of $100 and a maximum  of  $150,  plus  the  fees
    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
         minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
              (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
         (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
         probate without administration (including  proof  of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a  particular  purpose without administration of the
         estate, the fee shall be a  minimum  of  $25  and  a
         maximum of $40.
         (2)  For  administration  of the estate of a ward, a
    minimum of $50 and  a  maximum  of  $75,  plus  the  fees
    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
         minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
         estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
         estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
         to the marriage of the ward,  the  fee  shall  be  a
         minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20.
         (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
    subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25.
              (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
         amount claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a
         minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20; when the amount
         claimed  is  $500  or  more but less than $10,000, a
         minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40; when the amount
         claimed is $10,000 or more, a minimum of $40  and  a
         maximum  of $60; provided that the court in allowing
         a claim may add to the amount allowed the filing fee
         paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
         seeking  equitable relief including the construction
         or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
         make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
         trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
         a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $60.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
         (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
         or persons, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $30.
              (F)  For each jury demand, a minimum of $102.50
         and a maximum of $137.50.
              (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
         judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
         wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
         action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
         administration of the estate, a minimum of $30 and a
         maximum  of  $50,  less  any   amount   paid   under
         subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except that if the
         amount  involved  does  not  exceed $5,000, the fee,
         including any amount paid under subsection (v)(1)(B)
         or (v)(2)(B), shall  be  a  minimum  of  $10  and  a
         maximum of $20.
              (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
         office, of court order  or  other  certification,  a
         minimum of $1 and a maximum of $2, plus a minimum of
         50¢  and  a  maximum  of  $1 per page in excess of 3
         pages for the document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, a minimum of  $1
         and a maximum of $2, plus the fee for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
    attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
    miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested person or his attorney
    shall pay to the clerk all postage  charges  incurred  by
    the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
    documents  pursuant  to the provisions of the Probate Act
    of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
    criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, a minimum of $80 and  a
         maximum of $125.
              (B)  Misdemeanor  complaints,  a minimum of $50
         and a maximum of $75.
              (C)  Business offense complaints, a minimum  of
         $50 and a maximum of $75.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $50
         and a maximum of $75.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $20.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
              (G)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
         minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
              (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
         a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $30.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever filed, a minimum of $20 and  a  maximum  of
         $30.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever  filed,  a  minimum of $20 and a maximum of
         $25.
              (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
         (2)  In  counties  having  a population of more than
    500,000 but fewer than 3,000,000  inhabitants,  when  the
    violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
    department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
    each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $10.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
    court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    a  minimum  of  $50 and a maximum of $112.50 as a fee for
    the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall  be  paid  by
    the  defendant  at  the  time  of  filing his or her jury
    demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the  defendant,  no
    jury  shall be called, and the case shall be tried by the
    court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
    of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, a minimum  of  $25
    and a maximum of $40.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
    more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
    involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
    complaint, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $50.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
    involved, a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $250.
         (2)  For  each  additional  parcel,  add  a fee of a
    minimum of $50 and a maximum of $100.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
    State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
    support cases, a sum equal to a minimum  of  2.5%  and  a
    maximum of 3.0% of the amount collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
    shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
    returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
    making  payment for maintaining child support records and
    the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
    KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
    State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
    Court. This fee shall be in addition to and separate from
    amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
    support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
    the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
    by the clerk to maintain child support orders and  record
    all  payments  issued  by the State Disbursement Unit for
    the official record of the Court. The clerk  may  recover
    from  the  person making the maintenance or child support
    payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
    this annual fee.
         The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
    Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
    attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
    rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
    office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
    document, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
    to  police departments or other law enforcement agencies.
    In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
    of the State or a  unit  of  local  government  which  is
    vested  by  law  or  ordinance  with the duty to maintain
    public order and to enforce criminal laws or  ordinances.
    "Law  enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General
    or any state's attorney. The  fee  requirements  of  this
    Section  shall  not  apply to any action instituted under
    subsection  (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the   Illinois
    Municipal  Code  by  a  private  owner  or tenant of real
    property within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe
    building  seeking an order compelling the owner or owners
    of the building to take any  of  the  actions  authorized
    under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoptions.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
    adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
    term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
    shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
    adoption proceeding  nor  may  any  fee  be  charged  for
    proceedings   for   the  appointment  of  a  confidential
    intermediary under the Adoption Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff.  10-1-99;
92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-521, eff. 6-1-02.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
    Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
be as provided in this Section.  In those instances  where  a
minimum  and  maximum fee is stated, the clerk of the circuit
court must charge the minimum fee listed and may charge up to
the maximum  fee  if  the  county  board  has  by  resolution
increased  the  fee.  The  fees  shall be paid in advance and
shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
    pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
    exceptions, shall be a minimum of $190 and a  maximum  of
    $240.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
         $250, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $22.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed $1000, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $75.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
         not  exceed $2500, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of
         $80.
              (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
         not exceed $5000, a minimum of $100 and a maximum of
         $130.
              (E)  When  that  amount  exceeds $5000 but does
         not exceed $15,000, $150.
              (F)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
         damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
              (G)  For  the  final  determination of parking,
         standing,  and  compliance  violations   and   final
         administrative   decisions   issued  after  hearings
         regarding  vehicle  immobilization  and  impoundment
         made pursuant  to  Sections  3-704.1,  6-306.5,  and
         11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, $25.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
    damages  or  both  in  the  amount  of $15,000 or less, a
    minimum of $75 and a maximum of $140.  When the plaintiff
    unites his or her claim for possession with a  claim  for
    rent  or  damages or both exceeding $15,000, a minimum of
    $225 and a maximum of $335.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
    his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
    amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
    had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
    sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed $1500, a minimum of $60  and  a  maximum  of  $70.
    When the amount exceeds $1500, but does not exceed $5000,
    a  minimum  of $75 and a maximum of $150. When the amount
    exceeds $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, a minimum  of
    $175  and  a  maximum  of  $260.  When the amount exceeds
    $15,000, a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $310.
(e)  Appearance.
         The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
    shall  be  a minimum of $75 and a maximum of $110, except
    as follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only,  a  minimum  of
         $40 and a maximum of $80.
              (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
         exceed $1500, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
         not  exceed  $15,000, a minimum of $60 and a maximum
         of $90.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
    and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
    $1,000, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25;  when  the
    amount  exceeds  $1,000  but  does  not  exceed $5,000, a
    minimum of $30 and a maximum of $45; and when the  amount
    exceeds $5,000, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $80.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
    cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
    estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
    before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
    a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $60.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
    terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
    spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
    order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
    the entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $75  and
    a maximum of $90.
         (3)  Petition  to vacate order of bond forfeiture, a
    minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
(h)  Mailing.
         When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
    a  minimum  of $10 and a maximum of $15, plus the cost of
    postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
    except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
    cases, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $20.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
    minimum of $125 and a maximum of $190.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
    writing  with  the  seal of office, a minimum of $6 and a
    maximum of $9.
         (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  under  100  pages, plus delivery and costs, a
    minimum of $75 and a maximum of $110.
         (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  over  100  pages,  plus delivery and costs, a
    minimum of $150 and a maximum of $185.
         (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
    of 25 and a maximum of 30 cents per page.
         (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
    case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
    The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
    the  reinstatement.   Upon  reinstatement the Clerk shall
    advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
    have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
    reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
    additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
    trial after remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
    municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
    search fee of a minimum of $6 and a  maximum  of  $9  for
    each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
    records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
    shall  be  entitled  to  a  fee  of a minimum of $6 and a
    maximum of $9.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
    plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
    inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
    Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
    dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, a minimum of
    $50 and a maximum of $100.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
    clerk, a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $6.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
    additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
    by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
    clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
    shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
    to other fees allowed by law, the sum  of  a  minimum  of
    $212.50 and maximum of $230, as a fee for the services of
    a  jury  in  every civil action not quasi-criminal in its
    nature and not a proceeding for the exercise of the right
    of eminent domain and in every other action  wherein  the
    right  of  trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The
    jury fee shall be paid by the party demanding a  jury  at
    the  time  of  filing the jury demand.  If the fee is not
    paid by either party, no jury  shall  be  called  in  the
    action  or proceeding, and the same shall be tried by the
    court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For filing each  deed  of  voluntary  assignment,  a
    minimum  of  $20  and a maximum of $40; for recording the
    same, a minimum of 50¢ and a maximum of  $0.80  for  each
    100  words.  Exceptions  filed  to claims presented to an
    assignee of a debtor who has made a voluntary  assignment
    for  the  benefit  of  creditors  shall be considered and
    treated, for the purpose  of  taxing  costs  therein,  as
    actions   in  which  the  party  or  parties  filing  the
    exceptions  shall  be  considered  as  party  or  parties
    plaintiff, and the claimant  or  claimants  as  party  or
    parties  defendant,  and those parties respectively shall
    pay to the clerk  the  same  fees  as  provided  by  this
    Section to be paid in other actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The  clerk  shall  be entitled to receive a fee of a
    minimum of $60 and a maximum of $120 for each expungement
    petition filed and an additional fee of a minimum  of  $4
    and  a maximum of $8 for  each certified copy of an order
    to expunge arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
         The clerk is entitled to receive the fees  specified
    in  this  subsection (v), which shall be paid in advance,
    except that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend,
    reduce,  or  release  the  costs   payable   under   this
    subsection:
         (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
    (whether testate or intestate) or of a missing person,  a
    minimum  of  $150  and  a  maximum of $225, plus the fees
    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
         minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65.
              (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
         (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
         probate  without  administration (including proof of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a particular purpose without administration  of  the
         estate,  the  fee  shall  be  a minimum of $40 and a
         maximum of $65.
         (2)  For administration of the estate of a  ward,  a
    minimum  of  $75  and  a  maximum  of $110, plus the fees
    specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
         minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
         estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
         estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
         to  the  marriage  of  the  ward, the fee shall be a
         minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
         (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
    subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
              (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
         amount claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a
         minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40; when the amount
         claimed is $500 or more but  less  than  $10,000,  a
         minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65; when the amount
         claimed  is  $10,000 or more, a minimum of $60 and a
         maximum of $90; provided that the court in  allowing
         a claim may add to the amount allowed the filing fee
         paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
         seeking equitable relief including the  construction
         or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
         make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
         trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
         a minimum of $60 and a maximum of $90.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
         (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
         or persons, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $90.
              (F)  For each jury demand, a minimum of $137.50
         and a maximum of $180.
              (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
         judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
         wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
         action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
         administration of the estate, a minimum of $50 and a
         maximum   of   $80,   less  any  amount  paid  under
         subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except that if the
         amount involved does not  exceed  $5,000,  the  fee,
         including any amount paid under subsection (v)(1)(B)
         or  (v)(2)(B),  shall  be  a  minimum  of  $20 and a
         maximum of $40.
              (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
         office,  of  court  order  or other certification, a
         minimum of $2 and a maximum of $4, plus $1 per  page
         in excess of 3 pages for the document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
         for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
    attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
    miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
    attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
    incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
    notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
    the Probate Act of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
    criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, a minimum of $125 and a
         maximum of $190.
              (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, a minimum  of  $75
         and a maximum of $110.
              (C)  Business  offense complaints, a minimum of
         $75 and a maximum of $110.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $75
         and a maximum of $110.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $30.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
              (G)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
         minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
              (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
         a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $45.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever  filed,  a  minimum of $30 and a maximum of
         $45.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever filed, a minimum of $25 and  a  maximum  of
         $30.
              (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $50.
         (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
    more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
    municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
    to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $30.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
    court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    a  minimum  of $112.50 and a maximum of $250 as a fee for
    the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall  be  paid  by
    the  defendant  at  the  time  of  filing his or her jury
    demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the  defendant,  no
    jury  shall be called, and the case shall be tried by the
    court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of a new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
    of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, a minimum  of  $40
    and a maximum of $65.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
    more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
    involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
    complaint, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $100.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
    involved, a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $400.
         (2)  For  each  additional  parcel,  add  a fee of a
    minimum of $100 and a maximum of $200.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
    State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
    support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
    collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
    shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
    returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
    making payment for maintaining child support records  and
    the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
    KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
    State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
    Court.   This  fee  shall  be in addition to and separate
    from amounts ordered to be paid as maintenance  or  child
    support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
    the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
    by the clerk to maintain child support orders and  record
    all  payments  issued  by the State Disbursement Unit for
    the official record of the Court.  The clerk may  recover
    from  the  person making the maintenance or child support
    payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
    this annual fee.
         The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
    Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
    attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
    rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
    office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
    document, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
    apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
    agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
    means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
    government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
    duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
    laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
    the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
         (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
    unit of local government  or  school  district.  The  fee
    requirements  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply to any
    action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
    of the Illinois Municipal Code  by  a  private  owner  or
    tenant  of  real property within 1200 feet of a dangerous
    or unsafe building seeking an order compelling the  owner
    or  owners  of  the  building  to take any of the actions
    authorized under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoption.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
    adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
    term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
    shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
    adoption  proceeding  nor  may  any  fee  be  charged for
    proceedings  for  the  appointment  of   a   confidential
    intermediary under the Adoption Act.
(Source: P.A.  91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff. 10-1-99;
91-821, eff. 6-13-00; 92-521, eff. 6-1-02.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.