Public Act 095-0146
 		





HB1790 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning courts.

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

 
    Section 5. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act 
of 1984 is amended  by changing Section 6 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 415/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6206)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)

    Sec. 6. Upon receipt of a written request from the Chief 
Judge of the reporter's circuit
Supreme Court,
the Department 
shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to any
reporter 
who has been appointed in counties of less than 1,000,000 in

population, and examined under the Court Reporters Act, except 
those who
have achieved an "A" proficiency rating, a restricted 
certificate by which
such official court reporter may then 
lawfully engage in reporting only court
proceedings to which he 
may be assigned by the Chief Judge of his circuit.

    The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the

certificate of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay 
the tax,
penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay 
any final assessment
of tax, penalty or interest, as required 
by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department of 
Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any
such tax 
Act are satisfied.

(Source: P.A. 84-1395.)

 
    Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental 
Disabilities Code is amended  by changing Section 3-818 as 
follows:
 



    (405 ILCS 5/3-818)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-818)



    Sec. 3-818. Fees; costs. 

    (a) Fees for jury service, witnesses, and service and 
execution
of process are the same as for similar services in 
civil proceedings.

    (b) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this 
Section, the court
may assess costs of the proceedings against 
the parties.
If the respondent is not a resident of the county 
in which the hearing is
held and the party against whom the 
court would otherwise assess costs has
insufficient funds to 
pay the costs, the court may enter an order upon the
State to 
pay the cost of the proceedings, from funds appropriated by the

General Assembly for that purpose.

    (c) If the respondent is a party against whom the court 
would otherwise
assess costs and that respondent is determined 
by the court to have
insufficient funds to pay the cost of 
transcripts for the purpose of appeal,
the
court shall enter an 
order upon the State to pay the cost of one original and
one

copy of a transcript of proceedings established under this 
Code.  Payment of
transcript costs authorized under this 
subsection (c) shall be paid from funds
appropriated by the 
General Assembly to the Comptroller
to the Administrative 
Office of the
Illinois Courts.

(Source: P.A. 90-765, eff. 8-14-98.)