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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 4-11001.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/4-11001.5) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019) |
| 8 | | Sec. 4-11001.5. Lake County Children's Advocacy Center |
| 9 | | Pilot Program. |
| 10 | | (a) The Lake County Children's Advocacy Center Pilot |
| 11 | | Program is established. Under the Pilot Program, any grand |
| 12 | | juror or petit juror in Lake County may elect to have his or |
| 13 | | her juror fees earned under Section 4-11001 of this Code to be |
| 14 | | donated to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center, a |
| 15 | | division of the Lake County State's Attorney's office. |
| 16 | | (b) On or before January 1, 2017, the Lake County board |
| 17 | | shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, rules and policies |
| 18 | | governing and effectuating the ability of jurors to donate |
| 19 | | their juror fees to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center |
| 20 | | beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2018. At a |
| 21 | | minimum, the rules and policies must provide: |
| 22 | | (1) for a form that a juror may fill out to elect to |
| 23 | | donate his or her juror fees. The form must contain a |
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| 1 | | statement, in at least 14-point bold type, that donation of |
| 2 | | juror fees is optional; |
| 3 | | (2) that all monies donated by jurors shall be |
| 4 | | transferred by the county to the Lake County Children's |
| 5 | | Advocacy Center at the same time a juror is paid under |
| 6 | | Section 4-11001 of this Code who did not elect to donate |
| 7 | | his or her juror fees; and |
| 8 | | (3) that all juror fees donated under this Section |
| 9 | | shall be used exclusively for the operation of Lake County |
| 10 | | Children's Advocacy Center. |
| 11 | | The Lake County board shall adopt an ordinance or |
| 12 | | resolution reestablishing the rules and policies previously |
| 13 | | adopted under this subsection allowing a juror to donate his or |
| 14 | | her juror fees to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center |
| 15 | | through December 31, 2021. |
| 16 | | (c) The following information shall be reported to the |
| 17 | | General Assembly and the Governor by the Lake County board |
| 18 | | after each calendar year of the Pilot Program on or before |
| 19 | | March 31, 2018, and March 31, 2019, July 1, 2020, and July 1, |
| 20 | | 2021: |
| 21 | | (1) the number of grand and petit jurors who earned |
| 22 | | fees under Section 4-11001 of this Code during the previous |
| 23 | | calendar year; |
| 24 | | (2) the number of grand and petit jurors who donated |
| 25 | | fees under this Section during the previous calendar year; |
| 26 | | (3) the amount of donated fees under this Section |
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| 1 | | during the previous calendar year; |
| 2 | | (4) how the monies donated in the previous calendar |
| 3 | | year were used by the Lake County Children's Advocacy |
| 4 | | Center; and |
| 5 | | (5) how much cost there was incurred by Lake County and |
| 6 | | the Lake County State's Attorney's office in the previous |
| 7 | | calendar year in implementing the Pilot Program. |
| 8 | | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022 December |
| 9 | | 31, 2019.
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| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 99-583, eff. 7-15-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 12 | | becoming law.
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