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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4349
Introduced 02/02/04, by Mark H. Beaubien Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that the expense of establishing and maintaining a legal self-help center by the court may be borne by the county. Provides that the county board may require the clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge and collect a fee of not more than $3 to defray the expense of a legal self-help center. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4349 |
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LRB093 15028 LCB 40599 b |
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| AN ACT concerning clerks.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 27.7a as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 105/27.7a new) |
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| Sec. 27.7a. Legal self-help center. The expense of |
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| establishing and maintaining a legal self-help center by the |
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| court may be borne by the county. To defray that expense in any |
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| county having established a legal self-help center or that |
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| elects to establish such a system, the county board may require |
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| the clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge and |
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| collect a legal self-help center fee of not more than $3. The |
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| fee shall be paid at the time of filing the first pleading, |
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| paper, or other appearance filed by each party in all civil |
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| cases. No additional fee shall be required if more than one |
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| party is presented in a single pleading, paper, or other |
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| appearance. The fee shall be collected in the manner in which |
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| all other fees or costs are collected. |
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| Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon |
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| receipt of written notice from the chairman of the county board |
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| together with a certified copy of the board's resolution. The |
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| clerk shall file the resolution of record in his or her office.
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| The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges |
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| of the clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and may be waived |
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| only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver of the |
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| legal self-help center fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly |
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| by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by the |
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| treasurer in a special fund designated as the legal self-help |
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| center fund. The fund shall be audited by the county auditor, |
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| and the county board shall make expenditure from the fund in |
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| payment of any cost related to the establishment and |