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HB4370 Enrolled |
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LRB093 20768 BDD 46668 b |
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| than one party is represented in a
single pleading, paper, or |
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| other appearance.
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| Each clerk shall commence those charges and collections |
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| upon
receipt of written notice from the chairman of the county |
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| board that
the board has acted under this Division to establish |
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| and
maintain a law library.
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| The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges |
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| of the
clerks, assessable as costs, remitted by the clerks |
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| monthly to the county
treasurer, and retained by the county |
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| treasurer in a special fund
designated as the County Law |
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| Library Fund. Except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph, |
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| disbursements from the fund
shall be by the county treasurer, |
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| on order of a majority of the resident
circuit judges of the |
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| circuit court of the county. In any
county with more than |
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| 2,000,000 inhabitants,
the
county board shall
order |
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| disbursements from the fund and the presiding officer of the
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| county board, with the advice and consent of the county board, |
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| may
appoint a library committee of not less than 9 members, |
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| who, by majority
vote, may recommend to the county board as to |
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| disbursements of
the fund and the operation of the library. In |
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| single county circuits with
2,000,000 or fewer
inhabitants, |
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| disbursements from the County Law Library Fund shall be made by
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| the county treasurer on the order of the chief judge of the |
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| circuit court of
the county. In those single county circuits, |
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| the number of personnel necessary
to
operate and maintain the |
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| county law library shall be set by and those personnel
shall be |
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| appointed
by the chief judge. The county law library personnel |
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| shall serve at the
pleasure
of the appointing authority. The |
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| salaries of those personnel shall be fixed by
the county board |
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| of the county.
Orders shall be
pre-audited, funds shall be |
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| audited by the county auditor, and
a report of the orders and |
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| funds shall be rendered to
the county board and to the judges.
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| Fees shall not be charged in any criminal or quasi-criminal
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| case, in any matter coming to the clerk on change of venue, or |
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| in
any proceeding to review the decision of any administrative |
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| officer,
agency, or body.
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