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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 27.7 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 105/27.7)
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7 | Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of | ||||||
8 | establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room
for | ||||||
9 | children whose parents or guardians are attending a court | ||||||
10 | hearing as a
litigant, witness, or for other court purposes as | ||||||
11 | determined by
the court may be borne by the county. To defray | ||||||
12 | that expense in
any county having established a children's | ||||||
13 | waiting room or that elects to
establish such a system, the | ||||||
14 | county board may require the clerk of the circuit
court in the | ||||||
15 | county to charge and collect a children's waiting room fee of | ||||||
16 | not
more than $10 $5 .
The fee shall be paid at the time of | ||||||
17 | filing the first pleading, paper,
or other appearance filed by | ||||||
18 | each party in all civil cases.
No additional fee shall be | ||||||
19 | required if more than one party is presented in
a single | ||||||
20 | pleading, paper, or other appearance. The fee shall be | ||||||
21 | collected in
the manner in which all other fees or costs are | ||||||
22 | collected.
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23 | Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon |
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1 | receipt of written
notice from the chairman of the county board | ||||||
2 | together with a certified copy of
the board's resolution. The | ||||||
3 | clerk shall file the resolution of record in his
or her
office.
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4 | The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges | ||||||
5 | of the clerks,
shall be assessable as costs, and may be waived | ||||||
6 | only if the judge specifically
provides
for the waiver of the | ||||||
7 | children's waiting room fee. The fees shall be remitted
monthly | ||||||
8 | by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by the | ||||||
9 | treasurer
in a special fund designated as the children's | ||||||
10 | waiting room fund. The fund
shall be audited by the county | ||||||
11 | auditor, and the county board shall make
expenditure
from the | ||||||
12 | fund in payment of any cost related to the establishment and
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13 | maintenance of the children's waiting room, including | ||||||
14 | personnel, heat, light,
telephone, security, rental of space, | ||||||
15 | or any other item in connection with the
operation of a | ||||||
16 | children's waiting room.
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17 | The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the | ||||||
18 | clerk on a
change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review the | ||||||
19 | decision of any
administrative officer, agency, or body.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 89-717, eff. 1-1-98; 90-117, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, | ||||||
21 | eff. 7-30-98.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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