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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 changing |
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| Section 27.7 as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 105/27.7)
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| Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of |
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| establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room
for |
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| children whose parents or guardians are attending a court |
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| hearing as a
litigant, witness, or for other court purposes as |
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| determined by
the court may be borne by the county. To defray |
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| that expense in
any county having established a children's |
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| waiting room or that elects to
establish such a system, the |
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| county board may require the clerk of the circuit
court in the |
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| county to charge and collect a children's waiting room fee of |
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| not
more than $10 $5.
The fee shall be paid at the time of |
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| filing the first pleading, paper,
or other appearance filed by |
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| each party in all civil cases.
No additional fee shall be |
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| required if more than one party is presented in
a single |
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| pleading, paper, or other appearance. The fee shall be |
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| collected in
the manner in which all other fees or costs are |
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| 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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| children's waiting room 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 children's |
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| waiting room fund. The fund
shall be audited by the county |
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| auditor, and the county board shall make
expenditure
from the |
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| fund in payment of any cost related to the establishment and
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| maintenance of the children's waiting room, including |
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| personnel, heat, light,
telephone, security, rental of space, |
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| or any other item in connection with the
operation of a |
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| children's waiting room.
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| The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the |
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| clerk on a
change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review the |
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| decision of any
administrative officer, agency, or body.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-717, eff. 1-1-98; 90-117, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, |
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| eff. 7-30-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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