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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4956
Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that a clerk may charge a children's waiting room fee of $10 (instead of $5). Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4956 |
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LRB095 16009 AJO 42026 b |
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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
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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 |