Full Text of HB4956 95th General Assembly
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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 | | 5 |
| 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 | | 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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| Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| (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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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 23 |
| becoming law.
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