SB0661ham003 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Gary Hannig

Filed: 5/31/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 661

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 661, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 2, on page 68, by replacing lines 16 and 17 with the following:

"1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40% of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;"; and

on page 81, by deleting lines 32 through 34; and

on page 82, by deleting lines 1 through 3; and

on page 86, line 29, by replacing "may" with "shall"; and

on page 199, immediately below line 34, by inserting the following:

"Section 70-15. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changing Section 2-1009A as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/2-1009A) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1009A)

Sec. 2-1009A. Filing Fees. In each county authorized by the Supreme Court to utilize mandatory arbitration, the clerk of the circuit court shall charge and collect, in addition to any other fees, an arbitration fee of $8, except in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants the fee shall be $10, at the time of filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by each party in all civil cases, but no additional fee shall be required if more than one party is represented in a single pleading, paper or other appearance. Arbitration fees received by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this Section shall be remitted within one month after receipt to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Mandatory Arbitration Fund, a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of funding mandatory arbitration programs and such other alternative dispute resolution programs as may be authorized by circuit court rule for operation in counties that have implemented mandatory arbitration, with a separate account being maintained for each county. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, and for State fiscal years 2004, and 2005, and 2006 only, the Mandatory Arbitration Fund may be used for any other purpose authorized by the Supreme Court.

(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)"; and

on page 200, by deleting line 23; and

on page 202, by deleting line 17; and

on page 203, by deleting line 2; and

on page 204, by deleting line 10, lines 14 through 16, and line 18; and

on page 205, by deleting line 3, line 6, line 8, and line 32; and

on page 206, by deleting line 24, line 26, and line 28; and

on page 207, by deleting line 10 and line 14; and

on page 208, below line 13, by inserting the following:

"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on July 1, 2005, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall transfer $5,000,000 from the Communications Revolving Fund to the Hospital Basic Services Prevention Fund.".