SB1518ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Terra Costa Howard

Filed: 5/9/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1518

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1518 by deleting line 26 on page 12 through line 5 on page 13; and

by replacing line 22 on page 19 through line 11 on page 20 with the following:

"(c) The court may allocate guardian ad litem fees and costs. No legal fees, appointed counsel fees, guardian ad litem fees, or costs shall be assessed against the Office of the State Guardian, the public guardian, adult protective services, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency designated by the Governor under Section 1 of the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act. If the respondent is unable to pay the fee of the guardian ad litem or appointed counsel, or both, the court may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or such amounts as the respondent or the respondent's estate may be unable to pay. However, in cases where the Office of State Guardian is the petitioner, consistent with Section 30 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act, where the public guardian is the petitioner, consistent with Section 13-5 of this Act, where an adult protective services agency is the petitioner, pursuant to Section 9 of the Adult Protective Services Act, or where the Department of Children and Family Services is the petitioner under subparagraph (d) of subsection (1) of Section 2-27 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, no guardian ad litem or legal fees shall be assessed against the Office of State Guardian, the public guardian, the adult protective services agency, or the Department of Children and Family Services.".