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90_HB0845
705 ILCS 105/27.7 new
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Permits the county
board, in counties over 400,000 and under 3,000,000
population, to establish a children's waiting room for
children whose parents or guardians are attending a court
hearing as a litigant or witness. Permits the county board
to require the clerk of the circuit court to charge and
collect a children's waiting room fee of not less than $2 nor
more than $5. Provides that the fees shall be paid by each
party in a civil case. Permits the court to waive the fee.
Provides that the fees shall be deposited in a special fund
designated as the Children's Waiting Room Fund.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Clerks of Courts Act by adding
2 Section 27.7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by adding
6 Section 27.7 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 105/27.7 new)
8 Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of
9 establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room for
10 children whose parents or guardians are attending a court
11 hearing as a litigant or witness in counties over 400,000 and
12 under 3,000,000 in population shall be borne by the county.
13 To defray that expense in any county having established a
14 children's waiting room or that elects to establish such a
15 system, the county board may require the clerk of the circuit
16 court in the county to charge and collect a children's
17 waiting room fee of not less than $2 nor more than $5. The
18 fee shall be paid at the time of filing the first pleading,
19 paper, or other appearance filed by each party in all civil
20 cases. No additional fee shall be required if more than one
21 party is presented in a single pleading, paper, or other
22 appearance. The fee shall be collected in the manner in
23 which all other fees or costs are collected.
24 Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon
25 receipt of written notice from the chairman of the county
26 board together with a certified copy of the board's
27 resolution. The clerk shall file the resolution of record in
28 his or her office.
29 The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and
30 charges of the clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and may
31 be waived only if the judge specifically provides for the
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1 waiver of the children's waiting room fee. The fees shall be
2 remitted monthly by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be
3 retained by the treasurer in a special fund designated as the
4 Children's Waiting Room Fund. The fund shall be audited by
5 the county auditor, and the county board shall make
6 expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost related to
7 the establishment and maintenance of the children's waiting
8 room, including personnel, heat, light, telephone, security,
9 rental of space, or any other item in connection with the
10 operation of a children's waiting room.
11 The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the
12 clerk on a change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review
13 the decision of any administrative officer, agency, or body.