Public Act 098-0606
 
HB2327 EnrolledLRB098 08368 HEP 38473 b

    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing
Sections 27.3a and 27.3c as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 105/27.3a)
    Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping, probation
and court services operations, and State and Conservation
Police operations.
    1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
record keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the
circuit court shall be borne by the county. To defray such
expense in any county having established such an automated
system or which elects to establish such a system, the county
board may require the clerk of the circuit court in their
county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less
than $1 nor more than $25 $15 to be charged and collected by
the clerk of the court. Such fee shall be paid at the time of
filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by
each party in all civil cases or by the defendant in any
felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or
conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
supervision, provided that the record keeping system which
processes the case category for which the fee is charged is
automated or has been approved for automation by the county
board, and provided further that no additional fee shall be
required if more than one party is presented in a single
pleading, paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be
collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
collected.
    1.1. Starting on July 6, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-761) and pursuant to an administrative order from the
chief judge of the circuit or the presiding judge of the county
authorizing such collection, a clerk of the circuit court in
any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
Section shall also charge and collect an additional $10
operations fee for probation and court services department
operations.
    This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any
felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation
case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except
such $10 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in
cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail
amount is $120 or less.
    1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under
subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all
fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the
probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of
the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall
be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief
judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief
Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines
approved by the Supreme Court.
    1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in
any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee of not less
than $1 nor more than $15 in an amount equal to the amount of
the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section. This
additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any felony,
traffic, misdemeanor, or local ordinance case upon a judgment
of guilty or grant of supervision. This fee shall not be paid
by the defendant for any conservation violation listed in
subsection 1.6 of this Section.
    1.6. Starting on July 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-46), a clerk of the circuit court in any county that
imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section shall
charge and collect an additional fee of not less than $1 nor
more than $15 in an amount equal to the amount of the fee
imposed pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section. This
additional fee shall be paid by the defendant upon a judgment
of guilty or grant of supervision for a conservation violation
under the State Parks Act, the Recreational Trails of Illinois
Act, the Illinois Explosives Act, the Timber Buyers Licensing
Act, the Forest Products Transportation Act, the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the
Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the Wildlife Code, the Cave
Protection Act, the Illinois Exotic Weed Act, the Illinois
Forestry Development Act, the Ginseng Harvesting Act, the
Illinois Lake Management Program Act, the Illinois Natural
Areas Preservation Act, the Illinois Open Land Trust Act, the
Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act, the Illinois
Prescribed Burning Act, the State Forest Act, the Water Use Act
of 1983, the Illinois Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult
Conservation Jobs Act, the Snowmobile Registration and Safety
Act, the Boat Registration and Safety Act, the Illinois
Dangerous Animals Act, the Hunter and Fishermen Interference
Prohibition Act, the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act, or Section
11-1426.1, 11-1426.2, 11-1427, 11-1427.1, 11-1427.2,
11-1427.3, 11-1427.4, or 11-1427.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code, or Section 48-3 or 48-10 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
    2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and
collections upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of
the county board together with a certified copy of the board's
resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in his office.
    3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees
and charges of such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be
waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
of the court automation fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly
by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by him in
a special fund designated as the court automation fund. The
fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board
shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost
related to the automation of court records, including hardware,
software, research and development costs and personnel related
thereto, provided that the expenditure is approved by the clerk
of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit court or his
designate.
    4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter
coming to any such clerk on change of venue, nor in any
proceeding to review the decision of any administrative
officer, agency or body.
    5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance
Fund.
    6. With respect to the additional fees imposed under
subsection 1.5 of this Section, the Director of State Police
may direct the use of these fees for homeland security purposes
by transferring these fees on a quarterly basis from the State
Police Operations Assistance Fund into the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm Systems (ILEAS) Fund for homeland security
initiatives programs. The transferred fees shall be allocated,
subject to the approval of the ILEAS Executive Board, as
follows: (i) 66.6% shall be used for homeland security
initiatives and (ii) 33.3% shall be used for airborne
operations. The ILEAS Executive Board shall annually supply the
Director of State Police with a report of the use of these
fees.
    7. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
subsection 1.6 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
receipt for deposit into the Conservation Police Operations
Assistance Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10; 97-46, eff. 7-1-12;
97-453, eff. 8-19-11; 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 97-761, eff. 7-6-12;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff.
1-25-13.)
 
    (705 ILCS 105/27.3c)  (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3c)
    Sec. 27.3c. Document storage system.
    (a) The expense of establishing and maintaining a document
storage system in the offices of the circuit court clerks in
the several counties of this State shall be borne by the
county. To defray the expense in any county that elects to
establish a document storage system and convert the records of
the circuit court clerk to electronic or micrographic storage,
the county board may require the clerk of the circuit court in
its county to collect a court document fee of not less than $1
nor more than $25 $15, to be charged and collected by the clerk
of the court. The fee shall be paid at the time of filing the
first pleading, paper, or other appearance filed by each party
in all civil cases or by the defendant in any felony,
misdemeanor, traffic, ordinance, or conservation matter on a
judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, provided that the
document storage system is in place or has been authorized by
the county board and further that no additional fee shall be
required if more than one party is presented in a single
pleading, paper, or other appearance. The fee shall be
collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
collected.
    (b) Each clerk shall commence charges and collections of a
court document fee upon receipt of written notice from the
chairman of the county board together with a certified copy of
the board's resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in
his or her office.
    (c) Court document fees shall be in addition to other fees
and charges of the clerk, shall be assessable as costs, and may
be waived only if the judge specifically provides for the
waiver of the court document storage fee. The fees shall be
remitted monthly by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be
retained by the treasurer in a special fund designated as the
Court Document Storage Fund. The fund shall be audited by the
county auditor, and the board shall make expenditures from the
fund in payment of any costs relative to the storage of court
records, including hardware, software, research and
development costs, and related personnel, provided that the
expenditure is approved by the clerk of the circuit court.
    (d) A court document fee shall not be charged in any matter
coming to the clerk on change of venue or in any proceeding to
review the decision of any administrative officer, agency, or
body.
(Source: P.A. 94-596, eff. 1-1-06.)

Effective Date: 6/1/2014