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| Public Act 102-0130 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution | ||||
Center Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
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(710 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 37, par. 853)
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Sec. 3.
(a) In judicial circuits which include a county | ||||
with a population
of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, a dispute | ||||
resolution fund shall be established.
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(b) In any other judicial circuit a dispute resolution | ||||
fund shall be established
upon a finding by the Chief Judge of | ||||
the circuit that:
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(1) A dispute resolution center would significantly | ||||
enhance the administration
of justice in that circuit; and
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(2) A dispute resolution center exists or should be | ||||
created in the judicial circuit.
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(c) In each judicial circuit in which a dispute resolution | ||||
fund is
established,
the clerks of the circuit court shall | ||||
charge and collect a dispute resolution
fund fee of $2 $1, such | ||||
fee to be paid by the party initiating the action at
the time | ||||
of filing the first
pleading in all civil cases.
Such fees | ||||
shall not be charged in any proceeding commenced by or on | ||||
behalf
of a unit of local government.
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Such fees shall be in addition to all other fees and | ||
charges of such
clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and | ||
shall be remitted by such clerks
monthly to the county | ||
treasurers, and shall be disbursed monthly by the
county | ||
treasurer to the dispute resolution fund established under | ||
this
Section. Each such clerk shall commence such charges and | ||
collections upon
receipt of written notice from the Chief | ||
Judge of the judicial circuit that
a dispute resolution fund | ||
has been established.
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(d) Each dispute resolution fund established under this | ||
Section shall be
administered by the Chief Judge of the | ||
judicial circuit in which the fund is established.
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(Source: P.A. 85-756.)
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(710 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 37, par. 854)
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Sec. 4.
(a) Subject to the supervisory authority of the | ||
Supreme Court, the
Chief Judge of each judicial circuit in | ||
which a
dispute resolution fund has been established shall | ||
annually make grant
disbursements from the fund to dispute | ||
resolution centers within the
judicial circuit which meet the
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criteria in Section 4 of this Act.
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(b) Disbursements by the Chief Judge shall be made to | ||
qualified dispute
resolution centers within a judicial circuit | ||
based on each center's
proportionate share of the total number | ||
of cases resolved by all qualified
centers in that circuit | ||
during the year prior to application.
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(c) In no event shall the disbursement to any dispute | ||
resolution center
in one year exceed $300,000 $200,000. Any | ||
amounts collected under Section 3 but not
disbursed in a | ||
particular year shall:
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(1) in single-county judicial circuits, be paid to the | ||
county treasurer
for the administration of justice in the | ||
judicial circuit; and
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(2) in judicial circuits of more than one county, be paid | ||
to the county
treasurers of each county of the judicial | ||
circuit
for the administration of justice in the judicial | ||
circuit, in amounts in proportion to
the amounts of the | ||
disbursements made by each of the county treasurers to the | ||
fund
during the year.
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(d) A dispute resolution center may accept funds from | ||
other public
entities or private sources.
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(Source: P.A. 85-756.)
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