95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4956


 
Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














705 ILCS 105/27.7









    Amends the Clerks of Courts Act.  Provides that a clerk may charge a children's waiting room fee of $10 (instead of $5).  Effective immediately.
















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HB4956

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    AN ACT concerning courts.

 
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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 Clerks of Courts Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 27.7 as follows:
 



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    (705 ILCS 105/27.7)



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    Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of 
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establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room
for 
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children whose parents or guardians are attending a court 
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hearing as a
litigant, witness, or for other court purposes as 
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determined by
the court may be borne by the county.  To defray 
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that expense in
any county having established a children's 
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waiting room or that elects to
establish such a system, the 
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county board may require the clerk of the circuit
court in the 
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county to charge and collect a children's waiting room fee of 
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not
more than $10 $5.
The fee shall be paid at the time of 
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filing the first pleading, paper,
or other appearance filed by 
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each party in all civil cases.
No additional fee shall be 
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required if more than one party is presented in
a single 
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pleading, paper, or other appearance.  The fee shall be 
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collected in
the manner in which all other fees or costs are 
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collected.

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    Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon 
 


 






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receipt of written
notice from the chairman of the county board 
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together with a certified copy of
the board's resolution.  The 
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clerk shall file the resolution of record in his
or her
office.

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    The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges 
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of the clerks,
shall be assessable as costs, and may be waived 
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only if the judge specifically
provides
for the waiver of the 
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children's waiting room fee.  The fees shall be remitted
monthly 
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by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by the 
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treasurer
in a special fund designated as the children's 
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waiting room fund.  The fund
shall be audited by the county 
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auditor, and the county board shall make
expenditure
from the 
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fund in payment of any cost related to the establishment and

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maintenance of the children's waiting room, including 
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personnel, heat, light,
telephone, security, rental of space, 
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or any other item in connection with the
operation of a 
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children's waiting room.

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    The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the 
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clerk on a
change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review the 
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decision of any
administrative officer, agency, or body.

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(Source: P.A. 89-717, eff. 1-1-98; 90-117, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, 
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eff. 7-30-98.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.