Public Act 095-0146
 
HB1790 Enrolled LRB095 04319 DRJ 24360 b

    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act
of 1984 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 415/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6206)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
    Sec. 6. Upon receipt of a written request from the Chief
Judge of the reporter's circuit Supreme Court, the Department
shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to any reporter
who has been appointed in counties of less than 1,000,000 in
population, and examined under the Court Reporters Act, except
those who have achieved an "A" proficiency rating, a restricted
certificate by which such official court reporter may then
lawfully engage in reporting only court proceedings to which he
may be assigned by the Chief Judge of his circuit.
    The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
certificate of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay
any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required
by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of
Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax
Act are satisfied.
(Source: P.A. 84-1395.)
 
    Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-818 as
follows:
 
    (405 ILCS 5/3-818)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-818)
    Sec. 3-818. Fees; costs.
    (a) Fees for jury service, witnesses, and service and
execution of process are the same as for similar services in
civil proceedings.
    (b) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this
Section, the court may assess costs of the proceedings against
the parties. If the respondent is not a resident of the county
in which the hearing is held and the party against whom the
court would otherwise assess costs has insufficient funds to
pay the costs, the court may enter an order upon the State to
pay the cost of the proceedings, from funds appropriated by the
General Assembly for that purpose.
    (c) If the respondent is a party against whom the court
would otherwise assess costs and that respondent is determined
by the court to have insufficient funds to pay the cost of
transcripts for the purpose of appeal, the court shall enter an
order upon the State to pay the cost of one original and one
copy of a transcript of proceedings established under this
Code. Payment of transcript costs authorized under this
subsection (c) shall be paid from funds appropriated by the
General Assembly to the Comptroller to the Administrative
Office of the Illinois Courts.
(Source: P.A. 90-765, eff. 8-14-98.)