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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution | ||||||
| 5 | Center Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (710 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 37, par. 853)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.
(a) In judicial circuits which include a county | ||||||
| 8 | with a population
of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, a dispute | ||||||
| 9 | resolution fund shall be established.
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| 10 | (b) In any other judicial circuit a dispute resolution | ||||||
| 11 | fund shall be established
upon a finding by the Chief Judge of | ||||||
| 12 | the circuit that:
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| 13 | (1) A dispute resolution center would significantly | ||||||
| 14 | enhance the administration
of justice in that circuit; and
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| 15 | (2) A dispute resolution center exists or should be | ||||||
| 16 | created in the judicial circuit.
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| 17 | (c) In each judicial circuit in which a dispute resolution | ||||||
| 18 | fund is
established,
the clerks of the circuit court shall | ||||||
| 19 | charge and collect a dispute resolution
fund fee of $2 $1, such | ||||||
| 20 | fee to be paid by the party initiating the action at
the time | ||||||
| 21 | of filing the first
pleading in all civil cases.
Such fees | ||||||
| 22 | shall not be charged in any proceeding commenced by or on | ||||||
| 23 | behalf
of a unit of local government.
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| 1 | Such fees shall be in addition to all other fees and | ||||||
| 2 | charges of such
clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and | ||||||
| 3 | shall be remitted by such clerks
monthly to the county | ||||||
| 4 | treasurers, and shall be disbursed monthly by the
county | ||||||
| 5 | treasurer to the dispute resolution fund established under | ||||||
| 6 | this
Section. Each such clerk shall commence such charges and | ||||||
| 7 | collections upon
receipt of written notice from the Chief | ||||||
| 8 | Judge of the judicial circuit that
a dispute resolution fund | ||||||
| 9 | has been established.
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| 10 | (d) Each dispute resolution fund established under this | ||||||
| 11 | Section shall be
administered by the Chief Judge of the | ||||||
| 12 | judicial circuit in which the fund is established.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 85-756.)
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| 14 | (710 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 37, par. 854)
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| 15 | Sec. 4.
(a) Subject to the supervisory authority of the | ||||||
| 16 | Supreme Court, the
Chief Judge of each judicial circuit in | ||||||
| 17 | which a
dispute resolution fund has been established shall | ||||||
| 18 | annually make grant
disbursements from the fund to dispute | ||||||
| 19 | resolution centers within the
judicial circuit which meet the
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| 20 | criteria in Section 4 of this Act.
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| 21 | (b) Disbursements by the Chief Judge shall be made to | ||||||
| 22 | qualified dispute
resolution centers within a judicial circuit | ||||||
| 23 | based on each center's
proportionate share of the total number | ||||||
| 24 | of cases resolved by all qualified
centers in that circuit | ||||||
| 25 | during the year prior to application.
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| 1 | (c) In no event shall the disbursement to any dispute | ||||||
| 2 | resolution center
in one year exceed $300,000 $200,000. Any | ||||||
| 3 | amounts collected under Section 3 but not
disbursed in a | ||||||
| 4 | particular year shall:
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| 5 | (1) in single-county judicial circuits, be paid to the | ||||||
| 6 | county treasurer
for the administration of justice in the | ||||||
| 7 | judicial circuit; and
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| 8 | (2) in judicial circuits of more than one county, be paid | ||||||
| 9 | to the county
treasurers of each county of the judicial | ||||||
| 10 | circuit
for the administration of justice in the judicial | ||||||
| 11 | circuit, in amounts in proportion to
the amounts of the | ||||||
| 12 | disbursements made by each of the county treasurers to the | ||||||
| 13 | fund
during the year.
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| 14 | (d) A dispute resolution center may accept funds from | ||||||
| 15 | other public
entities or private sources.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 85-756.)
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