State of Illinois
Introduced 2/23/2023, by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates specified amounts to the Supreme Court for the following purposes: operational expenses, awards, grants, permanent improvements, and probation reimbursements; various programs; oversight and management of electronic filing, case management systems, and committees and commissions; expenses relating to various federal and State projects; the distribution to for the facilitation of petitions of expungement of minor cannabis offenses; the reduction of case backlogs and managing increases in case filings, modernizing court technology infrastructure, and supporting Access to Justice programs; and to provide funding to counties for public defenders and public defender services. Effective July 1, 2023.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. In addition to other sums appropriated the sum of $522,601,300, or so much thereof may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for operational expenses, awards, grant, permanent improvements, and probation reimbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
Section 10. The sum of $29,131,200, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Mandatory Arbitration Fund to the Supreme Court for mandatory arbitration
programs.
Section 15. The sum of $708,800, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, is appropriated from the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund to the Supreme Court for the Foreign Language
Interpreter Program.
Section 20. The sum of $20,793,900, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund to the Supreme Court for the oversight
and management of electronic filing, case management systems,
and committees and commissions of the Supreme Court.
Section 25. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund to the Supreme Court for expenses relating to various federal projects.
Section 30. The sum of $4,000,000, or so much thereof may be necessary, is appropriated from the Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund to the Supreme Court for expenses relating to various State projects.
Section 35. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement
Fund to the Supreme Court for the distribution to clerks of the
circuit court for the facilitation of petitions of expungement
of minor cannabis offenses pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation
and Tax Act.
Section 40. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Mandatory Arbitration Fund to the Supreme Court for the reduction of case backlogs and managing increases in case filings, modernizing court technology infrastructure and supporting Access to Justice programs.
Section 45. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Public Defender Fund to the Supreme Court to provide funding to counties for public defenders and public defender services.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2023.