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| 1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 Certified Shorthand Reporters Act | ||||||
| 5 | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 415/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 6206)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| 8 | Sec. 6. Upon receipt of a written request from the Chief | ||||||
| 9 | Judge of the reporter's circuit
Supreme Court,
the Department | ||||||
| 10 | shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to any
reporter | ||||||
| 11 | who has been appointed in counties of less than 1,000,000 in
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| 12 | population, and examined under the Court Reporters Act, except | ||||||
| 13 | those who
have achieved an "A" proficiency rating, a restricted | ||||||
| 14 | certificate by which
such official court reporter may then | ||||||
| 15 | lawfully engage in reporting only court
proceedings to which he | ||||||
| 16 | may be assigned by the Chief Judge of his circuit.
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| 17 | The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
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| 18 | certificate of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay | ||||||
| 19 | the tax,
penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay | ||||||
| 20 | any final assessment
of tax, penalty or interest, as required | ||||||
| 21 | by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 22 | Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any
such tax | ||||||
| 23 | Act are satisfied.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 84-1395.)
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| 2 | Section 10. The Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
| 3 | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-818 as | ||||||
| 4 | follows:
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| 5 | (405 ILCS 5/3-818) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-818)
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| 6 | Sec. 3-818. Fees; costs.
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| 7 | (a) Fees for jury service, witnesses, and service and | ||||||
| 8 | execution
of process are the same as for similar services in | ||||||
| 9 | civil proceedings.
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| 10 | (b) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this | ||||||
| 11 | Section, the court
may assess costs of the proceedings against | ||||||
| 12 | the parties.
If the respondent is not a resident of the county | ||||||
| 13 | in which the hearing is
held and the party against whom the | ||||||
| 14 | court would otherwise assess costs has
insufficient funds to | ||||||
| 15 | pay the costs, the court may enter an order upon the
State to | ||||||
| 16 | pay the cost of the proceedings, from funds appropriated by the
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| 17 | General Assembly for that purpose.
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| 18 | (c) If the respondent is a party against whom the court | ||||||
| 19 | would otherwise
assess costs and that respondent is determined | ||||||
| 20 | by the court to have
insufficient funds to pay the cost of | ||||||
| 21 | transcripts for the purpose of appeal,
the
court shall enter an | ||||||
| 22 | order upon the State to pay the cost of one original and
one
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| 23 | copy of a transcript of proceedings established under this | ||||||
| 24 | Code. Payment of
transcript costs authorized under this | ||||||
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| 1 | subsection (c) shall be paid from funds
appropriated by the | ||||||
| 2 | General Assembly to the Comptroller
to the Administrative | ||||||
| 3 | Office of the
Illinois Courts.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 90-765, eff. 8-14-98.)
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