Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/5/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1746




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1746 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
5Sections 5.786 and 6z-87 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
7    Sec. 5.786. Supreme Court E-Business Plan Fund.
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-87 new)
9    Sec. 6z-87. Supreme Court E-Business Plan Fund.
10    (a) The Supreme Court E-Business Plan Fund is created in 
11the State treasury as a special fund. All moneys collected and 
12payable under Section 27.11 of the Clerks of Courts Act shall 
13be deposited into the Fund.
14    (b) Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the Supreme 
15Court, and expenditures shall be used exclusively for the 
 
 
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1purposes of providing for, establishing, maintaining, and 
2supporting the Supreme Court E-Business Plan and shall not be 
3appropriated, loaned, or in any manner transferred to the 
4General Revenue Fund of the State of Illinois.
5    (c) Investment income that is attributable to the 
6investment of moneys in the Supreme Court E-Business Plan Fund 
7shall be retained in the Fund for the uses specified in this 
8Section. 
 
9    Section 10. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended  by adding 
10Section 27.11 as follows:
 
11    (705 ILCS 105/27.11 new)
12    Sec. 27.11. Supreme Court E-Business Plan fee.
13    (a) As used in this Section, "e-business" means the process 
14of developing, enhancing, initiating, establishing, and 
15maintaining a single point of access automated case and 
16statistics management system, including applications for 
17e-filing, e-guilty, e-signatures, and trial court and 
18probation data exchanges.
19    (b) To defray the expense of establishing and maintaining 
20the Supreme Court E-Business Plan, each circuit court clerk 
21shall charge and collect a Supreme Court E-Business Plan fee of 
22$10. This fee shall be paid (i) at the time of filing the first 
23pleading, paper, or other appearance by each party in all civil 
24cases and (ii) by the defendant in any felony, traffic, 
 
 
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1misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a 
2judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. This fee shall be 
3collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are 
4collected, and the moneys shall be remitted by the circuit 
5court clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after 
6receipt for deposit into the Supreme Court E-Business Plan 
7Fund.".