97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2742
 
Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 



705 ILCS 105/27.3c  from Ch. 25, par. 27.3c

    Amends the Clerks of Courts
Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning various fees.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning courts.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing 
5Section 27.3c as follows:
 



6    (705 ILCS 105/27.3c)  (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3c)



7    Sec. 27.3c. Document storage system. 

8    (a) The
The expense of establishing and maintaining a 
9document storage
system in the offices of the circuit court 
10clerks in the several counties
of this State shall be borne by 
11the county.  To defray the expense in any
county that elects to 
12establish a document storage system and convert the
records of 
13the circuit court clerk to electronic or micrographic storage,

14the county board may require the clerk of the circuit court in 
15its county
to collect a court document fee of not less than $1 
16nor more than $15, to
be charged and collected by the clerk of 
17the court.  The fee shall be paid
at the time of filing the 
18first pleading, paper, or other appearance filed
by each party 
19in all civil cases or by the defendant in any felony,

20misdemeanor, traffic, ordinance, or conservation matter on a 
21judgment of
guilty or grant of supervision, provided that the 
22document storage system
is in place or has been authorized by 
23the county board and further that no
additional fee shall be 
 
 
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1required if more than one party is presented in a
single 
2pleading, paper, or other appearance.  The fee shall
be 
3collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are

4collected.
5    (b) Each clerk shall commence charges and collections of a 
6court
document fee upon receipt of written notice from the 
7chairman of
the county board together with a certified copy of 
8the board's resolution,
which the clerk shall file of record in 
9his or her office.

10    (c) Court document fees shall be in addition to other fees 
11and charges
of the clerk, shall be assessable as costs, and may 
12be waived only if the
judge specifically provides for the 
13waiver of the court document storage
fee. The fees shall be 
14remitted monthly
by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be 
15retained by the treasurer in a
special fund designated as the 
16Court Document Storage Fund.  The fund shall
be audited by the 
17county auditor, and the board shall make expenditures
from the 
18fund in payment of any costs relative to the storage of court 
19records,
including hardware, software, research and 
20development costs, and related
personnel, provided that the 
21expenditure is approved by the clerk of the
circuit court.

22    (d) A court document fee shall not be charged in any matter 
23coming to
the clerk on change of venue or in any proceeding to 
24review the
decision of any administrative officer, agency, or 
25body.

26(Source: P.A. 94-596, eff. 1-1-06.)