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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution
5Center Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
 
6    (710 ILCS 20/3)  (from Ch. 37, par. 853)
7    Sec. 3. (a) In judicial circuits which include a county
8with a population of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, a dispute
9resolution fund shall be established.
10    (b) In any other judicial circuit a dispute resolution
11fund shall be established upon a finding by the Chief Judge of
12the circuit that:
13    (1) A dispute resolution center would significantly
14enhance the administration of justice in that circuit; and
15    (2) A dispute resolution center exists or should be
16created in the judicial circuit.
17    (c) In each judicial circuit in which a dispute resolution
18fund is established, the clerks of the circuit court shall
19charge and collect a dispute resolution fund fee of $2 $1, such
20fee to be paid by the party initiating the action at the time
21of filing the first pleading in all civil cases. Such fees
22shall not be charged in any proceeding commenced by or on
23behalf of a unit of local government.

 

 

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1    Such fees shall be in addition to all other fees and
2charges of such clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and
3shall be remitted by such clerks monthly to the county
4treasurers, and shall be disbursed monthly by the county
5treasurer to the dispute resolution fund established under
6this Section. Each such clerk shall commence such charges and
7collections upon receipt of written notice from the Chief
8Judge of the judicial circuit that a dispute resolution fund
9has been established.
10    (d) Each dispute resolution fund established under this
11Section shall be administered by the Chief Judge of the
12judicial circuit in which the fund is established.
13(Source: P.A. 85-756.)
 
14    (710 ILCS 20/4)  (from Ch. 37, par. 854)
15    Sec. 4. (a) Subject to the supervisory authority of the
16Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of each judicial circuit in
17which a dispute resolution fund has been established shall
18annually make grant disbursements from the fund to dispute
19resolution centers within the judicial circuit which meet the
20criteria in Section 4 of this Act.
21    (b) Disbursements by the Chief Judge shall be made to
22qualified dispute resolution centers within a judicial circuit
23based on each center's proportionate share of the total number
24of cases resolved by all qualified centers in that circuit
25during the year prior to application.

 

 

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1    (c) In no event shall the disbursement to any dispute
2resolution center in one year exceed $300,000 $200,000. Any
3amounts collected under Section 3 but not disbursed in a
4particular year shall:
5    (1) in single-county judicial circuits, be paid to the
6county treasurer for the administration of justice in the
7judicial circuit; and
8    (2) in judicial circuits of more than one county, be paid
9to the county treasurers of each county of the judicial
10circuit for the administration of justice in the judicial
11circuit, in amounts in proportion to the amounts of the
12disbursements made by each of the county treasurers to the
13fund during the year.
14    (d) A dispute resolution center may accept funds from
15other public entities or private sources.
16(Source: P.A. 85-756.)