Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 2/18/2005

 

 


 

 


 
09400HB0339ham003 LRB094 06829 RCE 41730 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 339

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 339, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
4 1, as follows:
 
5 on page 1, line 9, by replacing "$25 $4" with "$4 until a juror
6 fund fee is imposed and $25 thereafter"; and
 
7 on page 1, line 10, by replacing "$30 $5" with "$5 until a
8 juror fund fee is imposed and $30 thereafter"; and
 
9 on page 1, lines 11 and 12, by replacing "$40 $10" with "$10
10 until a juror fund fee is imposed and $40 thereafter"; and
 
11 by replacing line 24 on page 1 through line 6 on page 2 with the
12 following:
13 "shall be paid out of the county treasury until a juror fund
14 fee is imposed and out of the County Juror Fund thereafter.
15     For the purpose of funding juror fees, the clerk of court
16 shall collect a juror fund fee, as fixed by the county board,
17 from each plaintiff and defendant in an action. Within 180 days
18 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
19 General Assembly, the county board must conduct an acceptable
20 cost study and set and impose an initial juror fund fee
21 justified by that cost study as sufficient to pay the juror
22 fees as increased by this amendatory Act of the 94th General

 

 

09400HB0339ham003 - 2 - LRB094 06829 RCE 41730 a

1 Assembly. The county board may thereafter adjust the amount of
2 the juror fund fee, but any increase must be justified by an
3 acceptable cost study showing that the then current fee is not
4 sufficient to cover the costs of juror fees. The clerk shall
5 deposit all of the juror fund fees".