Full Text of SB2492 97th General Assembly
SB2492 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2492 Introduced 10/12/2011, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/4-11001 | from Ch. 34, par. 4-11001 | 55 ILCS 5/4-11002 | from Ch. 34, par. 4-11002 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a juror may elect to waive any fees paid for service, transportation, or day care, or any combination thereof, as well as the fees paid for attending an inquest.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 4-11001 and 4-11002 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/4-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11001)
| 7 | | Sec. 4-11001. Juror fees. Each county
shall pay to grand | 8 | | and petit jurors for their services
in attending courts the sum | 9 | | of $4 for each day of necessary attendance at
such courts as | 10 | | jurors in counties of the first class, the sum of $5 for
each | 11 | | day in counties of the second class, and the sum of $10 for | 12 | | each
day in counties of the third class, or such higher amount | 13 | | as may be fixed by
the county board.
| 14 | | In addition, jurors shall receive such travel expense as
| 15 | | may be determined by the county board, provided that jurors in
| 16 | | counties of the first class and second class shall receive at
| 17 | | least 10 cents per mile for their travel expense.
Mileage shall | 18 | | be allowed for travel during a juror's term as well as for
| 19 | | travel at the opening and closing of his term.
| 20 | | If a judge so orders, a juror
shall also receive | 21 | | reimbursement for the actual cost of day care incurred by
the | 22 | | juror during his or her service on a jury.
| 23 | | The juror fees for service, transportation, and day care |
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| 1 | | shall be paid out
of the county treasury.
| 2 | | The clerk of the court shall
furnish to each juror without | 3 | | fee whenever he is discharged a certificate
of the number of | 4 | | days' attendance at court, and upon presentation thereof
to the | 5 | | county treasurer, he shall pay to the juror the sum
provided | 6 | | for his service.
| 7 | | Any juror may elect to waive the fee paid for service, | 8 | | transportation, or day care, or any combination thereof. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 91-321, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 10 | | (55 ILCS 5/4-11002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11002)
| 11 | | Sec. 4-11002. Juror's fees on inquest. The fees of each | 12 | | juror
attending an inquest shall be fixed by the county board | 13 | | at a sum not to
exceed $10 per inquest and not to exceed $40 per | 14 | | day, payable out of the
county treasury, upon the certificate | 15 | | of the coroner or acting coroner of
the county wherein the | 16 | | inquest was held. Any juror may elect to waive the fees paid | 17 | | for attending an inquest.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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