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90_HB3492

      405 ILCS 5/3-816          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-816
      405 ILCS 5/3-818          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-818
      405 ILCS 5/4-613          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-613
      405 ILCS 5/4-615          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-615
          Amends the Mental Health and  Developmental  Disabilities
      Code.   Provides  that  indigent  respondents are entitled to
      free transcripts of proceedings  under  the  Code.   Provides
      that  payment  for  the  transcripts shall be made from funds
      appropriated by the General Assembly  to  the  Administrative
      Office of Illinois Courts.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Mental  Health and Developmental
 2    Disabilities Code by changing Sections 3-816,  3-818,  4-613,
 3    and 4-615.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section   5.  The   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 7    Disabilities Code is  amended  by  changing  Sections  3-816,
 8    3-818, 4-613, and 4-615 as follows:
 9        (405 ILCS 5/3-816) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-816)
10        Sec. 3-816.  Final orders; copies; appeal.
11        (a)  Every  final  order  entered by the court under this
12    Act shall be  in  writing  and  shall  be  accompanied  by  a
13    statement  on  the record of the court's findings of fact and
14    conclusions of law. A copy of such order  shall  be  promptly
15    given  to  the  recipient or his attorney and to the facility
16    director of the facility or alternative  treatment  to  which
17    the  recipient is admitted or to the person in whose care and
18    custody the recipient is placed.
19        (b)  An appeal from a final order may  be  taken  in  the
20    same  manner  as in other civil cases.  Upon entry of a final
21    order, the court shall notify the  recipient  orally  and  in
22    writing of his right to appeal and, if he is indigent, of his
23    right  to a free transcript and counsel and a free transcript
24    pursuant to subsection (c) of Section  3-818  and  subsection
25    (c)  of  Section 4-615 of this Code.  If the recipient wishes
26    to appeal and is unable to obtain counsel, counsel  shall  be
27    appointed pursuant to Section 3-805.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
29        (405 ILCS 5/3-818) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-818)
30        Sec. 3-818.  Fees; costs.
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 1        (a)  Fees  for  jury  service, witnesses, and service and
 2    execution of process are the same as for similar services  in
 3    civil proceedings.
 4        (b)  Except  as  provided  under  subsection  (c) of this
 5    Section, the  court  may  assess  costs  of  the  proceedings
 6    against  the parties.  If the respondent is not a resident of
 7    the county in which the hearing is held and the party against
 8    whom the court would otherwise assess costs has  insufficient
 9    funds to pay the costs, the court may enter an order upon the
10    State  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  proceedings,  from  funds
11    appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose.
12        (c)  If  the respondent is a party against whom the court
13    would  otherwise  assess  costs  and   that   respondent   is
14    determined by the court to have insufficient funds to pay the
15    cost  of transcripts for the purpose of appeal, the court may
16    enter an order upon the State to pay the cost of one original
17    and one copy of a transcript of proceedings established under
18    this Code.  Payment of transcript costs authorized under this
19    subsection (c) shall be paid from funds appropriated  by  the
20    General Assembly to the Administrative Office of the Illinois
21    Courts.
22    (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
23        (405 ILCS 5/4-613) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-613)
24        Sec. 4-613.  Final orders; notice; appeals.
25        (a)  Every  final  order of the court shall be in writing
26    and shall be accompanied by a statement on the record of  the
27    court's  findings  of fact and conclusions of law.  A copy of
28    such order  shall  be  promptly  given  to  the  client,  his
29    attorney,  and  the  facility  director  of the developmental
30    disabilities facility or program to which the  respondent  is
31    admitted.
32        (b)  An  appeal  from  a  final order may be taken in the
33    same manner as in other civil cases.  Upon entry of  a  final
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 1    order,  the  court  shall  notify  the client of his right to
 2    appeal and, if he  is  indigent,  of  his  right  to  a  free
 3    transcript  and  counsel  and  a  free transcript pursuant to
 4    subsection (c) of Section 3-818 and subsection (c) of Section
 5    4-615 of this Code.  If the client wishes to  appeal  and  is
 6    unable to obtain counsel, counsel shall be appointed pursuant
 7    to the provisions of Section 4-605.
 8    (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
 9        (405 ILCS 5/4-615) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 4-615)
10        Sec. 4-615.  Fees; costs; State funds.
11        (a)  Fees  for  jury  service, witnesses, and service and
12    execution of process are the same as for similar services  in
13    civil proceedings.
14        (b)  Except  as  provided  under  subsection  (c) of this
15    Section, the  court  may  assess  costs  of  the  proceedings
16    against  the parties.  If the respondent is not a resident of
17    the county in which the hearing is held and the party against
18    whom the court would otherwise assess costs has  insufficient
19    funds to pay the costs, the court may enter an order upon the
20    State  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  proceedings,  from  funds
21    appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose.
22        (c)  If  the respondent is a party against whom the court
23    would  otherwise  assess  costs  and   that   respondent   is
24    determined by the court to have insufficient funds to pay the
25    cost  of transcripts for the purpose of appeal, the court may
26    enter an order upon the State to pay the cost of one original
27    and one copy of a transcript of proceedings established under
28    this Code.  Payment of transcript costs authorized under this
29    subsection (c) shall be paid from funds appropriated  by  the
30    General Assembly to the Administrative Office of the Illinois
31    Courts.
32    (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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