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Public Act 095-0980
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LRB095 16009 AJO 42026 b |
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing |
Section 27.7 as follows:
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(705 ILCS 105/27.7)
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Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of |
establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room
for |
children whose parents or guardians are attending a court |
hearing as a
litigant, witness, or for other court purposes as |
determined by
the court may be borne by the county. To defray |
that expense in
any county having established a children's |
waiting room or that elects to
establish such a system, the |
county board may require the clerk of the circuit
court in the |
county to charge and collect a children's waiting room fee of |
not
more than $10 $5.
The fee shall be paid at the time of |
filing the first pleading, paper,
or other appearance filed by |
each party in all civil cases.
No additional fee shall be |
required if more than one party is presented in
a single |
pleading, paper, or other appearance. The fee shall be |
collected in
the manner in which all other fees or costs are |
collected.
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Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon |
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receipt of written
notice from the chairman of the county board |
together with a certified copy of
the board's resolution. The |
clerk shall file the resolution of record in his
or her
office.
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The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges |
of the clerks,
shall be assessable as costs, and may be waived |
only if the judge specifically
provides
for the waiver of the |
children's waiting room fee. The fees shall be remitted
monthly |
by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by the |
treasurer
in a special fund designated as the children's |
waiting room fund. The fund
shall be audited by the county |
auditor, and the county board shall make
expenditure
from the |
fund in payment of any cost related to the establishment and
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maintenance of the children's waiting room, including |
personnel, heat, light,
telephone, security, rental of space, |
or any other item in connection with the
operation of a |
children's waiting room.
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The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the |
clerk on a
change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review the |
decision of any
administrative officer, agency, or body.
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(Source: P.A. 89-717, eff. 1-1-98; 90-117, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, |
eff. 7-30-98.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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