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90_HB1286
705 ILCS 105/27.7
Amends the Clerk of Courts Act. Adds that a children's
waiting room is for children whose parents or guardians are
attending a court hearing for any court purpose as determined
by the court. Provides that the expense of a children's
waiting room may (instead of shall) be borne by the county.
Removes the requirement that a children's waiting room fee be
not less than $2.
LRB9004836NTsb
LRB9004836NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Clerks of Courts Act by changing
2 Section 27.7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by
6 changing Section 27.7 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 105/27.7)
8 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
9 delayed effective date)
10 Sec. 27.7. Children's waiting room. The expense of
11 establishing and maintaining a children's waiting room for
12 children whose parents or guardians are attending a court
13 hearing as a litigant, or witness, or for other court
14 purposes as determined by the court may in counties over
15 500,000 and under 3,000,000 in population shall be borne by
16 the county. To defray that expense in any county having
17 established a children's waiting room or that elects to
18 establish such a system, the county board may require the
19 clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge and
20 collect a children's waiting room fee of not less than $2 nor
21 more than $5. The fee shall be paid at the time of filing the
22 first pleading, paper, or other appearance filed by each
23 party in all civil cases. No additional fee shall be required
24 if more than one party is presented in a single pleading,
25 paper, or other appearance. The fee shall be collected in
26 the manner in which all other fees or costs are collected.
27 Each clerk shall commence the charges and collection upon
28 receipt of written notice from the chairman of the county
29 board together with a certified copy of the board's
30 resolution. The clerk shall file the resolution of record in
31 his or her office.
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1 The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and
2 charges of the clerks, shall be assessable as costs, and may
3 be waived only if the judge specifically provides for the
4 waiver of the children's waiting room fee. The fees shall be
5 remitted monthly by the clerk to the county treasurer, to be
6 retained by the treasurer in a special fund designated as the
7 children's waiting room fund. The fund shall be audited by
8 the county auditor, and the county board shall make
9 expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost related to
10 the establishment and maintenance of the children's waiting
11 room, including personnel, heat, light, telephone, security,
12 rental of space, or any other item in connection with the
13 operation of a children's waiting room.
14 The fees shall not be charged in any matter coming to the
15 clerk on a change of venue, nor in any proceeding to review
16 the decision of any administrative officer, agency, or body.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-717, eff. 1-1-98.)