98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3022

 

Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 95/25

    Amends the Access to Justice Act. Provides that the Statutory Court Fee Task Force must submit its report to the Supreme Court and General Assembly by June 1, 2016 (instead of 2014). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Access to Justice Act is amended by changing
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 95/25)
7    Sec. 25. Statutory Court Fee Task Force.
8    (a) There is hereby created the Statutory Court Fee Task
9Force. The purpose of the Task Force is to conduct a thorough
10review of the various statutory fees imposed or assessed on
11criminal defendants and civil litigants.
12    (b) The Task Force shall consist of 15 members, appointed
13as follows: one each by the Speaker of the House of
14Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
15Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority
16Leader of the Senate; 2 by the association representing circuit
17court clerks; 2 by the Governor, and 7 by the Supreme Court.
18    (c) At the direction of the Supreme Court, the
19Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall provide
20administrative support to the Task Force.
21    (d) The Task Force shall submit a report containing its
22findings and any recommendations to the Supreme Court and the
23General Assembly by June 1, 2016 2014.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.