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HB4239 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning counties.
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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 Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 82/15)
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| Sec. 15. Fund; fee; administration.
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| (a) In any
a county with a population of over
100,000 and |
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| less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a neutral site custody |
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| exchange
fund
may be established by the passage of an ordinance |
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| by the
county board.
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| (b) In each county in which a county board has enacted an
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| ordinance authorizing a neutral site custody exchange fund to |
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| be established,
the
county board shall set a fee to be |
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| collected by the clerk of the circuit court
on all civil case |
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| filings of not less than $1 nor more than $8 to be paid by
the |
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| plaintiff at the time of the filing of the case and by the |
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| defendant at the
time of filing an appearance. The county board |
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| shall review the amount of the
fee on an annual basis and shall |
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| increase the amount of the fee, not to exceed
the $8 maximum, |
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| if the demand for neutral site custody exchanges requires
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| additional
funding.
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| (c) In each county in which a county board has enacted an
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| ordinance authorizing a neutral site custody exchange
fund to |
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| be established,
the clerk of the circuit court shall charge and |
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| collect a neutral site custody
exchange fund fee as established |
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| by the county ordinance. The fee shall be paid
by
the parties |
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| to the action at
the time of filing the first
pleading in all |
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| civil cases.
The fees shall not be charged in any proceeding |
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| commenced by or on behalf
of a unit of local government.
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| The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges |
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| of the
clerk, shall be assessable as costs, shall be remitted |
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