SB3022enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning courts.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Access to Justice Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(705 ILCS 95/25)

Sec. 25. Statutory Court Fee Task Force.

(a) There is hereby created the Statutory Court Fee Task Force. The purpose of the Task Force is to conduct a thorough review of the various statutory fees imposed or assessed on criminal defendants and civil litigants.

(b) The Task Force shall consist of 15 members, appointed as follows: one each by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate; 2 by the association representing circuit court clerks; 2 by the Governor, and 7 by the Supreme Court.

(c) At the direction of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall provide administrative support to the Task Force.

(d) The Task Force shall submit a report containing its findings and any recommendations to the Supreme Court and the General Assembly by June 1, 2016 2014.

(Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.