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 1        AN ACT to amend the Clerks  of  Courts  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 27.1.

 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 27.1 as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
 8        Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
 9    all  counties  having  a population of 180,000 inhabitants or
10    less shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise  provided,
11    and shall be as follows:
12    (a)  Civil Cases
13             (1)  All   civil  cases  except  as  otherwise
14        provided...........................................   $40
15             (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
16    (b)  Family
17             (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
18        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,  filing
19        transcript   of   commitment  proceedings  held  in
20        another county, and cases under the Juvenile  Court
21        Act of 1987........................................   $25
22             (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
23             (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
24             (4)  Paternity................................   $40
25    (c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal
26             (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
27             (2)  Each  person  convicted of a misdemeanor,
28        leaving  scene  of  an  accident,   driving   while
29        intoxicated,   reckless  driving  or  drag  racing,
30        driving  when   license   revoked   or   suspended,
31        overweight,  or no interstate commerce certificate,
 
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 1        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
 2             (3)  Each  person  convicted  of  a   business
 3        offense............................................   $25
 4             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
 5             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
 6        ordinance            violation,           including
 7        without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
 8        court  supervision:
 9                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
10                  (ii)  For  each  notice   sent   to   the
11        defendant's   last   known   address   pursuant  to
12        subsection (c) of Section 6-306.4 of  the  Illinois
13        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
14                  (iii)  For   each   notice  sent  to  the
15        Secretary of State pursuant to  subsection  (c)  of
16        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
17             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
18             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
19             (8)  In  ordinance  violation cases punishable
20        by fine only, the clerk of the circuit court  shall
21        be  entitled  to receive, unless the fee is excused
22        upon a finding by the court that the  defendant  is
23        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
24        allowed  or imposed by law, the sum of $50 as a fee
25        for the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall  be
26        paid  by the defendant at the time of filing his or
27        her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by  the
28        defendant,  no  jury  shall be called, and the case
29        shall be tried by the court without a jury.
30    (d)  Other Civil Cases
31             (1)  Money or personal property  claimed  does
32        not exceed $500....................................   $10
33             (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
34             (3)  Exceeds  $10,000, when relief in addition
 
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 1        to or supplemental to recovery of  money  alone  is
 2        sought  in  an  action to recover personal property
 3        taxes or retailers occupational tax  regardless  of
 4        amount claimed.....................................   $45
 5             (4)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall be
 6        entitled to receive,  in  addition  to  other  fees
 7        allowed  by  law,  the sum of $50, as a fee for the
 8        services of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action  not
 9        quasi-criminal  in  its nature and not a proceeding
10        for the exercise of the right  of  eminent  domain,
11        and  in every equitable action wherein the right of
12        trial by jury is or may be given by law.  The  jury
13        fee  shall be paid by the party demanding a jury at
14        the time of filing his jury demand.  If such a  fee
15        is  not  paid  by  either  party,  no jury shall be
16        called in the action, suit, or proceeding, and  the
17        same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
18    (e)  Confession of judgment and answer
19             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
20             (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
21    (f)  Auxiliary Proceedings
22             Any   auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to  the
23        collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
24        garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
25    (g)  Forcible entry and detainer
26             (1)  For possession  only  or  possession  and
27        rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
28             (2)  For  possession  and  rent  in  excess of
29        $10,000............................................   $40
30    (h)  Eminent Domain
31             (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
32             (2)  For each and every lot or tract  of  land
33        or   right   or  interest  therein  subject  to  be
34        condemned, the damages in respect  to  which  shall
 
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 1        require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
 2    (i)  Reinstatement
 3             Each  case including petition for modification
 4        of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
 5        30 days after the entry of  a  judgment  or  order,
 6        except  in  forcible  entry  and detainer cases and
 7        small claims  and  except  a  petition  to  modify,
 8        terminate,  or  enforce  a  judgement  or order for
 9        child or spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or
10        terminate  an  order  for  withholding, petition to
11        vacate  judgment   of   dismissal   for   want   of
12        prosecution  whenever  filed, petition to reopen an
13        estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
14    (j)  Probate
15             (1)  Administration  of  decedent's   estates,
16        whether  testate or intestate, guardianships of the
17        person or estate or both of a  person  under  legal
18        disability,  guardianships  of the person or estate
19        or both of a minor or minors, or petitions to  sell
20        real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
21             (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
22        personal  property  of  an  estate  does not exceed
23        $5,000.............................................   $25
24             (3)  At any time during the administration  of
25        the  estate,  however, at the request of the Clerk,
26        the Court shall examine the record  of  the  estate
27        and  the  personal  representative to determine the
28        total value of the real and  personal  property  of
29        the  estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000 shall
30        order the payment  of  an  additional  fee  in  the
31        amount of..........................................   $40
32             (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
33             (5)  Issuing   letters   only  for  a  certain
34        specific reason other than the administration of an
 
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 1        estate, including but not limited to the release of
 2        mortgage; the issue of letters of  guardianship  in
 3        order  that  consent  to marriage may be granted or
 4        for some other specific reason other than  for  the
 5        care  of  property  or  person;  proof  of heirship
 6        without administration; or when a  will  is  to  be
 7        admitted  to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to be
 8        settled without administration.....................   $10
 9             (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
10        matter other than a routine claim is  filed  in  an
11        estate,   the  required  additional  fee  shall  be
12        charged for such filing............................   $45
13    (k)  Change of Venue
14             From a court, the charge is the same amount as
15        the original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee  for
16        preparation  and  certification of record on change
17        of venue, when original  documents  or  copies  are
18        forwarded..........................................   $10
19    (l)  Answer,    adverse    pleading,    or   appearance
20                                   In civil cases..........   $15
21             With the following exceptions:
22             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
23             (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
24             (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
25             (4)  Court   appeals   when   documents    are
26        forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
27        over 200...........................................   10¢
28    (m)  Tax objection complaints
29             For each tax  objection  complaint  containing
30        one  or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of the
31        number  of  parcels  involved  or  the  number   of
32        taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
33    (n)  Tax deed
34             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
 
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 1        is involved........................................   $45
 2             (2)  For  each  additional parcel involved, an
 3        additional fee of..................................   $10
 4    (o)  Mailing Notices and Processes
 5             (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
 6        mail as first class mail...........................    $2
 7             (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
 8        required to mail by certified or  registered  mail,
 9        the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
10    (p)  Certification or Authentication
11             (1)  Each  certification or authentication for
12        taking the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or  other
13        instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
14             (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
15        forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
16             (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
17        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
18             (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
19        forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
20        over 200...........................................   10¢
21    (q)  Reproductions
22             Each  record  of  proceedings  and   judgment,
23        whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
24        copies  of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all other
25        instruments, documents, records, or papers:
26                  (1)  First page..........................    $1
27                  (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
28                  (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
29    (r)  Counterclaim
30             When any defendant  files  a  counterclaim  as
31        part  of  his or her answer or otherwise,  or joins
32        another party as a third party defendant, or  both,
33        he   or   she   shall  pay  a  fee  for  each  such
34        counterclaim or third party  action  in  an  amount
 
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 1        equal  to  the  fee he or she would have had to pay
 2        had he or she brought a  separate  action  for  the
 3        relief  sought  in  the counterclaim or against the
 4        third party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of  the
 5        appearance fee, if that has been paid.
 6    (s)  Transcript of Judgment
 7             From   a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if  case
 8        originally filed.
 9    (t)  Publications
10             The cost of publication shall be paid directly
11        to  the  publisher  by  the  person   seeking   the
12        publication,  whether  the clerk is required by law
13        to publish, or the parties to the action.
14    (u)  Collections
15             (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
16        except  the  State  and  County   and   except   in
17        maintenance  or child support cases, a sum equal to
18        2% of the amount collected and turned over.
19             (2)  In any  cases  remanded  to  the  Circuit
20        Court  from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the Appellate
21        Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
22        reinstate the case with either its original  number
23        or  a  new  number.  The Clerk shall not charge any
24        new or additional fee for the reinstatement.   Upon
25        reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
26        the  reinstatement.   A  party  shall have the same
27        right to a jury trial on remand  and  reinstatement
28        as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
29        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
30        jury trial after remand.
31             (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
32        the  Clerk  may  deduct from each payment an amount
33        equal to the United States postage to  be  used  in
34        mailing  the  maintenance or child support check to
 
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 1        the recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk  shall
 2        collect  an annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 3        making   such   payment   for   administering   the
 4        collection  and  distribution  of  maintenance  and
 5        child  support  payments.  Such  sum  shall  be  in
 6        addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
 7        paid as maintenance or child support and  shall  be
 8        deposited  in  a  separate  Maintenance  and  Child
 9        Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
10        the  custodian, ex officio, to be used by the Clerk
11        to further maintenance and child support collection
12        efforts in his  office.  Unless  paid  in  cash  or
13        pursuant  to  an order for withholding, the payment
14        of the fee shall be by a separate  instrument  from
15        the  support payment and shall be made to the order
16        of the Clerk. The Clerk may recover from the person
17        making the maintenance or child support payment any
18        additional cost incurred in the collection of  this
19        annual fee.
20             (4)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the
21        clerk shall be turned over to  the  county  general
22        fund as an earning of the office.
23             The  Clerk  shall also be entitled to a fee of
24        $5 for certifications  made  to  the  Secretary  of
25        State  as  provided  in Section 7-703 of the Family
26        Financial Responsibility Law and these  fees  shall
27        also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
28        Child Support Collection Fund.
29    (v)  Correction of Cases
30             For  correcting  the case number or case title
31        on any document filed in his office, to be  charged
32        against the party that filed the document..........   $10
33    (w)  Record Search
34             For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
 
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 1    (x)  Printed Output
 2             For  each page of hard copy print output, when
 3        case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
 4    (y)  Alias Summons
 5             For each alias summons issued.................    $2
 6    (z)  Expungement of Records
 7             For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
 8    (aa)  Other Fees
 9             Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
10        rule or administrative order of the Circuit  Court,  with
11        the approval of the Supreme Court.
12    (bb)  Exemptions
13             No  fee  provided for herein shall be charged to any
14        unit of State or  local  government  or  school  district
15        unless  the Court orders another party to pay such fee on
16        its behalf. The fee requirements of  this  Section  shall
17        not  apply to police departments or other law enforcement
18        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
19        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
20        government  that  is  vested by law or ordinance with the
21        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
22        laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
23        shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
24        (b)  of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code by
25        a private owner or tenant of real  property  within  1200
26        feet  of  a dangerous or unsafe building seeking an order
27        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
28        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
29    (cc)  Adoptions
30             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
31             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
32        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
33        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
34        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
 
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 1        Family Services.
 2    (dd)  Adoption exemptions
 3             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (cc)
 4        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
 5        adoption proceeding.
 6    (ee)  Additional Services
 7             Beginning July 1, 1993, the  clerk  of  the  circuit
 8        court  may  provide  such  additional  services for which
 9        there is no fee specified by statute in  connection  with
10        the  operation  of the clerk's office as may be requested
11        by the public and agreed to by  the  public  and  by  the
12        clerk  and  approved   by  the chief judge of the circuit
13        court.  Any charges for additional services shall  be  as
14        agreed  to  between  the  clerk  and the party making the
15        request and approved by the chief judge  of  the  circuit
16        court.   Nothing in this subsection shall be as agreed to
17        between the clerk  and  the  party  making  the  request.
18        Nothing  in this subsection shall be construed to require
19        any clerk to provide any service not  otherwise  required
20        by law.
21    (Source:  P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
22    90-466,   eff.   8-17-97;   90-796,  eff.  12-15-98;  revised
23    12-31-98.)

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

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