Rep. Joyce Mason

Adopted in House on Oct 30, 2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 392

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 392 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 4-11001.5 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/4-11001.5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2019)
8    Sec. 4-11001.5. Lake County Children's Advocacy Center
9Pilot Program.
10    (a) The Lake County Children's Advocacy Center Pilot
11Program is established. Under the Pilot Program, any grand
12juror or petit juror in Lake County may elect to have his or
13her juror fees earned under Section 4-11001 of this Code to be
14donated to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center, a
15division of the Lake County State's Attorney's office.
16    (b) On or before January 1, 2017, the Lake County board

 

 

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1shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, rules and policies
2governing and effectuating the ability of jurors to donate
3their juror fees to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center
4beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2018. At a
5minimum, the rules and policies must provide:
6        (1) for a form that a juror may fill out to elect to
7    donate his or her juror fees. The form must contain a
8    statement, in at least 14-point bold type, that donation of
9    juror fees is optional;
10        (2) that all monies donated by jurors shall be
11    transferred by the county to the Lake County Children's
12    Advocacy Center at the same time a juror is paid under
13    Section 4-11001 of this Code who did not elect to donate
14    his or her juror fees; and
15        (3) that all juror fees donated under this Section
16    shall be used exclusively for the operation of Lake County
17    Children's Advocacy Center.
18    The Lake County board shall adopt an ordinance or
19resolution reestablishing the rules and policies previously
20adopted under this subsection allowing a juror to donate his or
21her juror fees to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center
22through December 31, 2021.
23    (c) The following information shall be reported to the
24General Assembly and the Governor by the Lake County board
25after each calendar year of the Pilot Program on or before
26March 31, 2018, and March 31, 2019, July 1, 2020, and July 1,

 

 

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12021:
2        (1) the number of grand and petit jurors who earned
3    fees under Section 4-11001 of this Code during the previous
4    calendar year;
5        (2) the number of grand and petit jurors who donated
6    fees under this Section during the previous calendar year;
7        (3) the amount of donated fees under this Section
8    during the previous calendar year;
9        (4) how the monies donated in the previous calendar
10    year were used by the Lake County Children's Advocacy
11    Center; and
12        (5) how much cost there was incurred by Lake County and
13    the Lake County State's Attorney's office in the previous
14    calendar year in implementing the Pilot Program.
15    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022 December
1631, 2019.
17(Source: P.A. 99-583, eff. 7-15-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.".