(55 ILCS 82/15)
Sec. 15. Fund; fee; administration.
(a) In any county, a neutral site custody exchange
fund
may be established by the passage of an ordinance by the
county board.
(b) In each county in which a county board has enacted an
ordinance authorizing a neutral site custody exchange fund to be established,
the
county board shall set a fee to be collected by the clerk of the circuit court
on all civil case filings of not less than $1 nor more than $8 to be paid by
the plaintiff at the time of the filing of the case and by the defendant at the
time of filing an appearance. The county board shall review the amount of the
fee on an annual basis and shall increase the amount of the fee, not to exceed
the $8 maximum, if the demand for neutral site custody exchanges requires
additional
funding.
(c) In each county in which a county board has enacted an
ordinance authorizing a neutral site custody exchange
fund to be established,
the clerk of the circuit court shall charge and collect a neutral site custody
exchange fund fee as established by the county ordinance. The fee shall be paid
by
the parties to the action at
the time of filing the first
pleading in all civil cases.
The fees shall not be charged in any proceeding commenced by or on behalf
of a unit of local government.
The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges of the
clerk, shall be assessable as costs, shall be remitted by the clerk
monthly to the county treasurer, and shall be deposited monthly by the
county treasurer in the neutral site custody exchange fund established under
this
Section. Each such clerk shall commence the charging and collection of the fee
upon
receipt of written notice from the county board that
a neutral site custody exchange fund has been established.
(Source: P.A. 93-746, eff. 7-15-04.)
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