State of Illinois
91st General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ Legislation ]
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]


[ Engrossed ][ House Amendment 001 ]

91_HB3223

 
                                               LRB9110962DHks

 1        AN  ACT  concerning  fees  for  administrative  review of
 2    non-moving traffic violations.

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

 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 6    changing Section 11-208.3 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
 8        Sec. 11-208.3.  Administrative adjudication of violations
 9    of traffic regulations concerning the standing,  parking,  or
10    condition of vehicles.
11        (a)  Any  municipality  may  provide  by  ordinance for a
12    system of administrative adjudication of  vehicular  standing
13    and  parking  violations and vehicle compliance violations as
14    defined in this subsection. The administrative  system  shall
15    have  as  its  purpose  the fair and efficient enforcement of
16    municipal regulations through the administrative adjudication
17    of violations of municipal ordinances regulating the standing
18    and parking of vehicles, the condition  and  use  of  vehicle
19    equipment,  and  the  display of municipal wheel tax licenses
20    within the municipality's borders.  The administrative system
21    shall  only  have  authority  to  adjudicate  civil  offenses
22    carrying fines not in excess of $250  that  occur  after  the
23    effective  date of the ordinance adopting such a system under
24    this Section.  For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "compliance
25    violation"  means  a  violation  of  a  municipal  regulation
26    governing  the  condition or use of equipment on a vehicle or
27    governing the display of a municipal wheel tax license.
28        (b)  Any   ordinance    establishing    a    system    of
29    administrative  adjudication under this Section shall provide
30    for:
31             (1)  A traffic compliance  administrator  authorized
 
                            -2-                LRB9110962DHks
 1        to  adopt,  distribute and process parking and compliance
 2        violation notices and  other  notices  required  by  this
 3        Section,  collect  money  paid as fines and penalties for
 4        violation  of  parking  and  compliance  ordinances,  and
 5        operate  an  administrative  adjudication  system.    The
 6        traffic   compliance   administrator   also  may  make  a
 7        certified report to the Secretary of State under  Section
 8        6-306.5.
 9             (2)  A  parking,  standing,  or compliance violation
10        notice that shall specify the date, time,  and  place  of
11        violation   of   a   parking,   standing,  or  compliance
12        regulation; the particular regulation violated; the  fine
13        and  any  penalty  that may be assessed for late payment,
14        when so provided by ordinance; the vehicle make and state
15        registration number; and the identification number of the
16        person issuing the notice. With regard to  municipalities
17        with  a  population  of  1  million  or more, it shall be
18        grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the State
19        registration  number  or  vehicle   make   specified   is
20        incorrect.  The  violation  notice  shall  state that the
21        payment of the indicated  fine,  and  of  any  applicable
22        penalty  for  late  payment,  shall  operate  as  a final
23        disposition of the  violation.   The  notice  also  shall
24        contain  information  as to the availability of a hearing
25        in which the violation may be contested  on  its  merits.
26        The violation notice shall specify the time and manner in
27        which a hearing may be had.
28             (3)  Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
29        violation  notice by affixing the original or a facsimile
30        of the notice to  an  unlawfully  parked  vehicle  or  by
31        handing  the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or
32        she is present.  A  person  authorized  by  ordinance  to
33        issue   and   serve  parking,  standing,  and  compliance
34        violation notices shall certify as to the correctness  of
 
                            -3-                LRB9110962DHks
 1        the  facts entered on the violation notice by signing his
 2        or her name to the notice at the time of  service  or  in
 3        the  case  of a notice produced by a computerized device,
 4        by signing a single certificate to be kept by the traffic
 5        compliance administrator attesting to the correctness  of
 6        all notices produced by the device while it was under his
 7        or  her  control.   The  original  or  a facsimile of the
 8        violation  notice  shall  be  retained  by  the   traffic
 9        compliance  administrator,  and shall be a record kept in
10        the ordinary course of business.  A parking, standing, or
11        compliance violation notice issued, signed and served  in
12        accordance  with  this  Section, or a copy of the notice,
13        shall be prima facie correct and  shall  be  prima  facie
14        evidence  of  the  correctness  of the facts shown on the
15        notice.  The notice or copy shall be  admissible  in  any
16        subsequent administrative or legal proceedings.
17             (4)  An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
18        owner  of  the vehicle cited in the parking, standing, or
19        compliance  violation  notice  in  which  the  owner  may
20        contest the merits of the alleged violation,  and  during
21        which  formal  or  technical  rules of evidence shall not
22        apply; provided, however, that under Section  11-1306  of
23        this  Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
24        notice likewise shall be provided an  opportunity  for  a
25        hearing  of  the same kind afforded the registered owner.
26        The hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting
27        the  hearing  on  behalf  of   the   traffic   compliance
28        administrator  shall be empowered to administer oaths and
29        to secure by subpoena both the attendance  and  testimony
30        of  witnesses  and  the  production of relevant books and
31        papers.   Persons  appearing  at  a  hearing  under  this
32        Section may be represented by counsel at  their  expense.
33        The    ordinance    may   also   provide   for   internal
34        administrative  review  following  the  decision  of  the
 
                            -4-                LRB9110962DHks
 1        hearing officer.
 2             (5)  Service of additional notices,  sent  by  first
 3        class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address
 4        of  the registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded
 5        with the Secretary of State or, under Section 11-1306  of
 6        this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the last
 7        address  known  to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the
 8        time of lease.   The service shall be deemed complete  as
 9        of  the  date  of deposit in the United States mail.  The
10        notices shall be in  the  following  sequence  and  shall
11        include  but  not be limited to the information specified
12        herein:
13                  (i)  A second notice of violation.  This notice
14             shall specify the date and location of the violation
15             cited  in  the  parking,  standing,  or   compliance
16             violation    notice,   the   particular   regulation
17             violated, the vehicle make  and  state  registration
18             number,  the  fine  and  any  penalty  that  may  be
19             assessed  for  late  payment  when  so  provided  by
20             ordinance,  the  availability  of a hearing in which
21             the violation may be contested on  its  merits,  and
22             the time and manner in which the hearing may be had.
23             The  notice  of  violation  shall  also  state  that
24             failure  either  to  pay  the indicated fine and any
25             applicable penalty, or to appear at a hearing on the
26             merits in the time and manner specified, will result
27             in a final determination of violation liability  for
28             the  cited  violation  in  the amount of the fine or
29             penalty indicated, and that, upon the occurrence  of
30             a final determination of violation liability for the
31             failure,  and  the  exhaustion  of,  or  failure  to
32             exhaust,   available   administrative   or  judicial
33             procedures for review, any unpaid  fine  or  penalty
34             will   constitute   a   debt   due   and  owing  the
 
                            -5-                LRB9110962DHks
 1             municipality.
 2                  (ii)  A  notice  of  final   determination   of
 3             parking,    standing,    or   compliance   violation
 4             liability. This notice shall  be  sent  following  a
 5             final   determination   of   parking,  standing,  or
 6             compliance violation liability and the conclusion of
 7             judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
 8             The notice shall  state  that  the  unpaid  fine  or
 9             penalty  is  a  debt due and owing the municipality.
10             The notice shall contain warnings  that  failure  to
11             pay   any   fine   or  penalty  due  and  owing  the
12             municipality within the time specified may result in
13             the municipality's  filing  of  a  petition  in  the
14             Circuit  Court  to  have  the unpaid fine or penalty
15             rendered a judgment as provided by this Section,  or
16             may  result  in  suspension  of the person's drivers
17             license for failure to pay fines or penalties for 10
18             or more parking violations under Section 6-306.5.
19             (6)  A   Notice   of   impending   drivers   license
20        suspension.  This notice shall  be  sent  to  the  person
21        liable for any fine or penalty that remains due and owing
22        on 10 or more parking violations.  The notice shall state
23        that  failure  to pay the fine or penalty owing within 45
24        days of the notice's date will result in the municipality
25        notifying the Secretary  of  State  that  the  person  is
26        eligible  for  initiation of suspension proceedings under
27        Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
28        that the person may  obtain  a  photostatic  copy  of  an
29        original  ticket  imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
30        self addressed,  stamped  envelope  to  the  municipality
31        along  with  a  request  for  the  photostatic copy.  The
32        notice of impending drivers license suspension  shall  be
33        sent  by first class United States mail, postage prepaid,
34        to the address recorded with the Secretary of State.
 
                            -6-                LRB9110962DHks
 1             (7)  Final determinations of violation liability.  A
 2        final determination of violation  liability  shall  occur
 3        following  failure  to  pay  the  fine or penalty after a
 4        hearing officer's determination  of  violation  liability
 5        and   the   exhaustion  of  or  failure  to  exhaust  any
 6        administrative review procedures provided  by  ordinance.
 7        Where  a  person  fails to appear at a hearing to contest
 8        the alleged violation in the time and manner specified in
 9        a   prior   mailed   notice,   the   hearing    officer's
10        determination  of violation liability shall become final:
11        (A)  upon denial of a timely petition to set  aside  that
12        determination,  or  (B) upon expiration of the period for
13        filing the petition without a filing having been made.
14             (8)  A petition to  set  aside  a  determination  of
15        parking, standing, or compliance violation liability that
16        may be filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty.
17        The  petition  shall  be filed with and ruled upon by the
18        traffic compliance administrator in the manner and within
19        the time specified by  ordinance.  The  grounds  for  the
20        petition  may  be  limited to:  (A) the person not having
21        been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on the date
22        the violation notice was issued, (B)  the  person  having
23        already  paid  the  fine  or penalty for the violation in
24        question, and (C)  excusable  failure  to  appear  at  or
25        request  a  new  date  for  a  hearing.  With  regard  to
26        municipalities with a population of 1 million or more, it
27        shall  be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if
28        the State registration number or vehicle  make  specified
29        is   incorrect.   After  the  determination  of  parking,
30        standing, or compliance violation liability has been  set
31        aside  upon a showing of just cause, the registered owner
32        shall be provided with a hearing on the merits  for  that
33        violation.
34             (9)  Procedures  for  non-residents.  Procedures  by
 
                            -7-                LRB9110962DHks
 1        which  persons  who are not residents of the municipality
 2        may contest the merits of the alleged  violation  without
 3        attending a hearing.
 4             (10)  A  schedule  of  civil fines for violations of
 5        vehicular standing, parking, and  compliance  regulations
 6        enacted  by  ordinance  pursuant  to  this Section, and a
 7        schedule of penalties for  late  payment  of  the  fines,
 8        provided,  however, that the total amount of the fine and
 9        penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250.
10             (11)  Other provisions as are necessary  and  proper
11        to  carry  into  effect  the  powers granted and purposes
12        stated in this Section.
13        (c)  Any municipality  establishing  vehicular  standing,
14    parking,  and  compliance  regulations under this Section may
15    also  provide  by  ordinance  for  a   program   of   vehicle
16    immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
17    those  regulations.   The  program  of vehicle immobilization
18    shall provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon  the
19    public  way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent
20    operation of  the  vehicle.   Any  ordinance  establishing  a
21    program  of  vehicle  immobilization under this Section shall
22    provide:
23             (1)  Criteria  for  the  designation   of   vehicles
24        eligible for immobilization.  A vehicle shall be eligible
25        for  immobilization  when  the  registered  owner  of the
26        vehicle  has  accumulated  the  number  of  unpaid  final
27        determinations  of  parking,  standing,   or   compliance
28        violation liability as determined by ordinance.
29             (2)  A  notice  of  impending vehicle immobilization
30        and a right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the
31        notice by  disproving  liability  for  the  unpaid  final
32        determinations   of   parking,  standing,  or  compliance
33        violation liability listed on the notice.
34             (3)  The right to a prompt hearing after  a  vehicle
 
                            -8-                LRB9110962DHks
 1        has   been  immobilized  or  subsequently  towed  without
 2        payment  of  the  outstanding  fines  and  penalties   on
 3        parking,  standing,  or  compliance  violations for which
 4        final determinations have been issued.  An  order  issued
 5        after  the  hearing  is  a  final administrative decision
 6        within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of  Civil
 7        Procedure.
 8             (4)  A  post  immobilization  and post-towing notice
 9        advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
10        to  a  hearing  to  challenge   the   validity   of   the
11        impoundment.
12        (d)  Judicial  review of final determinations of parking,
13    standing, and compliance violations and final  administrative
14    decisions    issued    after   hearings   regarding   vehicle
15    immobilization and impoundment made under this Section  shall
16    be  subject  to  the  provisions of the Administrative Review
17    Law.  The fee  for  filing  a  complaint  for  administrative
18    review  of  final  determinations  of  parking, standing, and
19    compliance  violations  and  final  administrative  decisions
20    issued after hearings regarding  vehicle  immobilization  and
21    impoundment  made  under  this  Section shall be as set forth
22    under subsection (a) of Section 27.2a of the Clerks of Courts
23    Act plus other fees and costs as provided by law.
24        (e)  Any fine, penalty,  or  part  of  any  fine  or  any
25    penalty  remaining  unpaid  after  the  exhaustion of, or the
26    failure to exhaust,  administrative  remedies  created  under
27    this  Section  and  the  conclusion  of  any  judicial review
28    procedures shall be a debt due  and  owing  the  municipality
29    and,  as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable
30    law.  Payment in full of any fine or penalty resulting from a
31    standing, parking, or compliance violation shall constitute a
32    final disposition of that violation.
33        (f)  After the expiration  of  the  period  within  which
34    judicial  review  may  be sought for a final determination of
 
                            -9-                LRB9110962DHks
 1    parking, standing, or compliance violation, the  municipality
 2    may  commence  a proceeding in the Circuit Court for purposes
 3    of  obtaining  a  judgment  on  the  final  determination  of
 4    violation.   Nothing  in  this  Section   shall   prevent   a
 5    municipality from consolidating multiple final determinations
 6    of  parking,  standing,  or  compliance  violation  against a
 7    person in a proceeding.  Upon commencement of the action, the
 8    municipality  shall  file  a  certified  copy  of  the  final
 9    determination of parking, standing, or compliance  violation,
10    which  shall  be  accompanied by a certification that recites
11    facts sufficient to show  that  the  final  determination  of
12    violation  was issued in accordance with this Section and the
13    applicable municipal ordinance.  Service of the summons and a
14    copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section
15    2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or  by  certified  mail,
16    return  receipt  requested, provided that the total amount of
17    fines and penalties  for  final  determinations  of  parking,
18    standing, or compliance violations does not exceed $2500.  If
19    the  court  is  satisfied  that  the  final  determination of
20    parking, standing, or compliance  violation  was  entered  in
21    accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this Section and the
22    applicable municipal ordinance, and that the registered owner
23    or the lessee, as the case may be, had an opportunity for  an
24    administrative hearing and for judicial review as provided in
25    this Section, the court shall render judgment in favor of the
26    municipality  and  against the registered owner or the lessee
27    for the  amount  indicated  in  the  final  determination  of
28    parking,  standing, or compliance violation, plus costs.  The
29    judgment shall have the same effect and may  be  enforced  in
30    the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of money.
31    (Source:  P.A.  88-415; 88-437; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-190,
32    eff. 1-1-96.)

33        Section 10.  The Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
 
                            -10-               LRB9110962DHks
 1    changing Section 27.2a as follows:

 2        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
 3        Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
 4    in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
 5    inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
 6    be as provided in this Section.  The fees shall  be  paid  in
 7    advance and shall be as follows:
 8    (a)  Civil Cases.
 9             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
10        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
11        exceptions, shall be $190.
12                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
13             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
14             $250, $15.
15                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
16             exceed $1000, $40.
17                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
18             not exceed $2500, $50.
19                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
20             not exceed $5000, $100.
21                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
22             not exceed $15,000, $150.
23                  (F)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
24             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
25             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
26             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
27             assessment by a jury, $150.
28                  (G)  For the final  determination  of  parking,
29             standing,   and   compliance  violations  and  final
30             administration  decisions  issued   after   hearings
31             regarding  vehicle  immobilization  and  impoundment
32             made  pursuant  to  Sections  3-704.1,  6-306.5, and
33             11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, $25.
 
                            -11-               LRB9110962DHks
 1    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
 2             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
 3        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
 4        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
 5        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $75.
 6        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
 7        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
 8        $15,000, $225.
 9    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
10             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
11        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
12        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
13        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
14        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
15        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
16        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
17        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
18        has been paid.
19    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
20             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
21        exceed $1500, $60.  When the amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
22        does  not  exceed  $5000,  $75.   When the amount exceeds
23        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
24        exceeds $15,000, $250.
25    (e)  Appearance.
26             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
27        shall be $75, except as follows:
28                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
29             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
30                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
31             exceed $1500, $40.
32                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
33             not exceed $15,000, $60.
34    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
 
                            -12-               LRB9110962DHks
 1             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
 2        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
 3        $1,000,  $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
 4        exceed $5,000, $30; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
 5        $50.
 6    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
 7             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 8        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
 9        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
10        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
11        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
12        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
13        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
14        $50.
15             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
16        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
17        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
18        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
19        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
20        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
21             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
22        $40.
23    (h)  Mailing.
24             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
25        $10, plus the cost of postage.
26    (i)  Certified Copies.
27             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
28        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
29        cases, $15.
30    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
31             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
32        $125.
33    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
34             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
 
                            -13-               LRB9110962DHks
 1        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
 2        writing with the seal of office, $6.
 3             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 4        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
 5             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
 6        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
 7             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 8        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25 cents
 9        per page.
10             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
11        the clerk's files:
12                  (A)  First page, $2.
13                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
14                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
15    (l)  Remands.
16             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
17        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
18        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
19        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
20        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
21        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
22        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
23        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
24        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
25        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
26        trial after remand.
27    (m)  Record Search.
28             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
29        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
30        search fee of $6 for each year searched.
31    (n)  Hard Copy.
32             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
33        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
34        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
 
                            -14-               LRB9110962DHks
 1    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
 2             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
 3        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
 4        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
 5        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
 6        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
 7        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
 8        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
 9        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
10        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
11        Court.
12    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
13             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
14        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
15    (q)  Alias Summons.
16             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
17        clerk, $5.
18    (r)  Other Fees.
19             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
20        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
21        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
22        Courts.
23             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
24        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
25        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
26        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
27        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
28        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
29        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
30        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
31        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
32        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
33        otherwise required by law.
34    (s)  Jury Services.
 
                            -15-               LRB9110962DHks
 1             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
 2        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of  $212.50,  as  a
 3        fee  for the services of a jury in every civil action not
 4        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
 5        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
 6        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
 7        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
 8        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
 9        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
10        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
11        tried by the court without a jury.
12    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
13             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $20;
14        for  recording  the  same,  50¢  for  each   100   words.
15        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
16        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
17        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
18        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
19        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
20        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
21        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
22        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
23        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
24        actions.
25    (u)  Expungement Petition.
26             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $60
27        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
28        of  $4  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
29        arrest records.
30    (v)  Probate.
31        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
32    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
33    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
34    release the costs payable under this subsection:
 
                            -16-               LRB9110962DHks
 1             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
 2        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
 3        $150, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 4        except:
 5                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
 6             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
 7             $40.
 8                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
 9             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
10             probate  without  administration (including proof of
11             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
12             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
13             estate, the fee shall be $40.
14             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
15        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
16        except:
17                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
18             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
19             $40.
20                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
21             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
22             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
23             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
24             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
25             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
26             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
27             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
28        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
29        following fees are payable:
30                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
31             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
32             $25.
33                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
34             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
 
                            -17-               LRB9110962DHks
 1             $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
 2             less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
 3             $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
 4             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
 5             filing fee paid by the claimant.
 6                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
 7             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
 8             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
 9             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
10             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
11             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
12             $60.
13                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
14             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
15             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
16             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
17             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
18                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
19             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
20             or persons, $30.
21                  (F)  For each jury demand, $137.50.
22                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
23             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
24             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
25             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
26             administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
27             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
28             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
29             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
30             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
31                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
32             office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
33             plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
34             document certified.
 
                            -18-               LRB9110962DHks
 1                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
 2             for certification.
 3             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 4        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
 5        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
 6        directly to the newspaper.
 7             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
 8        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
 9        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
10        person entitled thereto.
11             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
12        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
13        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
14        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
15        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
16        the Probate Act of 1975.
17    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
18             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
19        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
20        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
21                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
22                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
23                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
24                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
25                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
26             $30.
27                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
28                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
29             $40.
30                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
31             $30.
32                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
33             whenever filed, $30.
34                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
 
                            -19-               LRB9110962DHks
 1             whenever filed, $25.
 2                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
 3             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
 4             State, $40.
 5             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
 6        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
 7        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
 8        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
 9                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
10             $30.
11                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
12             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
13        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
14        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
15        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
16        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
17        $112.50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury
18        fee shall be paid by the defendant at the time of  filing
19        his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
20        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
21        tried by the court without a jury.
22    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
23             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
24        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
25        commencement of a new suit.
26    (y)  Change of Venue.
27             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
28        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
29        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
30             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
31        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
32        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
33    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
34             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
 
                            -20-               LRB9110962DHks
 1        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
 2        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
 3        complaint, $50.
 4    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
 5             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
 6        involved, $250.
 7             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
 8    (bb)  Collections.
 9             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
10        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
11        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
12        collected and turned over.
13             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
14        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
15        earning of the office.
16             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
17        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
18        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
19             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
20        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
21        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
22        making  payment for maintaining child support records and
23        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
24        KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
25        State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
26        Court.  This fee shall be in  addition  to  and  separate
27        from  amounts  ordered to be paid as maintenance or child
28        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
29        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
30        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
31        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
32        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
33        the  official record of the Court.  The clerk may recover
34        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
 
                            -21-               LRB9110962DHks
 1        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
 2        this annual fee.
 3             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
 4        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
 5        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
 6        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
 7        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
 8    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
 9             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
10        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
11        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
12        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
13        document, $25.
14    (dd)  Exceptions.
15             (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
16        apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
17        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
18        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
19        government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
20        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
21        laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
22        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
23             (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
24        unit  of  local  government  or  school district. The fee
25        requirements of this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any
26        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
27        of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by a private owner or
28        tenant of real property within 1200 feet of  a  dangerous
29        or  unsafe building seeking an order compelling the owner
30        or owners of the building to  take  any  of  the  actions
31        authorized under that subsection.
32    (ee)  Adoption.
33             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
34             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
 
                            -22-               LRB9110962DHks
 1        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
 2        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
 3        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
 4        Family Services.
 5    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
 6             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
 7        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
 8        adoption proceeding.
 9    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
10    90-466,  eff.  8-17-97;  90-796,  eff. 12-15-98; 91-321, eff.
11    1-1-00; 91-612, eff. 10-1-99; revised 10-15-99.)

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

[ Top ]