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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
FEE DATE MODIFICATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 18. COURTS, Article II. Fees and Services, Sec. 18-46 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 18-46. Civil fees and assessments.
(a) Fees and assessments in civil matters shall be assessed and distributed as set forth herein, in compliance with Section 27.1b of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.1b.
(b) The fees for filing a complaint, petition or other pleading initiating a civil action shall be as set forth in the schedules below in accordance with case categories established by the Illinois Supreme Court:
(1) SCHEDULE 1: $366.00, except as applied to units of local government and school districts in Cook County; in such case, in accordance with the provisions of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.1b, the amount shall be $190.00 through December 21, 2021 December 31, 2021 and $184.00 on and after January 1, 2022, to be disbursed as follows:
a. $55.00 to be retained by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and deposited as follows:
1. Court Automation Fund: $25.00.
2. Court Document Storage Fund: $25.00.
3. Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund: $5.00.
b. $21.00 to be remitted to the State Treasurer and deposited as follows:
1. Mandatory Arbitration Fund: $10.00.
2. Access to Justice Fund: $2.00.
3. Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund: $9.00.
c. $290.00, except as applied to units of local government and school districts in Cook County; in such case, in accordance with the provisions of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.1b, the amount shall be $114.00 through December 21, 2021 December 31, 2021 and $108.00 on and after January 1, 2022, to be remitted to the County Treasurer.
(2) SCHEDULE 2: $357.00, except as applied to units of local government and school districts in Cook County; in such case, in accordance with the provisions of the Clerks of Courts Act...
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