Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 15-5780

• File #: 15-5780
• Version: 1
• Name: CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, DOCUMENT STORAGE FEES
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/30/2015
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 10/7/2015
• Final action: 11/18/2015
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, DOCUMENT STORAGE FEES WHEREAS, Illinois Complied Statutes, 705 ILCS 105/27.3ac, authorizes county boards to require the Clerk of the Circuit Court to collect a court document fee to be used to establish a document storage system; and WHEREAS, on January 7, 1991, the Cook County Board of Commissioners adopted County Ordinance 91-0-7 establishing the Document Storage Fund and authorizing the Clerk of the Circuit Court to collect an additional court filing fee of $3.00; and WHEREAS, Section 1 of P.A. 87-670, effective January 1, 1992, amended Illinois Compiled Statues, 705 ILCS 105/27.3c, by increasing the fees authorized to be collected to an amount not to exceed $5.00; and WHEREAS, on February 3, 1992, the Cook County Board of Commissioners amended County Ordinance 92-0-14 increasing the fee to $5.00; and WHEREAS, on August 15, 2005, Public Act 094-0595, approved by the State Legislature and signed by the Governo...
• Sponsors: ROBERT STEELE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/18/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
11/13/2015	1	Finance Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
10/7/2015	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, DOCUMENT STORAGE FEES

WHEREAS, Illinois Complied Statutes, 705 ILCS 105/27.3ac, authorizes county boards to require the Clerk of the Circuit Court to collect a court document fee to be used to establish a document storage system; and

WHEREAS, on January 7, 1991, the Cook County Board of Commissioners adopted County Ordinance 91-0-7 establishing the Document Storage Fund and authorizing the Clerk of the Circuit Court to collect an additional court filing fee of $3.00; and

WHEREAS, Section 1 of P.A. 87-670, effective January 1, 1992, amended Illinois Compiled Statues, 705 ILCS 105/27.3c, by increasing the fees authorized to be collected to an amount not to exceed $5.00; and

WHEREAS, on February 3, 1992, the Cook County Board of Commissioners amended County Ordinance 92-0-14 increasing the fee to $5.00; and

WHEREAS, on August 15, 2005, Public Act 094-0595, approved by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor, amended 705 ILCS 105/27.3c, increasing the maximum document storage fee to $15; and

WHEREAS, on December 27, 2013, Public Act 098-0606, approved by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor, amended 705 ILCS 105/27.3c, increasing the maximum document storage fee to $15.00 $25.00; and

WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Circuit Court has represented that the document storage fees be increased as authorized by the Legislature excluding minor traffic cases satisfied without a court appearance; and

WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Circuit Court has represented that the costs associated with maintaining the current document management and storage system; and converting old paper files, for cases filed prior to the implementation of the imaging system prior to 2006 for County Division; November 11, 2009 for Chancery Division; 2011 for Probate Division; June 2011 for Law Division; August 2011 for Civil Division; 2012 for Juvenile Justice and Child Protection; April 2012 for Domesti...