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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENTS TO THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY'S FEES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Part 1 - General Ordinances, Chapter 18 - Courts, Article II - Fees and Service Charges, Sections 18-32 through 18-38 and 18-41 are hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 18-32. - Court security services fee.
(a) Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Court Services Fee Ordinance.
(b) Title. The fee herein imposed is in addition to all other fees or taxes imposed by the County, the State or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.
(c) Fees imposed. A court services fee as set out in Section 32-1 shall may be:
(1) Paid in civil cases by each party at the time of filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance; provided that no additional fee shall be required if more than one party is represented in a single pleading, paper or other appearance.
(2) Assessed by the Circuit Court of the County in criminal, local ordinance, County ordinance, traffic, criminal domestic violence, and conservation cases against the defendant upon entering a plea of guilty, stipulation of facts or findings of guilty, resulting in a judgment of conviction, or order of supervision, or sentence of probation without entry of judgment pursuant to 720 ILCS 550/10 (Cannabis Control Act - penalties for first offenders); 720 ILCS 570/410 (Controlled Substance Act - penalties for first offenders); 720 ILCS 646/70 (Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act - penalties for first offenders); 720 ILCS 5/12-4.3 (aggravated battery of a child); 20 ILCS 301/40-10 (Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act); or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act, former Illinois Revised Statutes, ch. 56-1/2, par. 2310 (repealed). No court services fees shall be imposed or collected, however, in traffic, conservation, and ordinance cases in which fines a...
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