Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-2843

• File #: 19-2843
• Version: 1
• Name: ESTABLISHING CIVIL FEES AND CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC ASSESSMENTS TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 4/10/2019
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 4/25/2019
• Final action: 6/6/2019
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING CIVIL FEES AND CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC ASSESSMENTS TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 18 Courts, Article II, Sec. 18-31 and Sect 18-43 of the Cook County Code are hereby amended; WHEREAS, Chapter 18 Courts, Article II, of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, sets forth the fees authorized by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to be assessed in civil and criminal cases in Cook County; and WHEREAS, Public Acts 100-987, 100-1161, and 100-994, commonly and collectively known as the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, were approved by the 100th General Assembly of the Illinois State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of the State of Illinois. WHEREAS, The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act represents a complete restructuring of the criminal, traffic and civil fees in the circuit courts throughout the State of Illinois; the purpos...
• Sponsors: JOHN P. DALEY, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, PETER N. SILVESTRI, BILL LOWRY, KEVIN B. MORRISON

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
6/6/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approve	Pass
6/5/2019	1	Finance Committee	recommend for approval	Pass
4/25/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

ESTABLISHING CIVIL FEES AND CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC ASSESSMENTS TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 18 Courts, Article II, Sec. 18-31 and Sect 18-43 of the Cook County Code are hereby amended;

WHEREAS, Chapter 18 Courts, Article II, of the Cook County Code of Ordinances, sets forth the fees authorized by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to be assessed in civil and criminal cases in Cook County; and

WHEREAS, Public Acts 100-987, 100-1161, and 100-994, commonly and collectively known as the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, were approved by the 100th General Assembly of the Illinois State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of the State of Illinois.

WHEREAS, The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act represents a complete restructuring of the criminal, traffic and civil fees in the circuit courts throughout the State of Illinois; the purpose of the legislation was to consolidate fees into unified schedules throughout the State of Illinois,

WHEREAS, effective July 1, 2019, Section 27.1b of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.1b, establishes the fees to be assessed in all counties in the State of Illinois by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the filing of pleadings and for other services provided by the Clerks of Courts in civil cases; and

WHEREAS, Section 27.1b of the Clerks of Courts Act creates four schedules for civil filing fees, creates three schedules for civil appearance fees, and establishes various other fees that Clerks of the Circuit Courts are authorized to assess in civil cases; and

WHEREAS, Section 27.1b provides that, unless otherwise specified, the amount of the fees shall be determined by ordinance or resolution of the county board and remitted to the county Treasurer to be used for purposes related to the operation of the court system in the county; and WHEREAS, effective July 1, 201...