Illinois Senate Bill 1960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Deletes language allowing exceptions to the provision that all fees shall be paid in advance and disbursed by each clerk on a monthly basis. Provides that units of local government and school districts in counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall: have a filing fee for a complaint, petition, or other pleading initiating a civil action in an amount not to exceed $202 (rather than not to exceed $190 through December 31, 2021 and $184 on and after January 1, 2022); and have a filing fee for an appearance in a civil action in an amount not to exceed $177 (rather than $75). Provides that if a record contains 200 or more pages, the clerk may collect an additional fee not to exceed 35 cents (rather than 25 cents) per page. Removes filing fee provisions for cases involving debt collection. Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Deletes the definition of "offense". Effective July 1, 2019.

CLERKS OF COURTS-FEES

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-12	Senate	To Subcommittee on Civil Rights
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
705	105	27.1b	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	135	1-5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1960&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1960.htm