Public Act 099-0583

SB3034 Enrolled LRB099 18799 AWJ 43183 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section

4-11001.5 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/4-11001.5 new)

Sec. 4-11001.5. Lake County Children's Advocacy Center

Pilot Program.

(a) The Lake County Children's Advocacy Center Pilot

Program is established. Under the Pilot Program, any grand

juror or petit juror in Lake County may elect to have his or

her juror fees earned under Section 4-11001 of this Code to be

donated to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center, a

division of the Lake County State's Attorney's office.

(b) On or before January 1, 2017, the Lake County board

shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, rules and policies

governing and effectuating the ability of jurors to donate

their juror fees to the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center

beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2018. At a

minimum, the rules and policies must provide:

(1) for a form that a juror may fill out to elect to

donate their juror fees. The form must contain a statement,

in at least 14-point bold type, that donation of juror fees

is optional;

(2) that all monies donated by jurors shall be

transferred by the county to the Lake County Children's

Advocacy Center at the same time a juror is paid under

Section 4-11001 of this Code who did not elect to donate

their juror fees; and

(3) that all juror fees donated under this Section

shall be used exclusively for the operation of Lake County

Children's Advocacy Center.

(c) The following information shall be reported to the

General Assembly and the Governor by the Lake County board

after each calendar year of the Pilot Program on or before

March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019:

(1) the number of grand and petit jurors who earned

fees under Section 4-11001 of this Code during the previous

calendar year;

(2) the number of grand and petit jurors who donated

fees under this Section during the previous calendar year;

(3) the amount of donated fees under this Section

during the previous calendar year;

(4) how the monies donated in the previous calendar

year were used by the Lake County Children's Advocacy

Center; and

(5) how much cost there was incurred by Lake County and

the Lake County State's Attorney's office in the previous

calendar in implementing the Pilot Program.

(d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2019.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

becoming law.