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Ordinance amending Chapter 35, Section 35.22 Court Document Fee by increasing the fee collected by the Circuit Court Clerk from $5 to $20 effective December 1, 2017.
Staff Summary
• Lake County currently assesses a document storage fee of $5 to litigants in all civil cases and to defendants in criminal and traffic, municipal ordinance and conservation cases upon a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision.
• The recommendation is to increase this fee to $20.
• The maximum fee allowed by State Statute, 705 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 105/27.3c, is $25.
• Increasing the fee will assist in paying for current and future expenses related to the establishment and /or maintenance of a document storage system in the Circuit Clerk’s Office. The fee increase is anticipated to generate an additional $1,275,000 annually.
• The Circuit Court Clerk oversees the Document Storage Fund.
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ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Lake County currently assesses a document storage fee of $5 to litigants in all civil cases and to defendants in criminal and traffic, municipal ordinance and conservation cases upon a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision as allowed by Illinois statute 705 ILCS 105/27.3c; and
WHEREAS, 705 ILCS 105/27.3c, allows county boards to authorize the Circuit Court Clerk to charge a document storage fee of up to $25; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore recommended that the document storage fee of $5 be increased to $20 effective December 1, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the document storage fee collected by the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office be increased from $5 to $20, effective December 1, 2017.
DATED, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 14th day of November, 2017.