Title
Joint Resolution increasing the Court Automation Fee from $5 to $7, to be collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court effective December 1, 2008.
Staff Summary
• Lake County currently assesses a court automation fee of $5 as allowed by Illinois statute.
• Public Act 94-595, which was effective on January 1, 2006, allowed county boards to authorize the Clerk of the Circuit Court to charge a court automation fee of up to $15.
• Court staff has determined that a $2 increase in the court automation fee is appropriate at this time as that would generate approximately $280,000 to offset expenses in the court automation fund.
• The Chief Judge and the Clerk of the Circuit Court, who jointly oversee the court automation fund, have no objections to the proposed fee increase.
Body
WHEREAS, Lake County currently assesses a court automation fee of $5 as allowed by Illinois statute (705 ILCS 105/27.3a); and
WHEREAS, Public Act 94-595, which was effective on January 1, 2006, allowed county boards to authorize the clerk of the circuit court to charge a court automation fee of up to $15; and
WHEREAS, court staff have determined that a $2 increase in the court automation fee is appropriate at this time to offset expenses in the court automation fund; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Judge and the Clerk of the Circuit Court, who jointly oversee the court automation fund, have no objections to the proposed fee increase; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore recommended that the court automation fee of $5 be increased to $7 effective December 1, 2008.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the court automation fee collected by the clerk of the circuit court be increased from $5 to $7, effective December 1, 2008.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 9th day of September, A.D., 2008.