IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 02-01
 
SUBJECT: ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT
 
Pursuant to the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act (710 ILCS 20/1 et seq.), the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County has collected fees from civil filings for the year 2001 for disbursement to the Dispute Resolution Centers which qualify under said Act and General Order 19 of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Fees available for disbursement from this Fund for the year 2001 total $221,187.00.

Upon review of applications received for funds collected in 2001 the sole qualifying applicant under the requirements set forth in said Act and General Order No. 19 of the Circuit Court of Cook County was found to be Center for Conflict Resolution. It is eligible for the maximum amount allowable for disbursement to any Dispute Resolution Center in a given year of $200,000.00.

Pursuant to the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act (710 ILCS 20/1 et seq.), any funds collected but not disbursed in a given year shall be paid in single county judicial circuits to the County Treasurer for the administration of justice in the judicial circuit. An amount of $21,187.00 remains collected for the year 2001 but no Dispute Resolution Center is qualified to receive disbursement of these funds.

Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the amount of $200,000.00, representing the maximum amount allowable for disbursement to any Dispute Resolution Center in a given year, shall be disbursed to Center for Conflict Resolution.

Further, it hereby ordered that the amount of $21,187.00 representing funds collected under the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act for 2001 but not disbursed shall be disbursed to the Treasurer of Cook County for the administration of justice in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Dated, this 22nd day of February 2002. This order shall be spread upon the records of this Court and published.

 
ENTER:
 
Timothy C. Evans
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
 

 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 02-02
 
SUBJECT: CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Effective May 15, 2002, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 21, the following Order is adopted as a General Administrative Order of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. In addition to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, the following Judges are hereby designated to serve as members of the Executive Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.

Honorable William D. Maddux, Presiding Judge, Law Division
Honorable Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird, Presiding Judge, Chancery Division
Honorable Moshe Jacobius, Presiding Judge, Domestic Relations Division
Honorable Henry A. Budzinski, Presiding Judge, Probate Division
Honorable Michael J. Murphy, Presiding Judge, County Division
Honorable Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Presiding Judge, Criminal Division
Honorable Curtis Heaston, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Justice Division
Honorable Patricia Martin Bishop, Presiding Judge, Child Protection Division
Honorable Sophia H. Hall, Administrative Presiding Judge, Juvenile Justice
     and Child Protection Resource Section
Honorable Jacqueline P. Cox, Presiding Judge, First Municipal District
Honorable Robert P. Bastone, Deputy Presiding Judge, First Municipal District
Honorable Nancy Sidote Salyers, Presiding Judge, Second Municipal District
Honorable Joseph J. Urso, Presiding Judge, Third Municipal District
Honorable Edmund Ponce de Leon, Presiding Judge, Fourth Municipal District
Honorable Anthony S. Montelione, Presiding Judge, Fifth Municipal District
Honorable Ronald C. Riley, Presiding Judge, Sixth Municipal District

ENTER:

Timothy C. Evans
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2002-03
 
SUBJECT: BULK ELECTRONIC DATA DISSEMINATION POLICY
 
Purpose
The purpose of this Bulk Electronic Data Dissemination Policy is to set forth a uniform, cost-effective and equitable method for the dissemination of bulk electronic court record data to commercial business entities. Unless subsequently prohibited by statute, court rule, or court order, electronic court record data may be disseminated to commercial business entities, although such dissemination is not required. Nothing in this Order shall be construed as a determination that the Circuit Court of Cook County (hereinafter "Court") or the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (hereinafter "Clerk") is obligated to reproduce or disseminate court records in an electronic format or by means of an electronic medium. See generally Administrative Office of the Illinois Court’s Electronic Access Policy for Circuit Court Records of the Illinois Courts, effective January 1, 2003.

Available Data
The electronic court record data referred to herein include all records of the Court that are being maintained by the Clerk pursuant to the provisions in the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/0.01 et seq.

The Clerk may prepare uniformly packaged data files for distribution to entities requesting bulk electronic court record data in one or more electronic formats that meet industry standards for data dissemination. Uniformly packaged data files are a fixed and standard set of predetermined data elements extracted from an entire file or substantial subset of a file maintained as a computerized court record. All uniformly packaged data files and the method(s) used to disseminate such data must be approved by the Chief Judge in writing. The method used to make bulk electronic court records available to requesting entities shall not include a direct connection to the Clerk’s computer system.

The Clerk shall not disseminate any data files, including uniform data files that result from selective searches of court record data by identifying fields. This prohibition on the use of identifying fields includes, but is not limited to, fields such as birth date, social security number, race, gender, or any other individual characteristic of a party. The Clerk shall not select, aggregate, or manipulate certain court records in response to any request for bulk electronic court record data, without prior written approval from the Chief Judge.

The dissemination of electronic court record data must be in compliance with all applicable laws. The Clerk shall not disseminate electronic court record data concerning matters or materials sealed, impounded, or expunged by statute, court rule, or court order. For cases charged under the Illinois Criminal Code, 720 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., or other criminal cases, bulk distributions will include only information for case numbers and/or charges where a judgment of conviction was entered against the defendant.

Request Procedure
Prior to considering any request for bulk electronic court record data, the Clerk shall establish a written, office-wide policy on the dissemination of bulk electronic court record data that is consistent with this Order and the provisions of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/0.01, et seq. The Clerk’s policy shall include procedures for requesting bulk electronic court record data and responding to such requests pursuant to the authority granted in section 27.2a(r) of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.2a(r).

The office-wide policy established by the Clerk must be approved by the Chief Judge in writing before any individual request is granted. Once approved, any request seeking uniformly packaged data shall be considered routine and will not require further approval by the Chief Judge. Each request for electronic court record data other than uniformly packaged data shall be considered a special request and must be submitted directly to the Chief Judge for written approval prior to dissemination of any of the requested data. The Clerk’s policy shall be communicated, either orally or in writing, to anyone making a request for bulk electronic court record data.

Fees
If the Clerk adopts a policy for the dissemination of bulk electronic court record data consistent with the provisions of this Order, the Clerk shall set fee schedules for dissemination of the data. The fees set by the Clerk shall include all costs associated with processing the electronic court record data requested. The term, costs, as used herein includes, but is not limited to, expenditures made for analysis and design, computer programming, program testing, computer run time, telecommunications, overhead, and materials (e.g., tapes, disks, microfiche, paper).

Consistent with the requirement in section 27.2a(r) of the Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105/27.2a(r), the Clerk shall submit the data dissemination fee schedule to the Chief Judge, in advance, for written approval. The Clerk may revise the fee schedule, as needed, to reflect changes in the costs of duplicating electronic court records or in the types of requests proposed to be granted. Any revisions shall be submitted to the Chief Judge, in advance, for written approval.

The Clerk may accept in-kind services or goods as a form of payment for bulk electronic data, provided that such in-kind services or goods are valued at or above the costs associated with processing the court record data requested. Any proposal for in-kind services, in full or in part, must be submitted to the Chief Judge, in advance, for written approval of the Clerk’s valuation of the in-kind payment.

Requester Agreement
All entities requesting bulk electronic court record data which will be resold or otherwise further disseminated to a third party shall agree in writing with the Court and the Clerk that all court record data will be updated and made current as of the date of dissemination. The term, made current, as used herein shall include, but is not limited to, disseminating only court record data that is in full compliance with all statutes, court rules, and court orders (e.g. those pertaining to sealing, impounding, and expunging of court records). The term, disseminate, as used herein means the disclosure or transmittal of court record data in any form, oral, written, or otherwise. This agreement shall also require the entity selling or otherwise disseminating court record data to provide a notice to the third party that the court record data is current as of the calendar date on which it is disseminated.

All entities requesting bulk electronic court record data that will be resold or otherwise further disseminated to a third party shall also agree in writing with the Court and the Clerk to include a disclaimer with each subsequent dissemination. The disclaimer may be in the same format as the data being disseminated and shall state in substance:

Neither the Circuit Court of Cook County nor the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County warrants the accuracy, completeness, or currency of this data. This data is not an official record of the Court or the Clerk and may not be represented as an official court record.

Non-exclusivity
The Clerk shall not enter any agreement that purports to grant any commercial business entity the exclusive right to receive bulk electronic court record data of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Any agreement purporting to grant an exclusive right or otherwise granting a commercial entity any similar advantage over other commercial entities shall be invalid and shall have no binding effect on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Business Records
The Clerk shall maintain a complete record of all transactions involving bulk electronic court record data. Each record shall contain copies of all correspondence including, but not limited to, all requests for data, all approvals of requests for data, all responses denying requests for data, all written approvals of special requests by the Chief Judge, all written agreements between the Court, the Clerk and the entity requesting data, and all disclaimers or other information provided to commercial entities or other parties receiving data directly from the Clerk. All documents enumerated in this paragraph or otherwise pertaining to the normal business processing of requests for bulk electronic court record data, shall be business records of the Clerk and the Court.

Implementation
Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this Order, any existing or pending methods utilized by the Clerk for the purpose of distributing bulk electronic court record data and any policies and/or procedures related thereto must be in full compliance with this Order and all the provisions herein.

Dated this 4th day of November 2002, effective December 2, 2002. This Order shall be spread upon the records of this Court and published.

ENTER:

TIMOTHY C. EVANS
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County