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Issued in 2008:

08-02 Subject: Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act

08-03 Subject: Mandatory Fees And Costs

08-04 Subject: Circuit Court Of Cook County Committee On Domestic Violence Court

 

 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 08-02

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 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 2007 total $259,850.50.

Upon review of applications received for funds collected in 2007 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 the 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 $59,850.50 remains collected for the year 2007 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 the Center for Conflict Resolution.

Further, it hereby ordered that the amount of $59,850.50 representing funds collected under the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act for 2007 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 7th day of April, 2008. 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. 08-03

SUBJECT: MANDATORY FEES AND COSTS

In all minor traffic cases in which a defendant appears in court and the disposition of the case is a judgment of guilt or a grant of supervision, the notation “MFC” (mandatory fees and costs) or other similar notation made by the judge in the case shall mean that the following mandatory fees and costs have been assessed pursuant to the cited authority, and such fees and costs shall be recorded and collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County:

1. Court Automation Fee (705 ILCS 105/27.3a; Cook County Code § 18-33
$15.00
2. Court Security Services Fee (55 ILCS 5/5-1103; Cook County Code § 18-32)
$25.00
3. Court Supervision Fee, applied only in cases where there is a disposition of supervision, (625 ILCS 5/16-104c; 730 ILCS 5/5-6-1)
$20.00
4. Court Supervision Fee, applied only in cases where there is a disposition of supervision and unless waived by the court (625 ILCS 5/16-104c; 730 ILCS 5/5-6-1)
$5.00
5. Additional Fee to Finance Court System (55 ILCS 5/5-1101(a); Cook County Code § 18-35)
$5.00
6. Document Storage Fee (705 ILCS 105/27.3c; Cook County Code § 18-34)
$15.00
7. Drug Court Fee (55 ILCS 5/5-1101(f); Cook County Code § 18-38)
$5.00
8. Mental Health Court Fee (55 ILCS 5/5-1101(d-5); Cook County Code § 18-36)
$10.00
9. Quasi-Criminal costs, fees (705 ILCS 105/27.2a(w)(1)(E))
$30.00
10. Youth Diversion Fee (55 ILCS 5/5-1101(e); Cook County Code § 18-37)
$5.00



Dated this 10th day of April, 2008.  This order shall be spread upon the record 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. 08-04

SUBJECT: CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT

Effective August 21, 2008, the Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court is hereby established within the Circuit Court of Cook County. The Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court shall review practices and procedures governing the hearing of domestic violence matters throughout the Circuit Court of Cook County as well as review the organization, efficiency and operation of the Domestic Violence Courthouse located at 555 West Harrison Street. The Committee shall make recommendations to the Chief Judge.

The Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court shall be comprised of the following members:

Judge Grace G. Dickler
Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Chairperson, Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court

Arthur J. Lurigio, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
Loyola University Chicago
Professor of Criminal Justice and Psychology

Mary S. Trew
Executive Director
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic

Dawn Dalton
Executive Director
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network

Jim Thomas, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Northern Illinois University
Sociology/Criminal Justice

Vickii Coffey
Executive Director
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago

Loretta Line
Advocacy and Education Director
YWCA Evanston/North Shore

Mary A. Melchor
President
Black Women Lawyers' Association

Terrence M. Murphy, Executive Director
The Chicago Bar Association

Judge Benjamin S. Mackoff (Ret.)
Former Presiding Judge
Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County

Bridget Healy Ryan
Director of Public Affairs
Office of the Cook County State's Attorney

Jesús Reyes, AM, LCSW
Acting Chief Probation Officer
Adult Probation Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Director
Social Service Department, Circuit Court of Cook County

Zeophous (Z) Williams
President
Cook County Bar Association

Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans
Ex officio member
Dated this 21st day of August, 2008.  This order shall be spread upon the record of this court and published.

ENTER:

Timothy C. Evans
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County

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