Plain English Breakdown
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Cook County Probate Court Technology Fee
This law allows the Cook County Probate Court to charge a technology fee and sets rules for how that money is used, when it stops being collected, and what happens to any leftover funds.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the Cook County Probate Court to assess and collect a technology fee.
- Identifies authorized uses for the money collected from this fee.
- Provides rules for ending (terminating) the collection of the fee in the future.
- Explains how any leftover funds should be handled after the fee program ends.
- Repeals older laws that conflict with these new rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Probate Court of Cook County
- People who pay fees to use services at the Cook County Probate Court
Terms To Know
- Assessment
- The act of calculating and charging a fee.
- Residual funds
- Money that is left over after all planned expenses are paid or the program ends.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official summary does not state the specific dollar amount of the technology fee.
- The exact list of allowed uses for the collected money is mentioned but not detailed in this text.
- The source material does not specify when or how long the court must collect this fee.