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HB5558 • 2026
COUNTIES CD-COUNTY LIBRARY
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COUNTIES CD-COUNTY LIBRARY
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee ; 007-004-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
COUNTIES CD-COUNTY LIBRARY
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Full Text of HB5558 Home Legislation Full Text HB5558 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB5558 Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/5-39001 from Ch. 34, par. 5-39001 Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning county law libraries, provides that county law libraries shall be open whenever the court house is open, unless the law library is closed based on operational necessity or as determined by the county board. Authorizes other appropriate county offices (rather than only the county treasurer) to retain fees and charges of the clerk in a County Law Library Fund and disburse those funds when ordered to do so. LRB104 18092 TRT 31531 b A BILL FOR HB5558 LRB104 18092 TRT 31531 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 5 Section 5-39001 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/5-39001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-39001) 7 Sec. 5-39001. Establishment and use; fee. The county board 8 of any county may establish and maintain a county law library, 9 to be located in any county building or privately or publicly 10 owned building at the county seat of government. The term 11 "county building" includes premises leased by the county from 12 a public building commission created under the Public Building 13 Commission Act. After August 2, 1976, the county board of any 14 county may establish and maintain a county law library at the 15 county seat of government and, in addition, branch law 16 libraries in other locations within that county as the county 17 board deems necessary. 18 The facilities of those libraries shall be freely 19 available to all licensed Illinois attorneys, judges, other 20 public officers of the county, and all members of the public, 21 whenever the court house is open, and may include self-help 22 centers and other legal assistance programs for the public as 23 part of the services it provides on-site and online. The HB5558 - 2 - LRB104 18092 TRT 31531 b 1 libraries shall be open whenever the court house is open, 2 unless the libraries are closed based on operational necessity 3 or as determined by the county board. 4 The expense of establishing and maintaining those 5 libraries shall be borne by the county. To defray that 6 expense, including the expense of any attendant self-help 7 centers and legal assistance programs, in any county having 8 established a county law library or libraries, the clerk of 9 all trial courts located at the county seat of government 10 shall charge and collect a county law library fee of $2, and 11 the county board may authorize a county law library fee of not 12 to exceed $21 through December 31, 2021 and $20 on and after 13 January 1, 2022, to be charged and collected by the clerks of 14 all trial courts located in the county. The fee shall be paid 15 at the time of filing the first pleading, paper, or other 16 appearance filed by each party in all civil cases, but no 17 additional fee shall be required if more than one party is 18 represented in a single pleading, paper, or other appearance. 19 Each clerk shall commence those charges and collections 20 upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of the county 21 board that the board has acted under this Division to 22 establish and maintain a law library. 23 The fees shall be in addition to all other fees and charges 24 of the clerks, assessable as costs, remitted by the clerks 25 monthly to the county treasurer or other appropriate county 26 office , and retained by the county treasurer in a special fund HB5558 - 3 - LRB104 18092 TRT 31531 b 1 designated as the County Law Library Fund. Except as otherwise 2 provided in this paragraph, disbursements from the fund shall 3 be made by the county treasurer, on order of a majority of the 4 resident circuit judges of the circuit court of the county. In 5 any county with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the county 6 board shall order disbursements from the fund and the 7 presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and 8 consent of the county board, may appoint a library committee 9 of not less than 9 members, who, by majority vote, may 10 recommend to the county board as to disbursements of the fund 11 and the operation of the library. In single county circuits 12 with 2,000,000 or fewer inhabitants, disbursements from the 13 County Law Library Fund shall be made by the county treasurer 14 on the order of the chief judge of the circuit court of the 15 county. In those single county circuits, the number of 16 personnel necessary to operate and maintain the county law 17 library shall be set by and those personnel shall be appointed 18 by the chief judge. The county law library personnel shall 19 serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The 20 salaries of those personnel shall be fixed by the county board 21 of the county. Orders shall be pre-audited, funds shall be 22 audited by the county auditor, and a report of the orders and 23 funds shall be rendered to the county board and to the judges. 24 Fees shall not be charged in any criminal or 25 quasi-criminal case, in any matter coming to the clerk on 26 change of venue, or in any proceeding to review the decision of HB5558 - 4 - LRB104 18092 TRT 31531 b 1 any administrative officer, agency, or body. 2 No moneys distributed from the County Law Library Fund may 3 be directly or indirectly used for lobbying activities, as 4 defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act or as 5 defined in any ordinance or resolution of a municipality, 6 county, or other unit of local government in Illinois. 7 (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13; 99-859, eff. 8-19-16.) Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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