Illinois Code § 1

§ 1.

Fees. (a) The Clerk of the House of Representatives may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be charged for providing copies of daily and bound journals, committee documents, committee tape recordings, transcripts of committee proceedings, and committee notices, for providing copies of bills on a continuing or individual basis, and for providing tape recordings and transcripts of floor debates and other proceedings of the House. (b) The Secretary of the Senate may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be charged for providing copies of daily and bound journals, committee notices, for providing copies of bills on a continuing or individual basis, and for providing tape recordings and transcripts of floor debates and other proceedings of the Senate. (c) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be charged for providing live audio of floor debates and other proceedings of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Clerk and the Secretary shall have complete discretion over the distribution of live audio under this subsection (c), including discretion over the conditions under which live audio shall be distributed, except that live audio shall be distributed to the General Assembly and its staffs. Nothing in this subsection (c) shall be construed to create an obligation on the part of the Clerk or Secretary to provide live audio to any person or entity other than to the General Assembly and its staffs. (c-5) The Clerk of the House of Representatives, to the extent authorized by the House Rules, and the Secretary of the Senate, to the extent authorized by the Rules of the Senate, may establish a schedule of reasonable fees to be charged to members for the preparation, filing, and reproduction of non-substantive resolutions. (c-10) Through December 31, 2010, the Clerk of the House of Representatives may sell to a member of the House of Representatives one or more of the chairs that comprise member seating in the House chamber. The Clerk must charge the original cost of the chairs. (c-15) Through December 31, 2010, the Secretary of the Senate may sell to a member of the Senate one or more of the chairs that comprise member seating in the Senate chamber. The Secretary must charge the original cost of the chairs. (d) Receipts from all fees and charges established under this Section shall be deposited by the Clerk and the Secretary into the General Assembly Operations Revolving Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Amounts in the Fund may be appropriated for the operations of the offices of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, including the replacement of items sold under subsections (c-10) and (c-15). (Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)