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Illinois

Actions Underway

• In Illinois, general jurisdiction judges and court reporters are paid by the state.  Court facilities at the trial court level are funded out of local county revenues.  Other expenses are a mix of state and local funding.  Levels of county resources for the 23 judicial circuits vary widely.  County's budget information is not provided to the Administrative Office.
• The Illinois Judiciary’s budget was reduced by $9,000,000 in FY09 and by $21,000,000 (5-8%) in FY10.
• Adult and Juvenile Probation Services suffered the greatest cuts in the Illinois budget; funds were reduced by 50% from last fiscal year's appropriation, down from approximately 65 million to 36 million.
• Illinois has begun e-filing in select case types in four (4) trial courts in the state on a pilot basis; e-access to court records, as defined by Supreme Court Policy, is permissible in every circuit with capability; e-guilty and e-citations are also permissible.  Digital recording of trial court proceedings is available in approximately 20% of our trial courts.  The Administrative Office is developing a plan for statewide implementation of e-business, which will include e-filing, as well as a module to support data collection and exchange.  E-signatures and e-warrants continue to be under review and are not approved by the Illinois Supreme Court for implementation.

Reports and Articles

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Illinois Court Eliminates 10 Probation and Detention Jobs." St. Louis Today. August 4, 2009.

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State Links

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