ILLINOIS STATUTES AND CODES
710 ILCS 40/ Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Act.
(710 ILCS 40/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Act.
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04.)
(710 ILCS 40/5)
Sec. 5.
Purpose.
Conflict resolution techniques such as mediation, settlement conferences, arbitration, and other alternative forms of dispute resolution may reduce costs for civil litigants and simplify issues and reduce caseloads in the reviewing courts. The purpose of this Act is to facilitate the funding of alternative dispute resolution programs in the reviewing courts should the Supreme Court, in its discretion, adopt rules to establish such programs in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04.)
(710 ILCS 40/10)
Sec. 10.
Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund; Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
The Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund is eliminated. The Comptroller shall order and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Fund on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly into the Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
(Source: P.A. 95‑707, eff. 1‑11‑08; 96‑302, eff. 1‑1‑10.)
(710 ILCS 40/15)
Sec. 15.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs in the Reviewing Courts.
The practice, procedure, and administration of alternative dispute resolution programs in the reviewing courts shall be as provided by Supreme Court rule. The Uniform Arbitration Act, the Uniform Mediation Act, and other statutory provisions relating to arbitration, mediation, or other forms of alternative dispute resolution shall not be applicable to any alternative dispute resolution program in the reviewing courts, except as provided by Supreme Court rule.
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04.)
(710 ILCS 40/20)
Sec. 20.
Expenses.
The expenses of conducting alternative dispute resolution programs in the reviewing courts shall be determined by the Supreme Court and paid from the State Treasury on the warrant of the Comptroller out of appropriations made for that purpose by the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04.)
(710 ILCS 40/70)
Sec. 70.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04; text omitted.)
(710 ILCS 40/80)
Sec. 80.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04; text omitted.)
(710 ILCS 40/85)
Sec. 85.
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04; text omitted.)
(710 ILCS 40/99)
Sec. 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 93‑801, eff. 7‑22‑04.)
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