{"data":{"id":"us-il/30-ilcs-105-6z-22","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"30 ILCS 105/6z-22","heading":"All fees or other monies received by the Department of Disability Advocacy and Guardianship incident to the provision of legal or guardianship services to eligible persons or wards pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act shall be paid into the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.","body":"(Text of Section from P.A. 104-465)\nAppropriations for the improvement, development, addition or expansion of legal and guardianship services for eligible persons or wards pursuant to Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act or for the financing of any program designed to provide such improvement, development, addition or expansion of services or for expenses incurred in administering the Division of Legal Advocacy, the Division of Disability Rights and Protections, and the Division of State Guardian are payable from the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.\n(Text of Section from P.A. 104-466)\nAll fees or other monies received by the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission incident to the provision of legal or guardianship services to eligible persons or wards pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act shall be paid into the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.\nAppropriations for the improvement, development, addition or expansion of legal and guardianship services for eligible persons or wards pursuant to Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act or for the financing of any program designed to provide such improvement, development, addition or expansion of services or for expenses incurred in administering the Human Rights Authority, Legal Advocacy Service and Office of State Guardian are payable from the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.\nThe Guardianship and Advocacy Commission may receive funds from any source, public or private, to be used for the purposes for which those funds were received and as authorized by law, and such funds shall be deposited into the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.\n(Text of Section from P.A. 104-468)\nViable public guardianship and advocacy programs, including the public guardianship programs created and supervised in probate proceedings in State courts, are essential to the administration of justice and operation of the court to ensure that incapacitated persons and their estates are protected regardless of their individual capacity to access the courts. Providing independent legal representation for individuals named in proceedings initiated under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code is essential to the administration of justice and operation of courts so that an individual named in such proceedings, regardless of resources, is afforded counsel that is free of conflicting duties and charged with insuring compliance with the Code's requirements, which is a necessary safeguard to prevent the mental health and developmental disabilities systems from become a tool to oppress rather than serve society. To defray the expense of maintaining and operating the divisions and programs of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission and to support viable guardianship and advocacy programs throughout the State, each circuit court clerk must remit a portion of the filing and appearance fees, as provided in Section 27.1b of the Clerk of Courts Act, to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund. All fees or other monies received by the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission incident to the provision of legal or guardianship services to eligible persons or wards pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act shall be paid into the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.\nAppropriations for the improvement, development, addition or expansion of legal and guardianship services for eligible persons or wards pursuant to Section 5 of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act or for the financing of any program designed to provide such improvement, development, addition or expansion of services or for expenses incurred in administering the Human Rights Authority, Legal Advocacy Service and Office of State Guardian are payable from the Guardianship and Advocacy Fund.","path":["CHAPTER 30 FINANCE","State Finance Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=470\u0026ChapterID=7\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:18Z","sha256":"0c4b5f9f853e2feefbb7e3928b18f1ab13130f3d0f35981889f1fdb96fd7f824","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/30-ilcs-105-6z-21","next":"us-il/30-ilcs-105-6z-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}