FORECLOSURE-FILING FEES

Amends the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that until January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020), at the time of the filing of a foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff shall pay a fee for the Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund and the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. Provides that until January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020), the plaintiff or plaintiff's representative shall file a verified statement that states which additional fee is due, unless the court has established another process to certify which additional fee is due. Provides that a specific provision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2023 (rather than 2020). Reenacts a provision regarding the judicial sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund. Provides that the provisions are inoperative on January 1, 2023 (rather than 2017) and repealed on March 2, 2023 (rather than 2017). Provides that all actions taken in the collection remittance of fees before the effective date of the Act are ratified, validated, and confirmed. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 735 ILCS 5/15-1504.1 735 ILCS 5/15-1507.1 Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 5/2-1303 from Ch. 110, par. 2-1303 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in all actions brought to recover damages for personal injuries or wrongful death resulting from or occasioned by the wrongful conduct of any other person or entity, the plaintiff shall recover prejudgment interest on all damages set forth in the judgment. Provides that a local public entity is not liable to pay prejudgment interest in an action brought directly or vicariously against it by the injured party. Provides that for any personal injury or wrongful death occurring before the effective date of the amendatory Act, the prejudgment interest shall begin to accrue on the later of the effective date of the amendatory Act or the date the alleged tortfeasor has notice of the injury. Provides that the trial court may apportion any amount of prejudgment interest between the plaintiff and any agency or department of the State. Effective immediately.