98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2650

 

Introduced 1/21/2014, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/124A-15 new

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant convicted in a criminal prosecution whose conviction is reversed on final appeal or by a finding of factual innocence in a collateral proceeding such as habeas corpus or post-conviction relief under Article 122 of this Code is not liable for any costs or fees of the court or circuit clerk's office, or for any charge of subsistence while detained in custody. Provides that if the defendant has paid any costs, fine, or fees, in the case, the clerk or judge shall give him or her a certificate of the payment of those costs, fine, or fees with the items of those expenses, which, when audited and approved according to law, shall be refunded to the defendant.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by adding Section 124A-15 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/124A-15 new)
7    Sec. 124A-15. Reversal of conviction; refund of fines,
8fees, and costs.
9    (a) A defendant convicted in a criminal prosecution whose
10conviction is reversed on final appeal or by a finding of
11factual innocence in a collateral proceeding such as habeas
12corpus or post-conviction relief under Article 122 of this Code
13is not liable for any costs or fees of the court or circuit
14clerk's office, or for any charge of subsistence while detained
15in custody. If the defendant has paid any costs, fine, or fees,
16in the case, the clerk or judge shall give him or her a
17certificate of the payment of those costs, fine, or fees with
18the items of those expenses, which, when audited and approved
19according to law, shall be refunded to the defendant.
20    (b) To receive a refund under this Section, a defendant
21must submit a request for the refund to the clerk of the court
22on a form and in a manner prescribed by the clerk. The
23defendant must attach to the form an order from the court

 

 

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1demonstrating the defendant's right to the refund and the
2amount of the refund.