Public Act 93-0391 SB1407 Enrolled LRB093 08480 RLC 08704 b AN ACT in relation to courts. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing Section 27.3b as follows: (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b) Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has been convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the circuit court may accept credit card payments over the Internet for fines, penalties, or costs from offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor traffic and conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty as provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card. The clerk of the court may also accept the credit card or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond fees up to $300. The Clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into contracts with credit card or debit card companies approved by the clerk and to pay those companies fees normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards in payment as authorized herein. Where the offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card, or anyone paying statutory fees of the circuit court clerk or the posting of cash bail, the clerk shall collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of its services by the credit card or debit card issuer. This service fee shall be in addition to any other fines, penalties, or costs. (Source: P.A. 91-733, eff. 1-1-01.)