Public Act 093-0693
 
HB4025 Enrolled LRB093 14356 RLC 40164 b

    AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-9-3 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-9-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-3)
    Sec. 5-9-3. Default.
    (a) An offender who defaults in the payment of a fine or in
any installment of that fine may be held in contempt and
imprisoned for nonpayment. The court may issue a summons for
his appearance or a warrant of arrest.
    (b) Unless the offender shows that his default was not due
to his intentional refusal to pay, or not due to a failure on
his part to make a good faith effort to pay, the court may
order the offender imprisoned for a term not to exceed 6 months
if the fine was for a felony, or 30 days if the fine was for a
misdemeanor, a petty offense or a business offense. Payment of
the fine at any time will entitle the offender to be released,
but imprisonment under this Section shall not satisfy the
payment of the fine.
    (c) If it appears that the default in the payment of a fine
is not intentional under paragraph (b) of this Section, the
court may enter an order allowing the offender additional time
for payment, reducing the amount of the fine or of each
installment, or revoking the fine or the unpaid portion.
    (d) When a fine is imposed on a corporation or
unincorporated organization or association, it is the duty of
the person or persons authorized to make disbursement of
assets, and their superiors, to pay the fine from assets of the
corporation or unincorporated organization or association. The
failure of such persons to do so shall render them subject to
proceedings under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
    (e) A default in the payment of a fine or any installment
may be collected by any and all means authorized for the
collection of money judgments rendered in favor of the State.
The State's Attorney of the county in which the fine was
imposed may retain attorneys and private collection agents for
the purpose of collecting any default in payment of any fine or
installment of that fine. The fees and costs incurred by the
State's Attorney in any such collection and the fees and
charges of attorneys and private collection agents retained by
the State's Attorney for those purposes shall be charged to the
offender.
(Source: P. A. 78-255.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2005