Public Act 098-0375
 
HB0984 EnrolledLRB098 02567 HEP 32571 b

    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
    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 27.3a as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 105/27.3a)
    Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping, probation
and court services operations, and State and Conservation
Police operations.
    1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
record keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the
circuit court shall be borne by the county. To defray such
expense in any county having established such an automated
system or which elects to establish such a system, the county
board may require the clerk of the circuit court in their
county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less
than $1 nor more than $15 to be charged and collected by the
clerk of the court. Such fee shall be paid at the time of
filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by
each party in all civil cases or by the defendant in any
felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or
conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
supervision, provided that the record keeping system which
processes the case category for which the fee is charged is
automated or has been approved for automation by the county
board, and provided further that no additional fee shall be
required if more than one party is presented in a single
pleading, paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be
collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
collected.
    1.1. Starting on July 6, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-761) this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly
and pursuant to an administrative order from the chief judge of
the circuit or the presiding judge of the county authorizing
such collection, a clerk of the circuit court in any county
that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section
shall also charge and collect an additional $10 operations fee
for probation and court services department operations.
    This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any
felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation
case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except
such $10 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in
cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail
amount is $120 or less.
    1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under
subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all
fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the
probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of
the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall
be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief
judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief
Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines
approved by the Supreme Court.
    1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in
any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an
amount equal to the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to
subsection 1 of this Section. This additional fee shall be paid
by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, or local
ordinance case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
supervision. This fee shall not be paid by the defendant for
any conservation violation listed in subsection 1.6 of this
Section.
    1.6. Starting on July 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
Act 97-46), a clerk of the circuit court in any county that
imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section shall
charge and collect an additional fee in an amount equal to the
amount of the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 of this
Section. This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant
upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for a
conservation violation under the State Parks Act, the
Recreational Trails of Illinois Act, the Illinois Explosives
Act, the Timber Buyers Licensing Act, the Forest Products
Transportation Act, the Firearm Owners Identification Card
Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Fish and Aquatic
Life Code, the Wildlife Code, the Cave Protection Act, the
Illinois Exotic Weed Act, the Illinois Forestry Development
Act, the Ginseng Harvesting Act, the Illinois Lake Management
Program Act, the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act, the
Illinois Open Land Trust Act, the Open Space Lands Acquisition
and Development Act, the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act, the
State Forest Act, the Water Use Act of 1983, the Illinois
Veteran, Youth, and Young Adult Conservation Jobs Act, the
Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, the Boat Registration
and Safety Act, the Illinois Dangerous Animals Act, the Hunter
and Fishermen Interference Prohibition Act, the Wrongful Tree
Cutting Act, or Section 11-1426.1, 11-1426.2, 11-1427,
11-1427.1, 11-1427.2, 11-1427.3, 11-1427.4, or 11-1427.5 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, or Section 48-3 or 48-10 of the
Criminal Code of 1961.
    2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and
collections upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of
the county board together with a certified copy of the board's
resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in his office.
    3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees
and charges of such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be
waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
of the court automation fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly
by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by him in
a special fund designated as the court automation fund. The
fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board
shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost
related to the automation of court records, including hardware,
software, research and development costs and personnel related
thereto, provided that the expenditure is approved by the clerk
of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit court or his
designate.
    4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter
coming to any such clerk on change of venue, nor in any
proceeding to review the decision of any administrative
officer, agency or body.
    5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance
Fund.
    6. With respect to the additional fees imposed under
subsection 1.5 of this Section, the Director of State Police
may direct the use of these fees for homeland security purposes
by transferring these fees on a quarterly basis from the State
Police Operations Assistance Fund into the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm Systems (ILEAS) Fund for homeland security
initiatives programs. The transferred fees shall be allocated,
subject to the approval of the ILEAS Executive Board, as
follows: (i) 66.6% shall be used for homeland security
initiatives and (ii) 33.3% shall be used for airborne
operations. The ILEAS Executive Board shall annually supply the
Director of State Police with a report of the use of these
fees.
    7. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
subsection 1.6 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
receipt for deposit into the Conservation Police Operations
Assistance Fund.
(Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10; 97-46, eff. 7-1-12;
97-453, eff. 8-19-11; 97-738, eff. 7-5-12; 97-761, eff. 7-6-12;
97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; revised 9-20-12.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.