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1 AN ACT concerning counties.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 5-1103 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1103) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1103)
7 Sec. 5-1103. Court services fee. A county board may
8 enact by ordinance or resolution a court services fee
9 dedicated to defraying court security expenses incurred by
10 the sheriff in providing court services or for any other
11 court services deemed necessary by the sheriff to provide for
12 court security, including without limitation court services
13 provided pursuant to Section 3-6023, as now or hereafter
14 amended. Such fee shall be paid in civil cases by each party
15 at the time of filing the first pleading, paper or other
16 appearance; provided that no additional fee shall be required
17 if more than one party is represented in a single pleading,
18 paper or other appearance. In criminal, local ordinance,
19 county ordinance, traffic and conservation cases, such fee
20 shall be assessed against the defendant upon a plea of
21 guilty, stipulation of facts or findings of guilty, resulting
22 in a judgment of conviction, or order of supervision, or
23 sentence of probation without entry of judgment pursuant to
24 Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
25 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section 12-4.3 of the
26 Criminal Code of 1961, Section 10-102 of the Illinois
27 Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of
28 the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, or
29 Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act. In setting such fee,
30 The county board may impose, with the concurrence of the
31 Chief Judge of the judicial circuit in which the county is
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1 located by administrative order entered by the Chief Judge, a
2 rate of $25 differential rates for the various types or
3 categories of criminal and civil cases, but the maximum rate
4 shall not exceed $15. All proceeds from this fee must be used
5 to defray court security expenses incurred by the sheriff in
6 providing court services. No fee shall be imposed or
7 collected, however, in traffic, conservation, and ordinance
8 cases in which fines are paid without a court appearance. The
9 fees shall be collected in the manner in which all other
10 court fees or costs are collected and shall be deposited into
11 the county general fund for payment solely of costs incurred
12 by the sheriff in providing court security or for any other
13 court services deemed necessary by the sheriff to provide for
14 court security.
15 (Source: P.A. 87-1141; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
17 December 1, 2003.