Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3695

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that all moneys collected and payable to the Department of State Police for the additional streetgang fine shall be deposited into the State Police Streetgang-Related Crime Fund which is created in the State treasury and shall be appropriated to and administered by the Department of State Police for operations and initiatives to combat and prevent streetgang-related crime. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that in addition to any other penalty imposed, a fine of $100 shall be imposed upon a person convicted of any violation of the Criminal Code of 1961 who was, at the time of the commission of the violation a streetgang member. Provides that such additional fine shall be assessed by the court imposing sentence and shall be collected by the circuit clerk. Provides that of this fee, $5 shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund created by the Clerk of the Circuit Court to be used to offset the costs incurred by the Circuit Court Clerk in performing the additional duties required to collect and disburse funds as provided by law. Provides that each such additional fine shall be remitted by the Circuit Court Clerk within one month after receipt to the State Police Streetgang-Related Crime Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

Further amends the State Finance Act. Creates the State Police Operations Assistance Fund in the State treasury. Provides that the Fund shall receive revenue as provided in the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that the Fund may also receive revenue from grants, donations, appropriations, and any other legal source. Provides that the Department of State Police may use moneys in the Fund to finance any of its lawful purposes or functions. Provides that expenditures may be made from the Fund only as appropriated by the General Assembly by law. Provides that investment income that is attributable to the investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund for the uses specified in these provisions. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that starting on the effective date of the amendatory Act, a clerk of the circuit court in any county that imposes fees for automated record keeping, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an amount equal to that amount. Provides that 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. Effective immediately.

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