Full Text of SB3684 101st General Assembly
SB3684 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3684 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 705 ILCS 105/27.3b | from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b |
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Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Allows the clerk of court to accept payment of fines, penalties, or costs by certified check.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 27.3b as follows:
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
| 7 | | Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of fines, | 8 | | penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card
or debit | 9 | | card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
| 10 | | convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
| 11 | | offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or | 12 | | who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the | 13 | | circuit court may accept
credit card payments over the Internet | 14 | | for fines, penalties, or costs from
offenders on voluntary | 15 | | electronic pleas of guilty in minor traffic and
conservation | 16 | | offenses to satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty | 17 | | as
provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529. The clerk of | 18 | | the court may also
accept
payment of statutory fees by a credit | 19 | | card or debit card.
The clerk of the court may
also accept the | 20 | | credit card
or debit card
for the cash deposit of bail bond | 21 | | fees.
| 22 | | The Clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | 23 | | contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by |
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| 1 | | the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and | 2 | | administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | 3 | | allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | 4 | | cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The clerk | 5 | | of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into contracts with | 6 | | third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
service | 7 | | providers under which those entities may contract directly with
| 8 | | customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and guarantee and | 9 | | remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit court. Where the
| 10 | | offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or | 11 | | debit card or through a third party fund guarantor, | 12 | | facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
statutory | 13 | | fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of cash bail, | 14 | | the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount | 15 | | charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card | 16 | | or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, | 17 | | or service provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to | 18 | | any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit | 19 | | court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience | 20 | | and administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, | 21 | | facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by | 22 | | the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county | 23 | | general revenue fund.
| 24 | | For the purposes of this Section, "certified check" has the | 25 | | meaning provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial | 26 | | Code. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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