Full Text of SB1817 96th General Assembly
SB1817eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 5-1101 as follows: | 6 |
| (55 ILCS 5/5-1101) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1101)
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| Sec. 5-1101. Additional fees to finance court system.
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| county board may enact by ordinance or resolution the following | 9 |
| fees:
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| (a) A $5 fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of | 11 |
| guilty or a grant
of supervision for violation of the Illinois | 12 |
| Vehicle Code other than Section
11-501 or violations of similar | 13 |
| provisions contained in county or municipal
ordinances | 14 |
| committed in the county, and up to a $30 fee to be paid by the
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| defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision for | 16 |
| violation of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a | 17 |
| violation of a similar
provision contained in county or | 18 |
| municipal ordinances committed in the county.
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| (b) In the case of a county having a population of | 20 |
| 1,000,000 or less,
a $5 fee to be collected in all civil cases | 21 |
| by the clerk of the circuit court.
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| (c) A fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of | 23 |
| guilty or a grant of
supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the |
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| Unified Code of Corrections, as follows:
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| (1) for a felony, $50;
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| (2) for a class A misdemeanor, $25;
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| (3) for a class B or class C misdemeanor, $15;
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| (4) for a petty offense, $10;
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| (5) for a business offense, $10.
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| (d) A $100 fee for the second and subsequent violations of | 8 |
| Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations of | 9 |
| similar provisions
contained in county or municipal ordinances | 10 |
| committed in the county. The
proceeds of this fee shall be | 11 |
| placed in the county general fund and used to
finance education | 12 |
| programs related to driving under the influence of alcohol or
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| drugs.
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| (d-5) A $10 fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment | 15 |
| of guilty or a grant of supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the | 16 |
| Unified Code of Corrections to be placed in the county general | 17 |
| fund and used to finance the county mental health court, the | 18 |
| county drug court, or both. | 19 |
| (e) In each county in which a teen court, peer court, peer | 20 |
| jury, youth
court, or
other
youth diversion program has been | 21 |
| created, a county may adopt a mandatory fee
of up to $5 to be | 22 |
| assessed as provided in this subsection. Assessments
collected
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| by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this subsection | 24 |
| must be deposited
into an
account specifically for the | 25 |
| operation and administration of a teen court, peer
court, peer | 26 |
| jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program. The clerk |
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| of
the
circuit court shall collect the fees established in this | 2 |
| subsection and must
remit the
fees to the teen court, peer | 3 |
| court, peer jury, youth court, or other youth
diversion
program | 4 |
| monthly, less 5%, which is to be retained as fee income to the | 5 |
| office
of
the clerk of the circuit court. The fees are to be | 6 |
| paid as follows:
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| (1) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a | 8 |
| judgment of guilty or
grant of supervision for violation of | 9 |
| the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations
of similar | 10 |
| provisions contained in county or municipal ordinances | 11 |
| committed in
the
county;
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| (2) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a | 13 |
| judgment of guilty or
grant of supervision under Section | 14 |
| 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for
a
felony; for | 15 |
| a Class A, Class B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a petty | 16 |
| offense;
and
for a business offense.
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| (f) In each county in which a drug court has been created, | 18 |
| the county may adopt a mandatory fee of up to $5 to be assessed | 19 |
| as provided in this subsection. Assessments collected by the | 20 |
| clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this subsection must be | 21 |
| deposited into an account specifically for the operation and | 22 |
| administration of the drug court. The clerk of the circuit | 23 |
| court shall collect the fees established in this subsection and | 24 |
| must remit the fees to the drug court, less 5%, which is to be | 25 |
| retained as fee income to the office of the clerk of the | 26 |
| circuit court. The fees are to be paid as follows: |
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| (1) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a | 2 |
| judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for a violation | 3 |
| of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a violation of a similar | 4 |
| provision contained in a county or municipal ordinance | 5 |
| committed in the county; or | 6 |
| (2) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a | 7 |
| judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision under Section | 8 |
| 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for a felony; for | 9 |
| a Class A, Class B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a petty | 10 |
| offense; and for a business offense. | 11 |
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The clerk of the circuit court shall deposit the 5% | 12 |
| retained under this subsection into the Circuit Court Clerk | 13 |
| Operation and Administrative Fund to be used to defray the | 14 |
| costs of collection and disbursement of the drug court fee. | 15 |
| (f-5) In each county in which a Children's Advocacy Center | 16 |
| provides services, the county board may adopt a mandatory fee | 17 |
| of between $5 and $30 to be paid by the defendant on a judgment | 18 |
| of guilty or a grant of supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the | 19 |
| Unified Code of Corrections for a felony; for a Class A, Class | 20 |
| B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a petty offense; and for a | 21 |
| business offense. The clerk of the circuit court shall collect | 22 |
| all assessments authorized under this subsection (f-5) and | 23 |
| remit them to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall | 24 |
| deposit such assessments into a separate account specifically | 25 |
| maintained for the operation and administration of the | 26 |
| Children's Advocacy Center. Assessments collected under this |
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| subsection (f-5) shall be used exclusively for the operation | 2 |
| and administration of the Children's Advocacy Center. | 3 |
| Assessments shall be collected by the clerk of the circuit | 4 |
| court and must be deposited into an account specifically for | 5 |
| the operation and administration of the Children's Advocacy | 6 |
| Center. The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the fees | 7 |
| as provided in this subsection, and must remit the fees to the | 8 |
| Children's Advocacy Center.
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| (g) The proceeds of all fees enacted under this Section | 10 |
| must, except as
provided in subsections (d), (d-5),
(e), and | 11 |
| (f), and (f-5), be placed
in the
county general fund and used | 12 |
| to
finance the court system in the county, unless the fee is | 13 |
| subject to
disbursement by the circuit clerk as provided under | 14 |
| Section 27.5 of the Clerks
of Courts Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-862, eff. 6-16-06; 94-980, eff. 6-30-06; | 16 |
| 95-103, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; revised 10-28-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.
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