Full Text of HB4719 096th General Assembly
HB4719 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4719
Introduced 1/4/2010, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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705 ILCS 105/27.3b |
from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b |
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Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning fees paid by credit card.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 16299 AJO 31557 b |
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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 27.3b as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
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| Sec. 27.3b.
The clerk of court may accept payment of | 8 |
| fines, penalties,
or costs
by credit card
or debit card
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| approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
convicted | 10 |
| of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
offense, petty | 11 |
| offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has been
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| convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the circuit court | 13 |
| may accept
credit card payments over the Internet for fines, | 14 |
| penalties, or costs from
offenders on voluntary electronic | 15 |
| pleas of guilty in minor traffic and
conservation offenses to | 16 |
| satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty as
provided | 17 |
| in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529. The The clerk of the court | 18 |
| may also
accept
payment of statutory fees by a credit card or | 19 |
| debit card.
The clerk of the court may
also accept the credit | 20 |
| card
or debit card
for the cash deposit of bail bond fees. | 21 |
| The Clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | 22 |
| contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | 23 |
| the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and |
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| administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | 2 |
| allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | 3 |
| cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The clerk | 4 |
| of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into contracts with | 5 |
| third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
service | 6 |
| providers under which those entities may contract directly with
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| customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and guarantee and | 8 |
| remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit court. Where the
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| offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or | 10 |
| debit card or through a third party fund guarantor, | 11 |
| facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
statutory | 12 |
| fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of cash bail, | 13 |
| the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount | 14 |
| charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card | 15 |
| or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, | 16 |
| or service provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to | 17 |
| any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit | 18 |
| court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience | 19 |
| and administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, | 20 |
| facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by | 21 |
| the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county | 22 |
| general revenue fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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