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92_HB1830
LRB9205215REtm
1 AN ACT concerning fees.
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
5 changing 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
8 fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card
9 approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
10 of or placed on court supervision for a traffic offense,
11 petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has
12 been convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the court
13 may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or
14 debit card. The clerk of the court may also accept the
15 credit card or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond
16 fees up to $300.
17 The Clerk of the circuit court may is authorized to enter
18 into contracts with credit card or debit card companies
19 approved by the clerk and to pay those companies fees
20 normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of
21 the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards
22 in payment as authorized herein. Where the offender pays
23 fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card, or
24 anyone paying statutory fees of the circuit court clerk or
25 the posting of cash bail, the clerk shall collect a service
26 fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
27 its services by the credit card or debit card issuer. This
28 service fee shall be in addition to any other fines,
29 penalties, or costs.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-733, eff. 1-1-01.)