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92_SB0764

 
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 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.)

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