Bill Text: IL SB0903 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction of such offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 (rather than $5) for each day so incarcerated upon application of the defendant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0903 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0903-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB0903 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 5/110-14 from Ch. 38, par. 110-14
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction of such offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 (rather than $5) for each day so incarcerated upon application of the defendant.
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 110-14 as follows:
(725 ILCS 5/110-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-14)
Sec. 110-14. Credit for Incarceration on Bailable Offense.
(a) Any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does
not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction
of such offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 $5 for each
day so incarcerated upon application of the defendant. However,
in no case shall the amount so allowed or credited exceed the
amount of the fine.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person incarcerated
for sexual assault as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 5-9-1.7 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 93-699, eff. 1-1-05.)