Bill Text: IL SB3265 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a court services fee shall not exceed $25 unless the fee is set according to an acceptable cost study under the Code.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-01-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1167 [SB3265 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3265-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5-1103 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1103) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1103)
Sec. 5-1103. Court services fee. A county board may enact
by ordinance or resolution a court services fee dedicated to
defraying court security expenses incurred by the sheriff in
providing court services or for any other court services deemed
necessary by the sheriff to provide for court security,
including without limitation court services provided pursuant
to Section 3-6023, as now or hereafter amended. Such fee shall
be paid in civil cases by each party at the time of filing the
first pleading, paper or other appearance; provided that no
additional fee shall be required if more than one party is
represented in a single pleading, paper or other appearance. In
criminal, local ordinance, county ordinance, traffic and
conservation cases, such fee shall be assessed against the
defendant upon a plea of guilty, stipulation of facts or
findings of guilty, resulting in a judgment of conviction, or
order of supervision, or sentence of probation without entry of
judgment pursuant to Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act,

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Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section
70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,
Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section
10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency
Act, Section 40-10 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act. In
setting such fee, the county board may impose, with the
concurrence of the Chief Judge of the judicial circuit in which
the county is located by administrative order entered by the
Chief Judge, differential rates for the various types or
categories of criminal and civil cases, but the maximum rate
shall not exceed $25, unless the fee is set according to an
acceptable cost study in accordance with Section 4-5001 of the
Counties Code. All proceeds from this fee must be used to
defray court security expenses incurred by the sheriff in
providing court services. No fee shall be imposed or collected,
however, in traffic, conservation, and ordinance cases in which
fines are paid without a court appearance. The fees shall be
collected in the manner in which all other court fees or costs
are collected and shall be deposited into the county general
fund for payment solely of costs incurred by the sheriff in
providing court security or for any other court services deemed
necessary by the sheriff to provide for court security.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)