Bill Text: IL HB3498 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals provision giving a person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied upon conviction a credit of $5 towards the fine for each day incarcerated. Amends the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3498 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3498-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3498 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Smiddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 5/110-14 rep.
725 ILCS 240/10 from Ch. 70, par. 510
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals provision giving a person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied upon conviction a credit of $5 towards the fine for each day incarcerated. Amends the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
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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:
(725 ILCS 5/110-14 rep.)
Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by repealing Section 110-14.
Section 10. The Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act is
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
(725 ILCS 240/10) (from Ch. 70, par. 510)
Sec. 10. Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund.
(a) The "Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund" is created
as a special fund in the State Treasury to provide monies for
the grants to be awarded under this Act.
(b) When any person is convicted in Illinois of an offense
listed below, or placed on supervision for that offense on or
after July 1, 2012, the court shall impose the following fines:
(1) $100 for any felony;
(2) $50 for any offense under the Illinois Vehicle
Code, exclusive of offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(2)
of Section 6-204 of that Code, and exclusive of any offense
enumerated in Article VI of Chapter 11 of that Code
relating to restrictions, regulations, and limitations on

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the speed at which a motor vehicle is driven or operated;
and
(3) $75 for any misdemeanor, excluding a conservation
offense.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
penalty established in this Section shall be assessed for any
violation of Section 11-601.5, 11-605.2, or 11-605.3 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall remit moneys collected
under this subsection (b) within one month after receipt to the
State Treasurer for deposit into the Violent Crime Victims
Assistance Fund, except as provided in subsection (g) of this
Section. Such additional penalty shall not be considered a part
of the fine for purposes of any reduction made in the fine for
time served either before or after sentencing. Not later than
March 1 of each year the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall
submit to the State Comptroller a report of the amount of funds
remitted by him to the State Treasurer under this Section
during the preceding calendar year.
(c) (Blank). The charge imposed by subsection (b) shall not
be subject to the provisions of Section 110-14 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure of 1963.
(d) Monies forfeited, and proceeds from the sale of
property forfeited and seized, under the forfeiture provisions
set forth in Part 500 of Article 124B of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963 shall be accepted for the Violent Crime

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Victims Assistance Fund.
(e) Investment income which is attributable to the
investment of monies in the Violent Crime Victims Assistance
Fund shall be credited to that fund for uses specified in this
Act. The Treasurer shall provide the Attorney General a monthly
status report on the amount of money in the Fund.
(f) Monies from the fund may be granted on and after July
1, 1984.
(g) All amounts and charges imposed under this Section for
any violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 11 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or
any violation of the Child Passenger Protection Act, or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, shall be collected and
disbursed by the circuit clerk as provided under Section 27.5
of the Clerks of Courts Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-712, eff. 1-1-10; 97-108, eff. 7-14-11;
97-816, eff. 7-16-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.