Bill Text: IL HB5284 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Quasi-criminal and Misdemeanor Bail Act. Provides that in any case which does not require a court appearance under Supreme Court Rule, upon a plea of guilty the amounts of fines, fees, costs, and penalties for the offense shall be in the amount mandated by statute or by local ordinance enacted pursuant to statute. Provides that no rule or order of the Supreme Court shall alter these amounts. Provides that any circuit clerk or deputy circuit clerk is authorized to receive written appearances, pleas of guilty, and waivers of trial and to accept payments in satisfaction of the judgment entered upon the plea.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5284 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5284-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5284 Introduced , by Rep. William Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 195/4 from Ch. 16, par. 84
Amends the Quasi-criminal and Misdemeanor Bail Act. Provides that in any case which does not require a court appearance under Supreme Court Rule, upon a plea of guilty the amounts of fines, fees, costs, and penalties for the offense shall be in the amount mandated by statute or by local ordinance enacted pursuant to statute. Provides that no rule or order of the Supreme Court shall alter these amounts. Provides that any circuit clerk or deputy circuit clerk is authorized to receive written appearances, pleas of guilty, and waivers of trial and to accept payments in satisfaction of the judgment entered upon the plea.
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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 Quasi-criminal and Misdemeanor Bail Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(725 ILCS 195/4) (from Ch. 16, par. 84)
Sec. 4. In any case which does not require a court
appearance under Supreme Court Rule, upon a plea of guilty the
amounts of fines, fees, costs, and penalties for the offense
shall be in the amount mandated by statute or by local
ordinance enacted pursuant to statute. No rule or order of the
Supreme Court shall alter these amounts. Any circuit clerk or
deputy circuit clerk is authorized to receive written
appearances, pleas of guilty, and waivers of trial and to
accept payments in satisfaction of the judgment entered upon
the plea. Whenever in any circuit there shall be in force a
uniform schedule prescribing the amounts of fines, penalties,
forfeitures and costs on pleas of guilty in specified minor
conservation and traffic offenses, any circuit clerk or deputy
circuit clerk is authorized to receive written appearances,
pleas of guilty and waivers of trial and to accept and receipt
for payments, in satisfaction of the judgment to be entered
upon the plea, in accordance with the uniform schedule. The

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accused shall be furnished with an official receipt on a form
prescribed by such uniform schedule for the purpose for any
fine paid pursuant to this section.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2949.)