Public Act 099-0265

SB0804 Enrolled LRB099 07318 AWJ 27428 b

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,

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.)