Bill Text: IL SB1047 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly mentally retarded person".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0761 [SB1047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1047-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "severely or profoundly mentally retarded person".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0761 [SB1047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1047-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1047
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1047 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 2. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 27.3a as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 105/27.3a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3a)
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7 | Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping , probation | ||||||
8 | and court services operations, and State Police operations.
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9 | 1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated | ||||||
10 | record
keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the | ||||||
11 | circuit court shall
be borne by the county. To defray such | ||||||
12 | expense in any county having
established such an automated | ||||||
13 | system or which elects to establish such a
system, the county | ||||||
14 | board may require the clerk of the circuit court in
their | ||||||
15 | county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less | ||||||
16 | than
$1 nor more than $15 to be charged and collected by the |
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1 | clerk of the court.
Such fee shall be paid at the time of | ||||||
2 | filing the first pleading, paper or
other appearance filed by | ||||||
3 | each party in all civil cases or by the defendant
in any | ||||||
4 | felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or | ||||||
5 | conservation
case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of | ||||||
6 | supervision, provided that
the record keeping system which | ||||||
7 | processes the case
category for which the fee is charged is | ||||||
8 | automated or has been approved for
automation by the county | ||||||
9 | board, and provided further that no additional fee
shall be | ||||||
10 | required if more than one party is presented in a single | ||||||
11 | pleading,
paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be | ||||||
12 | collected in the manner in
which all other fees or costs are | ||||||
13 | collected.
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14 | 1.1. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
15 | of the 97th General Assembly and pursuant to an administrative | ||||||
16 | order from the chief judge of the circuit or the presiding | ||||||
17 | judge of the county authorizing such collection, a clerk of the | ||||||
18 | circuit court in any county that imposes a fee pursuant to | ||||||
19 | subsection 1 of this Section shall also charge and collect an | ||||||
20 | additional $10 operations fee for probation and court services | ||||||
21 | department operations, except as follows: such $10 operations | ||||||
22 | fee shall not be charged and collected in cases governed by | ||||||
23 | Supreme Court Rule 529 and the bail amount is $120 or less. | ||||||
24 | This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any | ||||||
25 | felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation | ||||||
26 | case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. |
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1 | 1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under | ||||||
2 | subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all | ||||||
3 | fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the | ||||||
4 | probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of | ||||||
5 | the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall | ||||||
6 | be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief | ||||||
7 | judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief | ||||||
8 | Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines | ||||||
9 | approved by the Supreme Court. | ||||||
10 | 1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
11 | of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in | ||||||
12 | any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this | ||||||
13 | Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an | ||||||
14 | amount equal to the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to | ||||||
15 | subsection 1 of this Section. This additional fee shall be paid | ||||||
16 | by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local | ||||||
17 | ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or | ||||||
18 | grant of supervision. | ||||||
19 | 2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of | ||||||
20 | this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and | ||||||
21 | collections upon receipt
of written notice from the chairman of | ||||||
22 | the county board together with a
certified copy of the board's | ||||||
23 | resolution, which the clerk shall file of
record in his office.
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24 | 3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of | ||||||
25 | this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees | ||||||
26 | and charges of such
clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be |
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1 | waived only if the judge
specifically provides for the waiver | ||||||
2 | of the court automation fee. The
fees shall be remitted monthly | ||||||
3 | by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be
retained by him in | ||||||
4 | a special fund designated as the court automation fund.
The | ||||||
5 | fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board | ||||||
6 | shall make
expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost | ||||||
7 | related to the automation
of court records, including hardware, | ||||||
8 | software, research and development
costs and personnel related | ||||||
9 | thereto, provided that the expenditure is
approved by the clerk | ||||||
10 | of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit
court or his | ||||||
11 | designate.
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12 | 4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of | ||||||
13 | this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter | ||||||
14 | coming to any such clerk
on change of venue, nor in any | ||||||
15 | proceeding to review the decision of any
administrative | ||||||
16 | officer, agency or body.
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17 | 5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under | ||||||
18 | subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by | ||||||
19 | the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after | ||||||
20 | receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance | ||||||
21 | Fund. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10.)
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23 | Section 5. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is | ||||||
24 | amended by changing Section 15.1 as follows:
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1 | (730 ILCS 110/15.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7.1) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 15.1. Probation and Court Services Fund.
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3 | (a) The county treasurer in each county shall establish a
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4 | probation and court services fund consisting of fees collected | ||||||
5 | pursuant to
subsection (i) of Section 5-6-3 and subsection (i) | ||||||
6 | of Section 5-6-3.1
of the Unified Code of Corrections, | ||||||
7 | subsection (10) of Section 5-615
and
subsection (5) of Section | ||||||
8 | 5-715 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and
paragraph 14.3 of | ||||||
9 | subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal
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10 | Procedure of 1963.
The
county treasurer shall disburse monies | ||||||
11 | from the fund only at the direction
of the chief judge of the | ||||||
12 | circuit court in such circuit where the county is
located. The | ||||||
13 | county treasurer of each county shall, on or before January
10 | ||||||
14 | of each year, submit an annual report to the Supreme Court.
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15 | (b) Monies in the probation and court services fund shall | ||||||
16 | be
appropriated by the county board to be used within the | ||||||
17 | county or
jurisdiction where
collected in accordance
with | ||||||
18 | policies and guidelines approved by the Supreme Court for the | ||||||
19 | costs
of operating the probation and court services department | ||||||
20 | or departments;
however, except as provided in subparagraphs | ||||||
21 | subparagraph (g) and (h) , monies
in the probation and court | ||||||
22 | services fund shall not be used for the payment
of salaries of | ||||||
23 | probation and court services personnel.
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24 | (c) Monies expended from the probation and court services | ||||||
25 | fund shall
be used to supplement, not supplant, county | ||||||
26 | appropriations for probation
and court services.
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1 | (d) Interest earned on monies deposited in a probation and | ||||||
2 | court
services fund may be used by the county for its ordinary | ||||||
3 | and contingent
expenditures.
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4 | (e) The county board may appropriate moneys from the | ||||||
5 | probation and court
services fund, upon the direction of the | ||||||
6 | chief judge, to support programs that
are part of the continuum | ||||||
7 | of juvenile delinquency intervention programs which
are or may | ||||||
8 | be developed within the county. The grants from the probation | ||||||
9 | and
court services fund shall be for no more than one year and | ||||||
10 | may be used for any
expenses attributable to the program | ||||||
11 | including administration and oversight of
the program by the | ||||||
12 | probation department.
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13 | (f) The county board may appropriate moneys from the | ||||||
14 | probation and court
services fund, upon the direction of the | ||||||
15 | chief judge, to support practices
endorsed or required under | ||||||
16 | the Sex Offender Management Board Act, including but
not | ||||||
17 | limited to sex offender evaluation, treatment, and monitoring | ||||||
18 | programs that
are or may be developed within the county.
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19 | (g) For the State Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007
only, | ||||||
20 | the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may permit a | ||||||
21 | county or circuit to use its probation and court services fund | ||||||
22 | for the payment of salaries of probation officers and other | ||||||
23 | court services personnel whose salaries are reimbursed under | ||||||
24 | this Act if the State's FY2005, FY2006, or FY2007 appropriation | ||||||
25 | to the Supreme Court for reimbursement to counties for | ||||||
26 | probation salaries and services is less than the amount |
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1 | appropriated to the Supreme Court for these
purposes for State | ||||||
2 | Fiscal Year 2004. The Administrative Office of the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Courts shall take into account each county's or circuit's | ||||||
4 | probation fee collections and expenditures when apportioning | ||||||
5 | the total reimbursement for each county or circuit.
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6 | (h) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may | ||||||
7 | permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court | ||||||
8 | services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers | ||||||
9 | and other court services personnel whose salaries are | ||||||
10 | reimbursed under this Act in any State fiscal year that the | ||||||
11 | appropriation for reimbursement to counties for probation | ||||||
12 | salaries and services is less than the amount appropriated to | ||||||
13 | the Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal Year | ||||||
14 | 2002 , except that the Administrative Office of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Courts shall adjust this amount appropriated in 2002 by 3% per | ||||||
16 | year and may continue to permit use of the probation and court | ||||||
17 | services fund for salaries in any State fiscal year where the | ||||||
18 | State reimbursement to counties is regularly delayed more than | ||||||
19 | 4 months . The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts | ||||||
20 | shall take into account each county's or circuit's probation | ||||||
21 | fee collections and expenditures when appropriating the total | ||||||
22 | reimbursement for each county or circuit. Any amount | ||||||
23 | appropriated to the Supreme Court in any State fiscal year for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of reimbursing Cook County for the salaries and | ||||||
25 | operations of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention | ||||||
26 | Center shall not be counted in the total appropriation to the |
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1 | Supreme Court in that State fiscal year for reimbursement to | ||||||
2 | counties for probation salaries and services, for the purposes | ||||||
3 | of this paragraph (h). | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707, | ||||||
5 | eff. 1-11-08.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.".
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