Bill Text: IL SB1609 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction of the offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 (rather than $5) for each day so incarcerated upon application of the defendant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0408 [SB1609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1609-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction of the offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 (rather than $5) for each day so incarcerated upon application of the defendant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0408 [SB1609 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1609-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 110-14 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 5/110-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-14)
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7 | Sec. 110-14. Credit for incarceration on bailable offense; | ||||||
8 | credit against monetary bail for certain offenses. | ||||||
9 | (a) Any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does | ||||||
10 | not supply
bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction | ||||||
11 | of the offense
shall be allowed a credit of $30 $5 for each day | ||||||
12 | so incarcerated upon application
of the defendant. However,
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13 | no case shall the amount so allowed or
credited exceed the | ||||||
14 | amount of the fine. | ||||||
15 | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person incarcerated | ||||||
16 | for sexual assault as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection | ||||||
17 | (a) of Section 5-9-1.7 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
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18 | (c) A person subject to bail on a Category B offense shall | ||||||
19 | have $30 deducted from his or her 10% cash bond amount every | ||||||
20 | day the person is incarcerated. The sheriff shall calculate and | ||||||
21 | apply this $30 per day reduction and send notice to the circuit | ||||||
22 | clerk if a defendant's 10% cash bond amount is reduced to $0, | ||||||
23 | at which point the defendant shall be released upon his or her |
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1 | own recognizance.
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2 | (d) The court may deny the incarceration credit in | ||||||
3 | subsection (c) of this Section if the person has failed to | ||||||
4 | appear as required before the court and is incarcerated based | ||||||
5 | on a warrant for failure to appear on the same original | ||||||
6 | criminal offense. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-1, eff. 1-1-18; 100-929, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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