Bill Text: IL SB3508 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and collect an electronic citation fee of $5, which shall be paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. Provides that 60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. Contains provisions regarding the administration of and expenditures from the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund. Provides that the Circuit Court Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject to the new provisions and provides for the disposition of fees collected before such an ordinance takes effect.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1210 [SB3508 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3508-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by adding
Section 27.3e as follows:
(705 ILCS 105/27.3e new)
Sec. 27.3e. Electronic citation fee. As used in this
Section, "electronic citation" means the process of
transmitting traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance,
conservation, or other citations and law enforcement data via
electronic means to a circuit court clerk.
To defray the expense of establishing and maintaining
electronic citations, each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and
collect an electronic citation fee of $5. Such fee shall be
paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal
ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or
grant of supervision. This fee shall be in addition to all
other fees and charges and assessable as costs and shall not be
subject to disbursement under Section 27.5 or 27.6 of this Act.
60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk
Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed
to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the
establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. The

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Circuit Court Clerk shall be the custodian, ex officio, of the
Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and shall use the
Fund to perform the duties required by the office for
establishing and maintaining electronic citations. The Fund
shall be audited by the County's auditor. The Circuit Court
Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee
if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject
to this Section. Any funds collected under this Section before
such an ordinance takes effect shall be disbursed to the
Illinois State Police for expenses related to the establishment
and maintenance of electronic citations.