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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 Sections 110-14 and 110-17 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 $5 for each day so | ||||||
12 | incarcerated upon application
of the defendant. However,
in no | ||||||
13 | case shall the amount so allowed or
credited exceed the amount | ||||||
14 | 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 under Section 110-5 of this | ||||||
19 | Act for on a Category B offense shall have $30 deducted from | ||||||
20 | his or her monetary bail every day the person is incarcerated.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 100-1, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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22 | (725 ILCS 5/110-17) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-17)
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1 | Sec. 110-17. Unclaimed Bail Deposits. Any Notwithstanding | ||||||
2 | the
provisions of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, | ||||||
3 | any sum
of money deposited by any person to secure his or her | ||||||
4 | release from custody which
remains unclaimed by the person | ||||||
5 | entitled to its return for 3
years after the conditions of the | ||||||
6 | bail bond have been performed
and the accused has been | ||||||
7 | discharged from all obligations in the
cause shall be presumed | ||||||
8 | to be abandoned and subject to disposition under the Revised | ||||||
9 | Uniform Unclaimed Property Act .
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10 | (a) (Blank). The clerk of the circuit court, as soon | ||||||
11 | thereafter as
practicable, shall cause notice to be published | ||||||
12 | once, in English, in a
newspaper or newspapers of general | ||||||
13 | circulation in the county wherein the
deposit of bond was | ||||||
14 | received.
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15 | (b) (Blank). The published notice shall be entitled "Notice | ||||||
16 | of Persons
Appearing to be Owners of Abandoned Property" and | ||||||
17 | shall contain:
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18 | (1) The names, in alphabetical order, of persons to | ||||||
19 | whom the notice
is directed.
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20 | (2) A statement that information concerning the amount | ||||||
21 | of the property
may be obtained by any persons possessing | ||||||
22 | an interest in the property by
making an inquiry at the | ||||||
23 | office of the clerk of the circuit court at a
location | ||||||
24 | designated by him.
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25 | (3) A statement that if proof of claim is not presented | ||||||
26 | by the owner to
the clerk of the circuit court and if the |
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1 | owner's right to receive the
property is not established to | ||||||
2 | the satisfaction of the clerk of the court
within 65 days | ||||||
3 | from the date of the published notice, the abandoned
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4 | property will be placed in the custody of the treasurer of | ||||||
5 | the county, not
later than 85 days after such publication, | ||||||
6 | to whom all further claims must
thereafter be directed. If | ||||||
7 | the claim is established as aforesaid and after
deducting | ||||||
8 | an amount not to exceed $20 to cover the cost of notice
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9 | publication and related clerical expenses, the clerk of the | ||||||
10 | court shall
make payment to the person entitled thereto.
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11 | (4) The clerk of the circuit court is not required to | ||||||
12 | publish in such
notice any items of less than $100 unless | ||||||
13 | he deems such publication in the
public interest.
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14 | (c) (Blank). Any clerk of the circuit court who has caused | ||||||
15 | notice to be published
as provided by this Section shall, | ||||||
16 | within 20 days after the time specified
in this Section for | ||||||
17 | claiming the property from the clerk of the court, pay
or | ||||||
18 | deliver to the treasurer of the county having jurisdiction of | ||||||
19 | the
offense, whether the bond was taken there or any other | ||||||
20 | county, all sums
deposited as specified in this section less | ||||||
21 | such amounts as may have been
returned to the persons whose | ||||||
22 | rights to receive the sums deposited have
been established to | ||||||
23 | the satisfaction of the clerk of the circuit court.
Any clerk | ||||||
24 | of the circuit court who transfers such sums to the county
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25 | treasury including sums deposited by persons whose names are | ||||||
26 | not required
to be set forth in the published notice aforesaid, |
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1 | is relieved of all
liability for such sums as have been | ||||||
2 | transferred as unclaimed bail deposits
or any claim which then | ||||||
3 | exists or which thereafter may arise or be made in
respect to | ||||||
4 | such sums.
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5 | (d) (Blank). The treasurer of the county shall keep just | ||||||
6 | and true accounts of all
moneys paid into the treasury, and if | ||||||
7 | any person appears within 5 years
after the deposit of moneys | ||||||
8 | by the clerk of the circuit court and claims
any money paid | ||||||
9 | into the treasury, he shall file a claim therefor on the
form | ||||||
10 | prescribed by the treasurer of the county who shall consider | ||||||
11 | any claim
filed under this Act and who may, in his discretion, | ||||||
12 | hold a hearing and
receive evidence concerning it. The | ||||||
13 | treasurer of the county shall prepare
a finding and the | ||||||
14 | decision in writing on each hearing, stating the substance
of | ||||||
15 | any evidence heard by him, his findings of fact in respect | ||||||
16 | thereto, and
the reasons for his decision. The decision shall | ||||||
17 | be a public record.
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18 | (e) (Blank). All claims which are not filed within the 5 | ||||||
19 | year period shall
be forever barred.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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