Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

Filed: 3/29/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 927

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 927 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 110-8 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/110-8)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-8)
7    Sec. 110-8. Cash, stocks, bonds and real estate as security
8for bail.
9    (a) In lieu of the bail deposit provided for in Section
10110-7 of this Code any person for whom bail has been set may
11execute the bail bond with or without sureties which bond may
12be secured:
13    (1) By a deposit, with the clerk of the court, of an amount
14equal to the required bail, of cash, or stocks and bonds in
15which trustees are authorized to invest trust funds under the
16laws of this State; or

 

 

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1    (2) By real estate situated in this State with unencumbered
2equity not exempt owned by the accused or sureties worth double
3the amount of bail set in the bond.
4    (b) If the bail bond is secured by stocks and bonds the
5accused or sureties shall file with the bond a sworn schedule
6which shall be approved by the court and shall contain:
7        (1) A list of the stocks and bonds deposited describing
8    each in sufficient detail that it may be identified;
9        (2) The market value of each stock and bond;
10        (3) The total market value of the stocks and bonds
11    listed;
12        (4) A statement that the affiant is the sole owner of
13    the stocks and bonds listed and they are not exempt from
14    the enforcement of a judgment thereon;
15        (5) A statement that such stocks and bonds have not
16    previously been used or accepted as bail in this State
17    during the 12 months preceding the date of the bail bond;
18    and
19        (6) A statement that such stocks and bonds are security
20    for the appearance of the accused in accordance with the
21    conditions of the bail bond.
22    (c) If the bail bond is secured by real estate the accused
23or sureties shall file with the bond a sworn schedule which
24shall contain:
25        (1) A legal description of the real estate;
26        (2) A description of any and all encumbrances on the

 

 

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1    real estate including the amount of each and the holder
2    thereof;
3        (3) The market value of the unencumbered equity owned
4    by the affiant;
5        (4) A statement that the affiant is the sole owner of
6    such unencumbered equity and that it is not exempt from the
7    enforcement of a judgment thereon;
8        (5) A statement that the real estate has not previously
9    been used or accepted as bail in this State during the 12
10    months preceding the date of the bail bond; and
11        (6) A statement that the real estate is security for
12    the appearance of the accused in accordance with the
13    conditions of the bail bond.
14    (d) The sworn schedule shall constitute a material part of
15the bail bond. The affiant commits perjury if in the sworn
16schedule he makes a false statement which he does not believe
17to be true. He shall be prosecuted and punished accordingly,
18or, he may be punished for contempt.
19    (e) A certified copy of the bail bond and schedule of real
20estate shall be filed immediately in the office of the
21registrar of titles or recorder of the county in which the real
22estate is situated and the State shall have a lien on such real
23estate from the time such copies are filed in the office of the
24registrar of titles or recorder. The registrar of titles or
25recorder shall enter, index and record (or register as the case
26may be) such bail bonds and schedules without requiring any

 

 

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1advance fee, which fee shall be taxed as costs in the
2proceeding and paid out of such costs when collected.
3    (f) When the conditions of the bail bond have been
4performed and the accused has been discharged from his
5obligations in the cause, the clerk of the court shall retain
62% and return to him or his sureties the remainder of the
7deposit of any cash, or shall return to him or her or his or her
8sureties the deposit of any stocks or bonds. If the bail bond
9has been secured by stocks, bonds, or real estate, the
10defendant shall pay to the clerk of the court a document
11storage fee pursuant to Section 27.3c of the Clerks of Courts
12Act in advance of the return of the stocks, bonds, or real
13estate. If the bail bond has been secured by real estate the
14clerk of the court shall forthwith notify in writing the
15registrar of titles or recorder and the lien of the bail bond
16on the real estate shall be discharged. The clerk of the court
17shall not retain any amount from the bail bond in child support
18cases.
19    (g) If the accused does not comply with the conditions of
20the bail bond the court having jurisdiction shall enter an
21order declaring the bail to be forfeited. Notice of such order
22of forfeiture shall be mailed forthwith by the clerk of the
23court to the accused and his sureties at their last known
24address. If the accused does not appear and surrender to the
25court having jurisdiction within 30 days from the date of the
26forfeiture or within such period satisfy the court that

 

 

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1appearance and surrender by the accused is impossible and
2without his fault the court shall enter judgment for the State
3against the accused and his sureties for the amount of the bail
4and costs of the proceedings; however, in counties with a
5population of less than 3,000,000, if the defendant has posted
6a cash bond, instead of the court entering a judgment for the
7full amount of the bond the court may, in its discretion, enter
8judgment for the cash deposit on the bond, less costs, retain
9the deposit for further disposition or, if a cash bond was
10posted for failure to appear in a matter involving enforcement
11of child support or maintenance, the amount of the cash deposit
12on the bond, less outstanding costs, may be awarded to the
13person or entity to whom the child support or maintenance is
14due.
15    (h) When judgment is entered in favor of the State on any
16bail bond given for a felony or misdemeanor, or judgement for a
17political subdivision of the state on any bail bond given for a
18quasi-criminal or traffic offense, the State's Attorney or
19political subdivision's attorney shall forthwith obtain a
20certified copy of the judgment and deliver same to the sheriff
21to be enforced by levy on the stocks or bonds deposited with
22the clerk of the court and the real estate described in the
23bail bond schedule. Any cash forfeited under subsection (g) of
24this Section shall be used to satisfy the judgment and costs
25and, without necessity of levy, ordered paid into the treasury
26of the municipal corporation wherein the bail bond was taken if

 

 

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1the offense was a violation of any penal ordinance of a
2political subdivision of this State, or into the treasury of
3the county wherein the bail bond was taken if the offense was a
4violation of any penal statute of this State, or to the person
5or entity to whom child support or maintenance is owed if the
6bond was taken for failure to appear in a matter involving
7child support or maintenance. The stocks, bonds and real estate
8shall be sold in the same manner as in sales for the
9enforcement of a judgment in civil actions and the proceeds of
10such sale shall be used to satisfy all court costs, prior
11encumbrances, if any, and from the balance a sufficient amount
12to satisfy the judgment shall be paid into the treasury of the
13municipal corporation wherein the bail bond was taken if the
14offense was a violation of any penal ordinance of a political
15subdivision of this State, or into the treasury of the county
16wherein the bail bond was taken if the offense was a violation
17of any penal statute of this State. The balance shall be
18returned to the owner. The real estate so sold may be redeemed
19in the same manner as real estate may be redeemed after
20judicial sales or sales for the enforcement of judgments in
21civil actions.
22    (i) No stocks, bonds or real estate may be used or accepted
23as bail bond security in this State more than once in any 12
24month period.
25(Source: P.A. 89-469, eff. 1-1-97.)".