Public Act 093-0892
 		





HB0307 Enrolled
LRB093 04521 MKM 04574 b






    AN ACT in relation to court fees. 

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 
5-1101 as
follows:


 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1101)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1101)

    Sec. 5-1101. Additional fees to finance court system.
A 
county board may enact by ordinance or resolution the following 
fees:


    (a) A $5 fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of 
guilty or a grant
of supervision for violation of the Illinois 
Vehicle Code other than Section
11-501 or violations of similar 
provisions contained in county or municipal
ordinances 
committed in the county, and up to a $30 fee to be paid by the

defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of supervision for 
violation of
Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a 
violation of a similar
provision contained in county or 
municipal ordinances committed in the county.


    (b) In the case of a county having a population of 
1,000,000 or less,
a $5 fee to be collected in all civil cases 
by the clerk of the circuit court.


    (c) A fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of 
guilty or a grant of
supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the 
Unified Code of Corrections, as follows:


        (1) for a felony, $50;


        (2) for a class A misdemeanor, $25;


        (3) for a class B or class C misdemeanor, $15;


        (4) for a petty offense, $10;


        (5) for a business offense, $10.


    (d) A $100 fee for the second and subsequent violations of 
Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations of 
similar provisions
contained in county or municipal ordinances 
committed in the county.  The
proceeds of this fee shall be 
placed in the county general fund and used to
finance education 
programs related to driving under the influence of alcohol or

drugs.


    (e) In each county in which a teen court, peer court, peer 
jury, youth
court, or
other
youth diversion program has been 
created, a county may adopt a mandatory fee
of up to $5 to be 
assessed as provided in this subsection.  Assessments
collected

by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this subsection 
must be deposited
into an
account specifically for the 
operation and administration of a teen court, peer
court, peer 
jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program.  The clerk 
of
the
circuit court shall collect the fees established in this 
subsection and must
remit the
fees to the teen court, peer 
court, peer jury, youth court, or other youth
diversion
program 
monthly, less 5%, which is to be retained as fee income to the 
office
of
the clerk of the circuit court.  The fees are to be 
paid as follows:

        (1) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a 
    judgment of guilty or
grant of supervision for violation of 
    the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations
of similar 
    provisions contained in county or municipal ordinances 
    committed in
the
county;

        (2) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a 
    judgment of guilty or
grant of supervision under Section 
    5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for
a
felony; for 
    a Class A, Class B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a petty 
    offense;
and
for a business offense.


    (f) The proceeds of all fees enacted under this Section 
must
shall, except as
provided in subsections
subsection (d) 
and (e), be placed
in the
county general fund and used to

finance the court system in the county, unless the fee is 
subject to
disbursement by the circuit clerk as provided under 
Section 27.5 of the Clerks
of Courts Act.


(Source: P.A. 87-670; 87-1075; 87-1230; 88-45.)