Public Act 096-1210
 
SB3508 EnrolledLRB096 20197 AJO 36268 b


  
    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 
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.