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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 5-1101.3 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1101.3) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-1101.3. Additional fees to finance new judicial | ||||||
| 8 | facilities. The county boards of Kane County, Kendall County, | ||||||
| 9 | and Will County may by ordinance impose a judicial facilities | ||||||
| 10 | fee to be used for the building of new judicial facilities. | ||||||
| 11 | (a) In setting such fee, the county board, with the | ||||||
| 12 | concurrence of the Chief Judge of the applicable judicial | ||||||
| 13 | circuit or the presiding judge of the county in a multi-county | ||||||
| 14 | judicial circuit, may impose different rates for the various | ||||||
| 15 | types or categories of civil and criminal cases, not to exceed | ||||||
| 16 | $30. The fees are to be paid as follows: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) In civil cases, the fee shall be paid by each party | ||||||
| 18 | at the time of filing the first pleading, paper, or other | ||||||
| 19 | appearance; provided that no additional fee shall be | ||||||
| 20 | required if more than one party is represented in a single | ||||||
| 21 | pleading, paper, or other appearance. | ||||||
| 22 | (2) In felony, misdemeanor, local or county ordinance, | ||||||
| 23 | traffic, and conservation cases, the fee shall be assessed | ||||||
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| 1 | against the defendant upon the entry of a judgment of | ||||||
| 2 | conviction, an order of supervision, or a sentence of | ||||||
| 3 | probation without entry of judgment pursuant to Section 10 | ||||||
| 4 | of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the | ||||||
| 6 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, | ||||||
| 7 | Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of | ||||||
| 8 | the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||
| 9 | Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug | ||||||
| 10 | Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act. | ||||||
| 11 | (3) In local or county ordinance, traffic, and | ||||||
| 12 | conservation cases, if fines are paid in full without a | ||||||
| 13 | court appearance, then the fee shall not be imposed or | ||||||
| 14 | collected. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) The proceeds of all fees enacted under this Section | ||||||
| 16 | must be deposited into the county's Judicial Department | ||||||
| 17 | Facilities Construction Fund and used for the sole purpose of | ||||||
| 18 | funding in whole or in part the costs associated with building | ||||||
| 19 | new judicial facilities within the county, which shall be | ||||||
| 20 | designed and constructed by the county board with the | ||||||
| 21 | concurrence of the Chief Judge of the applicable judicial | ||||||
| 22 | circuit or the presiding judge of the county in a multi-county | ||||||
| 23 | judicial circuit.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 98-1085, eff. 1-1-15; 99-269, eff. 8-4-15.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 26 | 2022.
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