Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 3/20/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 825




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 825 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 1-2-1 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 5/1-2-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-1)



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    Sec. 1-2-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality 
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may pass all
ordinances and make all rules and regulations 
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proper or necessary, to carry
into effect the powers granted to 
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municipalities, with such fines or
penalties as may be deemed 
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proper. No fine or penalty, however, except
civil penalties 
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provided for failure to make returns or to pay any taxes
levied 
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by the municipality shall exceed $750 and no imprisonment

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authorized
in Section 1-2-9 for failure to pay any fine, 
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penalty or cost shall exceed
6 months for one offense.

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    A penalty imposed for violation of an ordinance may 
 


 






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include, or consist
of, a requirement that the defendant 
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perform some reasonable public service
work such as but not 
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limited to the picking up of litter in public parks or
along 
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public highways or the maintenance of public facilities.

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    A default in the payment of a fine or any installment of a 
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fine may be collected by any means authorized for the 
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collection of monetary judgments.  The municipal attorney of the 
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municipality in which the fine was imposed may retain attorneys 
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and private collection agents for the purpose of collecting any 
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default in payment of any fine or installment of that fine.  Any 
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fees or costs incurred by the municipality with respect to 
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attorneys or private collection agents retained by the 
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municipal attorney under this Section shall be charged to the 
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offender.

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(Source: P.A. 89-63, eff. 6-30-95.)".