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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing
5Section 27.3a as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 105/27.3a)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-46)
8    Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping, probation
9and court services operations, and State Police operations.
10    1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
11record keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the
12circuit court shall be borne by the county. To defray such
13expense in any county having established such an automated
14system or which elects to establish such a system, the county
15board may require the clerk of the circuit court in their
16county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less
17than $1 nor more than $15 to be charged and collected by the
18clerk of the court. Such fee shall be paid at the time of
19filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by
20each party in all civil cases or by the defendant in any
21felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or
22conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
23supervision, provided that the record keeping system which

 

 

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1processes the case category for which the fee is charged is
2automated or has been approved for automation by the county
3board, and provided further that no additional fee shall be
4required if more than one party is presented in a single
5pleading, paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be
6collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
7collected.
8    1.1. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 97th General Assembly and pursuant to an administrative
10order from the chief judge of the circuit or the presiding
11judge of the county authorizing such collection, a clerk of the
12circuit court in any county that imposes a fee pursuant to
13subsection 1 of this Section shall also charge and collect an
14additional $10 operations fee for probation and court services
15department operations.
16    This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any
17felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation
18case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except
19such $10 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in
20cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail
21amount is $120 or less.
22    1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under
23subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all
24fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the
25probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of
26the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall

 

 

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1be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief
2judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief
3Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines
4approved by the Supreme Court.
5    1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in
7any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
8Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an
9amount equal to the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to
10subsection 1 of this Section. This additional fee shall be paid
11by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local
12ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or
13grant of supervision.
14    2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
15this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and
16collections upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of
17the county board together with a certified copy of the board's
18resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in his office.
19    3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
20this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees
21and charges of such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be
22waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
23of the court automation fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly
24by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by him in
25a special fund designated as the court automation fund. The
26fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board

 

 

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1shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost
2related to the automation of court records, including hardware,
3software, research and development costs and personnel related
4thereto, provided that the expenditure is approved by the clerk
5of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit court or his
6designate.
7    4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
8this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter
9coming to any such clerk on change of venue, nor in any
10proceeding to review the decision of any administrative
11officer, agency or body.
12    5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
13subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
14the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
15receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance
16Fund.
17    6. With respect to the additional fees imposed under
18subsection 1.5 of this Section, the Director of State Police
19may direct the use of these fees for homeland security purposes
20by transferring these fees on a quarterly basis from the State
21Police Operations Assistance Fund into the Illinois Law
22Enforcement Alarm Systems (ILEAS) Fund for homeland security
23initiatives programs. The transferred fees shall be allocated,
24subject to the approval of the ILEAS Executive Board, as
25follows: (i) 66.6% shall be used for homeland security
26initiatives and (ii) 33.3% shall be used for airborne

 

 

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1operations. The ILEAS Executive Board shall annually supply the
2Director of State Police with a report of the use of these
3fees.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10; 97-453, eff. 8-19-11.)
 
5    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-46)
6    Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping, probation
7and court services operations, and State and Conservation
8Police operations.
9    1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
10record keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the
11circuit court shall be borne by the county. To defray such
12expense in any county having established such an automated
13system or which elects to establish such a system, the county
14board may require the clerk of the circuit court in their
15county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less
16than $1 nor more than $15 to be charged and collected by the
17clerk of the court. Such fee shall be paid at the time of
18filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by
19each party in all civil cases or by the defendant in any
20felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or
21conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
22supervision, provided that the record keeping system which
23processes the case category for which the fee is charged is
24automated or has been approved for automation by the county
25board, and provided further that no additional fee shall be

 

 

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1required if more than one party is presented in a single
2pleading, paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be
3collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
4collected.
5    1.1. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of the 97th General Assembly and pursuant to an administrative
7order from the chief judge of the circuit or the presiding
8judge of the county authorizing such collection, a clerk of the
9circuit court in any county that imposes a fee pursuant to
10subsection 1 of this Section shall also charge and collect an
11additional $10 operations fee for probation and court services
12department operations.
13    This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any
14felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation
15case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except
16such $10 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in
17cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail
18amount is $120 or less.
19    1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under
20subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all
21fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the
22probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of
23the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall
24be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief
25judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief
26Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines

 

 

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1approved by the Supreme Court.
2    1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
3of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in
4any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
5Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an
6amount equal to the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to
7subsection 1 of this Section. This additional fee shall be paid
8by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, or local
9ordinance case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
10supervision. This fee shall not be paid by the defendant for
11any conservation violation listed in subsection 1.6 of this
12Section.
13    1.6. Starting on July 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public
14Act 97-46) this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, a
15clerk of the circuit court in any county that imposes a fee
16pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section shall charge and
17collect an additional fee in an amount equal to the amount of
18the fee imposed pursuant to subsection 1 of this Section. This
19additional fee shall be paid by the defendant upon a judgment
20of guilty or grant of supervision for a conservation violation
21under the State Parks Act, the Recreational Trails of Illinois
22Act, the Illinois Explosives Act, the Timber Buyers Licensing
23Act, the Forest Products Transportation Act, the Firearm Owners
24Identification Card Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the
25Fish and Aquatic Life Code, the Wildlife Code, the Cave
26Protection Act, the Illinois Exotic Weed Act, the Illinois

 

 

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1Forestry Development Act, the Ginseng Harvesting Act, the
2Illinois Lake Management Program Act, the Illinois Natural
3Areas Preservation Act, the Illinois Open Land Trust Act, the
4Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act, the Illinois
5Prescribed Burning Act, the State Forest Act, the Water Use Act
6of 1983, the Illinois Youth and Young Adult Employment Act of
71986, the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act, the Boat
8Registration and Safety Act, the Illinois Dangerous Animals
9Act, the Hunter and Fishermen Interference Prohibition Act, the
10Wrongful Tree Cutting Act, or Section 11-1426.1, 11-1426.2,
1111-1427, 11-1427.1, 11-1427.2, 11-1427.3, 11-1427.4, or
1211-1427.5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13    2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
14this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and
15collections upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of
16the county board together with a certified copy of the board's
17resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in his office.
18    3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
19this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees
20and charges of such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be
21waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
22of the court automation fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly
23by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by him in
24a special fund designated as the court automation fund. The
25fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board
26shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost

 

 

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1related to the automation of court records, including hardware,
2software, research and development costs and personnel related
3thereto, provided that the expenditure is approved by the clerk
4of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit court or his
5designate.
6    4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
7this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter
8coming to any such clerk on change of venue, nor in any
9proceeding to review the decision of any administrative
10officer, agency or body.
11    5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
12subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
13the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
14receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance
15Fund.
16    6. With respect to the additional fees imposed under
17subsection 1.5 of this Section, the Director of State Police
18may direct the use of these fees for homeland security purposes
19by transferring these fees on a quarterly basis from the State
20Police Operations Assistance Fund into the Illinois Law
21Enforcement Alarm Systems (ILEAS) Fund for homeland security
22initiatives programs. The transferred fees shall be allocated,
23subject to the approval of the ILEAS Executive Board, as
24follows: (i) 66.6% shall be used for homeland security
25initiatives and (ii) 33.3% shall be used for airborne
26operations. The ILEAS Executive Board shall annually supply the

 

 

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1Director of State Police with a report of the use of these
2fees.
3    7. 6. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
4subsection 1.6 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
5the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
6receipt for deposit into the Conservation Police Operations
7Assistance Fund.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10; 97-46, eff. 7-1-12;
997-453, eff. 8-19-11; revised 10-4-11.)
 
10    Section 10. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
11amended by changing Section 15.1 as follows:
 
12    (730 ILCS 110/15.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7.1)
13    Sec. 15.1. Probation and Court Services Fund.
14    (a) The county treasurer in each county shall establish a
15probation and court services fund consisting of fees collected
16pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5-6-3 and subsection (i)
17of Section 5-6-3.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
18subsection (10) of Section 5-615 and subsection (5) of Section
195-715 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and paragraph 14.3 of
20subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal
21Procedure of 1963. The county treasurer shall disburse monies
22from the fund only at the direction of the chief judge of the
23circuit court in such circuit where the county is located. The
24county treasurer of each county shall, on or before January 10

 

 

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1of each year, submit an annual report to the Supreme Court.
2    (b) Monies in the probation and court services fund shall
3be appropriated by the county board to be used within the
4county or jurisdiction where collected in accordance with
5policies and guidelines approved by the Supreme Court for the
6costs of operating the probation and court services department
7or departments; however, except as provided in subparagraphs
8subparagraph (g) and (h), monies in the probation and court
9services fund shall not be used for the payment of salaries of
10probation and court services personnel.
11    (c) Monies expended from the probation and court services
12fund shall be used to supplement, not supplant, county
13appropriations for probation and court services.
14    (d) Interest earned on monies deposited in a probation and
15court services fund may be used by the county for its ordinary
16and contingent expenditures.
17    (e) The county board may appropriate moneys from the
18probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
19chief judge, to support programs that are part of the continuum
20of juvenile delinquency intervention programs which are or may
21be developed within the county. The grants from the probation
22and court services fund shall be for no more than one year and
23may be used for any expenses attributable to the program
24including administration and oversight of the program by the
25probation department.
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1probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
2chief judge, to support practices endorsed or required under
3the Sex Offender Management Board Act, including but not
4limited to sex offender evaluation, treatment, and monitoring
5programs that are or may be developed within the county.
6    (g) For the State Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007 only,
7the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may permit a
8county or circuit to use its probation and court services fund
9for the payment of salaries of probation officers and other
10court services personnel whose salaries are reimbursed under
11this Act if the State's FY2005, FY2006, or FY2007 appropriation
12to the Supreme Court for reimbursement to counties for
13probation salaries and services is less than the amount
14appropriated to the Supreme Court for these purposes for State
15Fiscal Year 2004. The Administrative Office of the Illinois
16Courts shall take into account each county's or circuit's
17probation fee collections and expenditures when apportioning
18the total reimbursement for each county or circuit.
19    (h) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
20permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court
21services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers
22and other court services personnel whose salaries are
23reimbursed under this Act in any State fiscal year that the
24appropriation for reimbursement to counties for probation
25salaries and services is less than the amount appropriated to
26the Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal Year

 

 

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12002, except that the Administrative Office of the Illinois
2Courts shall adjust this amount appropriated in 2002 by 3% per
3year and may continue to permit use of the probation and court
4services fund for salaries in any State fiscal year where the
5State reimbursement to counties is regularly delayed more than
64 months. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
7shall take into account each county's or circuit's probation
8fee collections and expenditures when appropriating the total
9reimbursement for each county or circuit. Any amount
10appropriated to the Supreme Court in any State fiscal year for
11the purpose of reimbursing Cook County for the salaries and
12operations of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention
13Center shall not be counted in the total appropriation to the
14Supreme Court in that State fiscal year for reimbursement to
15counties for probation salaries and services, for the purposes
16of this paragraph (h).
17(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707,
18eff. 1-11-08.)
 
19    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
20changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
21that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
22represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
23not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
24made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
25Public Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.