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Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr.
Filed: 3/19/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5889
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5889 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 5-1101.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1101.3 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1101.3. Additional fees to finance new judicial |
| 8 | | facilities. The Will County Board may by ordinance impose a |
| 9 | | judicial facilities fee to be used for the building of new |
| 10 | | judicial facilities. |
| 11 | | (a) In setting such fee, the Will County Board, with the |
| 12 | | concurrence of the Chief Judge of the applicable judicial |
| 13 | | circuit, may impose different rates for the various types or |
| 14 | | categories of civil and criminal cases, not to exceed $30. The |
| 15 | | fees are to be paid as follows: |
| 16 | | (1) In civil cases, the fee shall be paid by each party |
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| 1 | | at the time of filing the first pleading, paper, or other |
| 2 | | appearance; provided that no additional fee shall be |
| 3 | | required if more than one party is represented in a single |
| 4 | | pleading, paper, or other appearance. |
| 5 | | (2) In felony, misdemeanor, local or county ordinance, |
| 6 | | traffic, and conservation cases, the fee shall be assessed |
| 7 | | against the defendant upon the entry of a judgment of |
| 8 | | conviction, an order of supervision, or a sentence of |
| 9 | | probation without entry of judgment pursuant to Section 10 |
| 10 | | of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois |
| 11 | | Controlled Substances Act, Section 70 of the |
| 12 | | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, |
| 13 | | Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of |
| 14 | | the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, |
| 15 | | Section 10-102 of the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug |
| 16 | | Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the Steroid Control Act. |
| 17 | | (3) In local or county ordinance, traffic, and |
| 18 | | conservation cases, if fines are paid in full without a |
| 19 | | court appearance, then the fee shall not be imposed or |
| 20 | | collected. |
| 21 | | (b) The proceeds of all fees enacted under this Section |
| 22 | | must be deposited into the county's Judicial Department |
| 23 | | Facilities Construction Fund and used for the sole purpose of |
| 24 | | funding in whole or in part the costs associated with building |
| 25 | | new judicial facilities within the county, which shall be |
| 26 | | designed and constructed by the Will County Board with the |