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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 Local Records Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 3a as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 205/3a) (from Ch. 116, par. 43.103a)
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7 | Sec. 3a. Reports and records of the obligation, receipt , | ||||||
8 | and use of
public funds
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of | ||||||
9 | Cook County, units of local government , and school districts, | ||||||
10 | including certified
audits, management letters and other audit | ||||||
11 | reports made by the Auditor General,
County Auditors, other | ||||||
12 | officers or by licensed Certified Public Accountants permitted | ||||||
13 | to perform audits under the Illinois Public Accounting Act
and | ||||||
14 | presented to the corporate authorities or boards of the units | ||||||
15 | of local
government, are public records
available for | ||||||
16 | inspection by the public. These records shall be kept at the
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17 | official place of business of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of | ||||||
18 | Cook County and each unit of local government and school
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19 | district or at a designated place of business of the unit or | ||||||
20 | district.
These records shall be available for public | ||||||
21 | inspection during regular
office hours except when in | ||||||
22 | immediate use by persons exercising official
duties which | ||||||
23 | require the use of those records. The person in charge of such
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1 | records may require a notice in writing to be submitted 24 | ||||||
2 | hours prior to
inspection and may require that such notice | ||||||
3 | specify which records are to be
inspected. Nothing in this | ||||||
4 | Section shall require units of local
government
and school | ||||||
5 | districts to invade or assist in the invasion of any person's
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6 | right to privacy.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 94-465, eff. 8-4-05.)
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8 | Section 10. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by | ||||||
9 | changing Section 27.3b as follows:
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10 | (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
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11 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-652 )
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12 | Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of | ||||||
13 | fines, penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card ,
or | ||||||
14 | debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
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15 | convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
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16 | offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or | ||||||
17 | who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the | ||||||
18 | circuit court shall may accept
credit card payments over the | ||||||
19 | Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, or costs from
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20 | offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor | ||||||
21 | traffic and
conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement | ||||||
22 | of written pleas of guilty as
provided in Illinois Supreme | ||||||
23 | Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also
accept
payment | ||||||
24 | of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card.
The clerk of |
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1 | the court may
also accept the credit card
or debit card
for the | ||||||
2 | cash deposit of bail bond fees.
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3 | The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | ||||||
4 | contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | ||||||
5 | the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and | ||||||
6 | administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | ||||||
7 | allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | ||||||
8 | cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The | ||||||
9 | clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into | ||||||
10 | contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
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11 | service providers under which those entities may contract | ||||||
12 | directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and | ||||||
13 | guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit | ||||||
14 | court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by | ||||||
15 | credit card or debit card or through a third party fund | ||||||
16 | guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
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17 | statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of | ||||||
18 | cash bail, the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or | ||||||
19 | the amount charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the | ||||||
20 | credit card or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
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21 | facilitator, or service provider. This service fee shall be
in | ||||||
22 | addition to any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of | ||||||
23 | the circuit court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of | ||||||
24 | convenience and administrative fees by the third party fund
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25 | guarantors, facilitators, and service providers with the | ||||||
26 | revenue earned by the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
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1 | to the
county general revenue fund.
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2 | As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning
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3 | provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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5 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-652 )
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6 | Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of | ||||||
7 | fines, penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card ,
or | ||||||
8 | debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
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9 | convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
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10 | offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or | ||||||
11 | who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the | ||||||
12 | circuit court shall may accept
credit card payments over the | ||||||
13 | Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, or costs from
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14 | offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor | ||||||
15 | traffic and
conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement | ||||||
16 | of written pleas of guilty as
provided in Illinois Supreme | ||||||
17 | Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also
accept
payment | ||||||
18 | of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card.
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19 | The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | ||||||
20 | contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | ||||||
21 | the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and | ||||||
22 | administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | ||||||
23 | allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | ||||||
24 | cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The | ||||||
25 | clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into |
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1 | contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
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2 | service providers under which those entities may contract | ||||||
3 | directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and | ||||||
4 | guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit | ||||||
5 | court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by | ||||||
6 | credit card or debit card or through a third party fund | ||||||
7 | guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
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8 | statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk, the clerk shall
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9 | collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the | ||||||
10 | clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card or debit card | ||||||
11 | issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, or service | ||||||
12 | provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to any other | ||||||
13 | fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit court is | ||||||
14 | authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience and | ||||||
15 | administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, | ||||||
16 | facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by | ||||||
17 | the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county | ||||||
18 | general revenue fund.
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19 | As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning
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20 | provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)
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22 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
23 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
24 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||||||
25 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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1 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
2 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
3 | Public Act. |