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1 | | the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
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2 | | administrative fees normally charged by those companies for |
3 | | allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit |
4 | | cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The |
5 | | clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into |
6 | | contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
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7 | | service providers under which those entities may contract |
8 | | directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and |
9 | | guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit |
10 | | court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by |
11 | | credit card or debit card or through a third party fund |
12 | | guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
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13 | | statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of |
14 | | cash bail, the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or |
15 | | the amount charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the |
16 | | credit card or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
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17 | | facilitator, or service provider. This service fee shall be
in |
18 | | addition to any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of |
19 | | the circuit court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of |
20 | | convenience and administrative fees by the third party fund
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21 | | guarantors, facilitators, and service providers with the |
22 | | revenue earned by the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
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23 | | to the
county general revenue fund.
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24 | | As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning |
25 | | provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. |
26 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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