093_HB3074

 
                                     LRB093 08204 RLC 08411 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to criminal law.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 5    adding Section 5-9-1.12 as follows:

 6        (730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.12 new)
 7        Sec. 5-9-1.12. Arson, residential arson,  and  aggravated
 8    arson fines.
 9        (a)  In  addition to any other penalty imposed, a fine of
10    $500 shall be imposed upon  a  person  who  is  convicted  of
11    arson, residential arson, or aggravated arson.
12        (b)  The additional amount shall be assessed by the court
13    imposing  sentence  and  shall  be  collected  by the circuit
14    clerk. Each additional fine imposed under this Section  shall
15    be  remitted  by  the  circuit  clerk  within one month after
16    receipt to the county treasurer for  deposit  in  the  county
17    treasury  in  a  separate  account  to  be distributed by the
18    county treasurer to the fire department  or  fire  protection
19    district  that  suppressed  or investigated the fire that was
20    set  by  the  defendant  and  for  which  the  defendant  was
21    convicted of arson, residential arson, or  aggravated  arson.
22    If  more than one fire department or fire protection district
23    suppressed or investigated  the  fire,  the  additional  fine
24    shall  be  distributed  equally  among  those  departments or
25    districts. The departments and districts may only  use  these
26    moneys  to  purchase  fire  suppression or fire investigation
27    equipment.