Full Text of SB2741 097th General Assembly
SB2741 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2741 Introduced 1/18/2012, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 705 ILCS 105/27.3b | from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b |
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Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning fees paid by credit card.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 27.3b as follows:
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
| 7 | | Sec. 27.3b. The
The clerk of court may accept payment of | 8 | | fines, penalties,
or costs
by credit card
or debit card
| 9 | | approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
convicted | 10 | | of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
offense, petty | 11 | | offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has been
| 12 | | convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the circuit court | 13 | | may accept
credit card payments over the Internet for fines, | 14 | | penalties, or costs from
offenders on voluntary electronic | 15 | | pleas of guilty in minor traffic and
conservation offenses to | 16 | | satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty as
provided | 17 | | in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may | 18 | | also
accept
payment of statutory fees by a credit card or debit | 19 | | card.
The clerk of the court may
also accept the credit card
or | 20 | | debit card
for the cash deposit of bail bond fees. | 21 | | The Clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | 22 | | contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | 23 | | the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
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| 1 | | administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | 2 | | allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | 3 | | cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The clerk | 4 | | of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into contracts with | 5 | | third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
service | 6 | | providers under which those entities may contract directly with
| 7 | | customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and guarantee and | 8 | | remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit court. Where the
| 9 | | offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or | 10 | | debit card or through a third party fund guarantor, | 11 | | facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
statutory | 12 | | fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of cash bail, | 13 | | the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount | 14 | | charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card | 15 | | or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, | 16 | | or service provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to | 17 | | any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit | 18 | | court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience | 19 | | and administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, | 20 | | facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by | 21 | | the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county | 22 | | general revenue fund.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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