(705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of fines, penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card,
or debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the circuit court shall accept
credit card payments over the Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, or costs from
offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor traffic and
conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty as
provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also
accept
payment of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card.
The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and administrative fees normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
service providers under which those entities may contract directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card or through a third party fund guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk, the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, or service provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience and administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county general revenue fund.
As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning
provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. (Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-356, eff. 1-1-22.)
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