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92_HB4976

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning counties.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended by changing
 5    Section 4-5001 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-5001)
 7        Sec. 4-5001.  Sheriffs;  counties  of  first  and  second
 8    class.  The  fees  of  sheriffs  in counties of the first and
 9    second class, except when increased by county ordinance under
10    this Section, shall be as follows:
11        For serving  or  attempting  to  serve  summons  on  each
12    defendant in each county, $10.
13        For  serving  or attempting to serve an order or judgment
14    granting injunctional relief in each county, $10.
15        For serving or attempting to serve each garnishee in each
16    county, $10.
17        For serving or attempting to serve an order for  replevin
18    in each county, $10.
19        For   serving   or  attempting  to  serve  an  order  for
20    attachment on each defendant in each county, $10.
21        For serving or attempting to serve a warrant  of  arrest,
22    $8, to be paid upon conviction.
23        For  returning  a  defendant  from  outside  the State of
24    Illinois, upon conviction, the court shall assess,  as  court
25    costs, the cost of returning a defendant to the jurisdiction.
26        For taking special bail, $1 in each county.
27        For  serving  or  attempting  to serve a subpoena on each
28    witness, in each county, $10.
29        For advertising property for sale, $5.
30        For returning each process, in each county, $5.
31        Mileage for each mile of necessary travel  to  serve  any
 
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 1    such  process  as Stated above, calculating from the place of
 2    holding court to the place of residence of the defendant,  or
 3    witness, 50¢ each way.
 4        For summoning each juror, $3 with 30¢ mileage each way in
 5    all counties.
 6        For serving or attempting to serve notice of judgments or
 7    levying  to  enforce a judgment, $3 with 50¢ mileage each way
 8    in all counties.
 9        For taking possession of and removing property levied on,
10    the officer shall be allowed to tax the actual cost  of  such
11    possession or removal.
12        For feeding each prisoner, such compensation to cover the
13    actual  cost  as  may  be fixed by the county board, but such
14    compensation shall not be considered a part of  the  fees  of
15    the office.
16        For  attending  before a court with prisoner, on an order
17    for habeas corpus, in each county, $10 per day.
18        For attending before a  court  with  a  prisoner  in  any
19    criminal proceeding, in each county, $10 per day.
20        For each mile of necessary travel in taking such prisoner
21    before the court as Stated above, 15¢ a mile each way.
22        For  serving  or attempting to serve an order or judgment
23    for the possession of real estate in an action  of  ejectment
24    or  in  any  other action, or for restitution in an action of
25    forcible entry and detainer without aid, $10 and when aid  is
26    necessary,  the  sheriff  shall be allowed to tax in addition
27    the actual costs thereof, and  for  each  mile  of  necessary
28    travel, 50¢ each way.
29        For  executing  and  acknowledging a deed of sale of real
30    estate, in counties of first class, $4; second class, $4.
31        For preparing, executing  and  acknowledging  a  deed  on
32    redemption  from  a  court sale of real estate in counties of
33    first class, $5; second class, $5.
34        For making certificates of sale, and  making  and  filing
 
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 1    duplicate, in counties of first class, $3; in counties of the
 2    second class, $3.
 3        For making certificate of redemption, $3.
 4        For  certificate  of levy and filing, $3, and the fee for
 5    recording shall be advanced  by  the  judgment  creditor  and
 6    charged as costs.
 7        For   taking  all  bonds  on  legal  process,  civil  and
 8    criminal, in counties of first class, $1;  in  second  class,
 9    $1.
10        For  executing  copies  in criminal cases, $4 and mileage
11    for each mile of necessary travel, 20¢ each way.
12        For executing requisitions from other States, $5.
13        For committing each prisoner to jail, $10.
14        For discharging each prisoner from jail, $10.
15        For conveying  each  prisoner  from  the  prisoner's  own
16    county  to the jail of another county, or from another county
17    to the jail of the prisoner's county, per  mile,  for  going,
18    only, 30¢.
19        For conveying persons to the penitentiary, reformatories,
20    Illinois  State  Training  School  for  Boys,  Illinois State
21    Training  School  for  Girls  and  Reception   Centers,   the
22    following  fees,  payable out of the State Treasury. For each
23    person who is conveyed, 35¢ per mile in  going  only  to  the
24    penitentiary, reformatory, Illinois State Training School for
25    Boys,  Illinois State Training School for Girls and Reception
26    Centers, from the place of conviction.
27        The  fees  provided  for  transporting  persons  to   the
28    penitentiary,  reformatories,  Illinois State Training School
29    for Boys,  Illinois  State  Training  School  for  Girls  and
30    Reception  Centers  shall  be  paid  for  each  trip so made.
31    Mileage as used in this Section means the shortest  practical
32    route,  between  the  place  from  which  the person is to be
33    transported, to  the  penitentiary,  reformatories,  Illinois
34    State  Training  School  for  Boys,  Illinois  State Training
 
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 1    School for Girls and Reception Centers and all fees per  mile
 2    shall be computed on such basis.
 3        For conveying any person to or from any of the charitable
 4    institutions   of  the  State,  when  properly  committed  by
 5    competent authority, when one person  is  conveyed,  35¢  per
 6    mile; when two persons are conveyed at the same time, 35¢ per
 7    mile  for  the  first  person and 20¢ per mile for the second
 8    person; and 10¢ per mile for each additional person.
 9        For conveying a  person  from  the  penitentiary  to  the
10    county jail when required by law, 35¢ per mile.
11        For attending Supreme Court, $10 per day.
12        In  addition  to the above fees there shall be allowed to
13    the sheriff a fee of $600 for the sale of real  estate  which
14    is  made by virtue of any judgment of a court, except that in
15    the case of a sale of unimproved real estate which sells  for
16    $10,000  or  less, the fee shall be $150. In addition to this
17    fee and all other fees provided by this Section, there  shall
18    be  allowed  to  the  sheriff  a  fee  in accordance with the
19    following schedule for the sale of personal estate  which  is
20    made by virtue of any judgment of a court:
21        For judgments up to $1,000, $75;
22        For judgments from $1,001 to $15,000, $150;
23        For judgments over $15,000, $300.
24        The  foregoing  fees  allowed  by  this  Section  are the
25    maximum fees that may be collected from any officer,  agency,
26    department or other instrumentality of the State.  The county
27    board  may,  however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed
28    by this Section and collect those  increased  fees  from  all
29    persons   and   entities   other   than  officers,  agencies,
30    departments and other instrumentalities of the State  if  the
31    increase  is  justified  by  an acceptable cost study showing
32    that the fees allowed by this Section are not  sufficient  to
33    cover the costs of providing the service.  A statement of the
34    costs  of  providing each service, program and activity shall
 
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 1    be prepared by the county board.   All  supporting  documents
 2    shall be public records and subject to public examination and
 3    audit.   All  direct  and  indirect  costs, as defined in the
 4    United States Office of Management and Budget Circular  A-87,
 5    may  be  included  in  the determination of the costs of each
 6    service, program and activity.
 7        In all  cases  where  the  judgment  is  settled  by  the
 8    parties,  replevied,  stopped by injunction or paid, or where
 9    the property levied upon is not actually  sold,  the  sheriff
10    shall  be  allowed  his fee for levying and mileage, together
11    with half the fee for all money collected  by  him  which  he
12    would  be entitled to if the same was made by sale to enforce
13    the judgment.  In no case shall the fee exceed the amount  of
14    money arising from the sale.
15        The  fee  requirements  of  this  Section do not apply to
16    police departments or other law  enforcement  agencies.   For
17    the  purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" means
18    an agency of the State or unit of local government  which  is
19    vested  by  law or ordinance with the duty to maintain public
20    order end to enforce criminal laws.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-94, eff. 1-1-00.)

22        Section 10.  The Code of Criminal Procedure  of  1963  is
23    amended by changing Section 110-7 as follows:

24        (725 ILCS 5/110-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-7)
25        Sec. 110-7.  Deposit of Bail Security.
26        (a)  The  person for whom bail has been set shall execute
27    the bail bond and deposit with the clerk of the court  before
28    which  the  proceeding is pending a sum of money equal to 10%
29    of the bail, but in no event shall such deposit be less  than
30    $25.   The  clerk  of the court shall provide a space on each
31    form for a person other than the accused who has provided the
32    money for the posting of bail to  so  indicate  and  a  space
 
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 1    signed   by  an  accused  who  has  executed  the  bail  bond
 2    indicating whether  a  person  other  than  the  accused  has
 3    provided  the  money for the posting of bail.  The form shall
 4    also include a written notice to such person who has provided
 5    the  defendant  with  the  money  for  the  posting  of  bail
 6    indicating that the bail may be used to pay costs, attorney's
 7    fees, fines, or other purposes authorized by the court and if
 8    the defendant fails to comply with the conditions of the bail
 9    bond, the court shall enter an order declaring the bail to be
10    forfeited.  The written notice must be:  (1)  distinguishable
11    from  the  surrounding text; (2) in bold type or underscored;
12    and (3) in a type size at least  2  points  larger  than  the
13    surrounding  type.   When a person for whom bail has been set
14    is charged with an offense  under  the  "Illinois  Controlled
15    Substances  Act"  which  is  a  Class X felony, the court may
16    require the defendant to deposit a sum equal to 100%  of  the
17    bail.  Where  any  person  is  charged with a forcible felony
18    while free on bail and is the subject  of  proceedings  under
19    Section   109-3   of  this  Code  the  judge  conducting  the
20    preliminary examination may also conduct a hearing  upon  the
21    application  of  the  State  pursuant  to  the  provisions of
22    Section 110-6 of this Code to increase or revoke the bail for
23    that person's prior alleged offense.
24        (b)  Upon  depositing  this  sum,  and   any   bond   fee
25    authorized by law, any fee for committing a prisoner to jail,
26    and  any fee for discharging a prisoner from jail, the person
27    shall be released from custody subject to the  conditions  of
28    the bail bond.
29        (c)  Once  bail has been given and a charge is pending or
30    is thereafter filed in or transferred to a court of competent
31    jurisdiction the latter court  shall  continue  the  original
32    bail in that court subject to the provisions of Section 110-6
33    of this Code.
34        (d)  After  conviction  the  court  may  order  that  the
 
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 1    original  bail stand as bail pending appeal or deny, increase
 2    or reduce bail subject to the provisions of Section 110-6.2.
 3        (e)  After the entry of  an  order  by  the  trial  court
 4    allowing  or  denying  bail  pending  appeal either party may
 5    apply to the reviewing court  having  jurisdiction  or  to  a
 6    justice  thereof  sitting in vacation for an order increasing
 7    or decreasing the amount of bail or allowing or denying  bail
 8    pending appeal subject to the provisions of Section 110-6.2.
 9        (f)  When  the  conditions  of  the  bail  bond have been
10    performed and  the  accused  has  been  discharged  from  all
11    obligations  in the cause the clerk of the court shall return
12    to  the  accused  or  to  the  defendant's  designee  by   an
13    assignment executed at the time the bail amount is deposited,
14    unless  the  court orders otherwise, 90% of the sum which had
15    been deposited and shall retain as bail bond costs 10% of the
16    amount deposited.  However, in  no  event  shall  the  amount
17    retained  by  the  clerk  as bail bond costs be less than $5.
18    Bail bond deposited by or on behalf of  a  defendant  in  one
19    case  may  be  used,  in  the  court's discretion, to satisfy
20    financial obligations of that same defendant  incurred  in  a
21    different  case  due  to  a fine, court costs, restitution or
22    fees of the defendant's attorney of record.  The court  shall
23    not  order bail bond deposited by or on behalf of a defendant
24    in one case to be used to satisfy  financial  obligations  of
25    that  same  defendant in a different case until the bail bond
26    is first used to satisfy court costs in the case in which the
27    bail bond has been deposited.
28        At the request of the defendant the court may order  such
29    90%  of  defendant's  bail  deposit,  or  whatever  amount is
30    repayable to defendant from  such  deposit,  to  be  paid  to
31    defendant's attorney of record.
32        (g)  If  the  accused does not comply with the conditions
33    of the bail bond the court having jurisdiction shall enter an
34    order declaring the bail to be  forfeited.   Notice  of  such
 
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 1    order  of forfeiture shall be mailed forthwith to the accused
 2    at his last known address.  If the accused  does  not  appear
 3    and surrender to the court having jurisdiction within 30 days
 4    from the date of the forfeiture or within such period satisfy
 5    the  court  that  appearance  and surrender by the accused is
 6    impossible and  without  his  fault  the  court  shall  enter
 7    judgment  for  the State if the charge for which the bond was
 8    given was a felony or  misdemeanor,  or  if  the  charge  was
 9    quasi-criminal   or   traffic,  judgment  for  the  political
10    subdivision of the State which prosecuted the  case,  against
11    the accused for the amount of the bail and costs of the court
12    proceedings;  however,  in counties with a population of less
13    than 3,000,000, instead of the court entering a judgment  for
14    the full amount of the bond the court may, in its discretion,
15    enter  judgment for the cash deposit on the bond, less costs,
16    retain the deposit for further disposition or, if a cash bond
17    was posted for  failure  to  appear  in  a  matter  involving
18    enforcement  of  child  support or maintenance, the amount of
19    the cash deposit on the bond, less outstanding costs, may  be
20    awarded  to the person or entity to whom the child support or
21    maintenance is due.  The  deposit  made  in  accordance  with
22    paragraph  (a)  shall be applied to the payment of costs.  If
23    judgment is entered and any amount of  such  deposit  remains
24    after  the payment of costs it shall be applied to payment of
25    the judgment and transferred to the treasury of the municipal
26    corporation wherein the bond was taken if the offense  was  a
27    violation  of  any penal ordinance of a political subdivision
28    of this State, or to the treasury of the county  wherein  the
29    bond  was  taken  if the offense was a violation of any penal
30    statute of this State.  The balance of the  judgment  may  be
31    enforced  and  collected  in  the  same  manner as a judgment
32    entered in a civil action.
33        (h)  After a judgment for  a  fine  and  court  costs  or
34    either  is  entered  in the prosecution of a cause in which a
 
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 1    deposit had been made in accordance with  paragraph  (a)  the
 2    balance  of such deposit, after deduction of bail bond costs,
 3    shall be applied to the payment of the judgment.
 4    (Source: P.A. 91-94, eff. 1-1-00; 91-183, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16,
 5    eff. 6-28-01.)

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