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92_SB1770

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Code of Criminal  Procedure  of  1963  is
 5    amended by changing Section 110-7 as follows:

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

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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