Public Act 93-0558

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    AN ACT concerning counties.

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

    Section 5. The  Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
Section 5-1103 as follows:

    (55 ILCS 5/5-1103) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1103)
    Sec.  5-1103.  Court  services  fee.   A county board may
enact  by  ordinance  or  resolution  a  court  services  fee
dedicated to defraying court security  expenses  incurred  by
the  sheriff  in  providing  court  services or for any other
court services deemed necessary by the sheriff to provide for
court security, including without limitation  court  services
provided  pursuant  to  Section  3-6023,  as now or hereafter
amended.  Such fee shall be paid in civil cases by each party
at the time of filing the  first  pleading,  paper  or  other
appearance; provided that no additional fee shall be required
if  more  than one party is represented in a single pleading,
paper or other appearance.   In  criminal,  local  ordinance,
county  ordinance,  traffic  and conservation cases, such fee
shall be assessed  against  the  defendant  upon  a  plea  of
guilty, stipulation of facts or findings of guilty, resulting
in  a  judgment  of  conviction,  or order of supervision, or
sentence of probation without entry of judgment  pursuant  to
Section  10  of  the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act,  Section  12-4.3  of  the
Criminal  Code  of  1961,  Section  10-102  of  the  Illinois
Alcoholism  and  Other  Drug Dependency Act, Section 40-10 of
the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and  Dependency  Act,  or
Section  10 of the Steroid Control Act.  In setting such fee,
the county board may impose,  with  the  concurrence  of  the
Chief  Judge  of  the judicial circuit in which the county is
located by administrative order entered by the  Chief  Judge,
differential  rates  for  the  various types or categories of
criminal and civil cases, but  the  maximum  rate  shall  not
exceed  $25  $15.  All proceeds from this fee must be used to
defray court security expenses incurred  by  the  sheriff  in
providing   court  services.  No  fee  shall  be  imposed  or
collected, however, in traffic, conservation,  and  ordinance
cases in which fines are paid without a court appearance. The
fees  shall  be  collected  in  the manner in which all other
court fees or costs are collected and shall be deposited into
the county general fund for payment solely of costs  incurred
by  the  sheriff in providing court security or for any other
court services deemed necessary by the sheriff to provide for
court security.
(Source: P.A. 87-1141; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
December 1, 2003.