093_HB0307
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1 AN ACT in relation to court fees.
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 5-1101 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1101) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1101)
7 Sec. 5-1101. Additional fees to finance court system. A
8 county board may enact by ordinance or resolution the
9 following fees:
10 (a) A $5 fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment
11 of guilty or a grant of supervision for violation of the
12 Illinois Vehicle Code other than Section 11-501 or violations
13 of similar provisions contained in county or municipal
14 ordinances committed in the county, and up to a $30 fee to be
15 paid by the defendant on a judgment of guilty or a grant of
16 supervision for violation of Section 11-501 of the Illinois
17 Vehicle Code or a violation of a similar provision contained
18 in county or municipal ordinances committed in the county.
19 (b) In the case of a county having a population of
20 1,000,000 or less, a $5 fee to be collected in all civil
21 cases by the clerk of the circuit court.
22 (c) A fee to be paid by the defendant on a judgment of
23 guilty or a grant of supervision under Section 5-9-1 of the
24 Unified Code of Corrections, as follows:
25 (1) for a felony, $50;
26 (2) for a class A misdemeanor, $25;
27 (3) for a class B or class C misdemeanor, $15;
28 (4) for a petty offense, $10;
29 (5) for a business offense, $10.
30 (d) A $100 fee for the second and subsequent violations
31 of Section 11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations
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1 of similar provisions contained in county or municipal
2 ordinances committed in the county. The proceeds of this fee
3 shall be placed in the county general fund and used to
4 finance education programs related to driving under the
5 influence of alcohol or drugs.
6 (e) In each county in which a teen court, peer court,
7 peer jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program has
8 been created, a county may adopt a mandatory fee of up to $5
9 to be assessed as provided in this subsection. Assessments
10 collected by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this
11 subsection must be deposited into an account specifically for
12 the operation and administration of a teen court, peer court,
13 peer jury, youth court, or other youth diversion program.
14 The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the fees
15 established in this subsection and must remit the fees to the
16 teen court, peer court, peer jury, youth court, or other
17 youth diversion program monthly, less 5%, which is to be
18 retained as fee income to the office of the clerk of the
19 circuit court. The fees are to be paid as follows:
20 (1) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a
21 judgment of guilty or grant of supervision for violation
22 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or violations of similar
23 provisions contained in county or municipal ordinances
24 committed in the county;
25 (2) a fee of up to $5 paid by the defendant on a
26 judgment of guilty or grant of supervision under Section
27 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections for a felony;
28 for a Class A, Class B, or Class C misdemeanor; for a
29 petty offense; and for a business offense.
30 (f) The proceeds of all fees enacted under this Section
31 must shall, except as provided in subsections subsection (d)
32 and (e), be placed in the county general fund and used to
33 finance the court system in the county, unless the fee is
34 subject to disbursement by the circuit clerk as provided
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1 under Section 27.5 of the Clerks of Courts Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 87-670; 87-1075; 87-1230; 88-45.)