Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 10/25/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1047

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1047 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 2. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing
5Section 27.3a as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 105/27.3a)  (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3a)
7    Sec. 27.3a. Fees for automated record keeping, probation
8and court services operations, and State Police operations.
9    1. The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
10record keeping systems in the offices of the clerks of the
11circuit court shall be borne by the county. To defray such
12expense in any county having established such an automated
13system or which elects to establish such a system, the county
14board may require the clerk of the circuit court in their
15county to charge and collect a court automation fee of not less
16than $1 nor more than $15 to be charged and collected by the

 

 

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1clerk of the court. Such fee shall be paid at the time of
2filing the first pleading, paper or other appearance filed by
3each party in all civil cases or by the defendant in any
4felony, traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or
5conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of
6supervision, provided that the record keeping system which
7processes the case category for which the fee is charged is
8automated or has been approved for automation by the county
9board, and provided further that no additional fee shall be
10required if more than one party is presented in a single
11pleading, paper or other appearance. Such fee shall be
12collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs are
13collected.
14    1.1. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of the 97th General Assembly and pursuant to an administrative
16order from the chief judge of the circuit or the presiding
17judge of the county authorizing such collection, a clerk of the
18circuit court in any county that imposes a fee pursuant to
19subsection 1 of this Section shall also charge and collect an
20additional $10 operations fee for probation and court services
21department operations, except as follows: such $10 operations
22fee shall not be charged and collected in cases governed by
23Supreme Court Rule 529 and the bail amount is $120 or less.
24    This additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any
25felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation
26case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision.

 

 

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1    1.2. With respect to the fee imposed and collected under
2subsection 1.1 of this Section, each clerk shall transfer all
3fees monthly to the county treasurer for deposit into the
4probation and court services fund created under Section 15.1 of
5the Probation and Probation Officers Act, and such monies shall
6be disbursed from the fund only at the direction of the chief
7judge of the circuit or another judge designated by the Chief
8Circuit Judge in accordance with the policies and guidelines
9approved by the Supreme Court.
10    1.5. Starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act
11of the 96th General Assembly, a clerk of the circuit court in
12any county that imposes a fee pursuant to subsection 1 of this
13Section, shall charge and collect an additional fee in an
14amount equal to the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to
15subsection 1 of this Section. This additional fee shall be paid
16by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local
17ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or
18grant of supervision.
19    2. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
20this Section, each clerk shall commence such charges and
21collections upon receipt of written notice from the chairman of
22the county board together with a certified copy of the board's
23resolution, which the clerk shall file of record in his office.
24    3. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
25this Section, such fees shall be in addition to all other fees
26and charges of such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be

 

 

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1waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
2of the court automation fee. The fees shall be remitted monthly
3by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained by him in
4a special fund designated as the court automation fund. The
5fund shall be audited by the county auditor, and the board
6shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of any cost
7related to the automation of court records, including hardware,
8software, research and development costs and personnel related
9thereto, provided that the expenditure is approved by the clerk
10of the court and by the chief judge of the circuit court or his
11designate.
12    4. With respect to the fee imposed under subsection 1 of
13this Section, such fees shall not be charged in any matter
14coming to any such clerk on change of venue, nor in any
15proceeding to review the decision of any administrative
16officer, agency or body.
17    5. With respect to the additional fee imposed under
18subsection 1.5 of this Section, the fee shall be remitted by
19the circuit clerk to the State Treasurer within one month after
20receipt for deposit into the State Police Operations Assistance
21Fund.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1029, eff. 7-13-10.)
 
23    Section 5. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
24amended by changing Section 15.1 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 110/15.1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-7.1)
2    Sec. 15.1. Probation and Court Services Fund.
3    (a) The county treasurer in each county shall establish a
4probation and court services fund consisting of fees collected
5pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 5-6-3 and subsection (i)
6of Section 5-6-3.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
7subsection (10) of Section 5-615 and subsection (5) of Section
85-715 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and paragraph 14.3 of
9subsection (b) of Section 110-10 of the Code of Criminal
10Procedure of 1963. The county treasurer shall disburse monies
11from the fund only at the direction of the chief judge of the
12circuit court in such circuit where the county is located. The
13county treasurer of each county shall, on or before January 10
14of each year, submit an annual report to the Supreme Court.
15    (b) Monies in the probation and court services fund shall
16be appropriated by the county board to be used within the
17county or jurisdiction where collected in accordance with
18policies and guidelines approved by the Supreme Court for the
19costs of operating the probation and court services department
20or departments; however, except as provided in subparagraphs
21subparagraph (g) and (h), monies in the probation and court
22services fund shall not be used for the payment of salaries of
23probation and court services personnel.
24    (c) Monies expended from the probation and court services
25fund shall be used to supplement, not supplant, county
26appropriations for probation and court services.

 

 

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1    (d) Interest earned on monies deposited in a probation and
2court services fund may be used by the county for its ordinary
3and contingent expenditures.
4    (e) The county board may appropriate moneys from the
5probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
6chief judge, to support programs that are part of the continuum
7of juvenile delinquency intervention programs which are or may
8be developed within the county. The grants from the probation
9and court services fund shall be for no more than one year and
10may be used for any expenses attributable to the program
11including administration and oversight of the program by the
12probation department.
13    (f) The county board may appropriate moneys from the
14probation and court services fund, upon the direction of the
15chief judge, to support practices endorsed or required under
16the Sex Offender Management Board Act, including but not
17limited to sex offender evaluation, treatment, and monitoring
18programs that are or may be developed within the county.
19    (g) For the State Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007 only,
20the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may permit a
21county or circuit to use its probation and court services fund
22for the payment of salaries of probation officers and other
23court services personnel whose salaries are reimbursed under
24this Act if the State's FY2005, FY2006, or FY2007 appropriation
25to the Supreme Court for reimbursement to counties for
26probation salaries and services is less than the amount

 

 

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1appropriated to the Supreme Court for these purposes for State
2Fiscal Year 2004. The Administrative Office of the Illinois
3Courts shall take into account each county's or circuit's
4probation fee collections and expenditures when apportioning
5the total reimbursement for each county or circuit.
6    (h) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
7permit a county or circuit to use its probation and court
8services fund for the payment of salaries of probation officers
9and other court services personnel whose salaries are
10reimbursed under this Act in any State fiscal year that the
11appropriation for reimbursement to counties for probation
12salaries and services is less than the amount appropriated to
13the Supreme Court for these purposes for State Fiscal Year
142002, except that the Administrative Office of the Illinois
15Courts shall adjust this amount appropriated in 2002 by 3% per
16year and may continue to permit use of the probation and court
17services fund for salaries in any State fiscal year where the
18State reimbursement to counties is regularly delayed more than
194 months. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
20shall take into account each county's or circuit's probation
21fee collections and expenditures when appropriating the total
22reimbursement for each county or circuit. Any amount
23appropriated to the Supreme Court in any State fiscal year for
24the purpose of reimbursing Cook County for the salaries and
25operations of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention
26Center shall not be counted in the total appropriation to the

 

 

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1Supreme Court in that State fiscal year for reimbursement to
2counties for probation salaries and services, for the purposes
3of this paragraph (h).
4(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707,
5eff. 1-11-08.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".