State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0733

HB4138 Enrolled                                LRB9111674OBmg

    AN ACT to amend the Clerks  of  Courts  Act  by  changing
Section 27.3b.

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

    Section 5.  The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
changing Section 27.3b as follows:

    (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
    Sec.  27.3b.  The  clerk  of  court may accept payment of
fines, penalties, or costs  by  credit  card  or  debit  card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
of  or  placed  on  court  supervision for a traffic offense,
petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or  who  has
been  convicted  of a felony offense.  The clerk of the court
may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or
debit card.  The clerk of  the  court  may  also  accept  the
credit  card  or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond
fees up to $300.
    The Clerk of the circuit court  is  authorized  to  enter
into  contracts  with  credit  card  or  debit card companies
approved by  the  clerk  and  to  pay  those  companies  fees
normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of
the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards
in  payment  as  authorized  herein.  Where the offender pays
fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit  card,  or
anyone  paying  statutory  fees of the circuit court clerk or
the posting of cash bail, the clerk shall collect  a  service
fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
its  services  by  the credit card or debit card issuer. This
service  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other  fines,
penalties, or costs.
(Source: P.A. 89-334, eff. 1-1-96.)