101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2046

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/110-14  from Ch. 38, par. 110-14

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction of the offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 (rather than $5) for each day incarcerated.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 110-14 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/110-14)  (from Ch. 38, par. 110-14)
7    Sec. 110-14. Credit for incarceration on bailable offense;
8credit against monetary bail for certain offenses.
9    (a) Any person incarcerated on a bailable offense who does
10not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied on conviction
11of the offense shall be allowed a credit of $30 $5 for each day
12so incarcerated upon application of the defendant. However, in
13no case shall the amount so allowed or credited exceed the
14amount of the fine.
15    (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person incarcerated
16for sexual assault as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection
17(a) of Section 5-9-1.7 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
18    (c) A person subject to bail on a Category B offense shall
19have $30 deducted from his or her 10% cash bond amount every
20day the person is incarcerated. The sheriff shall calculate and
21apply this $30 per day reduction and send notice to the circuit
22clerk if a defendant's 10% cash bond amount is reduced to $0,
23at which point the defendant shall be released upon his or her

 

 

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1own recognizance.
2    (d) The court may deny the incarceration credit in
3subsection (c) of this Section if the person has failed to
4appear as required before the court and is incarcerated based
5on a warrant for failure to appear on the same original
6criminal offense.
7(Source: P.A. 100-1, eff. 1-1-18; 100-929, eff. 1-1-19.)