101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3375

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 135/10-5

    Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Provides that the county treasurer or the treasurer of the unit of local government shall (rather than may) create the following funds, if not already in existence: the Court Automation Fund; the Document Storage Fund; the Circuit Clerk Operations and Administration Fund; the State's Attorney Records Automation Fund; the Public Defender Records Automation Fund; the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund; and, in each county where a Children's Advocacy Center provides services, the Child Advocacy Center Fund.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act is
5amended by changing Section 10-5 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 135/10-5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 10-5. Funds.
9    (a) All money collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
10under Article 15 of this Act shall be remitted as directed in
11Article 15 of this Act to the county treasurer, to the State
12Treasurer, and to the treasurers of the units of local
13government. If an amount payable to any of the treasurers is
14less than $10, the clerk may postpone remitting the money until
15$10 has accrued or by the end of fiscal year. The treasurers
16shall deposit the money as indicated in the schedules, except,
17in a county with a population of over 3,000,000, money remitted
18to the county treasurer shall be subject to appropriation by
19the county board. Any amount retained by the Clerk of the
20Circuit Court in a county with population of over 3,000,000
21shall be subject to appropriation by the county board.
22    (b) The county treasurer or the treasurer of the unit of
23local government shall may create the funds indicated in

 

 

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1paragraphs (1) through (5), (9), and (16) of subsection (d) of
2this Section, if not already in existence. If a county or unit
3of local government has not instituted, and does not plan to
4institute a program that uses a particular fund, the treasurer
5need not create the fund and may instead deposit the money
6intended for the fund into the general fund of the county or
7unit of local government for use in financing the court system.
8    (c) If the arresting agency is a State agency, the
9arresting agency portion shall be remitted by the clerk of
10court to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the portion as
11follows:
12        (1) if the arresting agency is the Department of State
13    Police, into the State Police Law Enforcement
14    Administration Fund;
15        (2) if the arresting agency is the Department of
16    Natural Resources, into the Conservation Police Operations
17    Assistance Fund;
18        (3) if the arresting agency is the Secretary of State,
19    into the Secretary of State Police Services Fund; and
20        (4) if the arresting agency is the Illinois Commerce
21    Commission, into the Public Utility Fund.
22    (d) Fund descriptions and provisions:
23        (1) The Court Automation Fund is to defray the expense,
24    borne by the county, of establishing and maintaining
25    automated record keeping systems in the Office of the Clerk
26    of the Circuit Court. The money shall be remitted monthly

 

 

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1    by the clerk to the county treasurer and identified as
2    funds for the Circuit Court Clerk. The fund shall be
3    audited by the county auditor, and the board shall make
4    expenditures from the fund in payment of any costs related
5    to the automation of court records including hardware,
6    software, research and development costs, and personnel
7    costs related to the foregoing, provided that the
8    expenditure is approved by the clerk of the court and by
9    the chief judge of the circuit court or his or her
10    designee.
11        (2) The Document Storage Fund is to defray the expense,
12    borne by the county, of establishing and maintaining a
13    document storage system and converting the records of the
14    circuit court clerk to electronic or micrographic storage.
15    The money shall be remitted monthly by the clerk to the
16    county treasurer and identified as funds for the circuit
17    court clerk. The fund shall be audited by the county
18    auditor, and the board shall make expenditure from the fund
19    in payment of any cost related to the storage of court
20    records, including hardware, software, research and
21    development costs, and personnel costs related to the
22    foregoing, provided that the expenditure is approved by the
23    clerk of the court.
24        (3) The Circuit Clerk Operations and Administration
25    Fund may be used to defray the expenses incurred for
26    collection and disbursement of the various assessment

 

 

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1    schedules. The money shall be remitted monthly by the clerk
2    to the county treasurer and identified as funds for the
3    circuit court clerk.
4        (4) The State's Attorney Records Automation Fund is to
5    defray the expense of establishing and maintaining
6    automated record keeping systems in the offices of the
7    State's Attorney. The money shall be remitted monthly by
8    the clerk to the county treasurer for deposit into the
9    State's Attorney Records Automation Fund. Expenditures
10    from this fund may be made by the State's Attorney for
11    hardware, software, and research and development related
12    to automated record keeping systems.
13        (5) The Public Defender Records Automation Fund is to
14    defray the expense of establishing and maintaining
15    automated record keeping systems in the offices of the
16    Public Defender. The money shall be remitted monthly by the
17    clerk to the county treasurer for deposit into the Public
18    Defender Records Automation Fund. Expenditures from this
19    fund may be made by the Public Defender for hardware,
20    software, and research and development related to
21    automated record keeping systems.
22        (6) The DUI Fund shall be used for enforcement and
23    prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol,
24    other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or
25    any combination thereof, as defined by Section 11-501 of
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1    the purchase of law enforcement equipment and commodities
2    that will assist in the prevention of alcohol-related
3    criminal violence throughout the State; police officer
4    training and education in areas related to alcohol-related
5    crime, including, but not limited to, DUI training; and
6    police officer salaries, including, but not limited to,
7    salaries for hire-back funding for safety checkpoints,
8    saturation patrols, and liquor store sting operations. Any
9    moneys shall be used to purchase law enforcement equipment
10    that will assist in the prevention of alcohol-related
11    criminal violence throughout the State. The money shall be
12    remitted monthly by the clerk to the State or local
13    treasurer for deposit as provided by law.
14        (7) The Trauma Center Fund shall be distributed as
15    provided under Section 3.225 of the Emergency Medical
16    Services (EMS) Systems Act.
17        (8) The Probation and Court Services Fund is to be
18    expended as described in Section 15.1 of the Probation and
19    Probation Officers Act.
20        (9) The Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund
21    shall have the Circuit Court Clerk as the custodian, ex
22    officio, of the Fund and shall be used to perform the
23    duties required by the office for establishing and
24    maintaining electronic citations. The Fund shall be
25    audited by the county's auditor.
26        (10) The Drug Treatment Fund is a special fund in the

 

 

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1    State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be expended as
2    provided in Section 411.2 of the Illinois Controlled
3    Substances Act.
4        (11) The Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund is a
5    special fund in the State treasury to provide moneys for
6    the grants to be awarded under the Violent Crime Victims
7    Assistance Act.
8        (12) The Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund
9    shall be appropriated to and administered by the Illinois
10    Criminal Justice Information Authority for distribution to
11    fund Department of State Police drug task forces and
12    Metropolitan Enforcement Groups, for the costs associated
13    with making grants from the Prescription Pill and Drug
14    Disposal Fund, for undertaking criminal justice
15    information projects, and for the operating and other
16    expenses of the Authority incidental to those criminal
17    justice information projects. The moneys deposited into
18    the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund under
19    Sections 15-15 and 15-35 of this Act shall be appropriated
20    to and administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice
21    Information Authority for distribution to fund Department
22    of State Police drug task forces and Metropolitan
23    Enforcement Groups by dividing the funds equally by the
24    total number of Department of State Police drug task forces
25    and Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Groups.
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1    appropriated to the Department of Public Health. Upon
2    appropriation of moneys from the Sexual Assault Services
3    Fund, the Department of Public Health shall make grants of
4    these moneys to sexual assault organizations with whom the
5    Department has contracts for the purpose of providing
6    community-based services to victims of sexual assault.
7    Grants are in addition to, and are not substitutes for,
8    other grants authorized and made by the Department.
9        (14) The County Jail Medical Costs Fund is to help
10    defray the costs outlined in Section 17 of the County Jail
11    Act. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for
12    reimbursement to the county of costs for medical expenses
13    and administration of the Fund.
14        (15) The Prisoner Review Board Vehicle and Equipment
15    Fund is a special fund in the State treasury. The Prisoner
16    Review Board shall, subject to appropriation by the General
17    Assembly and approval by the Secretary, use all moneys in
18    the Prisoner Review Board Vehicle and Equipment Fund for
19    the purchase and operation of vehicles and equipment.
20        (16) In each county in which a Children's Advocacy
21    Center provides services, a Child Advocacy Center Fund is
22    specifically for the operation and administration of the
23    Children's Advocacy Center, from which the county board
24    shall make grants to support the activities and services of
25    the Children's Advocacy Center within that county.
26(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19; 100-1161, eff. 7-1-19.)