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                                     LRB093 04187 MBS 04231 b

 1        AN ACT concerning fees.

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

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

 6        (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
 7        Sec.  27.3b.  The  clerk  of  court may accept payment of
 8    fines, penalties, or costs  by  credit  card  or  debit  card
 9    approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
10    of  or  placed  on  court  supervision for a traffic offense,
11    petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or  who  has
12    been  convicted  of a felony offense.  The clerk of the court
13    may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or
14    debit card.  The clerk of  the  court  may  also  accept  the
15    credit  card  or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond
16    fees up to $300.
17        The Clerk of the circuit court  is  authorized  to  enter
18    into  contracts  with  credit  card  or  debit card companies
19    approved by  the  clerk  and  to  pay  those  companies  fees
20    normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of
21    the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards
22    in  payment  as  authorized  herein.  Where the offender pays
23    fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit  card,  or
24    anyone  paying  statutory  fees of the circuit court clerk or
25    the posting of cash bail, the clerk shall collect  a  service
26    fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
27    its  services  by  the credit card or debit card issuer. This
28    service  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other  fines,
29    penalties, or costs.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-733, eff. 1-1-01.)