Rep. Joe Sosnowski

Filed: 3/9/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2556

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2556 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 4-2002 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/4-2002)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002)
7    Sec. 4-2002. State's attorney fees in counties under
83,000,000 population. This Section applies only to counties
9with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
10    (a) State's attorneys shall be entitled to the following
11fees, however, the fee requirement of this subsection does not
12apply to county boards:
13    For each conviction in prosecutions on indictments for
14first degree murder, second degree murder, involuntary
15manslaughter, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal
16sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, kidnapping,

 

 

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1arson and forgery, $30. All other cases punishable by
2imprisonment in the penitentiary, $30.
3    For each conviction in other cases tried before judges of
4the circuit court, $15; except that if the conviction is in a
5case which may be assigned to an associate judge, whether or
6not it is in fact assigned to an associate judge, the fee shall
7be $10.
8    For preliminary examinations for each defendant held to
9bail or recognizance, $10.
10    For each examination of a party bound over to keep the
11peace, $10.
12    For each defendant held to answer in a circuit court on a
13charge of paternity, $10.
14    For each trial on a charge of paternity, $30.
15    For each case of appeal taken from his county or from the
16county to which a change of venue is taken to his county to the
17Supreme or Appellate Court when prosecuted or defended by him,
18$50.
19    For each day actually employed in the trial of a case, $25;
20in which case the court before whom the case is tried shall
21make an order specifying the number of days for which a per
22diem shall be allowed.
23    For each day actually employed in the trial of cases of
24felony arising in their respective counties and taken by change
25of venue to another county, $25; and the court before whom the
26case is tried shall make an order specifying the number of days

 

 

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1for which said per diem shall be allowed; and it is hereby made
2the duty of each State's attorney to prepare and try each case
3of felony arising when so taken by change of venue.
4    For assisting in a trial of each case on an indictment for
5felony brought by change of venue to their respective counties,
6the same fees they would be entitled to if such indictment had
7been found for an offense committed in his county, and it shall
8be the duty of the State's attorney of the county to which such
9cause is taken by change of venue to assist in the trial
10thereof.
11    For each case of forfeited recognizance where the
12forfeiture is set aside at the instance of the defense, in
13addition to the ordinary costs, $10 for each defendant.
14    For each proceeding in a circuit court to inquire into the
15alleged mental illness of any person, $10 for each defendant.
16    For each proceeding in a circuit court to inquire into the
17alleged dependency or delinquency of any child, $10.
18    For each day actually employed in the hearing of a case of
19habeas corpus in which the people are interested, $25.
20    For each violation of the Criminal Code of 1961 and the
21Illinois Vehicle Code in which a defendant has entered a plea
22of guilty or a defendant has stipulated to the facts supporting
23the charge or a finding of guilt and the court has entered an
24order of supervision, $10.
25    All the foregoing fees shall be taxed as costs to be
26collected from the defendant, if possible, upon conviction. But

 

 

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1in cases of inquiry into the mental illness of any person
2alleged to be mentally ill, in cases on a charge of paternity
3and in cases of appeal in the Supreme or Appellate Court, where
4judgment is in favor of the accused, the fees allowed the
5State's attorney therein shall be retained out of the fines and
6forfeitures collected by them in other cases.
7    Ten per cent of all moneys except revenue, collected by
8them and paid over to the authorities entitled thereto, which
9per cent together with the fees provided for herein that are
10not collected from the parties tried or examined, shall be paid
11out of any fines and forfeited recognizances collected by them,
12provided however, that in proceedings to foreclose the lien of
13delinquent real estate taxes State's attorneys shall receive a
14fee, to be credited to the earnings of their office, of 10% of
15the total amount realized from the sale of real estate sold in
16such proceedings. Such fees shall be paid from the total amount
17realized from the sale of the real estate sold in such
18proceedings.
19    State's attorneys shall have a lien for their fees on all
20judgments for fines or forfeitures procured by them and on
21moneys except revenue received by them until such fees and
22earnings are fully paid.
23    No fees shall be charged on more than 10 counts in any one
24indictment or information on trial and conviction; nor on more
25than 10 counts against any one defendant on pleas of guilty.
26    The Circuit Court may direct that of all monies received,

 

 

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1by restitution or otherwise, which monies are ordered paid to
2the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
3Department of Public Aid) or the Department of Human Services
4(acting as successor to the Department of Public Aid under the
5Department of Human Services Act) as a direct result of the
6efforts of the State's attorney and which payments arise from
7Civil or Criminal prosecutions involving the Illinois Public
8Aid Code or the Criminal Code, the following amounts shall be
9paid quarterly by the Department of Healthcare and Family
10Services or the Department of Human Services to the General
11Corporate Fund of the County in which the prosecution or cause
12of action took place:
13        (1) where the monies result from child support
14    obligations, not more than 25% of the federal share of the
15    monies received,
16        (2) where the monies result from other than child
17    support obligations, not more than 25% of the State's share
18    of the monies received.
19    In addition to any other amounts to which State's Attorneys
20are entitled under this Section, State's Attorneys are entitled
21to $10 of the fine that is imposed under Section 5-9-1.17 of
22the Unified Code of Corrections, as set forth in that Section.
23    (b) A municipality shall be entitled to a $25 prosecution
24fee for each conviction for a violation of the Illinois Vehicle
25Code prosecuted by the municipal attorney pursuant to Section
2616-102 of that Code which results in a finding of guilt is

 

 

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1tried before a circuit or associate judge or in which a
2defendant has stipulated to the facts supporting the charge or
3a finding of guilt and the court has entered an order of
4supervision and shall be entitled to a $25 prosecution fee for
5each conviction for a violation of a municipal vehicle
6ordinance or nontraffic ordinance which results in a finding of
7guilt prosecuted by the municipal attorney which is tried
8before a circuit or associate judge or in which a defendant has
9stipulated to the facts supporting the charge or a finding of
10guilt and the court has entered an order of supervision. Such
11fee shall be taxed as costs to be collected from the defendant,
12if possible, upon disposition of the case conviction. A
13municipality shall have a lien for such prosecution fees on all
14judgments or fines procured by the municipal attorney from
15prosecutions for violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code and
16municipal vehicle ordinances or nontraffic ordinances.
17    For the purposes of this subsection (b), "municipal vehicle
18ordinance" means any ordinance enacted pursuant to Sections
1911-40-1, 11-40-2, 11-40-2a and 11-40-3 of the Illinois
20Municipal Code or any ordinance enacted by a municipality which
21is similar to a provision of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle
22Code.
23(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-385, eff. 1-1-08;
2496-707, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1186, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.".