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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 16-105 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/16-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-105)
7    Sec. 16-105. Disposition of fines and forfeitures.
8    (a) Except as provided in Section 15-113 and Section
916-104a of this Act and except for those amounts required to be
10paid into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund in
11the State Treasury pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Illinois
12Police Training Act and Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of
13Corrections and except those amounts subject to disbursement by
14the circuit clerk under Section 27.5 of the Clerks of Courts
15Act, fines and penalties recovered under the provisions of
16Chapters 3 11 through 18c 16 inclusive of this Code shall be
17paid and used as follows:
18        1. For offenses committed upon a highway within the
19    limits of a city, village, or incorporated town or under
20    the jurisdiction of any park district, to the treasurer of
21    the particular city, village, incorporated town or park
22    district, if the violator was arrested by the authorities
23    of the city, village, incorporated town or park district,

 

 

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1    provided the police officers and officials of cities,
2    villages, incorporated towns and park districts shall
3    seasonably prosecute for all fines and penalties under this
4    Code. If the violation is prosecuted by the authorities of
5    the county, any fines or penalties recovered shall be paid
6    to the county treasurer. Provided further that if the
7    violator was arrested by the State Police, fines and
8    penalties recovered under the provisions of paragraph (a)
9    of Section 15-113 of this Code or paragraph (e) of Section
10    15-316 of this Code shall be paid over to the Department of
11    State Police which shall thereupon remit the amount of the
12    fines and penalties so received to the State Treasurer who
13    shall deposit the amount so remitted in the special fund in
14    the State treasury known as the Road Fund except that if
15    the violation is prosecuted by the State's Attorney, 10% of
16    the fine or penalty recovered shall be paid to the State's
17    Attorney as a fee of his office and the balance shall be
18    paid over to the Department of State Police for remittance
19    to and deposit by the State Treasurer as hereinabove
20    provided.
21        2. Except as provided in paragraph 4, for offenses
22    committed upon any highway outside the limits of a city,
23    village, incorporated town or park district, to the county
24    treasurer of the county where the offense was committed
25    except if such offense was committed on a highway
26    maintained by or under the supervision of a township,

 

 

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1    township district, or a road district to the Treasurer
2    thereof for deposit in the road and bridge fund of such
3    township or other district; Provided, that fines and
4    penalties recovered under the provisions of paragraph (a)
5    of Section 15-113, paragraph (d) of Section 3-401, or
6    paragraph (e) of Section 15-316 of this Code shall be paid
7    over to the Department of State Police which shall
8    thereupon remit the amount of the fines and penalties so
9    received to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the
10    amount so remitted in the special fund in the State
11    treasury known as the Road Fund except that if the
12    violation is prosecuted by the State's Attorney, 10% of the
13    fine or penalty recovered shall be paid to the State's
14    Attorney as a fee of his office and the balance shall be
15    paid over to the Department of State Police for remittance
16    to and deposit by the State Treasurer as hereinabove
17    provided.
18        3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 of this
19    paragraph, for violations of overweight and overload
20    limits found in Sections 15-101 through 15-203 of this
21    Code, which are committed upon the highways belonging to
22    the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, fines and
23    penalties shall be paid over to the Illinois State Toll
24    Highway Authority for deposit with the State Treasurer into
25    that special fund known as the Illinois State Toll Highway
26    Authority Fund, except that if the violation is prosecuted

 

 

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1    by the State's Attorney, 10% of the fine or penalty
2    recovered shall be paid to the State's Attorney as a fee of
3    his office and the balance shall be paid over to the
4    Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for remittance to and
5    deposit by the State Treasurer as hereinabove provided.
6        4. With regard to violations of overweight and overload
7    limits found in Sections 15-101 through 15-203 of this Code
8    committed by operators of vehicles registered as Special
9    Hauling Vehicles, for offenses committed upon a highway
10    within the limits of a city, village, or incorporated town
11    or under the jurisdiction of any park district, all fines
12    and penalties shall be paid over or retained as required in
13    paragraph 1. However, with regard to the above offenses
14    committed by operators of vehicles registered as Special
15    Hauling Vehicles upon any highway outside the limits of a
16    city, village, incorporated town or park district, fines
17    and penalties shall be paid over or retained by the entity
18    having jurisdiction over the road or highway upon which the
19    offense occurred, except that if the violation is
20    prosecuted by the State's Attorney, 10% of the fine or
21    penalty recovered shall be paid to the State's Attorney as
22    a fee of his office.
23    (b) Failure, refusal or neglect on the part of any judicial
24or other officer or employee receiving or having custody of any
25such fine or forfeiture either before or after a deposit with
26the proper official as defined in paragraph (a) of this

 

 

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1Section, shall constitute misconduct in office and shall be
2grounds for removal therefrom.
3(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 1-1-10.)