Full Text of HB4959 94th General Assembly
HB4959 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4959
Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/5.663 new |
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725 ILCS 5/110-7 |
from Ch. 38, par. 110-7 |
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Amends the State Finance Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that, if the accused does not appear on the date set for a required appearance in a traffic or conservation case and the court enters an order of failure to appear and an arrest warrant for the accused, the accused shall be assessed a penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $200 upon his or her admission to bail, in addition to any bail that the accused is required to deposit. Provides that the penalty may not be used for the payment of court costs or fines. Provides that the court clerk shall remit the penalty to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Failure to Appear Fund, a new special fund in the State treasury and that moneys in the Fund shall be used solely to reimburse law enforcement agencies for executing arrest warrants for failure to appear and transporting arrested persons to the county jail.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section 5.663 as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.663 new)
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| Sec. 5.663. The Failure to Appear Fund.
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| Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is | 9 |
| amended by changing Section 110-7 as follows:
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| (725 ILCS 5/110-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 110-7)
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| Sec. 110-7. Deposit of Bail Security.
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| (a) The person for whom bail has been set shall execute the | 13 |
| bail bond and
deposit with the clerk of the court before which | 14 |
| the proceeding is pending a
sum of money equal to 10% of the | 15 |
| bail, but in no event shall such deposit be
less than $25. The | 16 |
| clerk of the court shall provide a space on each form for a
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| person other than the accused who has provided the money for | 18 |
| the posting of
bail to so indicate and a space signed by an
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| accused who has executed the bail bond indicating whether a | 20 |
| person other
than the accused has provided the money for the | 21 |
| posting of bail. The form
shall also include a written notice | 22 |
| to such person who has provided
the defendant with the money | 23 |
| for the posting of bail indicating that the bail
may be used to | 24 |
| pay costs, attorney's fees, fines, or other purposes authorized
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| by the court and if the
defendant fails to comply with the | 26 |
| conditions of the bail bond, the court
shall enter an order | 27 |
| declaring the bail to be forfeited. The written notice
must be: | 28 |
| (1) distinguishable from the surrounding text; (2) in bold type | 29 |
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underscored; and (3) in a type size at least 2 points larger | 30 |
| than the
surrounding type. When a person for whom
bail has been |
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| set is charged with an offense under the Illinois Controlled
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| Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community | 3 |
| Protection Act which is a Class X felony, the court may require | 4 |
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defendant to deposit a sum equal to 100% of the bail.
Where | 5 |
| any person is charged with a forcible felony while free on bail | 6 |
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is the subject of proceedings under Section 109-3 of this | 7 |
| Code the judge
conducting the preliminary examination may also | 8 |
| conduct a hearing upon the
application of the State pursuant to | 9 |
| the provisions of Section 110-6 of this
Code to increase or | 10 |
| revoke the bail for that person's prior alleged offense.
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| (b) Upon depositing this sum and any bond fee authorized by | 12 |
| law, the person
shall be released
from custody subject to the | 13 |
| conditions of the bail bond.
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| (c) Once bail has been given and a charge is pending or
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| thereafter filed in or transferred to a court of competent
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| jurisdiction the latter court shall continue the original bail
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| in that court subject to the provisions of Section 110-6 of | 18 |
| this Code.
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| (d) After conviction the court may order that the original
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| bail stand as bail pending appeal or deny, increase or reduce | 21 |
| bail
subject to the provisions of Section 110-6.2.
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| (e) After the entry of an order by the trial court allowing
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| or denying bail pending appeal either party may apply to the
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| reviewing court having jurisdiction or to a justice thereof
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| sitting in vacation for an order increasing or decreasing the
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| amount of bail or allowing or denying bail pending appeal | 27 |
| subject to the
provisions of Section 110-6.2.
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| (f) When the conditions of the bail bond have been | 29 |
| performed
and the accused has been discharged from all | 30 |
| obligations in the
cause the clerk of the court shall return to | 31 |
| the accused or to the
defendant's designee by an assignment | 32 |
| executed at the time the bail amount
is deposited, unless
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| court orders otherwise, 90% of the sum which had been
deposited | 34 |
| and shall retain as bail bond costs 10% of the amount
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| deposited. However, in no event shall the amount retained by | 36 |
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clerk as bail bond costs be less than $5. Bail bond |
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| deposited by or on
behalf of a defendant in one case may be | 2 |
| used, in the court's discretion,
to satisfy financial | 3 |
| obligations of that same defendant incurred in a
different case | 4 |
| due to a fine, court costs,
restitution or fees of the | 5 |
| defendant's attorney of record. In counties with
a population | 6 |
| of 3,000,000 or more, the court shall
not order bail bond | 7 |
| deposited by or on behalf of a defendant in one case to
be used | 8 |
| to satisfy financial obligations of that same defendant in a
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| different case until the bail bond is first used to satisfy | 10 |
| court costs and
attorney's fees in
the case in which the bail | 11 |
| bond has been deposited and any other unpaid child
support | 12 |
| obligations are satisfied. In counties with a population of | 13 |
| less than 3,000,000, the court shall
not order bail bond | 14 |
| deposited by or on behalf of a defendant in one case to
be used | 15 |
| to satisfy financial obligations of that same defendant in a
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| different case until the bail bond is first used to satisfy | 17 |
| court costs
in
the case in which the bail bond has been | 18 |
| deposited.
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| At the request of the defendant the court may order such | 20 |
| 90% of
defendant's bail deposit, or whatever amount is | 21 |
| repayable to defendant
from such deposit, to be paid to | 22 |
| defendant's attorney of record.
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| (g) If the accused does not comply with the conditions of
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| the bail bond the court having jurisdiction shall enter an
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| order declaring the bail to be forfeited. Notice of such order
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| of forfeiture shall be mailed forthwith to the accused at his
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| last known address. If the accused does not appear and | 28 |
| surrender
to the court having jurisdiction within 30 days from | 29 |
| the date of
the forfeiture or within such period satisfy the | 30 |
| court
that appearance and surrender by the accused is | 31 |
| impossible
and without his fault the court shall enter judgment | 32 |
| for the State if the
charge for which the bond was given was a | 33 |
| felony
or misdemeanor, or if the charge was quasi-criminal or | 34 |
| traffic,
judgment for the political subdivision of the State | 35 |
| which
prosecuted the case, against the accused for the amount | 36 |
| of
the bail and costs of the court proceedings; however,
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| counties with a population of less than 3,000,000, instead of | 2 |
| the court
entering a judgment for the full amount
of the bond | 3 |
| the court may, in its discretion, enter judgment for the cash
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| deposit on the bond, less costs, retain the deposit for further | 5 |
| disposition or,
if a cash bond was posted for failure to appear | 6 |
| in a matter involving
enforcement of child support or | 7 |
| maintenance, the amount of the cash deposit on
the bond, less | 8 |
| outstanding costs, may be awarded to the person or entity to
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| whom the child support or maintenance is due. The deposit
made | 10 |
| in accordance with paragraph (a) shall be applied to
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| payment of costs. If judgment is entered and any amount of such
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| deposit remains
after the payment of costs it shall be applied | 13 |
| to payment of
the judgment and transferred to the treasury of | 14 |
| the municipal
corporation wherein the bond was taken if the | 15 |
| offense was a
violation of any penal ordinance of a political | 16 |
| subdivision
of this State, or to the treasury of the county | 17 |
| wherein the
bond was taken if the offense was a violation of | 18 |
| any penal
statute of this State. The balance of the judgment | 19 |
| may be
enforced and collected in the same manner as a judgment | 20 |
| entered
in a civil action.
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| (h) After a judgment for a fine and court costs or either | 22 |
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entered in the prosecution of a cause in which a deposit had
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| been made in accordance with paragraph (a) the balance of such
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| deposit, after deduction of bail bond costs, shall be applied
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| to the payment of the judgment.
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| (i) When a court appearance is required for an alleged | 27 |
| violation of a traffic or conservation offense as specified in | 28 |
| Supreme Court Rule 551 and if the accused does not appear in | 29 |
| court on the date set for appearance or any date to which the | 30 |
| case may be continued and the court enters an order of failure | 31 |
| to appear and an arrest warrant for the accused, the accused | 32 |
| upon his or her admission to bail shall be assessed by the | 33 |
| court a penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $200. | 34 |
| The penalty shall be in addition to any bail that the accused | 35 |
| is required to deposit for the offense for which the accused | 36 |
| has been charged and may not be used for the payment of court |
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| costs or fines assessed for the offense. The clerk of the court | 2 |
| shall remit the penalty assessed under this subsection (i) to | 3 |
| the State Treasurer for deposit into the Failure to Appear | 4 |
| Fund, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. | 5 |
| Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely to reimburse law | 6 |
| enforcement agencies for the costs of executing arrest warrants | 7 |
| for failure to appear and transporting the accused persons to | 8 |
| the county jail.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-371, eff. 1-1-04; 93-760, eff. 1-1-05; 94-556, | 10 |
| eff. 9-11-05.)
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