SB1832sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 3/8/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1832

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1832 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Quasi-criminal and Misdemeanor Bail Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(725 ILCS 195/4) (from Ch. 16, par. 84)

Sec. 4. In any case which does not require a court appearance under Supreme Court Rule, upon a plea of guilty the amounts of fines, fees, costs, and penalties for the offense shall be in the amount mandated by statute or by local ordinance enacted pursuant to statute. No rule or order of the Supreme Court shall alter these amounts. Any circuit clerk or deputy circuit clerk is authorized to receive written appearances, pleas of guilty, and waivers of trial and to accept payments in satisfaction of the judgment entered upon the plea. Whenever in any circuit there shall be in force a uniform schedule prescribing the amounts of fines, penalties, forfeitures and costs on pleas of guilty in specified minor conservation and traffic offenses, any circuit clerk or deputy circuit clerk is authorized to receive written appearances, pleas of guilty and waivers of trial and to accept and receipt for payments, in satisfaction of the judgment to be entered upon the plea, in accordance with the uniform schedule. The accused shall be furnished with an official receipt on a form prescribed by such uniform schedule for the purpose for any fine paid pursuant to this section.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2949.)".