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| Public Act 102-0356 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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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 Local Records Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 3a as follows:
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(50 ILCS 205/3a) (from Ch. 116, par. 43.103a)
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Sec. 3a. Reports and records of the obligation, receipt, | ||||
and use of
public funds
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of | ||||
Cook County, units of local government, and school districts, | ||||
including certified
audits, management letters and other audit | ||||
reports made by the Auditor General,
County Auditors, other | ||||
officers or by licensed Certified Public Accountants permitted | ||||
to perform audits under the Illinois Public Accounting Act
and | ||||
presented to the corporate authorities or boards of the units | ||||
of local
government, are public records
available for | ||||
inspection by the public. These records shall be kept at the
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official place of business of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of | ||||
Cook County and each unit of local government and school
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district or at a designated place of business of the unit or | ||||
district.
These records shall be available for public | ||||
inspection during regular
office hours except when in | ||||
immediate use by persons exercising official
duties which | ||||
require the use of those records. The person in charge of such
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records may require a notice in writing to be submitted 24 | ||
hours prior to
inspection and may require that such notice | ||
specify which records are to be
inspected. Nothing in this | ||
Section shall require units of local
government
and school | ||
districts to invade or assist in the invasion of any person's
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right to privacy.
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(Source: P.A. 94-465, eff. 8-4-05.)
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Section 10. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 27.3b as follows:
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(705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
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(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-652)
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Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of | ||
fines, penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card,
or | ||
debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
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convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
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offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or | ||
who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the | ||
circuit court shall may accept
credit card payments over the | ||
Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, or costs from
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offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor | ||
traffic and
conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement | ||
of written pleas of guilty as
provided in Illinois Supreme | ||
Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also
accept
payment | ||
of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card.
The clerk of | ||
the court may
also accept the credit card
or debit card
for the | ||
cash deposit of bail bond fees.
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The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | ||
contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | ||
the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and | ||
administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | ||
allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | ||
cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The | ||
clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into | ||
contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
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service providers under which those entities may contract | ||
directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and | ||
guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit | ||
court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by | ||
credit card or debit card or through a third party fund | ||
guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
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statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of | ||
cash bail, the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or | ||
the amount charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the | ||
credit card or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
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facilitator, or service provider. This service fee shall be
in | ||
addition to any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of | ||
the circuit court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of | ||
convenience and administrative fees by the third party fund
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guarantors, facilitators, and service providers with the | ||
revenue earned by the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
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to the
county general revenue fund.
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As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning
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provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. | ||
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-652)
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Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of | ||
fines, penalties,
or costs
by certified check, credit card,
or | ||
debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
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convicted of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
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offense, petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or | ||
who has been
convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the | ||
circuit court shall may accept
credit card payments over the | ||
Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, or costs from
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offenders on voluntary electronic pleas of guilty in minor | ||
traffic and
conservation offenses to satisfy the requirement | ||
of written pleas of guilty as
provided in Illinois Supreme | ||
Court Rule 529. The clerk of the court may also
accept
payment | ||
of statutory fees by a credit card or debit card.
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The clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter into | ||
contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by | ||
the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and | ||
administrative fees normally charged by those companies for | ||
allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit | ||
cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The | ||
clerk of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into | ||
contracts with third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
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service providers under which those entities may contract | ||
directly with
customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and | ||
guarantee and remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit | ||
court. Where the
offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by | ||
credit card or debit card or through a third party fund | ||
guarantor, facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
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statutory fees of
the circuit court clerk, the clerk shall
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collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the | ||
clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card or debit card | ||
issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, or service | ||
provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to any other | ||
fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit court is | ||
authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience and | ||
administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, | ||
facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by | ||
the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county | ||
general revenue fund.
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As used in this Section, "certified check" has the meaning
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provided in Section 3-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)
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Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||
Public Act. | ||