Public Act 099-0265
 
SB0804 EnrolledLRB099 07318 AWJ 27428 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
5-1103 as follows:
 


    (55 ILCS 5/5-1103)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1103)




    Sec. 5-1103. Court services fee. A county board may enact 
by ordinance or
resolution a court services fee dedicated to 
defraying court security expenses
incurred by the sheriff in 
providing court services or for any other court
services deemed 
necessary by the sheriff to provide for court security,

including without limitation court services provided pursuant 
to Section
3-6023, as now or hereafter amended.  Such fee shall 
be paid in civil cases by
each party at the time of filing the 
first pleading, paper or other appearance;
provided that no 
additional fee shall be required if more than one party is

represented in a single pleading, paper or other appearance.  In 
criminal,
local ordinance, county ordinance, traffic and 
conservation cases, such fee
shall be assessed against the 
defendant upon a plea of guilty, stipulation of
facts or 
findings of guilty, resulting in a judgment of conviction, or 
order of
supervision, or sentence of probation without entry of 
judgment pursuant to
Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, 
Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, Section 
70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act,

Section 12-4.3 or subdivision (b)(1) of Section 12-3.05 of the 
Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, Section 
10-102 of
the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency 
Act, Section 40-10 of the
Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and 
Dependency Act, or Section 10 of the
Steroid Control Act.  In 
setting such fee, the county board may impose,
with
the 
concurrence of the Chief Judge of the judicial circuit in which 
the county
is located by administrative order entered by the 
Chief Judge,
differential
rates for the various types or 
categories of criminal and civil cases, but the
maximum rate 
shall not exceed $25, unless the fee is set according to an 
acceptable cost study in accordance with Section 4-5001 of the 
Counties Code.
All proceeds from this fee must be used to 
defray court security expenses
incurred by the sheriff in 
providing court services.
No fee shall be imposed or collected,

however, in traffic, conservation, and ordinance cases in which 
fines are paid
without a court appearance. The fees shall be 
collected in the manner in which
all other court fees or costs 
are collected and shall be deposited into the
county general 
fund for payment solely of costs incurred by the sheriff in

providing court security or for any other court services deemed 
necessary by
the sheriff to provide for court security.

(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)