96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0991


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



705 ILCS 105/27.3b
  from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b








    Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning fees paid by credit card.
















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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 Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing 
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Section 27.3b as follows:
 



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    (705 ILCS 105/27.3b)  (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)


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    Sec. 27.3b. The
The clerk of court may accept payment of 
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fines, penalties,
or costs
by credit card
or debit card

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approved by the clerk from an offender who has been
convicted 
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of or placed on court supervision for a traffic
offense, petty 
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offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has been

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convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the circuit court 
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may accept
credit card payments over the Internet for fines, 
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penalties, or costs from
offenders on voluntary electronic 
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pleas of guilty in minor traffic and
conservation offenses to 
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satisfy the requirement of written pleas of guilty as
provided 
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in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 529.  The clerk of the court may 
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also
accept
payment of statutory fees by a credit card or debit 
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card.
The clerk of the court may
also accept the credit card
or 
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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 
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contracts
with credit card
or debit card
companies approved by 
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the clerk and to negotiate the payment of convenience
and 
 


 






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administrative fees normally charged by those companies for 
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allowing the clerk of the circuit
court to accept their credit 
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cards
or debit cards
in payment as authorized herein. The clerk 
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of the circuit court is authorized
to enter into contracts with 
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third party fund guarantors, facilitators, and
service 
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providers under which those entities may contract directly with

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customers of
the clerk of the circuit court and guarantee and 
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remit the payments to the
clerk of the circuit court. Where the

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offender pays fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or 
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debit card or through a third party fund guarantor, 
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facilitator, or service
provider,
or anyone paying
statutory 
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fees of
the circuit court clerk or the posting of cash bail, 
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the clerk shall
collect a service fee of up to $5 or the amount 
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charged to the clerk for use of
its services by
the credit card 
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or debit card issuer, third party fund guarantor,
facilitator, 
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or service provider. This service fee shall be
in addition to 
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any other fines, penalties, or
costs. The clerk of the circuit 
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court is authorized to negotiate the
assessment of convenience 
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and administrative fees by the third party fund
guarantors, 
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facilitators, and service providers with the revenue earned by 
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the
clerk of the circuit court to be remitted
to the
county 
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general revenue fund.

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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)