96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3508


 
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. William R. Haine
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and collect an electronic citation fee of $5, which shall be paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. Provides that 60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the establishment and maintenance of electronic citations.  Contains provisions regarding the administration of and expenditures from the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund. Provides that the Circuit Court Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject to the new provisions and provides for the disposition of fees collected before such an ordinance takes effect.
  















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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 adding 
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Section 27.3e as follows:
 
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    (705 ILCS 105/27.3e new)
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    Sec. 27.3e. Electronic citation fee. As used in this 
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Section, "electronic citation" means the process of 
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transmitting traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, 
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conservation, or other citations and law enforcement data via 
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electronic means to a circuit court clerk.
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    To defray the expense of establishing and maintaining 
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electronic citations, each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and 
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collect an electronic citation fee of $5.  Such fee shall be 
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paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal 
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ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or 
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grant of supervision.
             This fee shall be in addition to all 
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other fees and charges and assessable as costs and shall not be 
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subject to disbursement under Section 27.5 or 27.6 of this Act.  
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60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk 
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Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed 
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to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the 
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establishment and maintenance of electronic citations.  The 
 


 






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Circuit Court Clerk shall be the custodian, ex officio, of the 
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Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and shall use the 
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Fund to perform the duties required by the office for 
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establishing and maintaining electronic citations.  The Fund 
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shall be audited by the County's auditor.  The Circuit Court 
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Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee 
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if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject 
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to this Section.  Any funds collected under this Section before 
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such an ordinance takes  effect shall be disbursed to the 
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Illinois State Police for expenses related to the establishment 
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and maintenance of electronic citations.