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91_HB4138
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1 AN ACT to amend the Clerks of Courts Act by changing
2 Section 27.3b.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by
6 changing Section 27.3b as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
8 Sec. 27.3b. The clerk of court may accept payment of
9 fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card
10 approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
11 of or placed on court supervision for a traffic offense,
12 petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has
13 been convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the court
14 may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or
15 debit card. The clerk of the court may also accept the
16 credit card or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond
17 fees up to $300.
18 The Clerk of the circuit court is authorized to enter
19 into contracts with credit card or debit card companies
20 approved by the clerk and to pay those companies fees
21 normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of
22 the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards
23 in payment as authorized herein. Where the offender pays
24 fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit card, or
25 anyone paying statutory fees of the circuit court clerk or
26 the posting of cash bail, the clerk shall collect a service
27 fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
28 its services by the credit card or debit card issuer. This
29 service fee shall be in addition to any other fines,
30 penalties, or costs.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-334, eff. 1-1-96.)