Public Act 93-0391

SB1407 Enrolled                      LRB093 08480 RLC 08704 b

    AN ACT in relation to courts.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is amended by
changing Section 27.3b as follows:

    (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
    Sec. 27.3b.  The clerk of court  may  accept  payment  of
fines,  penalties,  or  costs  by  credit  card or debit card
approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
of or placed on court  supervision  for  a  traffic  offense,
petty  offense,  ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or who has
been convicted of a felony offense. The clerk of the  circuit
court  may  accept credit card payments over the Internet for
fines,  penalties,  or  costs  from  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 up to $300.
    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  pay  those  companies  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.  Where the offender pays
fines, penalties, or costs by credit card or debit  card,  or
anyone  paying  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. This
service  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other  fines,
penalties, or costs.
(Source: P.A. 91-733, eff. 1-1-01.)