Illinois Senate Bill 3850 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that "public body" includes the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Provides that all records relating to the obligation, receipt, and use of public funds of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that records kept by the clerks of the circuit courts are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that specified unpaid assessments under the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act shall not be included in an agreement between the clerk of the circuit court and the Department of Revenue to establish a program for the purposes of collecting certain balances owed. Provides that the clerk of the court shall (rather than may) accept credit card payments over the Internet for fines, penalties, court costs, 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. Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Provides that one hour of public or community service shall be equivalent to $10 (rather than $4) of assessment.

FOIA-CLERK OF COURT

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-12-01	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2020-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2020-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5	140	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	140	2.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	105	16	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	105	27.2b	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	105	27.3b	Amended Code	Citation Text
705	135	5-20	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3850&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB3850.htm