Bill Text: IL HB0054 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if an offender defaults in the payment of a fine or any installment of that fine, the court may issue a summons for his or her appearance (deletes warrant of arrest). Provides that the court may issue a warrant of arrest, if after being served with a summons, the offender fails to appear for the scheduled hearing.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0054-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-9-3 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-9-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-3)
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7 | Sec. 5-9-3. Default.
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8 | (a) An offender who defaults in the payment of a fine or
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9 | any
installment of that fine may be held in contempt and | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | imprisoned for nonpayment. The
court may issue a summons for | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | his appearance . The court may issue a warrant of arrest, if | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | after being served with a summons issued under this subsection, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | the offender fails to appear for the scheduled hearing or a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | warrant of arrest .
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15 | (b) Unless the offender shows that his default was not due | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | to his
intentional refusal to pay, or not due to a failure on | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | his part to make a
good faith effort to pay, the court may | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | order the offender imprisoned for a
term not to exceed 6 months | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | if the fine was for a felony, or 30 days if the
fine was for a | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | misdemeanor, a petty offense or a business offense. Payment
of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the fine at any time will entitle the offender to be released, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | but
imprisonment under this Section shall not satisfy the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | payment of the fine.
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1 | (c) If it appears that the default in the payment of a fine | ||||||
2 | is not
intentional under paragraph (b) of this Section, the | ||||||
3 | court may enter an
order allowing the offender additional time | ||||||
4 | for payment, reducing the
amount of the fine or of each | ||||||
5 | installment, or revoking the fine or the
unpaid portion.
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6 | (d) When a fine is imposed on a corporation or | ||||||
7 | unincorporated
organization or association, it is the duty of | ||||||
8 | the person or persons
authorized to make disbursement of | ||||||
9 | assets, and their superiors, to pay the
fine from assets of the | ||||||
10 | corporation or unincorporated organization or
association. The | ||||||
11 | failure of such persons to do so shall render them subject
to | ||||||
12 | proceedings under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
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13 | (e) A default in the payment of a fine, fee, cost, order of | ||||||
14 | restitution, judgment of bond forfeiture, judgment order of | ||||||
15 | forfeiture, or any installment thereof
may be
collected by any | ||||||
16 | and all means authorized for the collection of money judgments. | ||||||
17 | The State's Attorney of the county in which the fine, fee, | ||||||
18 | cost, order of restitution, judgment of bond forfeiture, or | ||||||
19 | judgment order of forfeiture was imposed may retain
attorneys | ||||||
20 | and private collection agents for the purpose of collecting any
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21 | default in payment of any fine, fee, cost, order of | ||||||
22 | restitution, judgment of bond forfeiture, judgment order of | ||||||
23 | forfeiture, or installment thereof. An additional fee of 30% of | ||||||
24 | the delinquent amount and each taxable court cost including, | ||||||
25 | without limitation, costs of service of process, shall be | ||||||
26 | charged to the offender for any amount of the fine, fee, cost, |
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1 | restitution, or judgment of bond forfeiture or installment of | ||||||
2 | the fine, fee, cost, restitution, or judgment of bond | ||||||
3 | forfeiture that remains unpaid after the time fixed for payment | ||||||
4 | of the fine, fee, cost, restitution, or judgment of bond | ||||||
5 | forfeiture by the court. The additional fee shall be payable to | ||||||
6 | the State's Attorney in order to compensate the State's | ||||||
7 | Attorney for costs incurred in collecting the delinquent | ||||||
8 | amount. The State's Attorney may enter into agreements | ||||||
9 | assigning any portion of the fee to the retained attorneys or | ||||||
10 | the private collection agent retained by the State's Attorney. | ||||||
11 | Any agreement between the State's Attorney and the retained | ||||||
12 | attorneys or collection agents shall require the approval of | ||||||
13 | the Circuit Clerk of that county. A default in payment of a | ||||||
14 | fine, fee, cost, restitution, or judgment of bond forfeiture | ||||||
15 | shall draw interest at the rate of 9% per annum.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 98-373, eff. 1-1-14.)
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