Topic:
Judicial facilities fee
(Manar, D-Bunker Hill) allows all county boards to impose by ordinance a “judicial facilities fee” on all defendants convicted in traffic and criminal cases and all civil litigants. The fee may not be more than $30. It also expands the use of this fee from defraying new construction to include renovating existing judicial facilities. Under current law, only Will and Kane counties have authority to do impose this fee for new construction. Scheduled for hearing Tuesday in Senate Judiciary Committee.