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Ordinance repealing and rescinding the Ordinance providing for the imposition and collection of the Mental Health Court Fee and authorizing the creation of an Ordinance providing for the imposition and collection of additional fees to finance the court system.
Staff Summary
· The County Board approved an ordinance establishing a $10 fee to support the mental health court in 2005.
· Illinois Statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1101 that authorized this fee has been amended to allow for the imposition and collection of additional fees.
· Staff from the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit met with the Chief Judge and State’s Attorney to review the fees that may be authorized by a County Board Ordinance.
· It is recommended that the current $10 Mental Health Court Fee that is paid by defendants on a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision in criminal and DUI cases be extended to all cases under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1, which applies to criminal, Driving Under the Influence (DUI), traffic, local ordinance, county ordinance and conservation cases with the exception of parking, registration or pedestrian violations.
· It is also recommended that the current $10 fee be used to finance the county Mental Health Court, Drug Court, Veterans and Servicemembers Court or any or all of the above.
· By expanding the number of case types that pay this fee, it will generate about $620,000 in new revenue.
· Illinois Statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1101 also allows for the imposition and collection of a $5 fee to support the drug court. This fee will generate about $335,000; it is recommended that these funds be used to finance treatment for drug court clients.
· Illinois Statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1101 also allows for the imposition and collection of a $5 to $30 fee to support the Children’s Advocacy Center. Staff recommends establishing a fee of $5, which will generate an additional $335,000 for the Children’s Advocacy Center.
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WHEREAS, the Lake County Board enac...
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