How HB 5623 changes current law

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The bill requires an additional 10% of sexual assault fines to be paid to the State Crime Laboratory Fund for processing evidence collection kits.

• 730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.7

  The circuit clerk shall retain 10% of the penalty to cover the costs involved in administering and enforcing this Section. → The circuit court clerk shall retain an additional 10% of the sexual assault fine in the case and shall remit it within one month after receipt to the State Treasurer for deposit in the State Crime Laboratory Fund to pay for the costs of processing and analyzing the Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits under Section 15 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act to assist in reduction of the number of un-analyzed and unprocessed Kits.

  This addition increases the total percentage of fines retained by the clerk for specific purposes related to sexual assault evidence processing.