(A) Pursuant to 730 ILCS 5/5-6-3(g), an offender sentenced to probation or conditional discharge who is ordered to undergo mandatory drug or alcohol testing, or both, or who is assigned to be placed on an approved electronic monitoring device during these relative periods, shall pay the costs incidental to the mandatory drug or alcohol testing, or both, and costs incidental to the approved electronic monitoring in accordance with the fee schedule cited in subsection (C) below.
(B) The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois, is hereby authorized and directed to collect fees in accordance with the schedule cited in subsection (C) below. The Clerk shall pay these fees to the County Treasurer who shall deposit the fees in the county’s working cash fund for general corporate purposes. Moneys collected from these fees shall be used to defray the costs of drug and alcohol testing (730 ILCS 5/5-6-3(g)).
(C) The following schedule of reasonable fees, based on the person’s ability to pay, is hereby established to reflect the cost of maintenance, testing, and incidental expenses related to mandatory drug and alcohol testing and all costs incidental to approved electronic monitoring:
(1) Schedule:
(a) Urine drug screening tests for felony and misdemeanor probationers | Flat fee of $125 |
(b) Urine drug screening tests for intensive probationers | Flat fee of $150 |
(c) Electronic monitoring | $10 per day |
(2) Ability to pay: The fees shall be assessed in accordance with the defendant’s ability to pay.
(D) The County Board of Lake County, Illinois does herewith request the concurrence of the Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit in the rate schedule cited in subsection (C) above. Pursuant to law, the concurrence shall be in the form of an administrative order.
(E) The proceeds from all fees imposed by this section shall be remitted by the Clerk of the Circuit Court to the Lake County Treasurer, who shall cause to be deposited all such funds remitted to him or her into the county’s working cash fund for general corporate purposes.
(F) The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall commence collection of the fees cited in subsection (C) of this section on January 1, 2001.
(1977 Code, § 3:6-8) (Ord. passed 11-20-1990; Ord. passed 11-14-2000; Ord. passed 4-11-2011)