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HB5299 • 2026
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First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
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Full Text of HB5299 Home Legislation Full Text HB5299 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB5299 Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-4-3 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections concerning the transfer of committed persons funds. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall not enter into or renew any contract with a vendor that provides electronic funds transfer services that include total fees and charges of more than 2% of the total amount of funds being transferred or $15 per transaction, whichever is less, for the privilege of electronically transferring funds. Effective immediately. LRB104 19349 RLC 32797 b A BILL FOR HB5299 LRB104 19349 RLC 32797 b 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by 5 changing Section 3-4-3 as follows: 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3) 7 Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and property of persons committed. 8 (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of 9 Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with 10 accounts for each person who has or receives money while in an 11 institution or facility of that Department and it shall allow 12 the withdrawal and disbursement of money by the person under 13 rules and regulations of that Department. The Department of 14 Juvenile Justice shall not be required to keep such deposited 15 moneys in an interest-bearing bank account unless the annual 16 interest earned would exceed the total annual costs and fees, 17 including, but not limited to, transaction fees, associated 18 with maintaining the account. Any interest or other income 19 which may be earned from moneys deposited with the Department 20 by a resident of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall 21 accrue to the individual's account if the monthly interest 22 attributable to an individual's account exceeds $1. All other 23 balances shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund. For an HB5299 - 2 - LRB104 19349 RLC 32797 b 1 individual in an institution or facility of the Department of 2 Corrections the interest shall accrue to the Residents' 3 Benefit Fund. The Department shall disburse all moneys so held 4 no later than the person's final discharge from the 5 Department. Moneys in the account of a committed person who 6 files a lawsuit determined frivolous under Article XXII of the 7 Code of Civil Procedure shall be deducted to pay for the filing 8 fees and cost of the suit as provided in that Article. The 9 Department shall under rules and regulations record and 10 receipt all personal property not allowed to committed 11 persons. The Department shall return such property to the 12 individual no later than the person's release on parole or 13 aftercare. 14 (b) Any money held in accounts of committed persons 15 separated from the Department by death, discharge, or 16 unauthorized absence and unclaimed for a period of 1 year 17 thereafter by the person or his legal representative shall be 18 transmitted to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it into 19 the General Revenue Fund. Articles of personal property of 20 persons so separated may be sold or used by the Department if 21 unclaimed for a period of 1 year for the same purpose. 22 Clothing, if unclaimed within 30 days, may be used or disposed 23 of as determined by the Department. 24 (c) Forty percent of the profits on sales from commissary 25 stores shall be expended by the Department for the special 26 benefit of committed persons which shall include but not be HB5299 - 3 - LRB104 19349 RLC 32797 b 1 limited to the advancement of inmate payrolls, for the special 2 benefit of employees, and for the advancement or reimbursement 3 of employee travel, provided that amounts expended for 4 employees shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from 5 sales made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by 6 the Department. The remainder of the profits from sales from 7 commissary stores must be used first to pay for wages and 8 benefits of employees covered under a collective bargaining 9 agreement who are employed at commissary facilities of the 10 Department and then to pay the costs of dietary staff. 11 (d) The Department shall confiscate any unauthorized 12 currency found in the possession of a committed person. The 13 Department shall transmit the confiscated currency to the 14 State Treasurer who shall deposit it into the General Revenue 15 Fund. 16 (e) The Department shall not enter into or renew any 17 contract with a vendor that provides electronic funds transfer 18 services that include total fees and charges of more than 2% of 19 the total amount of funds being transferred or $15 per 20 transaction, whichever is less, for the privilege of 21 electronically transferring funds. 22 (Source: P.A. 103-1026, eff. 1-1-25 .) 23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 24 becoming law. 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