725 ILCS 5/113-3.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 725 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE|725 ILCS 5/ - Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.|Title V - Proceedings Prior To Trial

 (from Ch. 38, par. 113-3.1)Sec. 113-3.1.     Payment for Court-Appointed Counsel.(a) Whenever under  either Section 113-3 of this Code or Rule 607 of the Illinois Supreme Court  the court appoints counsel to represent a defendant, the court may order  the defendant to pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court a reasonable sum  to reimburse either the county or the State for such representation.  In a hearing to determine the amount of the  payment, the court shall consider the affidavit prepared by the defendant  under Section 113-3 of this Code and any other information pertaining to  the defendant's financial circumstances which may be submitted by the parties.  Such hearing shall be conducted on the court's own motion or on motion of  the State's Attorney at any time after the appointment of counsel but no  later than 90 days after the entry of a final order disposing of the case  at the trial level.(b) Any sum ordered paid under this Section may not exceed $500 for a  defendant charged with a misdemeanor, $5,000 for a defendant charged with  a felony, or $2,500 for a defendant who is appealing a conviction  of any class offense.(c) The method of any payment required under this Section shall be as  specified by the Court. The court may order that payments be made on a  monthly basis during the term of representation; however, the sum deposited as  money bond shall not be used to satisfy this court order.  Any sum deposited  as money  bond with the Clerk of  the Circuit Court under Section 110-7 of this Code may be used in the  court's discretion in whole or in part to comply with any payment order  entered in accordance with paragraph  (a) of this Section. The court may give special consideration to the interests  of relatives or other third parties who may have posted a money bond on  the behalf of the defendant to secure his release.  At any time prior to  full payment of any payment order the court on its own motion or the motion  of any party may reduce, increase, or suspend the ordered payment, or modify  the method of payment, as the interest of fairness may require. No increase,  suspension, or reduction may be ordered without a hearing and notice  to all parties.(d) The Supreme Court or the circuit courts may provide by rule for  procedures for the enforcement of orders entered under this Section.  Such rules may provide for the assessment of all costs, including  attorneys' fees which are required for the enforcement of orders entered  under this Section when the court in an enforcement proceeding has first  found that the defendant has willfully refused to pay. The Clerk of the  Circuit Court shall keep records and make reports to the court concerning  funds paid under this Section in whatever manner the court directs.(e) Whenever an order is entered under this Section for the reimbursement  of the State due to the appointment of the State Appellate Defender as counsel  on appeal, the order shall provide that the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall  retain all funds paid pursuant to such order until the full amount of the  sum ordered to be paid by the defendant has been paid. When no balance remains  due on such order, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall inform the court  of this fact and the court shall promptly order the Clerk of the Circuit  Court to pay to the State Treasurer all of the sum paid.(f) The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall retain all funds under this Section  paid for the reimbursement of the county, and shall inform the court when  no balance remains due on an order entered hereunder. The Clerk of the Circuit  Court shall make payments of funds collected under this Section to the County  Treasurer in whatever manner and at whatever point as the court may direct,  including payments made on a monthly basis during the term  of representation.(g) A defendant who fails to obey any order of court entered under this  Section may be punished for contempt of court. Any arrearage in payments  may be reduced to judgment in the court's discretion and collected by any  means authorized for the collection of money judgments under the law of  this State.    (Source: P.A. 88-394.)