COUNTY JAIL-COSTS

Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall pay the county one-half of the cost of incarceration of a person who is serving a term of mandatory supervised release for a felony if the person is incarcerated in a county jail on a new charge for a new offense (rather than being incarcerated for a violation of mandatory supervised release for the particular felony) for each day the person remains in the county jail only if (1) there is an outstanding warrant against the defendant issued by Illinois Department of Corrections for an alleged violation of a condition of mandatory supervised release based upon the acts alleged in the new charge; (2) a judge finds the defendant eligible for bond on the new charge; (3) the defendant is able to post the required bond; (4) the county notifies the Illinois Department of Corrections of the disposition of the bond hearing; and (5) the defendant remains in the custody of the county jail for more than 48 hours after the notice is provided to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Effective immediately.