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Lee County probation staff warns Supreme Court changes may limit use of service-fee revenue

2111426 · January 15, 2025
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Probation staff told the Public Safety Committee that recent Supreme Court guidance and changes to probation service fees could reduce the department's ability to use fee revenue to cover expenses, possibly increasing reliance on county funding.

Stacy, a probation department representative, told the Lee County Public Safety Committee that recent changes to probation service fees and new guidance from the Illinois Supreme Court will significantly limit how the department can spend those fees and could increase the county’s budget burden.

“There have been changes made to the probation service fees and how we spend those and what that's gonna look like going forward. There are new guidelines that…

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