A 2010 change in state law allowed law enforcement agencies that maintain sex-offender registries to increase the annual fees they charge offenders to $100. That's a tenfold increase and at least a few local agencies have made the shift.
But Greg Sullivan of the Illinois Sheriffs Association says not nearly enough have.
The association pushed the increase to raise money for a new statewide sex-offender tracking system operated by the Attorney General's office. Of every $100 collected, $30 would go to that system. Sullivan says only a fraction of the money he hoped to raise is being collected.
Streator raised its fee this week. But Mayor Jimmie Lansford says he doesn't expect to collect much money.