Public Act 103-0073
 
SB0686 EnrolledLRB103 03139 AWJ 48145 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
Section 4-7001 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/4-7001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)



    Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's 
office shall be as follows:

        1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: 
    $5.00 per page.

        2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in 
    transcript):
$50.00.

        3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: 
    $5.00.

        4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00.

        5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a 
    picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, 
    whichever is greater.

        6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including 
    artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual 
    cost or $25.00,
whichever is greater.

        7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to 
    cremate a dead
human body: $50.00. The coroner may waive, 
    at his or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner 
    determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay 
    the permit fee or under other special circumstances. 

        8. Except in a county with a population over 
    3,000,000, on and after January 1, 2024, for a certified 
    copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's 
    inquest made by written request declaring the request is 
    for research or genealogy purposes: $15.00 for the entire 
    transcript.  A request shall be deemed a proper request for 
    purpose of research or genealogy if the requested inquest 
    occurred not less than 20 years prior to the date of the 
    written request.  The transcript shall be stamped with the 
    words "FOR GENEALOGY OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY".
    All of which fees shall be certified by the court;  in the 
case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, 
the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or 
commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file 
his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she 
shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the 
collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In

counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's 
attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the 
deceased.

    Except in a county with a population over 3,000,000,  on 
and after January 1, 2024, the coroner may waive, at his or her 
discretion, any fees under this Section if the coroner 
determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the 
fee or under other special circumstances as determined by the 
coroner.
    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the 
office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees 
and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the 
performance of similar
services.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance 
of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage 
fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.

    All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of 
the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county 
treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county 
treasury. Moneys in the special account shall be used solely 
for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification 
equipment or other related supplies and the operating expenses 
of the coroner's office. 

    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd 
General Assembly
do not apply retroactively. 
(Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)