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Public Act 096-1161
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| SB2529 Enrolled | LRB096 15976 RLJ 31221 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
4-7001 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/4-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)
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Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's |
office shall be as follows:
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1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $5.00 |
$3.00 per page.
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2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in |
transcript):
$50.00 $30.00.
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3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: $5.00.
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4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00 $15.00.
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5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a |
picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, |
whichever is greater.
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6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including |
artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual cost |
or $25.00 $15.00,
whichever is greater.
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7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate |
a dead
human body: $50.00 $10.00. The coroner may waive, at his |
or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner determines |
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that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or |
under other special circumstances.
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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
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counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's |
attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the |
deceased.
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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.
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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.
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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 the
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general fund of the county. Moneys in the special account shall |
be used solely for the purchase of electronic and forensic |