Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Filed: 3/21/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 686




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 686 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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



6    (55 ILCS 5/4-7001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)



7    Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's 
8office shall be as follows:

9        1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: 
10    $5.00 per page.

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

13        3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: 
14    $5.00.

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

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

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

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

11        8. Except in a county with a population over 
12    3,000,000, for a certified copy of a transcript of sworn 
13    testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request 
14    declaring the request is for research or genealogy 
15    purposes: $15.00 for the entire transcript.  A request 
16    shall be deemed a proper request for purpose of research 
17    or genealogy if the requested inquest occurred not less 
18    than 20 years prior to the date of the written request.  The 
19    transcript shall be stamped with the words "FOR GENEALOGY 
20    OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY".
21    All of which fees shall be certified by the court;  in the 
22case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, 
23the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or 
24commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file 
25his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she 
26shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the 
 
 
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1collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In

2counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's 
3attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the 
4deceased.

5    Except in a county with a population over 3,000,000, the 
6coroner may waive, at his or her discretion, any fees under 
7this Section if the coroner determines that the person is 
8indigent and unable to pay the fee or under other special 
9circumstances as determined by the coroner.
10    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
11coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the 
12office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees 
13and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the 
14performance of similar
services.

15    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
16coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance 
17of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage 
18fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.

19    All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of 
20the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county 
21treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county 
22treasury. Moneys in the special account shall be used solely 
23for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification 
24equipment or other related supplies and the operating expenses 
25of the coroner's office. 

26(Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)".