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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 4-4001 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
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| Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second |
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| class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first |
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| and second
class, except when increased by county ordinance |
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| pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, shall be:
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| For each official copy of any process, file, record or |
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| other
instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each |
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| 100 words, and
$1 additional for certifying and sealing the |
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| same.
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| For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1, |
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| except that
no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of |
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| economic interest pursuant
to the Illinois Governmental Ethics |
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| Act or reports made pursuant to Article
9 of The Election Code.
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| For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
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| For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
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| For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of |
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| each public
official, $3.
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| For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any |
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| process, file,
record or other instrument of and pertaining to |
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| his office, $1.
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| For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
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| For issuing each license in all matters except where the |
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| fee for the
issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
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| For issuing each marriage license, the certificate |
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| thereof, and for
recording the same, including the recording of |
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| the parent's or
guardian's consent where indicated, $15.
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| For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any |
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| instrument, except
where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
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| For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission, |
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| the fee
for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
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| For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing |
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| certificates of
redemption, $3.
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| For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of |
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| forfeited
tax, $2.
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| For trying and sealing weights and measures by county |
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| standard,
together with all actual expenses in connection |
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| therewith, $1.
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| For services in case of estrays, $2.
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| The following fees shall be allowed for services attending |
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| the sale
of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs |
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| against the delinquent
property and be collected with the taxes |
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| thereon:
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| For services in attending the tax sale and issuing |
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| certificate of
sale and sealing the same, for each tract or |
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| town lot sold, $4.
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| For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to |
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| be filed
with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold, |
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| 10¢.
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| The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum |
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| fees that
may be collected from any officer, agency, department |
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| or other
instrumentality of the State. The county board may, |
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| however, by ordinance,
increase the fees allowed by this |
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| Section and collect such increased fees
from all persons and |
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| entities other than officers, agencies, departments
and other |
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| instrumentalities of the State if the increase is justified by |
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| an
acceptable cost study showing that the fees allowed by this |
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| Section are not
sufficient to cover the cost of providing the |
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| service.
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| A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
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| and activity shall be prepared by the county board.
All |
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| supporting documents shall be public record and subject to |
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| public
examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as |
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| defined in the
United States Office of Management and Budget |
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| Circular A-87, may be
included in the determination of the |
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| costs of each
service, program and activity.
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| The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the |
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| payment of
all fees for services in advance so far as the same |
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| can be ascertained.
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| The county board of any county of the first or second class |
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| may by
ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an |
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| additional $2 charge for
certified copies of vital records as |
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| defined in Section 1 of the Vital
Records Act, for the sole |
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| purpose of developing, maintaining, and improving technology |
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| in the office of the County Clerk defraying the cost of |
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| converting the
county clerk's document storage system for vital |
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| records as defined in
Section 1 of the Vital Records Act to |
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| computers or micrographics, and for
maintaining such system .
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| The county board of any county of the first or second class |
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| may by
ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a |
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| special fund for
deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in |
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| the special fund shall be used
solely to provide the equipment, |
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| material and necessary expenses incurred
to help defray the |
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| cost of implementing and maintaining such document
storage |
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| system.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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