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| that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or |
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| under other special circumstances.
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| All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the |
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| case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, |
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| the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or |
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| commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file |
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| his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she |
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| shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the |
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| 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 |
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| attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the |
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| deceased.
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| Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
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| coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the |
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| office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees |
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| and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the |
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| performance of similar
services.
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| Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
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| coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance |
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| of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage |
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| 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 |
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| the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county treasurer |
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| and deposited into the
general fund of the county.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |