Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 4/30/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:



 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
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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. A county board may, by 
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ordinance or resolution, increase the fees charged by the 
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coroner's office.  The fees of the coroner's office may be no 
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more than as follows: The fees of the
coroner's office shall be 
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as follows:

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    1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $5.00 
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$3.00 per page.

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    2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in 
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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 
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picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, 
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whichever is greater.

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    6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including 
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artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual cost 
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or $25.00 $15.00,
whichever is greater.

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    7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate 
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a dead
human body: $50.00 $10.00. The coroner may waive, at his 
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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 
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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 
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becoming law.".