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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 4-7001 as follows:
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| 6 | (55 ILCS 5/4-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | office shall be as follows:
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| 9 | 1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | $5.00 per page.
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| 11 | 2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | transcript):
$50.00.
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| 13 | 3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | $5.00.
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| 15 | 4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00.
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| 16 | 5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | whichever is greater.
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| 19 | 6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | cost or $25.00,
whichever is greater.
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| 22 | 7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | cremate a dead
human body: $100 $50.00. The coroner may | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | waive, at his or her discretion, the permit fee if the | ||||||
| 2 | coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable | ||||||
| 3 | to pay the permit fee or under other special | ||||||
| 4 | circumstances.
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| 5 | All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the | ||||||
| 6 | case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, | ||||||
| 7 | the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or | ||||||
| 8 | commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file | ||||||
| 9 | his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she | ||||||
| 10 | shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the | ||||||
| 11 | collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In
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| 12 | counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's | ||||||
| 13 | attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the | ||||||
| 14 | deceased.
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| 15 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||||||
| 16 | coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the | ||||||
| 17 | office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees | ||||||
| 18 | and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the | ||||||
| 19 | performance of similar
services.
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| 20 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||||||
| 21 | coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance | ||||||
| 22 | of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage | ||||||
| 23 | fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.
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| 24 | All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of | ||||||
| 25 | the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county | ||||||
| 26 | treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county | ||||||
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| 1 | treasury. Moneys in the special account shall be used solely | ||||||
| 2 | for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification | ||||||
| 3 | equipment or other related supplies and the operating expenses | ||||||
| 4 | of the coroner's office.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)
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| 6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 7 | becoming law. | ||||||