Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 4/30/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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. A county board may, by | ||||||
| 8 | ordinance or resolution, increase the fees charged by the | ||||||
| 9 | coroner's office. The fees of the coroner's office may be no | ||||||
| 10 | more than as follows: The fees of the
coroner's office shall be | ||||||
| 11 | as follows:
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| 12 | 1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $5.00 | ||||||
| 13 | $3.00 per page.
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| 14 | 2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in | ||||||
| 15 | transcript):
$50.00 $30.00.
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| 16 | 3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: $5.00.
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| 1 | 4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00 $15.00.
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| 2 | 5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a | ||||||
| 3 | picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, | ||||||
| 4 | whichever is greater.
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| 5 | 6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including | ||||||
| 6 | artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual cost | ||||||
| 7 | or $25.00 $15.00,
whichever is greater.
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| 8 | 7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate | ||||||
| 9 | a dead
human body: $50.00 $10.00. The coroner may waive, at his | ||||||
| 10 | or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner determines | ||||||
| 11 | that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or | ||||||
| 12 | under other special circumstances.
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| 13 | All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the | ||||||
| 14 | case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, | ||||||
| 15 | the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or | ||||||
| 16 | commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file | ||||||
| 17 | his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she | ||||||
| 18 | shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the | ||||||
| 19 | collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In
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| 20 | counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's | ||||||
| 21 | attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the | ||||||
| 22 | deceased.
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| 23 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||||||
| 24 | coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the | ||||||
| 25 | office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees | ||||||
| 26 | and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the | ||||||
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| 1 | performance of similar
services.
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| 2 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||||||
| 3 | coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance | ||||||
| 4 | of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage | ||||||
| 5 | fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.
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| 6 | All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of | ||||||
| 7 | the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county treasurer | ||||||
| 8 | and deposited into the
general fund of the county.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.".
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