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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2-3003 and 4-4001 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/2-3003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3003)
7    Sec. 2-3003. Apportionment plan.
8    (1) If the county board determines that members shall be
9elected by districts, it shall develop an apportionment plan
10and specify the number of districts and the number of county
11board members to be elected from each district and whether
12voters will have cumulative voting rights in multi-member
13districts. Each such district:
14        a. Shall be substantially equal in population to each
15    other district;
16        b. Shall be comprised of contiguous territory, as
17    nearly compact as practicable; and
18        c. May divide townships or municipalities only when
19    necessary to conform to the population requirement of
20    paragraph a. of this Section.
21        d. Shall be created in such a manner so that no
22    precinct shall be divided between 2 or more districts,
23    insofar as is practicable.

 

 

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1    (2) The county board of each county having a population of
2less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may, if it should so decide,
3provide within that county for single member districts outside
4the corporate limits and multi-member districts within the
5corporate limits of any municipality with a population in
6excess of 75,000. Paragraphs a, b, c and d of subsection (1) of
7this Section shall apply to the apportionment of both single
8and multi-member districts within a county to the extent that
9compliance with paragraphs a, b, c and d still permit the
10establishment of such districts, except that the population of
11any multi-member district shall be equal to the population of
12any single member district, times the number of members found
13within that multi-member district.
14    (3) In a county where the Chairman of the County Board is
15elected by the voters of the county as provided in Section
162-3007, the Chairman of the County Board may develop and
17present to the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year
18after a federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
19accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
20Section. If the Chairman presents a plan to the Board by the
21third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
22public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
23apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
24but not more than 21 days after the Chairman's plan was
25presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
26the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Chairman

 

 

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1presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
2prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
3hearing on the plan presented by the Chairman. The Chairman
4shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
5the Board.
6    (4) In a county where a County Executive is elected by the
7voters of the county as provided in Section 2-5007 of the
8Counties Code, the County Executive may develop and present to
9the Board by the third Wednesday in May in the year after a
10federal decennial census year an apportionment plan in
11accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this
12Section. If the Executive presents a plan to the Board by the
13third Wednesday in May, the Board shall conduct at least one
14public hearing to receive comments and to discuss the
15apportionment plan, the hearing shall be held at least 6 days
16but not more than 21 days after the Executive's plan was
17presented to the Board, and the public shall be given notice of
18the hearing at least 6 days in advance. If the Executive
19presents a plan by the third Wednesday in May, the Board is
20prohibited from enacting an apportionment plan until after a
21hearing on the plan presented by the Executive. The Executive
22shall have access to the federal decennial census available to
23the Board.
24(Source: P.A. 96-1540, eff. 3-7-11.)
 
25    (55 ILCS 5/4-4001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)

 

 

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1    Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second
2class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first
3and second class, except when increased by county ordinance
4pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be:
5    For each official copy of any process, file, record or
6other instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each
7100 words, and $1 additional for certifying and sealing the
8same.
9    For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1,
10except that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of
11economic interest pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics
12Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code.
13    For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
14    For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
15    For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of
16each public official, $3.
17    For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any
18process, file, record or other instrument of and pertaining to
19his office, $1.
20    For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
21    For issuing each license in all matters except where the
22fee for the issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
23    For issuing each civil union or marriage license, the
24certificate thereof, and for recording the same, including the
25recording of the parent's or guardian's consent where
26indicated, a fee to be determined by the county board of the

 

 

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1county, not to exceed $75, which shall be the same, whether for
2a civil union or marriage license. $5 from all civil union and
3marriage license fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the
4State Treasurer for deposit into the Domestic Violence Fund.
5    For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any
6instrument, except where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
7    For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission,
8the fee for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
9    For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing
10certificates of redemption, $3.
11    For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of
12forfeited tax, $2.
13    For trying and sealing weights and measures by county
14standard, together with all actual expenses in connection
15therewith, $1.
16    For services in case of estrays, $2.
17    The following fees shall be allowed for services attending
18the sale of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs
19against the delinquent property and be collected with the taxes
20thereon:
21    For services in attending the tax sale and issuing
22certificate of sale and sealing the same, for each tract or
23town lot sold, $4.
24    For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to
25be filed with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold,
2610¢.

 

 

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1    The county board of any county of the first or second class
2may by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an
3additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records as
4defined in Section 1 of the Vital Records Act, for the purpose
5of developing, maintaining, and improving technology in the
6office of the County Clerk.
7    The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum
8fees that may be collected from any officer, agency, department
9or other instrumentality of the State. The county board may,
10however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed by this
11Section and also the notary public recordation fees allowed by
12Section 2-106 of the Illinois Notary Public Act and the
13indexing and filing of assumed name certificate fees allowed by
14Section 3 of the Assumed Business Name Act and collect such
15increased fees from all persons and entities other than
16officers, agencies, departments and other instrumentalities of
17the State if the increase is justified by an acceptable cost
18study showing that the fees allowed by these Sections are not
19sufficient to cover the cost of providing the service.
20    A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
21and activity shall be prepared by the county board. All
22supporting documents shall be public record and subject to
23public examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as
24defined in the United States Office of Management and Budget
25Circular A-87, may be included in the determination of the
26costs of each service, program and activity.

 

 

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1    The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the
2payment of all fees for services in advance so far as the same
3can be ascertained.
4    The county board of any county of the first or second class
5may by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an
6additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records as
7defined in Section 1 of the Vital Records Act, for the purpose
8of developing, maintaining, and improving technology in the
9office of the County Clerk.
10    The county board of any county of the first or second class
11may by ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a
12special fund for deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in
13the special fund shall be used solely to provide the equipment,
14material and necessary expenses incurred to help defray the
15cost of implementing and maintaining such document storage
16system.
17(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-4, eff. 5-31-11.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.