98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4556

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mike Smiddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 305/5.5

    Amends the Secretary of State Act. Repeals a provision that authorized the Secretary of State to assess a penalty for fee payments that were dishonored if the total amount due to the Secretary exceeded $100 and was not paid in full within 60 days from the date the fee became due. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
5changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 305/5.5)
7    Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid to
8the Secretary of State the following fees:
9    For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.
10    For each certificate, without seal: $1.
11    For each commission to any officer or other person (except
12military commissions), with seal: $2.
13    For copies of exemplifications of records, or for a
14certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper when not
15otherwise provided by law, and it does not exceed legal size:
16$0.50 per page or any portion of a page; and $2 for the
17certificate, with seal affixed.
18    For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified
19copy of any document, instrument, or paper, when not otherwise
20provided for by law, that exceeds legal size: $1 per page or
21any portion of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
22affixed.
23    For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any

 

 

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1portion of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
2affixed, except that there shall be no charge for making or
3certifying copies that are furnished to any governmental agency
4for official use.
5    For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the
6appointment of trustees of a religious corporation: $0.50; and
7$2 for the certificate of recording, with seal affixed.
8    For filing and recording an application under the Soil
9Conservation Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate
10for the application, under seal: $10.
11    For recording any other document, instrument, or paper
12required or permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of
13State, which recording shall be done by any approved
14photographic or photostatic process, if the page to be recorded
15does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges therefor
16are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or any portion
17of a page; and $2 for the certificate of recording, with seal
18affixed.
19    For recording any other document, instrument, or paper
20required or permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of
21State, which recording shall be done by any approved
22photographic or photostatic process, if the page to be recorded
23exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor are not
24otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of a page;
25and $2 for the certificate of recording attached to the
26original, with seal affixed.

 

 

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1    For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent:
2$3.
3    For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.
4    For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field
5notes: $2.
6    For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent,
7including certification: $4.
8    For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant:
9$2.
10    For each page of photostatic copies of all other
11instruments or documents relating to land records: $2.
12    For any payment to the Secretary of State when it has not
13been honored: $25. If the total amount due to the Secretary
14exceeds $100 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from
15the date the fee became due, the Secretary shall assess a
16penalty of 25% of the dishonored payment amount.
17    For any research request received after the effective date
18of the changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
19the 93rd General Assembly by an out-of-State or non-Illinois
20resident: $10, prepaid and nonrefundable, for which the
21requester will receive up to 2 unofficial noncertified copies
22of the records requested. The fees under this paragraph shall
23be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
24    The Illinois State Archives is authorized to charge
25reasonable fees to reimburse the cost of production and
26distribution of copies of finding aids to the records that it

 

 

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1holds or copies of published versions or editions of those
2records in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats. The fees
3under this paragraph shall be deposited into the General
4Revenue Fund.
5    As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of
6paper that is 8.5 inches wide and 14 inches long, or written or
7printed matter on a sheet of paper that does not exceed that
8width and length, or either of them.
9(Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.