Full Text of SB2625 95th General Assembly
SB2625 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2625
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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55 ILCS 5/4-12003 |
from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning fees
of county clerks.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 4-12003 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/4-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003)
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| Sec. 4-12003. Fees of county clerk in third class counties. | 8 |
| The
The fees of the county clerk in counties of the third class | 9 |
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| For issuing each marriage license, sealing, filing and | 11 |
| recording the
same and the certificate thereto (one charge), | 12 |
| $30.
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| For taking, certifying to and sealing the acknowledgment of | 14 |
| a deed,
power of attorney, or other writing, $1.
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| For filing and entering certificates in case of estrays, | 16 |
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furnishing notices for publication thereof (one charge), | 17 |
| $1.50.
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| For recording all papers and documents required by law to | 19 |
| be recorded
in the office of the county clerk, $2 plus 30˘ for | 20 |
| every 100 words in
excess of 600 words.
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| For certificate and seal, not in a case in a court whereof | 22 |
| he is
clerk, $1.
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| For making and certifying a copy of any record or paper in |
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| his
office, $2 for every page.
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| For filing papers in his office, 50˘ for each paper filed, | 3 |
| except
that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of | 4 |
| economic interest
pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics | 5 |
| Act or reports made
pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code.
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| For making transcript of taxable property for the | 7 |
| assessors, 8˘ for
each tract of land or town lot. For extending | 8 |
| other than State and
county taxes, 8˘ for each tax on each | 9 |
| tract or lot, and 8˘ for each
person's personal tax, to be paid | 10 |
| by the authority for whose benefit the
transcript is made and | 11 |
| the taxes extended. The county clerk shall
certify to the | 12 |
| county collector the amount due from each authority for
such | 13 |
| services and the collector in his settlement with such | 14 |
| authority
shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by | 15 |
| him to such
authority.
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| For adding and bringing forward with current tax warrants | 17 |
| amounts due
for forfeited or withdrawn special assessments, 8˘ | 18 |
| for each lot or tract
of land described and transcribed.
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| For computing and extending each assessment or installment | 20 |
| thereof
and interest, 8˘ on each description; and for computing | 21 |
| and extending
each penalty, 8˘ on each description. These fees | 22 |
| shall be paid by the
city, village, or taxing body for whose | 23 |
| benefit the transcript is made
and the assessment and penalties | 24 |
| are extended. The county clerk shall
certify to the county | 25 |
| collector the amount due from each city, village
or taxing | 26 |
| body, for such services, and the collector in his settlement
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| with such taxing body shall reserve such amount from the amount | 2 |
| payable
by him to such city, village or other taxing body.
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| For cancelling certificates of sale, $4 for each tract or | 4 |
| lot.
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| For making search and report of general taxes and special | 6 |
| assessments
for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of | 7 |
| redemption from sales
or forfeitures or withdrawals or for use | 8 |
| in the preparation of estimate
of cost of purchase of forfeited | 9 |
| property, or for use in preparation of
order on the county | 10 |
| collector for searches requested by buyers at annual
tax sale, | 11 |
| for each lot or tract, $4 for the first year searched,
and $2 | 12 |
| for each additional year or fraction thereof.
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| For preparing from tax search report estimate of cost of | 14 |
| redemption
concerning property sold, forfeited or withdrawn | 15 |
| for non-payment of
general taxes and special assessments, if | 16 |
| any, $1 for each lot or
tract.
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| For certificate of deposit for redemption, $4.
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| For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order | 19 |
| to county
collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or | 20 |
| purchase lands or
lots forfeited for non-payment of general | 21 |
| taxes, $3 for each lot or
tract.
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| For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order | 23 |
| to county
collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or | 24 |
| purchase lands or
lots forfeited for non-payment of special | 25 |
| assessments, $4 for each lot
or tract.
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| For issuing certificate of sale of forfeited property, $10.
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| For noting on collector's warrants tax sales subject to | 2 |
| redemption,
20˘ for each tract or lot of land, to be paid by | 3 |
| either the person
making the redemption from tax sale, the | 4 |
| person surrendering the
certificate of sale for cancellation, | 5 |
| or the person taking out tax deed.
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| For noting on collector's warrant special assessments | 7 |
| withdrawn from
collection 20˘ for each tract or lot of land, to | 8 |
| be charged against the
lot assessed in the withdrawn special | 9 |
| assessment when brought forward
with current tax or when | 10 |
| redeemed by the county clerk. The county clerk
shall certify to | 11 |
| the county collector the amount due from each city,
village or | 12 |
| taxing body for such fees, each year, and the county
collector | 13 |
| in his settlement with such taxing body shall reserve such
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| amount from the amount payable by him to such taxing body.
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| For taking and approving official bond of a town assessor, | 16 |
| filing and
recording same, and issuing certificate of election | 17 |
| or qualification to
such official or to the Secretary of State, | 18 |
| $10, to be paid by the
officer-elect.
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| For certified copies of plats, 20˘ for each lot shown in | 20 |
| copy, but no
charge less than $4.
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| For tax search and issuing Statement regarding same on new | 22 |
| plats to
be recorded, $10.
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| For furnishing written description in conformity with | 24 |
| permanent real
estate index number, $2 for each written | 25 |
| description.
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| The following fees shall be allowed for services in matters |
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| of taxes
and assessments, and shall be charged as costs against | 2 |
| the delinquent
property, and collected with the taxes thereon:
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| For entering judgment, 8˘ for each tract or lot.
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| For services in attending the tax sale and issuing | 5 |
| certificates of
sale and sealing the same, $10 for each tract | 6 |
| or lot.
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| For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to | 8 |
| be filed
with the State Comptroller, 10˘ for each tract or lot | 9 |
| sold.
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| The following fees shall be audited and allowed by the | 11 |
| board of
county commissioners and paid from the county | 12 |
| treasury.
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| For computing State or county taxes, on each description of | 14 |
| real
estate and each person's, firm's or corporation's personal | 15 |
| property tax,
for each extension of each tax, 4˘, which shall | 16 |
| include the transcribing
of the collector's books.
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| For computing, extending and bringing forward, and adding | 18 |
| to the
current tax, the amount due for general taxes on lands | 19 |
| and lots
previously forfeited to the State, for each extension | 20 |
| of each tax, 4˘
for the first year, and for computing and | 21 |
| extending the tax and penalty
for each additional year, 6˘.
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| For making duplicate or triplicate sets of books, | 23 |
| containing
transcripts of taxable property, for the board of | 24 |
| assessors and board of
review, 3˘ for each description entered | 25 |
| in each book.
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| For filing, indexing and recording or binding each birth, |
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| death or
stillbirth certificate or report, 15˘, which fee shall | 2 |
| be in full for
all services in connection therewith, including | 3 |
| the keeping of accounts
with district registrars.
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| For posting new subdivisions or plats in official atlases, | 5 |
| 25˘ for
each lot.
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| For compiling new sheets for atlases, 20˘ for each lot.
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| For compiling new atlases, including necessary record | 8 |
| searches, 25˘
for each lot.
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| For investigating and reporting on each new plat, referred | 10 |
| to county
clerk, $2.
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| For attending sessions of the board of county commissioners | 12 |
| thereof,
$5 per day, for each clerk in attendance.
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| For recording proceedings of the board of county | 14 |
| commissioners, 15˘
per 100 words.
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| For filing papers which must be kept in office of | 16 |
| comptroller of Cook
County, 10˘ for each paper filed.
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| For filing and indexing contracts, bonds, communications, | 18 |
| and other
such papers which must be kept in office of | 19 |
| comptroller of Cook County,
15˘ for each document.
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| For swearing any person to necessary affidavits relating to | 21 |
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correctness of claims against the county, 25˘.
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| For issuing warrants in payment of salaries, supplies and | 23 |
| other
accounts, and all necessary auditing and bookkeeping work | 24 |
| in connection
therewith, 10˘ each.
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| The fee requirements of this Section do not apply to units | 26 |
| of local
government or school districts.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-669.)
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