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92_HB1827

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning fees.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4-12003 as follows:

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

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