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| Public Act 095-0837 |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
4-4001 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
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Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second | ||||
class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first | ||||
and second
class, except when increased by county ordinance | ||||
pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, shall be:
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For each official copy of any process, file, record or | ||||
other
instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each | ||||
100 words, and
$1 additional for certifying and sealing the | ||||
same.
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For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1, | ||||
except that
no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of | ||||
economic interest pursuant
to the Illinois Governmental Ethics | ||||
Act or reports made pursuant to Article
9 of The Election Code.
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For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
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For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
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For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of | ||||
each public
official, $3.
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For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any | ||||
process, file,
record or other instrument of and pertaining to | ||
his office, $1.
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For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
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For issuing each license in all matters except where the | ||
fee for the
issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
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For issuing each marriage license, the certificate | ||
thereof, and for
recording the same, including the recording of | ||
the parent's or
guardian's consent where indicated, $15.
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For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any | ||
instrument, except
where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
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For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission, | ||
the fee
for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
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For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing | ||
certificates of
redemption, $3.
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For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of | ||
forfeited
tax, $2.
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For trying and sealing weights and measures by county | ||
standard,
together with all actual expenses in connection | ||
therewith, $1.
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For services in case of estrays, $2.
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The following fees shall be allowed for services attending | ||
the sale
of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs | ||
against the delinquent
property and be collected with the taxes | ||
thereon:
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For services in attending the tax sale and issuing | ||
certificate of
sale and sealing the same, for each tract or | ||
town lot sold, $4.
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For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to | ||
be filed
with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold, | ||
10¢.
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The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum | ||
fees that
may be collected from any officer, agency, department | ||
or other
instrumentality of the State. The county board may, | ||
however, by ordinance,
increase the fees allowed by this | ||
Section and collect such increased fees
from all persons and | ||
entities other than officers, agencies, departments
and other | ||
instrumentalities of the State if the increase is justified by | ||
an
acceptable cost study showing that the fees allowed by this | ||
Section are not
sufficient to cover the cost of providing the | ||
service.
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A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
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and activity shall be prepared by the county board.
All | ||
supporting documents shall be public record and subject to | ||
public
examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as | ||
defined in the
United States Office of Management and Budget | ||
Circular A-87, may be
included in the determination of the | ||
costs of each
service, program and activity.
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The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the | ||
payment of
all fees for services in advance so far as the same | ||
can be ascertained.
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The county board of any county of the first or second class | ||
may by
ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an | ||
additional $2 charge for
certified copies of vital records as | ||
defined in Section 1 of the Vital
Records Act, for the sole | ||
purpose of developing, maintaining, and improving technology | ||
in the office of the County Clerk defraying the cost of | ||
converting the
county clerk's document storage system for vital | ||
records as defined in
Section 1 of the Vital Records Act to | ||
computers or micrographics, and for
maintaining such system.
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The county board of any county of the first or second class | ||
may by
ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a | ||
special fund for
deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in | ||
the special fund shall be used
solely to provide the equipment, | ||
material and necessary expenses incurred
to help defray the | ||
cost of implementing and maintaining such document
storage | ||
system.
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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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