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| Public Act 103-0073 | ||||
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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 4-7001 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/4-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)
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Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's | ||||
office shall be as follows:
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1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: | ||||
$5.00 per page.
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2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in | ||||
transcript):
$50.00.
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3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: | ||||
$5.00.
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4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00.
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5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a | ||||
picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, | ||||
whichever is greater.
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6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including | ||||
artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual | ||||
cost or $25.00,
whichever is greater.
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7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to | ||||
cremate a dead
human body: $50.00. The coroner may waive, | ||||
at his or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner | ||
determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay | ||
the permit fee or under other special circumstances.
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8. Except in a county with a population over | ||
3,000,000, on and after January 1, 2024, for a certified | ||
copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's | ||
inquest made by written request declaring the request is | ||
for research or genealogy purposes: $15.00 for the entire | ||
transcript. A request shall be deemed a proper request for | ||
purpose of research or genealogy if the requested inquest | ||
occurred not less than 20 years prior to the date of the | ||
written request. The transcript shall be stamped with the | ||
words "FOR GENEALOGY OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY". | ||
All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the | ||
case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, | ||
the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or | ||
commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file | ||
his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she | ||
shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the | ||
collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In
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counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's | ||
attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the | ||
deceased.
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Except in a county with a population over 3,000,000, on | ||
and after January 1, 2024, the coroner may waive, at his or her | ||
discretion, any fees under this Section if the coroner | ||
determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the | ||
fee or under other special circumstances as determined by the | ||
coroner. | ||
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||
coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the | ||
office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees | ||
and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the | ||
performance of similar
services.
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Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the | ||
coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance | ||
of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage | ||
fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.
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All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of | ||
the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county | ||
treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county | ||
treasury. Moneys in the special account shall be used solely | ||
for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification | ||
equipment or other related supplies and the operating expenses | ||
of the coroner's office.
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The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||
General Assembly
do not apply retroactively. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)
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