96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2529


 
Introduced 1/12/2010, by Sen. Gary Forby
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



55 ILCS 5/4-7001
  from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001








    Amends the Counties Code.  In a Section concerning coroner's fees, increases the fee for autopsy reports, cremation permits, transcripts, toxicology reports, and miscellaneous reports. Provides that a coroner may waive the permit fee to cremate a dead human body if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances. Provides that the fee for an electronic file containing a picture obtained by the coroner shall be the actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater. Effective immediately.















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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 
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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 
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office shall be as follows:

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    1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $5.00 
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$3.00 per page.

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    2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in 
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transcript):
$50.00 $30.00.

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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 $15.00.

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    5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a 
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picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, 
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whichever is greater.

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    6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including 
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artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual cost 
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or $25.00 $15.00,
whichever is greater.

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    7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate 
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a dead
human body: $50.00 $10.00. The coroner may waive, at his 
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or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner determines 
 


 






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that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or 
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under other special circumstances. 

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    All of which fees shall be certified by the court;  in the 
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case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, 
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the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or 
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commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file 
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his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she 
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shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the 
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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 
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attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the 
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deceased.

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    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
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coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the 
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office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees 
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and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the 
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performance of similar
services.

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    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
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coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance 
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of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage 
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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 
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the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county treasurer 
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and deposited into the
general fund of the county.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 


 






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becoming law.