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Public Act 095-0837
Public Act 0837 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 095-0837 |
HB4992 Enrolled |
LRB095 18646 HLH 44733 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 4-4001 as follows:
| (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
| 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:
| 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.
| 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.
| For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
| For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
| For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of | each public
official, $3.
| For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any |
| process, file,
record or other instrument of and pertaining to | his office, $1.
| For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
| For issuing each license in all matters except where the | fee for the
issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
| 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.
| For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any | instrument, except
where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
| For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission, | the fee
for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
| For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing | certificates of
redemption, $3.
| For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of | forfeited
tax, $2.
| For trying and sealing weights and measures by county | standard,
together with all actual expenses in connection | therewith, $1.
| For services in case of estrays, $2.
| 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:
| For services in attending the tax sale and issuing | certificate of
sale and sealing the same, for each tract or |
| town lot sold, $4.
| For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to | be filed
with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold, | 10˘.
| 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.
| A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 .
| 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.
| (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2009
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