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Public Act 098-1149
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AN ACT concerning State 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 Secretary of State Act is amended by |
changing Section 5.5 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 305/5.5)
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Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid to
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the Secretary of State the following fees:
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For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.
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For each certificate, without seal: $1.
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For each commission to any officer or other person (except |
military
commissions), with seal: $2.
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For copies of exemplifications of records, or for a |
certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper when not |
otherwise provided by law, and
it does not exceed legal size: |
$0.50 per page or any portion
of a page; and
$2 for the |
certificate, with seal affixed.
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For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified |
copy of any
document, instrument, or paper, when not otherwise |
provided for by law,
that exceeds legal size: $1 per page or |
any portion of a
page; and $2 for
the certificate, with seal |
affixed.
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For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any
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portion
of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
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affixed, except that
there shall be no charge for making or |
certifying copies that are furnished
to any governmental agency |
for official use.
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For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the |
appointment of
trustees
of a religious corporation: $0.50; and |
$2 for the certificate of
recording,
with seal affixed.
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For filing and recording an application under the Soil |
Conservation
Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate |
for the application, under seal:
$10.
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For recording any other document, instrument, or paper |
required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of |
State, which recording shall
be done by any approved |
photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded |
does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges therefor
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are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or any portion |
of
a page; and $2
for the certificate of recording, with seal |
affixed.
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For recording any other document, instrument, or paper |
required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of |
State, which recording shall
be done by any approved |
photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded |
exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor are not
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otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of a page; |
and $2 for the
certificate of recording attached to the |
original, with seal
affixed.
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For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent: |
$3.
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For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.
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For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field |
notes: $2.
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For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent, |
including
certification: $4.
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For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant: |
$2.
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For each page of photostatic copies of all other |
instruments or
documents relating to land records: $2.
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For any payment to the Secretary of
State when it has not |
been honored: $25. If the total amount due to the Secretary |
exceeds $100 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from |
the date the fee became due, the Secretary shall assess a |
penalty of 25% of the dishonored payment amount.
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For any research request received after the effective date |
of the changes
made to this Section by this
amendatory Act of |
the 93rd General Assembly by an out-of-State or non-Illinois
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resident: $10,
prepaid and nonrefundable, for which the |
requester will receive up to 2
unofficial
noncertified copies |
of the records requested. The fees under this paragraph
shall |
be deposited into
the
General Revenue Fund.
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The Illinois State Archives is authorized to charge |
reasonable fees to
reimburse the cost of production and |
distribution of copies of finding aids to
the
records that it |
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holds or copies of published versions or editions of those
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records
in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats. The fees |
under this paragraph
shall be deposited
into
the
General |
Revenue Fund.
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As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of |
paper that is 8.5
inches wide and 14 inches long, or written or |
printed matter on a sheet of
paper that does not exceed that |
width and length, or either of them.
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(Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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