Public Act 098-1149
 
HB4556 EnrolledLRB098 08841 JDS 38969 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 
    (15 ILCS 305/5.5)
    Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid to
the Secretary of State the following fees:
    For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.
    For each certificate, without seal: $1.
    For each commission to any officer or other person (except
military commissions), with seal: $2.
    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.
    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.
    For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any
portion of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
affixed, except that there shall be no charge for making or
certifying copies that are furnished to any governmental agency
for official use.
    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.
    For filing and recording an application under the Soil
Conservation Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate
for the application, under seal: $10.
    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
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.
    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
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.
    For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent:
$3.
    For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.
    For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field
notes: $2.
    For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent,
including certification: $4.
    For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant:
$2.
    For each page of photostatic copies of all other
instruments or documents relating to land records: $2.
    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.
    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
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.
    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
holds or copies of published versions or editions of those
records in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats. The fees
under this paragraph shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund.
    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.
(Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.