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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2953 Introduced 10/28/2021, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 55 ILCS 5/4-7001 | from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that fees for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Provides that fees 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 is $15.00 for the entire transcript. Provides that 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 and that the transcript shall be stamped with the words "FOR GENEALOGY OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY". Provides that a coroner may waive, at his or her discretion, fees under the Section (currently, only the cremation permit fee) if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances as determined by the coroner.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 4-7001 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/4-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)
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| 7 | | Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's |
| 8 | | office shall be as follows:
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| 9 | | 1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: |
| 10 | | $5.00 per page.
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| 11 | | 2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in |
| 12 | | transcript):
$50.00.
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| 13 | | 3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: |
| 14 | | $5.00.
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| 15 | | 4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00.
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| 16 | | 5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a |
| 17 | | picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, |
| 18 | | whichever is greater.
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| 19 | | 6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including |
| 20 | | artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual |
| 21 | | cost or $25.00,
whichever is greater.
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| 22 | | 7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to |
| 23 | | cremate a dead
human body: $100.00 $50.00. The coroner may |
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| 1 | | waive, at his or her discretion, the permit fee if the |
| 2 | | coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable |
| 3 | | to pay the permit fee or under other special |
| 4 | | circumstances.
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| 5 | | 8. For a certified copy of a transcript of sworn |
| 6 | | testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request |
| 7 | | declaring the request is for research or genealogy |
| 8 | | purposes: $15.00 for the entire transcript. A request |
| 9 | | shall be deemed a proper request for purpose of research |
| 10 | | or genealogy if the requested inquest occurred not less |
| 11 | | than 20 years prior to the date of the written request. The |
| 12 | | transcript shall be stamped with the words "FOR GENEALOGY |
| 13 | | OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY". |
| 14 | | The coroner may waive, at his or her discretion, fees |
| 15 | | under this Section if the coroner determines that the person |
| 16 | | is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other |
| 17 | | special circumstances as determined by the coroner. |
| 18 | | All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the |
| 19 | | case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, |
| 20 | | the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or |
| 21 | | commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file |
| 22 | | his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she |
| 23 | | shall render assistance to the State's Attorney attorney
in |
| 24 | | the collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. |
| 25 | | In
counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's |
| 26 | | Attorney attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of |
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| 1 | | the deceased.
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| 2 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
| 3 | | coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the |
| 4 | | office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees |
| 5 | | and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the |
| 6 | | performance of similar
services.
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| 7 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
| 8 | | coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance |
| 9 | | of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage |
| 10 | | fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.
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| 11 | | All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of |
| 12 | | the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county |
| 13 | | treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county |
| 14 | | treasury. Moneys in the special account shall be used solely |
| 15 | | for the purchase of electronic and forensic identification |
| 16 | | equipment or other related supplies and the operating expenses |
| 17 | | of the coroner's office.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)
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