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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1873 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford 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 the fee for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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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 $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 | | All of which fees shall be certified by the court; in the |
| 6 | | case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, |
| 7 | | the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or |
| 8 | | commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file |
| 9 | | his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she |
| 10 | | shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the |
| 11 | | collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In
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| 12 | | counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's |
| 13 | | attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the |
| 14 | | deceased.
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| 15 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
| 16 | | coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the |
| 17 | | office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees |
| 18 | | and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the |
| 19 | | performance of similar
services.
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| 20 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the |
| 21 | | coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance |
| 22 | | of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage |
| 23 | | fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.
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| 24 | | All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of |
| 25 | | the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county |
| 26 | | treasurer and deposited into a special account in the county |