093_HB0498
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1 AN ACT in relation to archives.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
5 changing Section 5.5 as follows:
6 (15 ILCS 305/5.5)
7 Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid
8 to the Secretary of State the following fees:
9 For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.
10 For each certificate, without seal: $1.
11 For each commission to any officer or other person
12 (except military commissions), with seal: $2.
13 For copies of exemplifications of records, or for a
14 certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper when not
15 otherwise provided by law, and it does not exceed legal size:
16 $0.50 per page or any portion of a page; and $2 for the
17 certificate, with seal affixed.
18 For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified
19 copy of any document, instrument, or paper, when not
20 otherwise provided for by law, that exceeds legal size: $1
21 per page or any portion of a page; and $2 for the
22 certificate, with seal affixed.
23 For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or
24 any portion of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
25 affixed, except that there shall be no charge for making or
26 certifying copies that are furnished to any governmental
27 agency for official use.
28 For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the
29 appointment of trustees of a religious corporation: $0.50;
30 and $2 for the certificate of recording, with seal affixed.
31 For filing and recording an application under the Soil
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1 Conservation Districts Law and making and issuing a
2 certificate for the application, under seal: $10.
3 For recording any other document, instrument, or paper
4 required or permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of
5 State, which recording shall be done by any approved
6 photographic or photostatic process, if the page to be
7 recorded does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges
8 therefor are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or
9 any portion of a page; and $2 for the certificate of
10 recording, with seal affixed.
11 For recording any other document, instrument, or paper
12 required or permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of
13 State, which recording shall be done by any approved
14 photographic or photostatic process, if the page to be
15 recorded exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor
16 are not otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of
17 a page; and $2 for the certificate of recording attached to
18 the original, with seal affixed.
19 For each duplicate certified copy of a school land
20 patent: $3.
21 For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.
22 For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field
23 notes: $2.
24 For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land
25 patent, including certification: $4.
26 For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land
27 grant: $2.
28 For each page of photostatic copies of all other
29 instruments or documents relating to land records: $2.
30 For each check, money order, or bank draft returned by
31 the Secretary of State when it has not been honored: $2.
32 For copies of non-certified death certificates, civil war
33 muster records, and census records: $7 per research request.
34 This fee shall be deposited into the Archives Research Fund.
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1 As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of
2 paper that is 8.5 inches wide and 14 inches long, or written
3 or printed matter on a sheet of paper that does not exceed
4 that width and length, or either of them.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-233, eff. 1-1-96.)
6 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
7 Sections 5.595 and 6z-61 as follows:
8 (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
9 Sec. 5.595. The Archives Research Fund.
10 (30 ILCS 105/6z-61 new)
11 Sec. 6z-61. Archives Research Fund. There is created in
12 the State Treasury a special fund known as the Archives
13 Research Fund. Moneys deposited into the Fund may, subject
14 to appropriation, be used by the Secretary of State for
15 expenses of conducting archival research of Archive records.
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
17 July 1, 2003.