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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1715
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1715 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5 Section 25.5 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 535/25.5)
7 Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund. The
8 additional $2 fee for certified copies of death certificates
9 and fetal death certificates must be deposited into the Death
10 Certificate Surcharge Fund, a special fund created in the
11 State treasury. Beginning 30 days after the effective date
12 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and until
13 January 1, 2003, moneys in the Fund, subject to
14 appropriation, may be used by the Department for the purpose
15 of implementing an electronic reporting system for death
16 registrations as provided in Section 18.5 of this Act.
17 Before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
18 General Assembly and on and after January 1, 2003, moneys in
19 the Fund, subject to appropriations, may be used as follows:
20 (i) 25% by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
21 Board for the purpose of training coroners, deputy coroners,
22 forensic pathologists, and police officers for homicide
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1 investigations, (ii) 25% for grants by the Department of
2 Public Health to by the Illinois Coroners and Medical
3 Examiners Association Necropsy Board for distribution to all
4 local county coroners and medical examiners, regardless of
5 whether they are members of the Association, for equipment
6 and lab facilities for local county coroners, (iii) 25% by
7 the Department of Public Health for the purpose of setting up
8 a statewide database of death certificates and implementing
9 an electronic reporting system for death registrations
10 pursuant to Section 18.5, and (iv) 25% for a grant by the
11 Department of Public Health to local registrars.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-382, eff. 7-30-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01;
13 92-141, eff. 7-24-01.)".