93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4175


 
Introduced 1/22/2004, by Frank J. Mautino
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/4-7001
  from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001







    Amends the Counties Code.  Increases certain fees of the coroner's office.



















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HB4175

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    AN ACT concerning county government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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4-7001 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/4-7001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)



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    Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's 
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office shall be as follows:

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    1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $6.00

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$3.00 per page.

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    2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in 
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transcript):
$50.00
$30.00.

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    3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: $25.00

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$5.00.

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    4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $50.00
$15.00.

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    5. For a print of a picture obtained by the coroner: actual 
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cost or
$3.00, whichever is greater.

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    6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including 
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artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual cost 
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or $15.00,
whichever is greater.

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    7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate 
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a dead
human body: $25.00
$10.00.

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    All of which fees shall be certified by the court;  in the 
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case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, 
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the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or 
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commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file 
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his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she 
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shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the 
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collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In

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counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's 
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attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the 
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deceased.

 


 









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    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
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coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the 
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office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees 
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and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the 
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performance of similar
services.

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    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
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coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance 
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of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage 
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fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.

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    All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of 
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the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county treasurer 
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and deposited into the
general fund of the county.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)