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1 | AN ACT concerning fees.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Sections 5.675 and 6z-69 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5.675. The Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. | ||||||
8 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-69 new)
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9 | Sec. 6z-69. Married Families Domestic Violence Fund. The | ||||||
10 | Married Families Domestic Violence Fund is created as a special | ||||||
11 | fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation and | ||||||
12 | subject to approval by the Attorney General, the moneys in the | ||||||
13 | Fund shall be paid as grants to public or private nonprofit | ||||||
14 | agencies solely for the purposes of facilitating or providing | ||||||
15 | free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services | ||||||
16 | to married or formerly married victims of domestic violence | ||||||
17 | related to order of protection proceedings, dissolution of | ||||||
18 | marriage proceedings, declaration of invalidity of marriage | ||||||
19 | proceedings, legal separation proceedings, child custody | ||||||
20 | proceedings, visitation proceedings, or other proceedings for | ||||||
21 | civil remedies for domestic violence.
The Attorney General | ||||||
22 | shall adopt rules concerning application for and disbursement |
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1 | of the moneys in the Fund.
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2 | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
3 | Sections 4-4001 and 4-12003 as follows:
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4 | (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
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5 | Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second | ||||||
6 | class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first | ||||||
7 | and second
class, except when increased by county ordinance | ||||||
8 | pursuant to the
provisions of this Section, shall be:
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9 | For each official copy of any process, file, record or | ||||||
10 | other
instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each | ||||||
11 | 100 words, and
$1 additional for certifying and sealing the | ||||||
12 | same.
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13 | For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1, | ||||||
14 | except that
no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of | ||||||
15 | economic interest pursuant
to the Illinois Governmental Ethics | ||||||
16 | Act or reports made pursuant to Article
9 of The Election Code.
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17 | For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
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18 | For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
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19 | For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of | ||||||
20 | each public
official, $3.
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21 | For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any | ||||||
22 | process, file,
record or other instrument of and pertaining to | ||||||
23 | his office, $1.
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24 | For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
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1 | For issuing each license in all matters except where the | ||||||
2 | fee for the
issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
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3 | For issuing each marriage license, the certificate | ||||||
4 | thereof, and for
recording the same, including the recording of | ||||||
5 | the parent's or
guardian's consent where indicated, $20
$15 . $5 | ||||||
6 | from all marriage license fees shall be remitted by the clerk | ||||||
7 | to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Married Families | ||||||
8 | Domestic Violence Fund.
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9 | For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any | ||||||
10 | instrument, except
where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
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11 | For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission, | ||||||
12 | the fee
for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
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13 | For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing | ||||||
14 | certificates of
redemption, $3.
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15 | For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of | ||||||
16 | forfeited
tax, $2.
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17 | For trying and sealing weights and measures by county | ||||||
18 | standard,
together with all actual expenses in connection | ||||||
19 | therewith, $1.
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20 | For services in case of estrays, $2.
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21 | The following fees shall be allowed for services attending | ||||||
22 | the sale
of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs | ||||||
23 | against the delinquent
property and be collected with the taxes | ||||||
24 | thereon:
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25 | For services in attending the tax sale and issuing | ||||||
26 | certificate of
sale and sealing the same, for each tract or |
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1 | town lot sold, $4.
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2 | For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to | ||||||
3 | be filed
with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold, | ||||||
4 | 10¢.
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5 | The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum | ||||||
6 | fees that
may be collected from any officer, agency, department | ||||||
7 | or other
instrumentality of the State. The county board may, | ||||||
8 | however, by ordinance,
increase the fees allowed by this | ||||||
9 | Section and collect such increased fees
from all persons and | ||||||
10 | entities other than officers, agencies, departments
and other | ||||||
11 | instrumentalities of the State if the increase is justified by | ||||||
12 | an
acceptable cost study showing that the fees allowed by this | ||||||
13 | Section are not
sufficient to cover the cost of providing the | ||||||
14 | service.
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15 | A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
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16 | and activity shall be prepared by the county board.
All | ||||||
17 | supporting documents shall be public record and subject to | ||||||
18 | public
examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as | ||||||
19 | defined in the
United States Office of Management and Budget | ||||||
20 | Circular A-87, may be
included in the determination of the | ||||||
21 | costs of each
service, program and activity.
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22 | The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the | ||||||
23 | payment of
all fees for services in advance so far as the same | ||||||
24 | can be ascertained.
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25 | The county board of any county of the first or second class | ||||||
26 | may by
ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an |
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1 | additional $2 charge for
certified copies of vital records as | ||||||
2 | defined in Section 1 of the Vital
Records Act, for the sole | ||||||
3 | purpose of defraying the cost of converting the
county clerk's | ||||||
4 | document storage system for vital records as defined in
Section | ||||||
5 | 1 of the Vital Records Act to computers or micrographics, and | ||||||
6 | for
maintaining such system.
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7 | The county board of any county of the first or second class | ||||||
8 | may by
ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a | ||||||
9 | special fund for
deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in | ||||||
10 | the special fund shall be used
solely to provide the equipment, | ||||||
11 | material and necessary expenses incurred
to help defray the | ||||||
12 | cost of implementing and maintaining such document
storage | ||||||
13 | system.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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15 | (55 ILCS 5/4-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003)
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16 | Sec. 4-12003. Fees of county clerk in third class counties. | ||||||
17 | The fees of the county clerk in counties of the third class | ||||||
18 | are:
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19 | For issuing each marriage license, sealing, filing and | ||||||
20 | recording the
same and the certificate thereto (one charge), | ||||||
21 | $35
$30 . $5 from all marriage license fees shall be remitted by | ||||||
22 | the clerk to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Married | ||||||
23 | Families Domestic Violence Fund.
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24 | For taking, certifying to and sealing the acknowledgment of | ||||||
25 | a deed,
power of attorney, or other writing, $1.
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1 | For filing and entering certificates in case of estrays, | ||||||
2 | and
furnishing notices for publication thereof (one charge), | ||||||
3 | $1.50.
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4 | For recording all papers and documents required by law to | ||||||
5 | be recorded
in the office of the county clerk, $2 plus 30¢ for | ||||||
6 | every 100 words in
excess of 600 words.
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7 | For certificate and seal, not in a case in a court whereof | ||||||
8 | he is
clerk, $1.
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9 | For making and certifying a copy of any record or paper in | ||||||
10 | his
office, $2 for every page.
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11 | For filing papers in his office, 50¢ for each paper filed, | ||||||
12 | except
that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of | ||||||
13 | economic interest
pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics | ||||||
14 | Act or reports made
pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code.
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15 | For making transcript of taxable property for the | ||||||
16 | assessors, 8¢ for
each tract of land or town lot. For extending | ||||||
17 | other than State and
county taxes, 8¢ for each tax on each | ||||||
18 | tract or lot, and 8¢ for each
person's personal tax, to be paid | ||||||
19 | by the authority for whose benefit the
transcript is made and | ||||||
20 | the taxes extended. The county clerk shall
certify to the | ||||||
21 | county collector the amount due from each authority for
such | ||||||
22 | services and the collector in his settlement with such | ||||||
23 | authority
shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by | ||||||
24 | him to such
authority.
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25 | For adding and bringing forward with current tax warrants | ||||||
26 | amounts due
for forfeited or withdrawn special assessments, 8¢ |
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1 | for each lot or tract
of land described and transcribed.
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2 | For computing and extending each assessment or installment | ||||||
3 | thereof
and interest, 8¢ on each description; and for computing | ||||||
4 | and extending
each penalty, 8¢ on each description. These fees | ||||||
5 | shall be paid by the
city, village, or taxing body for whose | ||||||
6 | benefit the transcript is made
and the assessment and penalties | ||||||
7 | are extended. The county clerk shall
certify to the county | ||||||
8 | collector the amount due from each city, village
or taxing | ||||||
9 | body, for such services, and the collector in his settlement
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10 | with such taxing body shall reserve such amount from the amount | ||||||
11 | payable
by him to such city, village or other taxing body.
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12 | For cancelling certificates of sale, $4 for each tract or | ||||||
13 | lot.
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14 | For making search and report of general taxes and special | ||||||
15 | assessments
for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of | ||||||
16 | redemption from sales
or forfeitures or withdrawals or for use | ||||||
17 | in the preparation of estimate
of cost of purchase of forfeited | ||||||
18 | property, or for use in preparation of
order on the county | ||||||
19 | collector for searches requested by buyers at annual
tax sale, | ||||||
20 | for each lot or tract, $4 for the first year searched,
and $2 | ||||||
21 | for each additional year or fraction thereof.
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22 | For preparing from tax search report estimate of cost of | ||||||
23 | redemption
concerning property sold, forfeited or withdrawn | ||||||
24 | for non-payment of
general taxes and special assessments, if | ||||||
25 | any, $1 for each lot or
tract.
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26 | For certificate of deposit for redemption, $4.
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1 | For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order | ||||||
2 | to county
collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or | ||||||
3 | purchase lands or
lots forfeited for non-payment of general | ||||||
4 | taxes, $3 for each lot or
tract.
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5 | For preparing from tax search report estimate of and order | ||||||
6 | to county
collector to receive amount necessary to redeem or | ||||||
7 | purchase lands or
lots forfeited for non-payment of special | ||||||
8 | assessments, $4 for each lot
or tract.
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9 | For issuing certificate of sale of forfeited property, $10.
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10 | For noting on collector's warrants tax sales subject to | ||||||
11 | redemption,
20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to be paid by | ||||||
12 | either the person
making the redemption from tax sale, the | ||||||
13 | person surrendering the
certificate of sale for cancellation, | ||||||
14 | or the person taking out tax deed.
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15 | For noting on collector's warrant special assessments | ||||||
16 | withdrawn from
collection 20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to | ||||||
17 | be charged against the
lot assessed in the withdrawn special | ||||||
18 | assessment when brought forward
with current tax or when | ||||||
19 | redeemed by the county clerk. The county clerk
shall certify to | ||||||
20 | the county collector the amount due from each city,
village or | ||||||
21 | taxing body for such fees, each year, and the county
collector | ||||||
22 | in his settlement with such taxing body shall reserve such
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23 | amount from the amount payable by him to such taxing body.
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24 | For taking and approving official bond of a town assessor, | ||||||
25 | filing and
recording same, and issuing certificate of election | ||||||
26 | or qualification to
such official or to the Secretary of State, |
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1 | $10, to be paid by the
officer-elect.
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2 | For certified copies of plats, 20¢ for each lot shown in | ||||||
3 | copy, but no
charge less than $4.
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4 | For tax search and issuing Statement regarding same on new | ||||||
5 | plats to
be recorded, $10.
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6 | For furnishing written description in conformity with | ||||||
7 | permanent real
estate index number, $2 for each written | ||||||
8 | description.
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9 | The following fees shall be allowed for services in matters | ||||||
10 | of taxes
and assessments, and shall be charged as costs against | ||||||
11 | the delinquent
property, and collected with the taxes thereon:
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12 | For entering judgment, 8¢ for each tract or lot.
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13 | For services in attending the tax sale and issuing | ||||||
14 | certificates of
sale and sealing the same, $10 for each tract | ||||||
15 | or lot.
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16 | For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to | ||||||
17 | be filed
with the State Comptroller, 10¢ for each tract or lot | ||||||
18 | sold.
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19 | The following fees shall be audited and allowed by the | ||||||
20 | board of
county commissioners and paid from the county | ||||||
21 | treasury.
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22 | For computing State or county taxes, on each description of | ||||||
23 | real
estate and each person's, firm's or corporation's personal | ||||||
24 | property tax,
for each extension of each tax, 4¢, which shall | ||||||
25 | include the transcribing
of the collector's books.
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26 | For computing, extending and bringing forward, and adding |
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1 | to the
current tax, the amount due for general taxes on lands | ||||||
2 | and lots
previously forfeited to the State, for each extension | ||||||
3 | of each tax, 4¢
for the first year, and for computing and | ||||||
4 | extending the tax and penalty
for each additional year, 6¢.
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5 | For making duplicate or triplicate sets of books, | ||||||
6 | containing
transcripts of taxable property, for the board of | ||||||
7 | assessors and board of
review, 3¢ for each description entered | ||||||
8 | in each book.
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9 | For filing, indexing and recording or binding each birth, | ||||||
10 | death or
stillbirth certificate or report, 15¢, which fee shall | ||||||
11 | be in full for
all services in connection therewith, including | ||||||
12 | the keeping of accounts
with district registrars.
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13 | For posting new subdivisions or plats in official atlases, | ||||||
14 | 25¢ for
each lot.
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15 | For compiling new sheets for atlases, 20¢ for each lot.
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16 | For compiling new atlases, including necessary record | ||||||
17 | searches, 25¢
for each lot.
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18 | For investigating and reporting on each new plat, referred | ||||||
19 | to county
clerk, $2.
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20 | For attending sessions of the board of county commissioners | ||||||
21 | thereof,
$5 per day, for each clerk in attendance.
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22 | For recording proceedings of the board of county | ||||||
23 | commissioners, 15¢
per 100 words.
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24 | For filing papers which must be kept in office of | ||||||
25 | comptroller of Cook
County, 10¢ for each paper filed.
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26 | For filing and indexing contracts, bonds, communications, |
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1 | and other
such papers which must be kept in office of | ||||||
2 | comptroller of Cook County,
15¢ for each document.
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3 | For swearing any person to necessary affidavits relating to | ||||||
4 | the
correctness of claims against the county, 25¢.
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5 | For issuing warrants in payment of salaries, supplies and | ||||||
6 | other
accounts, and all necessary auditing and bookkeeping work | ||||||
7 | in connection
therewith, 10¢ each.
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8 | The fee requirements of this Section do not apply to units | ||||||
9 | of local
government or school districts.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-669.)
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