97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1268
 
Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Dan Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



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

     Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning coroner's fees, requires that the coroner waive the fee for a copy of an autopsy report if the copy is requested by a physician who provided the coroner with a copy of the decedent's medical records free of charge. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
54-7001 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/4-7001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-7001)



7    Sec. 4-7001. Coroner's fees. The fees of the
coroner's 
8office shall be as follows:

9        1. For a copy of a transcript of sworn testimony: $5.00 
10    per page.

11        2. For a copy of an autopsy report (if not included in 
12    transcript):
$50.00. The coroner must waive this fee if the 
13    copy of the autopsy report is requested by a physician who 
14    provided  the coroner with a copy of the decedent's medical 
15    records free of charge. 

16        3. For a copy of the verdict of a coroner's jury: 
17    $5.00.

18        4. For a copy of a toxicology report: $25.00.

19        5. For a print of or an electronic file containing a 
20    picture obtained by the coroner: actual cost or
$3.00, 
21    whichever is greater.

22        6. For each copy of miscellaneous reports, including 
23    artist's
drawings but not including police reports: actual 
 
 
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1    cost or $25.00,
whichever is greater.

2        7. For a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to 
3    cremate a dead
human body: $50.00. The coroner may waive, 
4    at his or her discretion, the permit fee if the coroner 
5    determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay 
6    the permit fee or under other special circumstances. 

7    All of which fees shall be certified by the court;  in the 
8case of
inmates of any State charitable or penal institution, 
9the fees shall be
paid by the operating department or 
10commission, out of the State
Treasury. The coroner shall file 
11his or her claim in probate for his or
her fees and he or she 
12shall render assistance to the State's attorney
in the 
13collection of such fees out of the estate of the deceased. In

14counties of less than 1,000,000 population, the State's 
15attorney shall
collect such fees out of the estate of the 
16deceased.

17    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
18coroner is
required by law to perform any of the duties of the 
19office of the
sheriff, the coroner is entitled to the like fees 
20and compensation as
are allowed by law to the sheriff for the 
21performance of similar
services.

22    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever the 
23coroner of
any county is required to travel in the performance 
24of his or her
duties, he or she shall receive the same mileage 
25fees as are authorized
for the sheriff of such county.

26    All fees under this Section collected by or on behalf of 
 
 
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1the coroner's
office shall be paid over to the county treasurer 
2and deposited into a special account in the county treasury. 
3Moneys in the special account shall be used solely for the 
4purchase of electronic and forensic identification equipment 
5or other related supplies and the operating expenses of the 
6coroner's office. 

7(Source: P.A. 96-1161, eff. 7-21-10.)

 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.