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1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Secretary of State Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 5.5 as follows:
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6 | | (15 ILCS 305/5.5)
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7 | | Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid to
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8 | | the Secretary of State the following fees:
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9 | | For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.
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10 | | For each certificate, without seal: $1.
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11 | | For each commission to any officer or other person (except |
12 | | military
commissions), with seal: $2.
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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.
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18 | | For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified |
19 | | copy of any
document, instrument, or paper, when not otherwise |
20 | | provided for by law,
that exceeds legal size: $1 per page or |
21 | | any portion of a
page; and $2 for
the certificate, with seal |
22 | | affixed.
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23 | | For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any
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1 | | portion
of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
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2 | | affixed, except that
there shall be no charge for making or |
3 | | certifying copies that are furnished
to any governmental agency |
4 | | for official use.
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5 | | For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the |
6 | | appointment of
trustees
of a religious corporation: $0.50; and |
7 | | $2 for the certificate of
recording,
with seal affixed.
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8 | | For filing and recording an application under the Soil |
9 | | Conservation
Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate |
10 | | for the application, under seal:
$10.
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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 recorded |
15 | | does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges therefor
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16 | | are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or any portion |
17 | | of
a page; and $2
for the certificate of recording, with seal |
18 | | affixed.
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19 | | For recording any other document, instrument, or paper |
20 | | required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of |
21 | | State, which recording shall
be done by any approved |
22 | | photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded |
23 | | exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor are not
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24 | | otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of a page; |
25 | | and $2 for the
certificate of recording attached to the |
26 | | original, with seal
affixed.
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1 | | For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent: |
2 | | $3.
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3 | | For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.
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4 | | For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field |
5 | | notes: $2.
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6 | | For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent, |
7 | | including
certification: $4.
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8 | | For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant: |
9 | | $2.
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10 | | For each page of photostatic copies of all other |
11 | | instruments or
documents relating to land records: $2.
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12 | | For any payment to the Secretary of
State when it has not |
13 | | been honored: $25. If the total amount due to the Secretary |
14 | | exceeds $100 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from |
15 | | the date the fee became due, the Secretary shall assess a |
16 | | penalty of 25% of the dishonored payment amount.
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17 | | For any research request received after the effective date |
18 | | of the changes
made to this Section by this
amendatory Act of |
19 | | the 93rd General Assembly by an out-of-State or non-Illinois
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20 | | resident: $10,
prepaid and nonrefundable, for which the |
21 | | requester will receive up to 2
unofficial
noncertified copies |
22 | | of the records requested. The fees under this paragraph
shall |
23 | | be deposited into
the
General Revenue Fund.
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24 | | The Illinois State Archives is authorized to charge |
25 | | reasonable fees to
reimburse the cost of production and |
26 | | distribution of copies of finding aids to
the
records that it |
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1 | | holds or copies of published versions or editions of those
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2 | | records
in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats. The fees |
3 | | under this paragraph
shall be deposited
into
the
General |
4 | | Revenue Fund.
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5 | | As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of |
6 | | paper that is 8.5
inches wide and 14 inches long, or written or |
7 | | printed matter on a sheet of
paper that does not exceed that |
8 | | width and length, or either of them.
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9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13.)
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10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
11 | | becoming law.
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