Public Act 098-1149
 
HB4556 EnrolledLRB098 08841 JDS 38969 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended  by 
changing Section 5.5 as follows:
 



    (15 ILCS 305/5.5)



    Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees. There shall be paid to

the Secretary of State the following fees:

    For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.

    For each certificate, without seal: $1.

    For each commission to any officer or other person (except 
military
commissions), with seal: $2.

    For copies of exemplifications of records, or for a 
certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper when not 
otherwise provided by law, and
it does not exceed legal size: 
$0.50 per page or any portion
of a page; and
$2 for the 
certificate, with seal affixed.

    For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified 
copy of any
document, instrument, or paper, when not otherwise 
provided for by law,
that exceeds legal size: $1 per page or 
any portion of a
page; and $2 for
the certificate, with seal 
affixed.

    For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any

portion
of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal

affixed, except that
there shall be no charge for making or 
certifying copies that are furnished
to any governmental agency 
for official use.

    For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the 
appointment of
trustees
of a religious corporation: $0.50; and 
$2 for the certificate of
recording,
with seal affixed.

    For filing and recording an application under the Soil 
Conservation
Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate 
for the application, under seal:
$10.

    For recording any other document, instrument, or paper 
required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of 
State, which recording shall
be done by any approved 
photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded 
does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges therefor

are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or any portion 
of
a page; and $2
for the certificate of recording, with seal 
affixed.

    For recording any other document, instrument, or paper 
required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of 
State, which recording shall
be done by any approved 
photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded 
exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor are not

otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of a page; 
and $2 for the
certificate of recording attached to the 
original, with seal
affixed.

    For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent: 
$3.

    For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.

    For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field 
notes: $2.

    For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent, 
including
certification: $4.

    For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant: 
$2.

    For each page of photostatic copies of all other 
instruments or
documents relating to land records: $2.

    For any payment to the Secretary of
State when it has not 
been honored: $25. If the total amount due to the Secretary 
exceeds $100 and has not been paid in full within 60 days from 
the date the fee became due, the Secretary shall assess a 
penalty of 25% of the dishonored payment amount. 

    For any research request received after the effective date 
of the changes
made to this Section by this
amendatory Act of 
the 93rd General Assembly by an out-of-State or non-Illinois

resident: $10,
prepaid and nonrefundable, for which the 
requester will receive up to 2
unofficial
noncertified copies 
of the records requested.  The fees under this paragraph
shall 
be deposited into
the
General Revenue Fund.

    The Illinois State Archives is authorized to charge 
reasonable fees to
reimburse the cost of production and 
distribution of copies of finding aids to
the
records that it 
holds or copies of published versions or editions of those

records
in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats.  The fees 
under this paragraph
shall be deposited
into
the
General 
Revenue Fund.

    As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of 
paper that is 8.5
inches wide and 14 inches long, or written or 
printed matter on a sheet of
paper that does not exceed that 
width and length, or either of them.

(Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13.)

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