093_HB2939

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to counties.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4-4001 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
 7        Sec.  4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second
 8    class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the  first
 9    and  second  class, except when increased by county ordinance
10    pursuant to the provisions of this Section, are shall be:
11        For each official copy of any process,  file,  record  or
12    other  instrument  of  and  pertaining to his office, 50¢ for
13    each 100 words, and $1 additional for certifying and  sealing
14    the same.
15        For  filing  any paper not herein otherwise provided for,
16    $1, except  that  no  fee  shall  be  charged  for  filing  a
17    Statement  of  economic  interest  pursuant  to  the Illinois
18    Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9
19    of The Election Code.
20        For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
21        For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
22        For filing and recording of the appointment and  oath  of
23    each public official, $3.
24        For  officially  certifying  and sealing each copy of any
25    process, file, record or other instrument of  and  pertaining
26    to his office, $1.
27        For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
28        For  issuing each license in all matters except where the
29    fee for the issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
30        For  issuing  each  marriage  license,  the   certificate
31    thereof,  and for recording the same, including the recording
 
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 1    of the parent's or guardian's consent where indicated, $15.
 2        For  taking  and  certifying   acknowledgments   to   any
 3    instrument, except where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
 4        For   issuing   each   certificate   of   appointment  or
 5    commission, the fee for which is not otherwise fixed by  law,
 6    $1.
 7        For   cancelling   tax   sale  and  issuing  and  sealing
 8    certificates of redemption, $3.
 9        For issuing order to county treasurer for  redemption  of
10    forfeited tax, $2.
11        For  trying  and  sealing  weights and measures by county
12    standard, together with all  actual  expenses  in  connection
13    therewith, $1.
14        For services in case of estrays, $2.
15        The   following   fees  shall  be  allowed  for  services
16    attending the sale of land for taxes, and shall be charged as
17    costs against the delinquent property and be  collected  with
18    the taxes thereon:
19        For  services  in  attending  the  tax  sale  and issuing
20    certificate of sale and sealing the same, for each  tract  or
21    town lot sold, $4.
22        For  making  list of delinquent lands and town lots sold,
23    to be filed with the Comptroller, for each tract or town  lot
24    sold, 10¢.
25        The  foregoing  fees  allowed  by  this  Section  are the
26    maximum fees that may be collected from any officer,  agency,
27    department or other instrumentality of the State.  The county
28    board  may,  however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed
29    by this Section and collect  such  increased  fees  from  all
30    persons   and   entities   other   than  officers,  agencies,
31    departments and other instrumentalities of the State  if  the
32    increase  is  justified  by  an acceptable cost study showing
33    that the fees allowed by this Section are not  sufficient  to
34    cover the cost of providing the service.
 
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 1        A  Statement  of  the  costs  of  providing each service,
 2    program and activity shall be prepared by the  county  board.
 3    All  supporting  documents shall be public record and subject
 4    to public examination and audit.   All  direct  and  indirect
 5    costs,  as  defined in the United States Office of Management
 6    and  Budget  Circular  A-87,   may   be   included   in   the
 7    determination  of  the  costs  of  each  service, program and
 8    activity.
 9        The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive  the
10    payment  of  all  fees  for services in advance so far as the
11    same can be ascertained.
12        The county board of any county of  the  first  or  second
13    class  may  by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose
14    an additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records
15    as defined in Section 1 of the Vital  Records  Act,  for  the
16    sole  purpose  of defraying the cost of converting the county
17    clerk's document storage system for vital records as  defined
18    in  Section  1  of  the  Vital  Records  Act  to computers or
19    micrographics, and for maintaining such system.
20        The county board of any county of  the  first  or  second
21    class  may  by  ordinance  authorize  the county treasurer to
22    establish a  special  fund  for  deposit  of  the  additional
23    charge.   Moneys  in the special fund shall be used solely to
24    provide  the  equipment,  material  and  necessary   expenses
25    incurred   to  help  defray  the  cost  of  implementing  and
26    maintaining such document storage system.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)