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92_SB0772

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to fees.

 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    Sections 4-2002.1, 4-12001, 4-12002, and 4-12003 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-2002.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002.1)
 7        Sec. 4-2002.1.  State's  attorney  fees  in  counties  of
 8    3,000,000  or  more population.  This Section applies only to
 9    counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
10        (a)  State's attorneys  are  shall  be  entitled  to  the
11    following fees:
12        For  each  conviction  in prosecutions on indictments for
13    first  degree  murder,  second  degree  murder,   involuntary
14    manslaughter,  criminal  sexual  assault, aggravated criminal
15    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, kidnapping,
16    arson and  forgery,  $60.   All  other  cases  punishable  by
17    imprisonment in the penitentiary, $60.
18        For each conviction in other cases tried before judges of
19    the circuit court, $30; except that if the conviction is in a
20    case  which may be assigned to an associate judge, whether or
21    not it is in fact assigned to an  associate  judge,  the  fee
22    shall be $20.
23        For  preliminary  examinations for each defendant held to
24    bail or recognizance, $20.
25        For each examination of a party bound over  to  keep  the
26    peace, $20.
27        For each defendant held to answer in a circuit court on a
28    charge of paternity, $20.
29        For each trial on a charge of paternity, $60.
30        For each case of appeal taken from his county or from the
31    county  to  which a change of venue is taken to his county to
 
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 1    the Supreme or Appellate Court when prosecuted or defended by
 2    him, $100.
 3        For each day actually employed in the trial  of  a  case,
 4    $50;  in  which  case the court before whom the case is tried
 5    shall make an order specifying the number of days for which a
 6    per diem shall be allowed.
 7        For each day actually employed in the trial of  cases  of
 8    felony  arising  in  their  respective  counties and taken by
 9    change of venue to another county, $50; and the court  before
10    whom  the  case  is  tried shall make an order specifying the
11    number of days for which said per diem shall be allowed;  and
12    it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  each State's attorney to
13    prepare and try each case of felony arising when so taken  by
14    change of venue.
15        For  assisting  in  a trial of each case on an indictment
16    for felony brought by change of  venue  to  their  respective
17    counties,  the  same  fees  they would be entitled to if such
18    indictment had been found for an  offense  committed  in  his
19    county,  and  it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of
20    the county to which such cause is taken by change of venue to
21    assist in the trial thereof.
22        For  each  case  of  forfeited  recognizance  where   the
23    forfeiture  is  set  aside at the instance of the defense, in
24    addition to the ordinary costs, $20 for each defendant.
25        For each proceeding in a circuit court  to  inquire  into
26    the  alleged  mental  illness  of  any  person,  $20 for each
27    defendant.
28        For each proceeding in a circuit court  to  inquire  into
29    the alleged dependency or delinquency of any child, $20.
30        For  each  day actually employed in the hearing of a case
31    of habeas corpus in which the people are interested, $50.
32        All the foregoing fees shall be  taxed  as  costs  to  be
33    collected  from  the defendant, if possible, upon conviction.
34    But in cases of inquiry into the mental illness of any person
 
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 1    alleged to be mentally ill, in cases on a charge of paternity
 2    and in cases of appeal in the  Supreme  or  Appellate  Court,
 3    where  judgment  is in favor of the accused, the fees allowed
 4    the State's attorney therein shall be  retained  out  of  the
 5    fines and forfeitures collected by them in other cases.
 6        Ten  per  cent of all moneys except revenue, collected by
 7    them and paid over to the authorities entitled thereto, which
 8    per cent together with the fees provided for herein that  are
 9    not  collected  from  the parties tried or examined, shall be
10    paid out of any fines and forfeited  recognizances  collected
11    by  them,  provided however, that in proceedings to foreclose
12    the lien of delinquent real estate  taxes  State's  attorneys
13    shall  receive a fee, to be credited to the earnings of their
14    office, of 10% of the total amount realized from the sale  of
15    real estate sold in such proceedings. Such fees shall be paid
16    from  the  total  amount  realized  from the sale of the real
17    estate sold in such proceedings.
18        State's attorneys shall have a lien for their fees on all
19    judgments for fines or forfeitures procured by  them  and  on
20    moneys  except  revenue  received by them until such fees and
21    earnings are fully paid.
22        No fees shall be charged on more than 10  counts  in  any
23    one indictment or information on trial and conviction; nor on
24    more  than  10  counts  against any one defendant on pleas of
25    guilty.
26        The Circuit Court may direct that of all monies received,
27    by restitution or otherwise, which monies are ordered paid to
28    the Department of Public  Aid  or  the  Department  of  Human
29    Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public Aid
30    under  the  Department  of  Human  Services  Act) as a direct
31    result of the efforts  of  the  State's  attorney  and  which
32    payments  arise from Civil or Criminal prosecutions involving
33    the Illinois Public  Aid  Code  or  the  Criminal  Code,  the
34    following  amounts  shall be paid quarterly by the Department
 
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 1    of Public Aid or the Department  of  Human  Services  to  the
 2    General Corporate Fund of the County in which the prosecution
 3    or cause of action took place:
 4             (1)  where  the  monies  result  from  child support
 5        obligations, not less than 25% of the  federal  share  of
 6        the monies received,
 7             (2)  where  the  monies result from other than child
 8        support obligations, not less than  25%  of  the  State's
 9        share of the monies received.
10        (b)  A   municipality   shall   be   entitled  to  a  $10
11    prosecution fee for each conviction for a  violation  of  the
12    Illinois  Vehicle  Code  prosecuted by the municipal attorney
13    pursuant to Section 16-102 of that Code which is tried before
14    a circuit or associate judge and shall be entitled to  a  $10
15    prosecution  fee  for  each  conviction  for a violation of a
16    municipal  vehicle  ordinance  prosecuted  by  the  municipal
17    attorney which is tried before a circuit or associate  judge.
18    Such  fee  shall  be  taxed as costs to be collected from the
19    defendant, if  possible,  upon  conviction.   A  municipality
20    shall  have a lien for such prosecution fees on all judgments
21    or fines procured by the municipal attorney from prosecutions
22    for violations of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  and  municipal
23    vehicle ordinances.
24        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b), "municipal
25    vehicle ordinance" means any ordinance  enacted  pursuant  to
26    Sections  11-40-1,  11-40-2,  11-40-2a  and  11-40-3  of  the
27    Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  any  ordinance  enacted  by  a
28    municipality which is similar to a provision of Chapter 11 of
29    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        (55 ILCS 5/4-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12001)
32        Sec.  4-12001.  Fees  of sheriff in third class counties.
33    The officers herein named, in counties of  the  third  class,
 
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 1    are  shall  be entitled to receive the fees herein specified,
 2    for the services mentioned and such  other  fees  as  may  be
 3    provided   by   law   for  such  other  services  not  herein
 4    designated.
 5    Fees for Sheriff
 6        For serving or attempting to serve any  summons  on  each
 7    defendant, $15.
 8        For  serving or attempting to serve each alias summons or
 9    other process mileage will be charged as hereinafter provided
10    when the address for service differs  from  the  address  for
11    service on the original summons or other process.
12        For  serving or attempting to serve all other process, on
13    each defendant, $15.
14        For serving or attempting to serve  a  subpoena  on  each
15    witness, $25.
16        For serving or attempting to serve each warrant, $15.
17        For serving or attempting to serve each garnishee, $15.
18        For summoning each juror, $10.
19        For serving or attempting to serve each order or judgment
20    for replevin, $15.
21        For   serving   or  attempting  to  serve  an  order  for
22    attachment, on each defendant, $15.
23        For serving or attempting to serve an order  or  judgment
24    for  the  possession of real estate in an action of ejectment
25    or in any other action, or for restitution in  an  action  of
26    forcible  entry  and detainer, without aid, $15, and when aid
27    is necessary, the sheriff shall be allowed to tax in addition
28    the actual costs thereof.
29        For serving or attempting to serve  notice  of  judgment,
30    $15.
31        For  levying  to  satisfy  an  order  in  an  action  for
32    attachment, $15.
33        For  executing order of court to seize personal property,
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 1        For making certificate of levy on real estate and  filing
 2    or  recording  same,  $8, and the fee for filing or recording
 3    shall be advanced by the plaintiff in attachment  or  by  the
 4    judgment  creditor  and taxed as costs. For taking possession
 5    of or removing property  levied  on,  the  sheriff  shall  be
 6    allowed  to tax the necessary actual costs of such possession
 7    or removal.
 8        For advertising property for sale, $8.
 9        For making certificate of  sale  and  making  and  filing
10    duplicate  for  record,  $8,  and  the fee for recording same
11    shall be advanced by  the  judgment  creditor  and  taxed  as
12    costs.
13        For   preparing,  executing  and  acknowledging  deed  on
14    redemption from  a  court  sale  of  real  estate,  $15;  for
15    preparing,  executing  and  acknowledging  all other deeds on
16    sale of real estate, $10.
17        For making and filing certificate of redemption, $9,  and
18    the  fee for recording same shall be advanced by party making
19    the redemption and taxed as costs.
20        For making and filing certificate of  redemption  from  a
21    court  sale,  $11,  and  the  fee for recording same shall be
22    advanced by the party making  the  redemption  and  taxed  as
23    costs.
24        For taking all bonds on legal process, $5.
25        For taking special bail, $5.
26        For returning each process, $8.
27        Mileage  for service or attempted service of all process,
28    20¢ per mile each  way  necessarily  traveled  in  making  or
29    attempting  to  make  such service computed from the place of
30    holding court.
31        For attending before a court with a prisoner on an  order
32    for habeas corpus, $9 per day.
33        For executing requisitions from other States, $13.
34        For conveying each prisoner from the prisoner's county to
 
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 1    the jail of another county, per mile for going only, 25¢.
 2        For committing to or discharging each prisoner from jail,
 3    $3.
 4        For  feeding  each  prisoner,  such compensation to cover
 5    actual costs as may be fixed by the county  board,  but  such
 6    compensation  shall  not  be considered a part of the fees of
 7    the office.
 8        For committing each prisoner to jail under  the  laws  of
 9    the  United States, to be paid by the marshal or other person
10    requiring his confinement, $3.
11        For feeding such prisoners per day, $3, to be paid by the
12    marshal or other person requiring the prisoner's confinement.
13        For discharging such prisoners, $3.
14        For conveying persons to the penitentiary, reformatories,
15    Illinois State  Training  School  for  Boys,  Illinois  State
16    Training  School  for  Girls,  Reception Centers and Illinois
17    Security Hospital, the following fees,  payable  out  of  the
18    State Treasury.  When one person is conveyed, 20¢ per mile in
19    going  to  the  penitentiary,  reformatories,  Illinois State
20    Training School for Boys, Illinois State Training School  for
21    Girls,  Reception Centers and Illinois Security Hospital from
22    the place of conviction; when 2 persons are conveyed  at  the
23    same  time,  20¢  per mile for the first and 15¢ per mile for
24    the second person; when more than 2 persons are  conveyed  at
25    the  same  time as Stated above, the sheriff shall be allowed
26    20¢ per mile for the first, 15¢ per mile for the  second  and
27    10¢ per mile for each additional person.
28        The  fees provided for herein for transporting persons to
29    the  penitentiary,  reformatories,  Illinois  State  Training
30    School for Boys, Illinois State Training  School  for  Girls,
31    Reception  Centers  and  Illinois Security Hospital, shall be
32    paid for each trip so made.  Mileage as used in this  Section
33    means  the  shortest  route  on a hard surfaced road, (either
34    State Bond Issue Route  or  Federal  highways)  or  railroad,
 
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 1    whichever is shorter, between the place from which the person
 2    is  to  be  transported,  to the penitentiary, reformatories,
 3    Illinois State  Training  School  for  Boys,  Illinois  State
 4    Training  School  for  Girls,  Reception Centers and Illinois
 5    Security Hospital, and all fees per mile shall be computed on
 6    such basis.
 7        In addition to the above fees, there shall be allowed  to
 8    the  sheriff  a fee of $900 for the sale of real estate which
 9    shall be made by virtue  of  any  judgment  of  a  court.  In
10    addition  to  this  fee  and  all other fees provided by this
11    Section, there shall be allowed  to  the  sheriff  a  fee  in
12    accordance  with  the  following  schedule  for  the  sale of
13    personal estate which is made by virtue of any judgment of  a
14    court:
15        For judgments up to $1,000, $85;
16        For judgments over $1,000 to $15,000, $175;
17        For judgments over $15,000, $400.
18        In  all  cases  where  the  judgment  is  settled  by the
19    parties, replevied, stopped by injunction or paid,  or  where
20    the  property  levied  upon is not actually sold, the sheriff
21    shall be allowed the fee for levying  and  mileage,  together
22    with half the fee for all money collected by him or her which
23    he  or she would be entitled to if the same were made by sale
24    in the enforcement of a judgment.  In no case shall  the  fee
25    exceed the amount of money arising from the sale.
26        The  fee  requirements  of  this  Section do not apply to
27    police departments or other law  enforcement  agencies.   For
28    the  purposes of this Section, "law enforcement agency" means
29    an agency of the State or unit of local government  which  is
30    vested  by  law or ordinance with the duty to maintain public
31    order and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances.
32        The fee requirements of this  Section  do  not  apply  to
33    units of local government or school districts.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-669; 87-670.)
 
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 1        (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
 2        Sec.  4-12002.  Fees of recorder in third class counties.
 3    The fees of the recorder in counties of the third  class  for
 4    recording  deeds or other instruments that are in writing and
 5    maps of plats of additions, subdivisions  or  otherwise,  and
 6    for  certifying  copies  of records, shall be paid in advance
 7    and shall be as follows:
 8        For recording deeds or  other  instruments  $20  for  the
 9    first  2  pages  thereof,  plus  $2  for each additional page
10    thereof.  The aggregate minimum fee  for  recording  any  one
11    instrument shall not be less than $20.
12        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments wherein the
13    premises affected thereby are referred to by document  number
14    and  not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee
15    of $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred  to  for  each
16    document number therein noted.
17        For  recording  deeds  or  other instruments wherein more
18    than  one  tract,  parcel  or  lot  is  described  and   such
19    additional  tract,  or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
20    is or are described therein  as  falling  in  a  separate  or
21    different  addition  or subdivision the recorder shall charge
22    as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of  $2
23    for  each  additional  addition or subdivision referred to in
24    such deed or instrument.
25        For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
26    otherwise (including the spreading of the same of  record  in
27    well  bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
28    contained therein.
29        For certified copies of records  the  same  fees  as  for
30    recording,  but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
31    of a map or plat of an  addition,  subdivision  or  otherwise
32    exceed $200.
33        For  filing  of  each  release of any chattel mortgage or
34    trust deed which has been filed  but  not  recorded  and  for
 
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 1    indexing  the  same  in  the book to be kept for that purpose
 2    $10.
 3        For processing the sworn or affirmed  statement  required
 4    for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
 5    land  trust  in  accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
 6    $2.
 7        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
 8    equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for  recording  a
 9    document  (other  than a document filed under the Plat Act or
10    the Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform  to    the
11    following standards:
12             (1)  The  document  shall  consist  of  one  or more
13        individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches,  not
14        permanently  bound  and  not  a continuous form.  Graphic
15        displays accompanying a  document  to  be  recorded  that
16        measure  up  to  11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
17        without charging an additional fee.
18             (2)  The document shall be legibly printed in  black
19        ink,  by  hand,  type, or computer.  Signatures and dates
20        may be in  contrasting  colors  if  they  will  reproduce
21        clearly.
22             (3)  The  document  shall  be  on white paper of not
23        less than 20-pound weight and shall have a  clean  margin
24        of  at  least  one-half  inch on the top, the bottom, and
25        each side.  Margins may be used  only  for  non-essential
26        notations  that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of the
27        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
28        numbers, and customer notations.
29             (4)  The first page of the document shall contain  a
30        blank  space,  measuring  at  least 3 inches by 5 inches,
31        from the upper right corner.
32             (5)  The document  shall  not  have  any  attachment
33        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
34    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
 
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 1    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
 2    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
 3    this  amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
 4    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
 5        The fee requirements of this Section apply  to  units  of
 6    local government and school districts.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-691, eff. 1-24-95; 89-160, eff. 7-19-95.)

 8        (55 ILCS 5/4-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003)
 9        Sec.  4-12003.  Fees  of  county  clerk  in  third  class
10    counties.  The  fees  of  the county clerk in counties of the
11    third class are as follows:
12        For issuing each marriage license,  sealing,  filing  and
13    recording  the same and the certificate thereto (one charge),
14    $30.
15        For taking, certifying to and sealing the  acknowledgment
16    of a deed, power of attorney, or other writing, $1.
17        For  filing and entering certificates in case of estrays,
18    and furnishing notices for publication thereof (one  charge),
19    $1.50.
20        For recording all papers and documents required by law to
21    be  recorded  in  the office of the county clerk, $2 plus 30¢
22    for every 100 words in excess of 600 words.
23        For certificate and seal,  not  in  a  case  in  a  court
24    whereof he is clerk, $1.
25        For  making  and certifying a copy of any record or paper
26    in his office, $2 for every page.
27        For filing papers in  his  office,  50¢  for  each  paper
28    filed,  except  that  no  fee  shall  be charged for filing a
29    Statement of  economic  interest  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
30    Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9
31    of The Election Code.
32        For   making  transcript  of  taxable  property  for  the
33    assessors, 8¢ for  each  tract  of  land  or  town  lot.  For
 
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 1    extending  other than State and county taxes, 8¢ for each tax
 2    on each tract or lot, and 8¢ for each person's personal  tax,
 3    to  be paid by the authority for whose benefit the transcript
 4    is made and  the  taxes  extended.  The  county  clerk  shall
 5    certify  to  the  county  collector  the amount due from each
 6    authority  for  such  services  and  the  collector  in   his
 7    settlement with such authority shall reserve such amount from
 8    the amount payable by him to such authority.
 9        For adding and bringing forward with current tax warrants
10    amounts  due  for forfeited or withdrawn special assessments,
11    8¢ for each lot or tract of land described and transcribed.
12        For  computing   and   extending   each   assessment   or
13    installment thereof and interest, 8¢ on each description; and
14    for   computing  and  extending  each  penalty,  8¢  on  each
15    description. These fees shall be paid by the  city,  village,
16    or  taxing  body for whose benefit the transcript is made and
17    the assessment and penalties are extended. The  county  clerk
18    shall  certify  to  the  county collector the amount due from
19    each city, village or taxing body, for such services, and the
20    collector in his  settlement  with  such  taxing  body  shall
21    reserve  such  amount  from the amount payable by him to such
22    city, village or other taxing body.
23        For cancelling certificates of sale, $4 for each tract or
24    lot.
25        For making search and report of general taxes and special
26    assessments for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of
27    redemption from sales or forfeitures or  withdrawals  or  for
28    use  in  the  preparation  of estimate of cost of purchase of
29    forfeited property, or for use in preparation of order on the
30    county collector for searches requested by buyers  at  annual
31    tax  sale,  for  each  lot  or  tract,  $4 for the first year
32    searched,  and  $2  for  each  additional  year  or  fraction
33    thereof.
34        For preparing from tax search report estimate of cost  of
 
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 1    redemption  concerning  property sold, forfeited or withdrawn
 2    for non-payment of general taxes and special assessments,  if
 3    any, $1 for each lot or tract.
 4        For certificate of deposit for redemption, $4.
 5        For  preparing  from  tax  search  report estimate of and
 6    order to county collector  to  receive  amount  necessary  to
 7    redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of
 8    general taxes, $3 for each lot or tract.
 9        For  preparing  from  tax  search  report estimate of and
10    order to county collector  to  receive  amount  necessary  to
11    redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of
12    special assessments, $4 for each lot or tract.
13        For  issuing  certificate  of sale of forfeited property,
14    $10.
15        For noting on collector's warrants tax sales  subject  to
16    redemption,  20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to be paid by
17    either the person making the redemption from  tax  sale,  the
18    person surrendering the certificate of sale for cancellation,
19    or the person taking out tax deed.
20        For  noting  on  collector's  warrant special assessments
21    withdrawn from collection 20¢ for each tract or lot of  land,
22    to  be  charged  against  the  lot  assessed in the withdrawn
23    special assessment when brought forward with current  tax  or
24    when  redeemed  by  the  county clerk. The county clerk shall
25    certify to the county collector  the  amount  due  from  each
26    city,  village  or  taxing body for such fees, each year, and
27    the county collector in his settlement with such taxing  body
28    shall  reserve  such amount from the amount payable by him to
29    such taxing body.
30        For  taking  and  approving  official  bond  of  a   town
31    assessor,  filing and recording same, and issuing certificate
32    of election or qualification  to  such  official  or  to  the
33    Secretary of State, $10, to be paid by the officer-elect.
34        For  certified copies of plats, 20¢ for each lot shown in
 
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 1    copy, but no charge less than $4.
 2        For tax search and issuing Statement  regarding  same  on
 3    new plats to be recorded, $10.
 4        For  furnishing  written  description  in conformity with
 5    permanent real estate  index  number,  $2  for  each  written
 6    description.
 7        The  following  fees  shall  be  allowed  for services in
 8    matters of taxes and assessments, and  shall  be  charged  as
 9    costs against the delinquent property, and collected with the
10    taxes thereon:
11        For entering judgment, 8¢ for each tract or lot.
12        For  services  in  attending  the  tax  sale  and issuing
13    certificates of sale and sealing the same, $10 for each tract
14    or lot.
15        For making list of delinquent lands and town  lots  sold,
16    to be filed with the State Comptroller, 10¢ for each tract or
17    lot sold.
18        The  following  fees  shall be audited and allowed by the
19    board of  county  commissioners  and  paid  from  the  county
20    treasury.
21        For  computing State or county taxes, on each description
22    of real estate and each  person's,  firm's  or  corporation's
23    personal  property  tax,  for each extension of each tax, 4¢,
24    which shall  include  the  transcribing  of  the  collector's
25    books.
26        For computing, extending and bringing forward, and adding
27    to the current tax, the amount due for general taxes on lands
28    and   lots  previously  forfeited  to  the  State,  for  each
29    extension of each  tax,  4¢  for  the  first  year,  and  for
30    computing   and  extending  the  tax  and  penalty  for  each
31    additional year, 6¢.
32        For  making  duplicate  or  triplicate  sets  of   books,
33    containing  transcripts of taxable property, for the board of
34    assessors and  board  of  review,  3¢  for  each  description
 
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 1    entered in each book.
 2        For filing, indexing and recording or binding each birth,
 3    death  or  stillbirth  certificate  or report, 15¢, which fee
 4    shall be in full for all services  in  connection  therewith,
 5    including the keeping of accounts with district registrars.
 6        For   posting  new  subdivisions  or  plats  in  official
 7    atlases, 25¢ for each lot.
 8        For compiling new sheets for atlases, 20¢ for each lot.
 9        For compiling new  atlases,  including  necessary  record
10    searches, 25¢ for each lot.
11        For   investigating  and  reporting  on  each  new  plat,
12    referred to county clerk, $2.
13        For  attending  sessions   of   the   board   of   county
14    commissioners   thereof,  $5  per  day,  for  each  clerk  in
15    attendance.
16        For  recording  proceedings  of  the  board   of   county
17    commissioners, 15¢ per 100 words.
18        For  filing  papers  which  must  be  kept  in  office of
19    comptroller of Cook County, 10¢ for each paper filed.
20        For filing and indexing contracts, bonds, communications,
21    and other such  papers  which  must  be  kept  in  office  of
22    comptroller of Cook County, 15¢ for each document.
23        For  swearing any person to necessary affidavits relating
24    to the correctness of claims against the county, 25¢.
25        For issuing warrants in payment of salaries, supplies and
26    other accounts, and all necessary  auditing  and  bookkeeping
27    work in connection therewith, 10¢ each.
28        The  fee  requirements  of  this  Section do not apply to
29    units of local government or school districts.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-669.)

31        Section 10.  The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
32    Section 25 as follows:
 
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 1        (410 ILCS 535/25) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25)
 2        Sec. 25.  In accordance with Section 24 of this Act,  and
 3    the regulations adopted under that Section pursuant thereto:
 4        (1)  The  State  Registrar  of Vital Records shall search
 5    the files of birth, death,  and  fetal  death  records,  upon
 6    receipt  of  a  written  request  and  a  fee of $10 from any
 7    applicant entitled to such search.  A search fee shall not be
 8    required for commemorative birth certificates issued  by  the
 9    State  Registrar.  If,  upon  search, the record requested is
10    found, the State Registrar shall furnish  the  applicant  one
11    certification  of such record, under the seal of such office.
12    If the request is for a  certified  copy  of  the  record  an
13    additional  fee  of  $5 shall be required.  If the request is
14    for a certified copy of a death certificate or a fetal  death
15    certificate,  an  additional  fee  of  $2  is  required.  The
16    additional fee shall be deposited into the Death  Certificate
17    Surcharge  Fund.   A  further fee of $2 shall be required for
18    each additional certification or  certified  copy  requested.
19    If  the  requested  record  is not found, the State Registrar
20    shall furnish the applicant a certification attesting to that
21    fact, if so requested by the applicant.  A further fee of  $2
22    shall  be  required for each additional certification that no
23    record has been found.
24        Any local registrar or  county  clerk  shall  search  the
25    files  of  birth, death and fetal death records, upon receipt
26    of a written request from  any  applicant  entitled  to  such
27    search.   If  upon search the record requested is found, such
28    local registrar or county clerk shall furnish  the  applicant
29    one certification or certified copy of such record, under the
30    seal  of  such  office. If the requested record is not found,
31    the  local  registrar  or  county  clerk  shall  furnish  the
32    applicant a certification  attesting  to  that  fact,  if  so
33    requested  by  the  applicant.  The local registrar or county
34    clerk may charge fees for providing services  for  which  the
 
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 1    State  Registrar  may  charge fees under this Section, except
 2    that such fees may not exceed the fees charged by  the  State
 3    Registrar.
 4        A  request to any custodian of vital records for a search
 5    of the death record indexes for genealogical  research  shall
 6    require  a  fee  of  $10  per  name  for a 5 year search.  An
 7    additional fee of $1 for each additional year searched  shall
 8    be   required.    If  the  requested  record  is  found,  one
 9    uncertified copy shall be issued without additional charge.
10        Any fee received by the State Registrar pursuant to  this
11    Section which is of an insufficient amount may be returned by
12    the  State  Registrar  upon his recording the receipt of such
13    fee and the reason for its return.  The  State  Registrar  is
14    authorized  to  maintain  a  2  signature, revolving checking
15    account with a suitable commercial bank for  the  purpose  of
16    depositing   and  withdrawing-for-return  cash  received  and
17    determined insufficient for the service requested.
18        (2)  The certification of  birth  may  contain  only  the
19    name,  sex,  date of birth, and place of birth, of the person
20    to whom it relates, the  name,  age  and  birthplace  of  the
21    parents,  and  the file number; and none of the other data on
22    the  certificate  of  birth  except   as   authorized   under
23    subsection (5) of this Section.
24        (3)  The  certification  of  death shall contain only the
25    name, Social Security Number, sex, date of death,  and  place
26    of  death  of the person to whom it relates, and file number;
27    and none of the other data on the certificate of death except
28    as authorized under subsection (5) of this Section.
29        (4)  Certification or a certified copy of  a  certificate
30    shall be issued:
31             (a)  Upon   the   order  of  a  court  of  competent
32        jurisdiction; or
33             (b)  In  case  of  a  birth  certificate,  upon  the
34        specific written request for a certification or certified
 
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 1        copy by the person, if of legal age, by a parent or other
 2        legal representative of the person to whom the record  of
 3        birth  relates,  or  by  a  person  having a genealogical
 4        interest; or
 5             (c)  Upon  the  specific  written  request   for   a
 6        certification  or  certified  copy by a department of the
 7        state  or  a  municipal  corporation   or   the   federal
 8        government; or
 9             (d)  In  case of a death or fetal death certificate,
10        upon specific written request for a certified copy  by  a
11        person,   or   his   duly   authorized  agent,  having  a
12        genealogical, personal or property right interest in  the
13        record.
14        A  genealogical  interest  shall be a proper purpose with
15    respect to births which occurred not less than 75  years  and
16    deaths  which  occurred  not  less than 20 years prior to the
17    date of written request.  Where the purpose of the request is
18    a  genealogical  interest,  the  custodian  shall  stamp  the
19    certification  or  copy  with  the  words,  FOR  GENEALOGICAL
20    PURPOSES ONLY.
21        (5)  Any certification or certified copy issued  pursuant
22    to  this  Section  shall  show  the date of registration; and
23    copies issued from records marked  "delayed,"  "amended,"  or
24    "court   order"  shall  be  similarly  marked  and  show  the
25    effective date.
26        (6)  Any certification or certified copy of a certificate
27    issued in accordance with this Section shall be considered as
28    prima facie evidence of the facts  therein  stated,  provided
29    that  the  evidentiary value of a certificate or record filed
30    more than one year after the event, or  a  record  which  has
31    been   amended,  shall  be  determined  by  the  judicial  or
32    administrative body or official before whom  the  certificate
33    is offered as evidence.
34        (7)  Any  certification or certified copy issued pursuant
 
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 1    to this Section shall  be  issued  without  charge  when  the
 2    record   is   required   by   the   United   States  Veterans
 3    Administration or by any accredited veterans organization  to
 4    be  used  in  determining  the  eligibility  of any person to
 5    participate in benefits  available  from  such  organization.
 6    Requests  for such copies must be in accordance with Sections
 7    1 and 2 of "An Act to provide for the furnishing of copies of
 8    public documents to interested  parties,"  approved  May  17,
 9    1935, as now or hereafter amended.
10        (8)  The  National  Vital  Statistics  Division,  or  any
11    agency  which  may  be substituted therefor, may be furnished
12    such  copies  or  data  as  it  may  require   for   national
13    statistics;  provided  that the State shall be reimbursed for
14    the cost of furnishing such data; and provided  further  that
15    such  data  shall  not  be  used  for  other than statistical
16    purposes by the National Vital Statistics  Division,  or  any
17    agency   which   may   be  substituted  therefor,  unless  so
18    authorized by the State Registrar of Vital Records.
19        (9)  Federal, State, local, and other public  or  private
20    agencies  may,  upon request, be furnished copies or data for
21    statistical purposes upon such terms or conditions as may  be
22    prescribed by the Department.
23        (10)  The  State  Registrar  of  Vital  Records,  at  his
24    discretion  and  in the interest of promoting registration of
25    births, may issue, without fee, to the parents or guardian of
26    any or  every  child  whose  birth  has  been  registered  in
27    accordance  with the provisions of this Act, a special notice
28    of registration of birth.
29        (11)  No person shall prepare or  issue  any  certificate
30    which   purports  to  be  an  original,  certified  copy,  or
31    certification of a certificate  of  birth,  death,  or  fetal
32    death,  except  as  authorized  in  this  Act  or regulations
33    adopted hereunder.
34        (12)  A computer print-out of any record of birth,  death
 
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 1    or  fetal record that may be certified under this Section may
 2    be used in place of  such  certification  and  such  computer
 3    print-out  shall  have  the  same legal force and effect as a
 4    certified copy of the document.
 5        (13)  The State Registrar may verify from the information
 6    contained in the index maintained by the State Registrar  the
 7    authenticity  of information on births, deaths, marriages and
 8    dissolution of marriages provided to a federal  agency  or  a
 9    public  agency  of another state by a person seeking benefits
10    or employment from the agency, provided the agency pays a fee
11    of $10.
12        (14)  The State Registrar may issue  commemorative  birth
13    certificates   to   persons   eligible   to   receive   birth
14    certificates  under this Section upon the payment of a fee to
15    be determined by the State Registrar.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-144, eff. 7-23-97; 91-382, eff. 7-30-99.)

17        Section 15.  The Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
18    changing Sections 27.2a, 27.3a, 27.3b, and 27.3c as follows:

19        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
20        Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
21    in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
22    inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
23    be as provided in this Section.  The fees must shall be  paid
24    in advance and shall be as follows:
25    (a)  Civil Cases.
26             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
27        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
28        exceptions, shall be $190.
29                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
30             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
31             $250, $15.
32                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 
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 1             exceed $1000, $40.
 2                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
 3             not exceed $2500, $50.
 4                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
 5             not exceed $5000, $100.
 6                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
 7             not exceed $15,000, $150.
 8                  (F)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
 9             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
10             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
11             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
12             assessment by a jury, $150.
13                  (G)  For the final  determination  of  parking,
14             standing,   and   compliance  violations  and  final
15             administrative  decisions  issued   after   hearings
16             regarding  vehicle  immobilization  and  impoundment
17             made  pursuant  to  Sections  3-704.1,  6-306.5, and
18             11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, $25.
19    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
20             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
21        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
22        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
23        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $75.
24        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
25        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
26        $15,000, $225.
27    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
28             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
29        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
30        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
31        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
32        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
33        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
34        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
 
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 1        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
 2        has been paid.
 3    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 4             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 5        exceed $1500, $60.  When the amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 6        does  not  exceed  $5000,  $75.   When the amount exceeds
 7        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
 8        exceeds $15,000, $250.
 9    (e)  Appearance.
10             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
11        shall be $75, except as follows:
12                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
13             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
14                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
15             exceed $1500, $40.
16                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
17             not exceed $15,000, $60.
18    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
19             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
20        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
21        $1,000,  $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
22        exceed $5,000, $30; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
23        $50.
24    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
25             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
26        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
27        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
28        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
29        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
30        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
31        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
32        $50.
33             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
34        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
 
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 1        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
 2        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
 3        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
 4        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
 5             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 6        $40.
 7    (h)  Mailing.
 8             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
 9        $10, plus the cost of postage.
10    (i)  Certified Copies.
11             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
12        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
13        cases, $15.
14    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
15             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
16        $125.
17    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
18             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
19        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
20        writing with the seal of office, $6.
21             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
22        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
23             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
24        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
25             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
26        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25 cents
27        per page.
28             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
29        the clerk's files:
30                  (A)  First page, $2.
31                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
32                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
33    (l)  Remands.
34             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
 
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 1        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
 2        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
 3        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
 4        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
 5        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
 6        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
 7        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
 8        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
 9        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
10        trial after remand.
11    (m)  Record Search.
12             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
13        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
14        search fee of $6 for each year searched.
15    (n)  Hard Copy.
16             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
17        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
18        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
19    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
20             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
21        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
22        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
23        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
24        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
25        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
26        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
27        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
28        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
29        Court.
30    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
31             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
32        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
33    (q)  Alias Summons.
34             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
 
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 1        clerk, $5.
 2    (r)  Other Fees.
 3             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 4        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 5        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 6        Courts.
 7             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
 8        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
 9        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
10        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
11        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
12        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
13        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
14        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
15        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
16        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
17        otherwise required by law.
18    (s)  Jury Services.
19             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
20        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of  $212.50,  as  a
21        fee  for the services of a jury in every civil action not
22        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
23        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
24        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
25        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
26        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
27        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
28        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
29        tried by the court without a jury.
30    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
31             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $20;
32        for  recording  the  same,  50¢  for  each   100   words.
33        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
34        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
 
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 1        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
 2        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
 3        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
 4        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
 5        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
 6        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
 7        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 8        actions.
 9    (u)  Expungement Petition.
10             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $60
11        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
12        of  $4  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
13        arrest records.
14    (v)  Probate.
15        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
16    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
17    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
18    release the costs payable under this subsection:
19             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
20        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
21        $150, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
22        except:
23                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
24             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
25             $40.
26                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
27             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
28             probate  without  administration (including proof of
29             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
30             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
31             estate, the fee shall be $40.
32             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
33        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
34        except:
 
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 1                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
 2             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
 3             $40.
 4                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 5             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
 6             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
 7             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
 8             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 9             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
10             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
11             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
12        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
13        following fees are payable:
14                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
15             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
16             $25.
17                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
18             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
19             $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
20             less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
21             $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
22             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
23             filing fee paid by the claimant.
24                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
25             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
26             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
27             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
28             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
29             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
30             $60.
31                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
32             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
33             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
34             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 
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 1             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
 2                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
 3             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
 4             or persons, $30.
 5                  (F)  For each jury demand, $137.50.
 6                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
 7             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
 8             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
 9             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
10             administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
11             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
12             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
13             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
14             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
15                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
16             office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
17             plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
18             document certified.
19                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
20             for certification.
21             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
22        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
23        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
24        directly to the newspaper.
25             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
26        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
27        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
28        person entitled thereto.
29             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
30        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
31        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
32        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
33        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
34        the Probate Act of 1975.
 
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 1    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 2             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
 3        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
 4        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 5                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
 6                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
 7                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
 8                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
 9                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
10             $30.
11                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
12                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
13             $40.
14                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
15             $30.
16                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
17             whenever filed, $30.
18                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
19             whenever filed, $25.
20                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
21             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
22             State, $40.
23             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
24        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
25        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
26        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
27                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
28             $30.
29                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
30             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
31        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
32        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
33        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
34        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
 
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 1        $112.50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury
 2        fee shall be paid by the defendant at the time of  filing
 3        his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
 4        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 5        tried by the court without a jury.
 6    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 7             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
 8        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 9        commencement of a new suit.
10    (y)  Change of Venue.
11             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
12        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
13        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
14             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
15        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
16        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
17    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
18             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
19        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
20        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
21        complaint, $50.
22    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
23             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
24        involved, $250.
25             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
26    (bb)  Collections.
27             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
28        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
29        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
30        collected and turned over.
31             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
32        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
33        earning of the office.
34             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
 
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 1        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
 2        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 3             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
 4        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 5        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
 6        making  payment for maintaining child support records and
 7        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
 8        KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
 9        State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
10        Court.  This fee shall be in  addition  to  and  separate
11        from  amounts  ordered to be paid as maintenance or child
12        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
13        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
14        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
15        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
16        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
17        the  official record of the Court.  The clerk may recover
18        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
19        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
20        this annual fee.
21             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
22        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
23        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
24        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
25        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
26    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
27             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
28        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
29        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
30        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
31        document, $25.
32    (dd)  Exceptions.
33             (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
34        apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
 
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 1        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
 2        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
 3        government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
 4        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
 5        laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
 6        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 7             (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
 8        unit  of  local  government  or  school district. The fee
 9        requirements of this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any
10        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
11        of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by a private owner or
12        tenant of real property within 1200 feet of  a  dangerous
13        or  unsafe building seeking an order compelling the owner
14        or owners of the building to  take  any  of  the  actions
15        authorized under that subsection.
16    (ee)  Adoption.
17             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
18             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
19        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
20        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
21        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
22        Family Services.
23    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
24             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
25        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
26        adoption proceeding.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 8-17-97;  90-796,  eff.  12-15-98;
28    91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff.  10-1-99;  91-821, eff.
29    6-13-00.)

30        (705 ILCS 105/27.3a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3a)
31        Sec. 27.3a.  Fees for automated record keeping.
32        1.  The expense of establishing and maintaining automated
33    record keeping systems in the offices of the  clerks  of  the
 
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 1    circuit  court  shall be borne by the county.  To defray that
 2    such  expense  in  any  county  having  established  such  an
 3    automated system or which elects to establish such a  system,
 4    the  county  board may require the clerk of the circuit court
 5    in their county to charge and collect a court automation  fee
 6    of  not  less  than  $1  nor  more  than $5 to be charged and
 7    collected by the clerk of the court.  Such fee shall be  paid
 8    at  the  time  of  filing  the first pleading, paper or other
 9    appearance filed by each party in all civil cases or  by  the
10    defendant  in  any  felony,  traffic,  misdemeanor, municipal
11    ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty  or
12    grant of supervision, provided that the record keeping system
13    which  processes  the  case  category  for  which  the fee is
14    charged is automated or has been approved for  automation  by
15    the county board, and provided further that no additional fee
16    shall  be  required  if more than one party is presented in a
17    single pleading, paper or other appearance.  Such  fee  shall
18    be  collected  in the manner in which all other fees or costs
19    are collected.
20        2.  Each  clerk   shall   commence   such   charges   and
21    collections  upon receipt of written notice from the chairman
22    of the county board together with a  certified  copy  of  the
23    board's  resolution,  which the clerk shall file of record in
24    his office.
25        3.  Such fees shall be in addition to all other fees  and
26    charges  of  such clerks, and assessable as costs, and may be
27    waived only if the judge specifically provides for the waiver
28    of the court automation fee.   The  fees  shall  be  remitted
29    monthly by such clerk to the county treasurer, to be retained
30    by  him  in a special fund designated as the court automation
31    fund.  The fund shall be audited by the county  auditor,  and
32    the  board shall make expenditure from the fund in payment of
33    any  cost  related  to  the  automation  of  court   records,
34    including  hardware, software, research and development costs
 
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 1    and personnel related thereto, provided that the  expenditure
 2    is  approved by the clerk of the court and by the chief judge
 3    of the circuit court or his designate.
 4        4.  Such fees shall not be charged in any  matter  coming
 5    to  any  such clerk on change of venue, nor in any proceeding
 6    to review the decision of any administrative officer,  agency
 7    or body.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-669; 87-670; 87-671; 87-838; 87-1230.)

 9        (705 ILCS 105/27.3b) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3b)
10        Sec.  27.3b.  The  clerk  of  court may accept payment of
11    fines, penalties, or costs  by  credit  card  or  debit  card
12    approved by the clerk from an offender who has been convicted
13    of  or  placed  on  court  supervision for a traffic offense,
14    petty offense, ordinance offense, or misdemeanor or  who  has
15    been  convicted  of a felony offense.  The clerk of the court
16    may also accept payment of statutory fees by a credit card or
17    debit card.  The clerk of  the  court  may  also  accept  the
18    credit  card  or debit card for the cash deposit of bail bond
19    fees up to $300.
20        The Clerk of the circuit court may is authorized to enter
21    into contracts with  credit  card  or  debit  card  companies
22    approved  by  the  clerk  and  to  pay  those  companies fees
23    normally charged by those companies for allowing the clerk of
24    the circuit court to accept their credit cards or debit cards
25    in payment as authorized  herein.  Where  the  offender  pays
26    fines,  penalties,  or costs by credit card or debit card, or
27    anyone paying statutory fees of the circuit  court  clerk  or
28    the  posting  of cash bail, the clerk shall collect a service
29    fee of up to $5 or the amount charged to the clerk for use of
30    its services by the credit card or debit  card  issuer.  This
31    service  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  any  other  fines,
32    penalties, or costs.
33    (Source: P.A. 91-733, eff. 1-1-01.)
 
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 1        (705 ILCS 105/27.3c) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3c)
 2        Sec. 27.3c.  Document storage system; fees.
 3        (a)  The   expense  of  establishing  and  maintaining  a
 4    document storage system in the offices of the  circuit  court
 5    clerks  in  the several counties of this State shall be borne
 6    by the county.  To defray the  expense  in  any  county  that
 7    elects to establish a document storage system and convert the
 8    records   of   the  circuit  court  clerk  to  electronic  or
 9    micrographic storage, the county board may require the  clerk
10    of  the  circuit  court  in  its  county  to  collect a court
11    document fee of not less than $1 nor  more  than  $5,  to  be
12    charged  and  collected  by  the clerk of the court.  The fee
13    shall be paid at the  time  of  filing  the  first  pleading,
14    paper,  or  other appearance filed by each party in all civil
15    cases  or  by  the  defendant  in  any  felony,  misdemeanor,
16    traffic, ordinance, or conservation matter on a  judgment  of
17    guilty  or  grant  of supervision, provided that the document
18    storage system is in place or  has  been  authorized  by  the
19    county  board  and  further  that  no additional fee shall be
20    required if more than one party  is  presented  in  a  single
21    pleading,  paper,  or  other  appearance.   The  fee shall be
22    collected in the manner in which all other fees or costs  are
23    collected.    The   court   document  fee  provided  in  this
24    subsection (a) shall not apply to any  petty  offense  moving
25    violation   written  by  a  municipal  police  department  in
26    counties having a population of more than  650,000  but  less
27    than 3,000,000 inhabitants whether written under the Illinois
28    Vehicle Code or under any municipal ordinance.
29        (b)  Each clerk shall commence charges and collections of
30    a  court document fee upon receipt of written notice from the
31    chairman of the county board together with a  certified  copy
32    of  the  board's  resolution,  which  the clerk shall file of
33    record in his or her office.
34        (c)  Court document fees shall be in  addition  to  other
 
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 1    fees  and charges of the clerk, shall be assessable as costs,
 2    and may be waived only if the judge specifically provides for
 3    the waiver of the court document storage fee. The fees  shall
 4    be  remitted monthly by the clerk to the county treasurer, to
 5    be retained by the treasurer in a special fund designated  as
 6    the  Court  Document Storage Fund.  The fund shall be audited
 7    by the county auditor, and the board shall make  expenditures
 8    from the fund in payment of any costs relative to the storage
 9    of  court records, including hardware, software, research and
10    development costs, and related personnel, provided  that  the
11    expenditure is approved by the clerk of the circuit court.
12        (d)  A  court  document  fee  shall not be charged in any
13    matter coming to the clerk on  change  of  venue  or  in  any
14    proceeding  to  review  the  decision  of  any administrative
15    officer, agency, or body.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-1386; 87-670.)

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