101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1515

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/4-12001  from Ch. 34, par. 4-12001

    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning sheriffs' fees.


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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
54-12001 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/4-12001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12001)
7    Sec. 4-12001. Fees of sheriff in third class counties. The
8The officers herein named, in counties of the third class,
9shall be entitled to receive the fees herein specified, for the
10services mentioned and such other fees as may be provided by
11law for such other services not herein designated.
12Fees for Sheriff
13    For serving or attempting to serve any summons on each
14defendant, $35.
15    For serving or attempting to serve each alias summons or
16other process mileage will be charged as hereinafter provided
17when the address for service differs from the address for
18service on the original summons or other process.
19    For serving or attempting to serve all other process, on
20each defendant, $35.
21    For serving or attempting to serve a subpoena on each
22witness, $35.
23    For serving or attempting to serve each warrant, $35.

 

 

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1    For serving or attempting to serve each garnishee, $35.
2    For summoning each juror, $10.
3    For serving or attempting to serve each order or judgment
4for replevin, $35.
5    For serving or attempting to serve an order for attachment,
6on each defendant, $35.
7    For serving or attempting to serve an order or judgment for
8the possession of real estate in an action of ejectment or in
9any other action, or for restitution in an eviction action,
10without aid, $35, and when aid is necessary, the sheriff shall
11be allowed to tax in addition the actual costs thereof.
12    For serving or attempting to serve notice of judgment, $35.
13    For levying to satisfy an order in an action for
14attachment, $25.
15    For executing order of court to seize personal property,
16$25.
17    For making certificate of levy on real estate and filing or
18recording same, $8, and the fee for filing or recording shall
19be advanced by the plaintiff in attachment or by the judgment
20creditor and taxed as costs. For taking possession of or
21removing property levied on, the sheriff shall be allowed to
22tax the necessary actual costs of such possession or removal.
23    For advertising property for sale, $20.
24    For making certificate of sale and making and filing
25duplicate for record, $15, and the fee for recording same shall
26be advanced by the judgment creditor and taxed as costs.

 

 

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1    For preparing, executing and acknowledging deed on
2redemption from a court sale of real estate, $15; for
3preparing, executing and acknowledging all other deeds on sale
4of real estate, $10.
5    For making and filing certificate of redemption, $15, and
6the fee for recording same shall be advanced by party making
7the redemption and taxed as costs.
8    For making and filing certificate of redemption from a
9court sale, $11, and the fee for recording same shall be
10advanced by the party making the redemption and taxed as costs.
11    For taking all bonds on legal process, $10.
12    For taking special bail, $5.
13    For returning each process, $15.
14    Mileage for service or attempted service of all process is
15a $10 flat fee.
16    For attending before a court with a prisoner on an order
17for habeas corpus, $9 per day.
18    For executing requisitions from other States, $13.
19    For conveying each prisoner from the prisoner's county to
20the jail of another county, per mile for going only, 25¢.
21    For committing to or discharging each prisoner from jail,
22$3.
23    For feeding each prisoner, such compensation to cover
24actual costs as may be fixed by the county board, but such
25compensation shall not be considered a part of the fees of the
26office.

 

 

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1    For committing each prisoner to jail under the laws of the
2United States, to be paid by the marshal or other person
3requiring his confinement, $3.
4    For feeding such prisoners per day, $3, to be paid by the
5marshal or other person requiring the prisoner's confinement.
6    For discharging such prisoners, $3.
7    For conveying persons to the penitentiary, reformatories,
8Illinois State Training School for Boys, Illinois State
9Training School for Girls, Reception Centers and Illinois
10Security Hospital, the following fees, payable out of the State
11Treasury. When one person is conveyed, 20¢ per mile in going to
12the penitentiary, reformatories, Illinois State Training
13School for Boys, Illinois State Training School for Girls,
14Reception Centers and Illinois Security Hospital from the place
15of conviction; when 2 persons are conveyed at the same time,
1620¢ per mile for the first and 15¢ per mile for the second
17person; when more than 2 persons are conveyed at the same time
18as Stated above, the sheriff shall be allowed 20¢ per mile for
19the first, 15¢ per mile for the second and 10¢ per mile for
20each additional person.
21    The fees provided for herein for transporting persons to
22the penitentiary, reformatories, Illinois State Training
23School for Boys, Illinois State Training School for Girls,
24Reception Centers and Illinois Security Hospital, shall be paid
25for each trip so made. Mileage as used in this Section means
26the shortest route on a hard surfaced road, (either State Bond

 

 

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1Issue Route or Federal highways) or railroad, whichever is
2shorter, between the place from which the person is to be
3transported, to the penitentiary, reformatories, Illinois
4State Training School for Boys, Illinois State Training School
5for Girls, Reception Centers and Illinois Security Hospital,
6and all fees per mile shall be computed on such basis.
7    In addition to the above fees, there shall be allowed to
8the sheriff a fee of $900 for the sale of real estate which
9shall be made by virtue of any judgment of a court. In addition
10to this fee and all other fees provided by this Section, there
11shall be allowed to the sheriff a fee in accordance with the
12following schedule for the sale of personal estate which is
13made by virtue of any judgment of a court:
14    For judgments up to $1,000, $100;
15    For judgments over $1,000 to $15,000, $300;
16    For judgments over $15,000, $500.
17    In all cases where the judgment is settled by the parties,
18replevied, stopped by injunction or paid, or where the property
19levied upon is not actually sold, the sheriff shall be allowed
20the fee for levying and mileage, together with half the fee for
21all money collected by him or her which he or she would be
22entitled to if the same were made by sale in the enforcement of
23a judgment. In no case shall the fee exceed the amount of money
24arising from the sale.
25    The fee requirements of this Section do not apply to police
26departments or other law enforcement agencies. For the purposes

 

 

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1of this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency of
2the State or unit of local government which is vested by law or
3ordinance with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce
4criminal laws or ordinances.
5    The fee requirements of this Section do not apply to units
6of local government or school districts.
7(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18.)