Bill Text: IL SB1864 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that has not enacted the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law may by ordinance authorize the county treasurer and the county clerk to charge a reasonable administration fee to county agencies that do not receive funds from the general fund of the county. Defines "administration fee". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1864 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1864-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB1864 Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/4-4001 from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that has not enacted the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law may by ordinance authorize the county treasurer and the county clerk to charge a reasonable administration fee to county agencies that do not receive funds from the general fund of the county. Defines "administration fee". Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
4-4001 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
Sec. 4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second
class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the first
and second class, except when increased by county ordinance
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be:
For each official copy of any process, file, record or
other instrument of and pertaining to his office, 50¢ for each
100 words, and $1 additional for certifying and sealing the
same.
For filing any paper not herein otherwise provided for, $1,
except that no fee shall be charged for filing a Statement of
economic interest pursuant to the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9 of The Election Code.
For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
For filing and recording of the appointment and oath of
each public official, $3.
For officially certifying and sealing each copy of any

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process, file, record or other instrument of and pertaining to
his office, $1.
For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
For issuing each license in all matters except where the
fee for the issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
For issuing each civil union or marriage license, the
certificate thereof, and for recording the same, including the
recording of the parent's or guardian's consent where
indicated, a fee to be determined by the county board of the
county, not to exceed $75, which shall be the same, whether for
a civil union or marriage license. $5 from all civil union and
marriage license fees shall be remitted by the clerk to the
State Treasurer for deposit into the Domestic Violence Fund.
For taking and certifying acknowledgments to any
instrument, except where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
For issuing each certificate of appointment or commission,
the fee for which is not otherwise fixed by law, $1.
For cancelling tax sale and issuing and sealing
certificates of redemption, $3.
For issuing order to county treasurer for redemption of
forfeited tax, $2.
For trying and sealing weights and measures by county
standard, together with all actual expenses in connection
therewith, $1.
For services in case of estrays, $2.
The following fees shall be allowed for services attending

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the sale of land for taxes, and shall be charged as costs
against the delinquent property and be collected with the taxes
thereon:
For services in attending the tax sale and issuing
certificate of sale and sealing the same, for each tract or
town lot sold, $4.
For making list of delinquent lands and town lots sold, to
be filed with the Comptroller, for each tract or town lot sold,
10¢.
The county board of any county of the first or second class
may by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose an
additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records as
defined in Section 1 of the Vital Records Act, for the purpose
of developing, maintaining, and improving technology in the
office of the County Clerk.
The foregoing fees allowed by this Section are the maximum
fees that may be collected from any officer, agency, department
or other instrumentality of the State. The county board may,
however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed by this
Section and also the notary public recordation fees allowed by
Section 2-106 of the Illinois Notary Public Act and the
indexing and filing of assumed name certificate fees allowed by
Section 3 of the Assumed Business Name Act and collect such
increased fees from all persons and entities other than
officers, agencies, departments and other instrumentalities of
the State if the increase is justified by an acceptable cost

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study showing that the fees allowed by these Sections are not
sufficient to cover the cost of providing the service.
A Statement of the costs of providing each service, program
and activity shall be prepared by the county board. All
supporting documents shall be public record and subject to
public examination and audit. All direct and indirect costs, as
defined in the United States Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-87, may be included in the determination of the
costs of each service, program and activity.
The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive the
payment of all fees for services in advance so far as the same
can be ascertained.
The county board of any county of the first or second class
may by ordinance authorize the county treasurer to establish a
special fund for deposit of the additional charge. Moneys in
the special fund shall be used solely to provide the equipment,
material and necessary expenses incurred to help defray the
cost of implementing and maintaining such document storage
system.
The county board of any county that has not enacted the
Property Tax Extension Limitation Law may by ordinance
authorize the county treasurer and the county clerk to charge a
reasonable administration fee to county agencies that do not
receive funds from the general fund of the county. An
"administration fee" means the administrative and processing
costs associated with providing services to county agencies

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including, but not limited to, payroll, insurance, general
accounting, audits, and pensions.
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-4, eff. 5-31-11; 97-986,
eff. 8-17-12.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.