Code of Ordinances

(A) Def­i­n­i­tion.  Vital records means records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, mar­riages, dis­so­lu­tion of mar­riages, and data-relat­ed thereto.

(B) Fee Estab­lished.  The Coun­ty Clerk shall impose an addi­tion­al Two Dol­lar ($2.00) charge for cer­ti­fied copies of vital records which are request­ed to be made by the Coun­ty Clerk’s office.  The addi­tion­al Two Dol­lar ($2.00) charge is to 
be used for the sole pur­pose of defray­ing the costs of con­vert­ing theCountyClerk’s doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem for said vital records to com­put­ers or micro­graph­ics, and for main­tain­ing system.

(C) Spe­cial Fund.  The­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er is here­by ordered to estab­lish a spe­cial fund for deposit of the monies col­lect­ed as a result of said addi­tion­al charge.  The monies col­lect­ed shall be placed in said spe­cial fund and shall be used sole­ly to pro­vide the equip­ment, mate­r­i­al and nec­es­sary expens­es incurred to help defray the cost of imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing the Coun­ty Clerk’s doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem for vital records.

(See 55 ILCS 5/4–4001)