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Joint resolution accepting a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health Death Certificate Surcharge Fund and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $4,333.75.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Coroner's Office receives a periodic grant from the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health for the purposes of training personnel, purchasing equipment and the implementation of an electronic database for death certificates.
* The funds for this grant are provided by local registrars who, by law, must deposit a fee of $2 for each certified copy of a death certificate and fetal death certificate.
* The amount of grant funding was not known at the time the fiscal year 2015 budget was adopted, and an emergency appropriation in the amount of $4,333.75 is required.
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WHEREAS, Public Act 93-0045, in relation to Public Health, Section 5, The Vital Records Act and Section 25.5, The Death Certificate Surcharge Fund, requires county clerks and local registrars to charge a $2 fee for each certified copy of a death registration, in addition to any other fees charged by county clerks and local registrars; and
WHEREAS, Public Act 93-0045, in relation to Public Health, Section 5, The Vital Records Act and Section 25.5, The Death Certificate Surcharge Fund provides that the $2 fee must be transmitted to the State Registrar monthly and deposited into the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund for the purpose of implementing a statewide electronic reporting system for death registrations and for other purposes; and
WHEREAS, 410 ILCS 535/25.5, The Death Certificate Surcharge Fund is a grant provided to coroners offices for the purposes of training Coroners and Deputy Coroners by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for homicide investigation and for other purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation ...
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