Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund.

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Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund. The additional $2 fee for certified copies of death certificates and fetal death certificates must be deposited into the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund, subject to appropriations, may be used as follows:

(i)25% by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of training coroners, deputy coroners, forensic pathologists, and police officers for death investigations and lodging and travel expenses relating to training,

(ii)25% for grants by the Department of Public Health for distribution to all local county coroners and medical examiners or officials charged with the duties set forth under Division 3-3 of the Counties Code, who have a different title, for equipment and lab facilities,

(iii)25% by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of setting up a statewide database of death certificates and implementing an electronic reporting system for death registrations pursuant to Section 18.5, and

(iv)25% for a grant by the Department of Public Health to local registrars.