Sen. Chuck Weaver
Filed: 3/28/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1007




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1007 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 3-5015 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/3-5015)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5015)



7    Sec. 3-5015. Certificates of discharge or release from 
8active duty. Certificates of discharge or MEMBER-4 copy of 
9certificate of release or
discharge from active duty of 
10honorably discharged or separated members of
the military, 
11aviation and naval forces of the United States shall be

12recorded by each recorder, free of charge, in a separate book 
13which shall
be kept for the purpose. The recorder in counties 
14of over 500,000
population shall as soon as practicable after 
15the recording of the original
discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 
16copy of certificate of release or
discharge from active duty, 
 
 
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1deliver to each of the persons named in the
discharge 
2certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or

3discharge from active duty, or his agent, one certified copy of 
4his discharge
certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of 
5release or discharge from
active duty without charge. 
6Additional certified copies shall be furnished
by the recorder 
7upon the payment to the recorder of a fee
of $1.25, payable in 
8advance, for each such additional certified copy.

9    Upon the delivery of the certificate of discharge or 
10MEMBER-4 copy of
certificate of release or discharge from 
11active duty after the recordation
thereof is completed, and the 
12delivery of one certified copy thereof to the
person named in 
13the discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate
of 
14release or discharge from active duty or his agent, the receipt

15theretofore issued by the recorder, or a copy thereof shall be

16surrendered to the recorder, with a signed statement 
17acknowledging
the receipt of the discharge certificate or 
18MEMBER-4 copy of certificate
of release or discharge from 
19active duty and the certified copy thereof.

20    Certified copies of the certificates of discharge or 
21MEMBER-4 copy of
certificate of release or discharge from 
22active duty furnished by the
recorder may vary from the size of 
23the original, if in the
judgment of the recorder, such 
24certified copies are complete and
legible.

25    A military discharge form (DD-214) or any other certificate 
26of discharge or
release from active duty document that was 
 
 
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1issued by the United States
government or any state government 
2in reference to those who served with an
active or inactive 
3military reserve unit or National Guard force and that was

4recorded by a County Clerk or Recorder of Deeds is not subject 
5to public
inspection, enjoying all the protection covered by 
6the federal Privacy Act of
1974 or any other
privacy law. These 
7documents shall be accessible only to the person named in
the 
8document, the named person's dependents, the county veterans' 
9service
officer, representatives of the Department of 
10Veterans' Affairs, or any person
with
written authorization 
11from the named person or the named person's dependents. 
12Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph, these 
13documents shall be made available for public inspection and 
14copying in accordance with the archival schedule adopted by the 
15National Archives and Records Administration and subject to 
16redaction of information that is considered private under the 
17Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Freedom of 
18Information Act, and the Federal Privacy Act. 

19(Source: P.A. 93-468, eff. 1-1-04.)

 

20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.".